Hours before Beyoncé‘s much-anticipated seventh studio album Renaissancedropped at midnight on Friday, R&B singer Kelis was fuming. In the weeks leading up to the release, Beyoncé had been teasing fans with tidbits of information about the dance record. First with the single “Break My Soul,” followed by the tracklist and …
Read More »Chris Shiflett Wonders If We've All Been Had in New Song 'Long, Long Year'
“Ya ever feel like we’ve been had?” Chris Shiflett sings in his new song “Long, Long Year,” an opening lyric that calls to mind Johnny Rotten’s famous query: “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” But “Long, Long Year” delivers — the mid-tempo ballad is another satisfying slice of country-rock …
Read More »Tove Lo Goes From 'Disco Tits' to Disco Dildo in '2 Die 4' Video
Tove Lo is getting through some rock-hard terrain. On Wednesday, the Swedish singer released the video for “2 Die 4,” a song that samples Crazy Frog’s “Popcorn,” and its simple video, which simply follows the singer — wearing nothing but a metallic corset and a massive dildo — as she …
Read More »This Summer, Barack Obama Is Listening to Beyoncé, Bad Bunny, and… Fatboy Slim?
Former president Barack Obama has dropped his annual summer playlists, which includes a characteristically vast mix of new hits and classics, from Beyoncé, Bad Bunny, and Harry Styles, to Bruce Springsteen, Rakim and… Fatboy Slim? “Every year, I get excited to share my summer playlist because I learn about so …
Read More »Rauw Alejandro Throws a Wild House Party With Lyanno and Brray in 'Lokera' Video
Pura loquera in Rauw Alejandro‘s new video. On Monday, the Puerto Rican star went full-throttle with the perreo-inducing sounds on his new single “Lokera,” which features fellow boricuas Brray and Lyanno, proving that summer is far from over. The video — which captures the three artists going wild at a …
Read More »Beyoncé Drops Instrumental, a Capella Versions of 'Break My Soul'
Beyoncé has shared two new iterations of her recent single “Break My Soul.” The first spotlights the track’s pulsating instrumentals, while the other isolates the singer’s powerful vocals in an a capella version. Listen here. The two tracks showcase her anthemic single, released in June, in a fresh way. The …
Read More »Watch Chris Martin's Impromptu Piano-Backed Performance of 'A Sky Full of Stars' at a Local Pub
Patrons of The Stag Inn, a family-owned pub in Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, got a special treat when Coldplay frontman Chris Martin popped in and decided to give a surprise performance of the band’s 2014 hit “A Sky Full of Stars.” Coming off the North American leg of Coldplay’s Music of …
Read More »Charlie Puth and Jungkook of BTS Find Themselves Lovestruck in 'Left And Right'
Charlie Puth and Jungkook are sick — lovesick, that is. In fact, they’re so wrapped up in the memories of “the one that got away” that not even a visit to the Love Doctor in the music video for Puth’s newest single “Left And Right” can cure the singers of …
Read More »'Sounds That Actually Have Feeling': The Drum-and-Bass Revival Is Finally Here
For years, the truism ran that drum and bass, despite pockets of true believers across the nation, would, in America, remain a specialty taste within electronic music, never mind pop. But, over the past few years, the genre has risen sharply in visibility, both in the U.S. and globally. Some …
Read More »BTS Get Animated in New 'Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)' Video
In advance of mobile game BTS Island: In the SEOM, BTS has released an animated music video for recent single “Yet To Come (The Most Beautiful Moment),” featuring a glimpse of the K-Pop group’s avatars from the forthcoming app. In the whimsical clip, the BTS members explore BTS Island, where …
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