Childish Gambino confirms new single, ‘Lithonia’

Tinashe has released her brand new single ‘Getting No Sleep’ and confirmed more details for her album ‘Quantum Baby’.Following her runaway viral hit ‘Nasty’, the R&B singer dropped her new song on Friday (June 28), which continues the playful sensuality of her previous songs: “No bra, Santal, smells like cake / All good teeth and all gold Ace / He said, ‘Feels Friday like, different night, same vibe’ / Take you outside, movie scene every time”.The singer also shared the release date for her upcoming album ‘Quantum Baby’, which will arrive in August 16. It’s been described as the second part to a trilogy, with the first instalment ‘BB/Ang3l’ having arrived last year.“’Quantum Baby’ is about getting to know me on a deeper level,” the musician said of the album.

Eminem has teased a new single, ‘Tobey’, featuring rappers Big Sean and BabyTron.It’s the second single from his upcoming 12th studio album, ‘The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)’, which is set for release later this year.The iconic rapper has brought together two of his fellow Detroit natives for the track, and shared a trailer on Friday (June 28).“TOBEY

Jessie Ware and Romy have released a new track, ‘Lift You Up’. Check it out below.Ware brought Romy on to perform the track during her headline slot on Glastonbury 2024’s West Holts stage last night (June 29) and the pair have now released it as a single.A euphoric slice of disco-infused house, ‘Lift You Up’ is Ware’s first new music since last year’s ‘Hello Love’, while Romy last released ‘Always Forever’ at the end of May.

JoJo Siwa has been teasing her next single “Guilty Pleasure” and we finally have a release date!

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Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Eminem has announced the upcoming release of “Tobey,” out July 2, serving as the second single off his upcoming album “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce).” On social media, the rapper revealed that “Tobey” will feature fellow Detroit native Big Sean as well as metro Detroit emcee Babytron.

Bicep have shared their latest single from the ongoing CHROMA project, ‘CHROMA 004 ROLA’.The Belfast electronic duo, made up of Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar, launched their new CHROMA project earlier this year. It’s set to combine a series of curated events, a record label, an ever-evolving Bicep AV/DJ show – all with a unique new visual identity created alongside David Rudnick.The most recent offering is tinged with a distinct UK flavour, written with pulsating dancefloors in mind.

Emily Eavis has defended Glastonbury’s line-up this year after criticism for a perceived lack of rock acts on the main stages.For 2024, dance-pop titan Dua Lipa, pop-rock staples Coldplay and US R&B star SZA are set to headline, with country-pop icon Shania Twain taking the legends slot. Among the other artists playing the main stages include Little Simz, Burna Boy, Disclosure, Jungle and The Streets.Some fans have complained about the lack of rock, but co-organiser Eavis – the daughter of Glasto founder Michael – has said that the main line-up simply reflects what’s going on in the music industry.“I think the line-up reflects what’s happening in the music world at the moment – there aren’t a lot of new rock acts to choose from if I’m honest,” she told PA.

Glastonbury 2024 set, The Zutons have shared a new single, ‘Pauline’. Check it out below.The Liverpool band released their first album in 16 years, ‘The Big Decider’, on April 26, and ‘Pauline’ is the third single to come from the record.It’s a soulful-sounding track with plenty of groove and a real celebratory feel complete with saxophone, proving that the four-piece haven’t lost their spark over the last decade and a half.“Pauline is a song about all the women who have ever helped me in my life and the times you bump into them after years of not seeing them,” said frontman Dave McCabe. “You see how each other have grown but they still very much have the same spark about them.

Megan thee Stallion has said she tweaked her new single ‘Otaku Hot Girl’ days before releasing her new album so she could keep the anime references.While getting ready for the Dallas stop of her Hot Girl Summer tour, the rapper spoke to fans on an Instagram Live broadcast ahead of her third album, ‘Megan’ – which is out today (June 28).The artist – real name Megan Pete – explained how stressful it was to make ‘Otaku Hot Girl’, which samples the tune from the commercial bumps from the highly-acclaimed anime series, Jujutsu Kaisen.The song also kicks off with the English voice actor for the series protagonist Yuji Itadori, Adam McArthur, saying: “I like a tall woman with a nice big ass (Haha) / Just sayin’ / Like Grammy winner, Megan Thee Stallion.”Pete said she had to “jump through eight million hoops” to appease MAPPA – the production company that made the legendary anime.“So I sent them the song and they told me, ‘OK, you gotta change some words’,” Thee Stallion explained. “So, I said, ‘OK, cool’ [and] I changed some words.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music In a brief Instagram Live video Wednesday, Donald Glover — aka Childish Gambino — somewhat clarified the burst of unclear messaging about his new album and film that appeared on the Internet the previous night.CHILDISH GAMBINOLITHONIAJULY 2 pic.twitter.com/Hqg3jaSoVa Several online posts stated that he has a project titled “Lithonia” arriving on July 2, which was accompanied by an official-looking graphic and a photograph of letters projected onto a wall simply stating “Bando is coming.” All of those things were consistent with the cryptic messaging he’s been dropping for the past few weeks via his Gilga Radio show and website — Lithonia is a city near Atlanta, setting of his popular television series; Bando is part of the title of his next album and film — but it was unclear where these messages came from, although some pointed to a post that appeared briefly on the streaming distributor Audiomack before being taken down. In a rambling talk Wednesday night on Instagram Live — that was frequently paused by poor connectivity — as he wandered around his beloved California farm, Glover said that what is arriving on July 2 is a single titled “Lithonia” that is apparently a prequel to the album.

London Grammar have shared their pulsing new single ‘Into Gold’ and have announced a 2024 European arena tour.‘Into Gold’ features a soft pulsing beat with frontwoman Hannah Reid singing: “Make ashes from stone / All of these things that I’ve seen turn darkness into gold / And when I was made from the right kind of wrong / All of these things that I’ve seen turned darkness into gold,” describing overcoming a tough situation.Speaking about the track in a press release, Reid shared: “‘Into Gold’ is about mourning loss and overcoming heartbreak. It’s interesting, as I think it’s a bit more like old London Grammar.

Kim Gordon has dropped a discordant new single, ‘ECRP’, to coincide with a run of dates starting tonight (June 25).Following on from her trap-inspired album ‘The Collective’ earlier this year, Gordon’s new one-off single is a noisy, experimental affair that speaks of “rumours of free speech” and “ashes on the nightstand”.The video, meanwhile, was directed by Gordon’s daughter Coco Gordon Moore and features various shots of New York street scenes.Check out ‘ECRP’ below.Gordon plays London’s Koko tonight, kicking off a European tour, and will head to Birmingham for a gig at the O2 Institute2. The tour also includes various festival appearances at the likes of Glastonbury, Open’er and Roskilde.In a four-star review of ‘The Collective’, NME wrote: “Here the 70-year-old balances her less than commercial sensibilities with crunchily on-trend production and relatable lyrics about rotten capitalism and fragile masculinity – if these sound like themes she explored during Sonic Youth’s ‘90s heyday, it only goes to show how little has changed.”“It’s notable, though, how contemporary her distorted art-punk sounds, given the ongoing grunge resurgence and the fact that Olivia Rodrigo’s taking The Breeders on tour this year.

AI) companies for copyright infringement.The news of the lawsuit was shared on Monday (June 24) by the Recording Industry Association of America, and accused companies Suno and Udio of committing copyright violations of “an almost unimaginable scale”.It is the latest of many lawsuits that have been filed in recent months, in a bid to challenge the rights of AI companies to use and reimagine their work.Udio is a firm based in New York, which has garnered popularity in recent months for allowing users to use AI in a musical setting. Already it has received backing from high-profile investors including Andreessen Horowitz and gained attention as being the technology responsible for creating ‘BBL Drizzy’ – a parody diss track that emerged among the Kendrick Lamar/Drake feud.Suno is a company based in Massachusetts, which emerged in 2023 and claims that over 10million people have already used it to create AI-assisted music.

Jay Park has opened an OnlyFans account to promote his new single, ‘McNasty’.Today (June 25), Jay Park revealed on X (formerly Twitter) that he opened an OnlyFans account, alongside an announcement for his upcoming single ‘McNasty’ that’s due out on June 30.Over on his OnlyFans account, the K-pop star has since uploaded four posts, including behind-the-scenes footage from a video shoot, a suggestive selfie and a video message of him talking about his new single from inside a sauna.Yall bout yo get fed

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The next time you see Dan Harmon on Instagram doing something other than writing the “Community” movie, please don’t yell at him to get back to work. It’s happening, Harmon promises, but there are so many moving parts that there has never been a precise timeline. “When you see me making fart videos on the Internet, don’t worry that it means I’ve given up making the movie,” Harmon tells Variety.

Paris Hilton and Rina Sawayama have released their collaborative single ‘I’m Free’ – check it out below.The song contains a sample of Ultra Naté’s 1997 house classic ‘Free’, and it is expected to be included on Hilton’s highly-awaited second album ‘Infinite Icon’, which will be released on September 6.The album, her first since debut ‘Paris’ in 2006, will be executive produced by Sia, and was first confirmed during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last October.Listen to the song here:The song was first announced in a post on Hilton’s Instagram account last week, which showed a video depicting a text conversation between the two singers.The first text in the video is from Hilton, with an audio recording titled ‘Free’ and a message saying, “Hey sis! Been working on something…”“Paris!! Obsessed,” is the reply from Sawayama. “What if you…did a verse?” replies Hilton.A post shared by Paris Hilton (@parishilton)Rina then says she is “running to the studio”, which leaves Paris “on the edge of my seat”.The post then says “three infinite hours later” the track was complete.In March, Sawayama said she wasn’t able to release her next album “under my current conditions”.She said her “mental health has been awful” over the past year, adding: “I’ve been lucky to have found ways to keep my business afloat and support myself as well as my team, but when it comes to new music I can’t release another album under my current conditions.“I feel really trapped and don’t know what to do.”Those comments came amidst Sawayama’s public battle with her label Dirty Hit, which is co-founded by The 1975‘s manager Jamie Oborne.

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The Streets have released a new single, ‘End Of The Queue’, as part of their ‘Fabric Presents…’ mix. Check it out below.‘End Of The Queue’ follows ‘No Better Than Chance’, released last month, in being released from the upcoming mix.

The Japanese House has shared a country-inspired new single ‘:)’ (pronounced ‘Smiley Face’) – check it out below.Described in a press release as an “ode to happiness”, the bright country-pop track follows the artist’s recent second album ‘In The End It Always Does’ and tells the story of how her current relationship and the effect it had – “Something’s happening/I feel happier/I could be losing my mind,” she sings in the chorus.“‘Smiley Face’ is a song I wrote when I was very excited about talking to someone off a dating app,” said the artist (real name Amber Bain). “She lived in Detroit and I was fantasising about flying to meet her.