Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhen the votes were tallied in Georgia last November, then counted again and again, Donald Trump was characteristically vocal in his outrage that Georgia, a longtime Republican state, had turned blue.
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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorColdplay will return with their first new music since 2019 next Friday with “Higher Power,” a new single produced by Max Martin — the most successful songwriter-producer of the last 25 years.It would not be unreasonable to expect that an album will be following sometime in the coming months as well.The group posted on social media: “Higher Power is a song that arrived on a little keyboard and a bathroom sink at the start of 2020.
It was produced by Max Martin who is
.Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhen the votes were tallied in Georgia last November, then counted again and again, Donald Trump was characteristically vocal in his outrage that Georgia, a longtime Republican state, had turned blue.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBleachers have dropped a new song, “Stop Making This Hurt,” along with a video directed by Carlotta Kohl. The Jack Antonoff-led group’s third album, “Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night,” will be released July 30 on RCA Records (tracklist below).Starting in September, the group will also be hitting the road this fall (dates below).
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe “Hella Mega Tour” featuring Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer has unveiled new dates, beginning in July and stretching into September.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRising British songstress Jorja Smith seemed to arrive fully formed with her Grammy-nominated, BRIT Award-winning 2018 debut album “Lost & Found,” a sultry R&B collection with flashes of Amy Winehouse and Sade.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDominican Bachata superstar Romeo Santos, along with Sony Music Latin, Endeavor Streaming and iNDemand, will premier two films — the concert film “Romeo Santos: Utopia Live From MetLife Stadium” and documentary “Romeo Santos: King of Bachata” — on pay-per-view June 25, 2021.Guests appearing in the films include Aventura, Cardi B, Daddy Yankee, El Chaval De La Bachata, Elvis Martínez, Emilio Estefan, Frank Reyes, Joe Veras, Kiko Rodríguez, Luis Vargas, Marc
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDef Jam Recordings, with iHeartMedia and Double Elvis are launching a new narrative podcast called “Here Comes the Break” today (Thursday, May 13).
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAmong the many programs that Spotify has launched over the years, its Singles have been one of the most popular — so much that Singles just passed the 5 billion streams mark. To date, there have been more than 630 recordings, from more than 300 artists, across all genres, and the complete list of Spotify Singles can be found HERE. The series is one of many platforms and programs that Spotify has provided for music and artists since it launched 15 years ago.
Liz Phair has released her vulnerable new single ‘In There’ – you can listen to it below.The track follows on from her last single ‘Spanish Doors’, both of which are taken from Phair’s upcoming new album ‘Soberish’. It’s her first album release since 2010’s ‘Funstyle’.The song sees Phair singing softly about a relationship she knows is unlikely to work.
Chris Willman Music WriterBTS has set the television performance debut of the group’s forthcoming single, “Butter,” for the Billboard Music Awards May 23.The vocal group will perform remotely from Korea on the show, to be broadcast on NBC live across time zones in the U.S. at 8 p.m.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJust under a year ago, as protests gripped the U.S.
Coldplay are taking their music to new heights, to say the least.
Coldplay have officially returned with the release of their new single ‘Higher Power’.News of the song was initially shared last week, with the band revealing that it was written with pop songwriting juggernaut Max Martin.“Higher Power is a song that arrived on a little keyboard and a bathroom sink at the start of 2020,” the band wrote on social media last week.“It was produced by Max Martin who is a true wonder of the universe.”Listen to ‘Higher Power’ below.‘Higher Power’ premiered with a
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorXXXTentacion’s estate will release a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) containing five tracks that have never been commercially released, as well as previously uncirculated video footage from his only tour in 2017, according to a report in Rolling Stone.The late rapper’s former manager Solomon “Sounds” Sobande — who announced a new job as an A&R senior VP at Capitol Records earlier this week — and estate, run by his mother Cleopatra Bernard, have joined forced
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAvant-pop singer MNDR has returned with her first new material since 2019, a single co-produced by Grammy-winning producer Mark Ronson (Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse) called “Hell to Be You Baby.” The song is the title track from her second full-length album, slated for release on June 18th on WonderSound Records.The official video, directed by MNDR and video producers Glow in the Dirt, features a cameo from singer-songwriter Lawrence Rothman and, according to the
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe new Wasserman Music agency and livestreaming service Twitch have partnered to launch “There is Light,” an indie-centric channel and concert series. The series will present 20 live concerts from independent music venues in the U.S.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBillie Eilish, Post Malone, Megan Thee Stallion A$AP Rocky, J Balvin, Da Baby and many more are scheduled to perform at the 10 th anniversary edition of Governors Ball, New York’s largest music festival, on the weekend of Sept. 24-26 at the the Citi Field complex in the city’s borough of Queens.Other top-billed performers include Rufus Du Sol, Ellie Goulding, Leon Bridges, 21 Savage, Young Thug, Phoebe Bridgers, Portugal.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhen Variety interviewed the Weeknd over the weekend about the Grammys’ decision to eliminate nomination-review committees (more on that here), we naturally slipped in a question about the new music he recently hinted at in social media posts, which presumably will be the follow-up to his blockbuster 2020 album, “After Hours.” To our surprise, he answered the question — and in characteristic, slightly enigmatic fashion, no less.“If the last record is the after hours
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGoldman Sachs’ annual “Music in the Air” study is widely recognized in the music industry as an optimistic but authoritative survey of the business — and yet again, it will make Universal Music Group very happy, as it has valued the company at a whopping $53 billion ahead of its IPO, expected this fall.That’s up from the $36 billion posited in last year’s report, and shows the strength of the recorded-music and publishing businesses, which are primary among UMG’s
Billie Eilish's new single is here!The performer shared her latest track, titled «Your Power,» on Thursday, just a few days after announcing the upcoming release of her highly anticipated sophomore album.The track is soft and spare, with Eilish's haunting vocals over an acoustic guitar, pleading in the chorus, «Try not to abuse your power.»The music video, directed by Eilish herself, shows her sitting on the side of a mountain in the California desert.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBillie Eilish announced earlier this week that her second full-length album, the sarcastically titled “Happier Than Ever,” will be dropping in July, and has followed with a new single from it, “Your Power.”“this is one of my favorite songs i’ve ever written,” she wrote in an all-lowercase statement accompanying the song. “i feel very vulnerable putting this one out because i hold it so close to my heart.