Back to her roots. American Idol winner Samantha Diaz — who goes by the stage name Just Sam — revealed she’s returned to performing on the subways in New York City.
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Kesha’s latest single is a work of fiction.
Last month, the pop star released the single “Eat the Acid”, but appearing on iHeartRadio’s “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show”, she revealed she’s never actually done the drug.
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“I also heard working with [producer] Rick Rubin is an experience in itself, basically an acid trip all by itself. Is that true?” asked co-host Medha Gandhi.
“I’ve never taken acid,” Kesha immediately admitted.
“It’s funny you should say that, because one of my first songs that came out is called ‘Eat the Acid’, so I was having this psychedelic experience right in the midst of COVID, and I took it to Rick and it was like a psychedelic, surreal experience. Every day I’d think, ‘Am I in the right dimension,” she continued. “So, probably. But I’ve never taken acid.”
Kesha also talked about the genesis of her upcoming album, Gag Order, which is drawn from a lot of personal experience, including going through the COVID pandemic.
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Describing her headspace at the time as “terrible,” the singer explained she had just put out an album, but the pandemic forced her to cancel her tour and other plans.
“I was having so, so, so much anxiety,” she said, going on to describe a “spiritual experience” she had one night when she couldn’t sleep and her cat brought her headphones to meditate and help her through it.
“He’s not just a cat,” Kesha said. “He’s a genius.”
She ended up having a positive experience that felt like an acid trip, “Even though I’ve never taken acid, that was my though. Where just the whole entirety of the world made
Back to her roots. American Idol winner Samantha Diaz — who goes by the stage name Just Sam — revealed she’s returned to performing on the subways in New York City.
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PVRIS have shared another brand new single from their upcoming fourth album – listen to ‘Love Is A…’ below.The new LP, titled ‘Evergreen’, was announced earlier this year with the single ‘Good Enemy’.The follow-up to 2020 album ‘Use Me’ will be released on July 14 via Hopeless Records and feature two songs shared last year, ‘Animal’ and ‘Anywhere But Here’.‘Love Is A…’ comes complete with a video that sees PVRIS’ vocalist Lynn Gunn buried alive.Watch the video, co-directed by Gunn, below.Speaking about the new album, Gunn said: “‘Evergreen’ is a reclamation of control in our post-pandemic culture, posing a complex discussion on fame, technology, spectacle, and female autonomy.”She added: “It’s not my job as an artist to cater to certain trends or people’s nostalgia, I have to follow what I feel compelled to follow and do my best to uncover what truths and messages I can find within that. I have to always embrace the risks of change and trust that each stage of my music’s life will resonate with whoever it’s meant to.”Later this year, PVRIS will head out on a co-headlining US tour with Poppy, dubbed the Godless/Goddess tour.The tour kicks off in mid-August in Seattle and makes its way to the east coast until mid-September. Click here for tickets and check out the dates below.AUGUST 2023 18 – Seattle, WA19 – Portland, OR22 – San Francisco, CA24 – Los Angeles, CA25 – Tempe, AZ26 – Las Vegas, NV28 – Salt Lake City, UT29 – Denver, COSEPTEMBER 20231 – San Antonio, TX2 – Houston, TX3 – Oklahoma City, OK6 – Kansas City, MO7 – Minneapolis, MN9 – St. Louis, MO10 – Columbus, OH13 – Pittsburgh, PA14 – Cleveland, OH15 – Toronto, ON
Thania Garcia Bad Bunny enters his EDM era with the release of a new Jersey Club-inspired single titled “Where She Goes,” a cross-pollination of hip-hop, dembow and house beats with a star-studded music video to match. Dominic Fike, Frank Ocean and Lil Uzi Vert make subtle appearances (blink and you’ll miss them) in the desert-themed music video along with Brazillian soccer player Ronaldinho. The track reunites the Puerto Rican reggaeton singer with his long-time collaborators, and Variety Hitmakers, producer Mag and his engineer La Paciencia. Directed by STILLZ and produced by WeOwnTheCity, the track’s video was filmed on the sands of the California desert and starts with Bunny standing stoic over a mountaintop.
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Ed Sheeran story making headlines every day.Whether it’s his copyright lawsuit (which he just won), an “American Idol” guest judging appearance or his new number one album, “Subtract,” the 32-year-old singer really is all over the news cycle.Next up for him though might be Sheeran’s most exciting venture yet — his 37-concert ‘Mathematics Tour’ running at stadiums and more intimate venues (where he’ll play ‘Subtract’ in its entirety with a full band) from May 19 all the way through Sept. 23.For fans, the best news of all might be that tickets are becoming more and more affordable in the days leading up to the tour.In fact, some seats are downright cheap considering the best-selling, four-time Grammy winner’s bona fides.Don’t believe us?Well, at the time of publication, we found some ‘Mathematics Tour’ tickets going for as low as $27 before fees on Vivid Seats.Yes, really.
Kim Kardashian reveals that season 3 of “The Kardashians” has been her “most emotional and frustrating” season yet, after all her years of filming for reality TV.
Despite a sizable outcry from devoted fans, East New York ended its one-season run on CBS Sunday.
Ed Sheeran has said that he felt that he “had to take a stand” against claims that he ripped off Marvin Gaye song ‘Let’s Get It On’ when he wrote his 2014 song ‘Thinking Out Loud’, even though doing so meant that he was forced to miss his grandmother’s funeral.“I’m really glad it’s over, man”, he told Howard Stern on his Sirius XM show. Acknowledging the length of time it took for the case to get to trial, he went on: “It was eight years of that.
The Pretenders have shared the first single to be taken from their upcoming album, ‘Relentless’ — check out ‘Let The Sun Come In’ below, as well as the full tracklist.The upcoming release will mark the band’s 12th full-length LP, and follows on from their 2020 album ‘Hate For Sale’. Although the band teased the release earlier this year, it has today (May 11) been confirmed that it will arrive on September 1 via Parlophone.According to the members, the album is set to represent a snapshot of where the band are in 2023, and arrive with the same “impulsiveness” and “attitude” that they captured in previous fan-favourites, including ‘I’ll Stand By You’ and ‘Back On The Chain Gang’.“I liked the definition: ‘showing no abatement of intensity,’” said Chrissie Hynde of the meaning behind the title.
Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner’s love story has come to an end, as she filed to end their 18-year marriage. While Costner is reportedly surprised and doesn’t want the divorce, there are already women who have him on their radar.On Monday at the premiere of “Book Club: The Next Chapter” in New York City, Luann de Lesseps confessed to Page Six that Costner is on her list. “He’s so elegant,” she swooned.
Geese have shared a bizarre video for their new single ‘Mysterious Love’, taken from their forthcoming second album ‘3D Country’.‘Mysterious Love’ is the third single the Brooklyn band has released from the upcoming LP, following ‘3D Country’ and ‘Cowboy Nudes’. Discussing the track, frontman Cameron Winter explained: “This song is about a dozen ‘90s rock cliches mixed into one little over-produced package.
Ed Sheeran is surprising fans in Los Angeles and New York City!
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It makes her happy, in case you were wondering — this Rock & Roll Hall of Fame honor that was announced Thursday for Sheryl Crow, making her part of the class of 2023 that is set for induction this November in New York. The singer-songwriter says she is pleased to be going in alongside her old pal Willie Nelson, with whom she just sang for his 90th birthday party at the Hollywood Bowl, along with fellow female powerhouses of contemporary music like Kate Bush (who she grew up on) and Missy Elliott (whose production skills she particularly admires). Never mind those who rode into the hall before her: A scan of the plaques on the walls in Cleveland may read like a discography of people Crow has already sung with over the last three decades.
Jenny Mollen is opening up about the sexual assault she experienced at the hands of a massage therapist. In a new essay published to Su
is returning to Bravo on July 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, the network announced on Monday, alongside a brief teaser marking the occasion. The show's upcoming 14th season features a brand new cast, as was previously revealed during a live taping of With Andy Cohen at BravoCon 2022 in October.«We were looking for a group of friends who were actually connected.
Kesha has officially released her two singles ‘Eat The Acid’ and ‘Fine Line’ from her forthcoming album ‘Gag Order’.The two tracks were previously shared on SoundCloud last month, before being revmoed. Both songs allude to the singer’s difficult and public struggles, including her legal battle with producer Dr Luke, as well as featuring candid lyrics that share the 36-year-old’s emotional past few years.The haunting lyrics: “You said don’t ever eat the acid/ If you don’t want to be changed like you changed me/ You said all the edges got so jagged/ Now everything you saw then can’t be unseen,” on ‘Eat the Acid’ and the pre-chorus on ‘Fine Line’ paint a clear picture of what the singer has been going through.Both songs are from her upcoming album ‘Gag Order’.
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