N-Dubz announce new single Charmer and UK arena tour: Tulisa, Dappy and Fazer are reuniting after 11 year hiatus

HAAi has shared the final single from her debut album, ‘Baby, We’re Ascending’ – an angular, experimental techno belter titled ‘Human Sound’.It features guest vocals from London artists Obi Franky and Kai-Isaiah Jamal, the former adding a wealth of colour to the mix with her rich and soulful harmonies, and the latter giving it a bold and authoritative punch with his striking, bluntly spoken poetry.“The collapsing begins,” Jamal says in the opening of his monologue. “A sound is a certain way of conjuring – not sure if it gives us our soul or gets its; reminds us of our gut and our ability to forget it; reminds us of what lingers in limbs and our option to sweat it out…”Have a listen to ‘Human Sound’ below:‘Human Sound’ is the fourth single to come from ‘Baby, We’re Ascending’, following the release of ‘Bodies Of Water’ in February, ‘Purple Jelly Disc’ (which also features Obi Franky) in March, and the Jon Hopkins-featuring title track at the start of May.

Krept & Konan has launched a new baby skincare range.Along with co-parent and health and beauty influencer Sasha Ellese Gilbert, Krept (real name Casyo Johnson) announced the launch of ‘Nala’s Baby’, a baby skincare range that’s described as having “99% naturally derived ingredients.” He’s he first rapper to launch such a product.A statement described the products as “accessibly priced, naturally derived and inclusive” and will launch in over 400 Boots stores on June 20.

Wargasm have announced that they will release their debut mixtape, ‘Explicit’, later this year, and have also released new single ‘DRILDO’.“It’s a good bridge between the two elements of Wargasm, which are super fun, sexy and electronic, and also fresh and metal”, says the duo’s Sam Matlock of the new track. “You can clearly hear the both of us.

The response to the return of pop group N-Dubz has been phenomenal, with tickets flying out for their Back to the Future tour later this year. In fact, Ticketmaster are sold out of tickets for their Manchester show on November 19.

James Bay has announced plans for a UK and Ireland tour and shared a video for his recent single ‘One Life’.The Hitchin singer-songwriter will hit the road in the autumn kicking off at Bournemouth O2 Academy on November 20.The jaunt will also call at Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin and Birmingham before wrapping up at London’s O2 Brixton Academy on December 2 and Bristol O2 Academy the following night (3).Pre-sale tickets will go on sale next Wednesday (May 25) from 9am until 8am on Friday (May 27). Tickets will then go on general sale at 9am on the same day. You can purchase tickets for the shows here.Bay has also posted the video for ‘One Life’ which charts “a relationship between a couple, while milestone memories are captured in a way that resemble a very personal and intimate home movie,” according to a press release.

Angel Olsen has shared her new single ‘Through The Fires’ – you can listen to the track below.The song is taken from her forthcoming new album ‘Big Time’, which is set for release on June 3 via Jagjaguwar. It’s the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Whole New Mess’, which featured a host of reworkings of tracks from Olsen’s 2019 LP ‘All Mirrors’.‘Through The Fires’ is the third preview of ‘Big Time’ to be released following its title track and her March single ‘All The Good Times’.Speaking about ‘Through The Fires’, which you can hear in the below lyric video, Olsen said that the track is “the centrepiece statement of this record”.“It’s a song I wrote to remind myself that this life is temporary, the past is not something to dwell on, that it’s important to keep moving, keep searching for the people that are also searching, and to notice the moments that are lighter and bigger than whatever trouble I’ve encountered,” she added.Olsen and director Kimberly Stuckwisch recently announced a new film, also titled Big Time, that will premiere on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch and via the Amazon Music App next month.

Rina Sawayama has released ‘This Hell’, the first single from her new album ‘Hold The Girl’, which she announced earlier this week. She has also announced UK and Ireland tour dates for the autumn.“I had so much fun writing ‘This Hell”, she says of the Paul Epworth produced track.

Soccer Mommy has released the new single ‘Bones,’ and announced new tour dates in the US and acoustic in-store shows in the UK.The track, which follows previous singles ‘Shotgun’ and ‘Unholy Affliction,’ received a music video directed by Alex Ross Perry. In the video, the Nashville singer performs a warehouse-bound rendition of the track, interspersed with a trip to the cemetery.‘Bones’ is the latest to be lifted from Soccer Mommy’s forthcoming album, ‘Sometimes, Forever’, which was produced by Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) and is set for release on June 24.

The International Film Festival Rotterdam has appointed its new team line up and structure as the festival revamps.

Unloved have announced their new album, ‘The Pink Album’, will be out later this year. They’ve also released new single ‘Mother’s Been A Bad Girl’, which you may well recognise from the heavy rotation it had in the latest (and final) series of ‘Killing Eve’.“In my head, ‘Mother’s Been A Bad Girl’ is a tale of duality, searching for authenticity”, says frontwoman Jade Vincent.

Irish alt-rock quartet Modernlove have announced the release of a brand new EP, along with an exceptional single. 

Rina Sawayama has announced that she will release her second album, ‘Hold The Girl’, later this year.The announcement comes after the musician began sharing imagery proclaiming that “Rina Is Going To Hell”, while also wiping her Instagram account, in recent days. Now she’s announced that the album will be out on 2 Sep, sharing a 40 second trailer with some snippets of the new music.‘Hold The Girl’ follows her acclaimed 2020 debut album ‘Sawayama’, which sparked controversy around the eligibility rules for the Mercury Prize, after it was not – as had been widely expected – included in the shortlist for that year’s edition of the award.

N-Dubz have announced their return while sharing details of a new single and UK arena tour.The London group, which consists of Dappy, Fazer and Tulisa, split in 2011 after releasing three albums together: ‘Uncle B’ (2008), ‘Against All Odds’ (2009) and ‘Love.Live.Life’ (2010).After reports about their 2022 reunion first emerged at the start of the year, N-Dubz have now officially confirmed that they’ve reformed.The group, who announced the news in a clip on their Instagram account yesterday (May 16), will release their new single ‘Charmer’ on Thursday (May 19).A post shared by N-Dubz (@n_dubz)Produced by Rymez and written by N-Dubz, the track will premiere on BBC 1Xtra on Thursday evening before its release on streaming services.N-Dubz have also announced details of their ‘Back To The Future Tour’ for November, marking the group’s first live shows together in 11 years.Tickets for the shows will go on general sale this Friday (May 20) and you’ll buy able to buy them from here.November7 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle8 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow10 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham11 – First Direct Arena, Leeds12 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham14 – International Centre, Bournemouth15 – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff17 – The O2, London18 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield19 – AO Arena, Manchester During N-Dubz’s hiatus, Dappy released his debut solo album ‘Bad Intentions’ in 2012, received a suspended jail sentence in 2017 and helped save a man’s life last year.Fazer has also released solo material and worked in music production, although he filed for bankruptcy in 2013.Tulisa became an actress and X Factor judge as well as releasing her critically panned solo record ‘The Female Boss’ in 2012 with two standalone singles following in 2019.

P1Harmony and American singer-songwriter Pink Sweat$ are set to collaborate on the upcoming single, ‘Gotta Get Back’.Yesterday (May 16), the boyband announced the upcoming digital single on Twitter, and also released the song’s pastel-coloured cover art. According to Korea JoongAng Daily, Pink Sweat$ composed the forthcoming collaboration, while P1Harmony members Intak and Jongseob helped pen lyrics for the track.

After a long wait (over a decade!), N-Dubz is set to release new music with a UK arena tour announced. N-Dubz started receiving mainstream attention in 2007 with hits like ‘I Need You’, ‘Ouch’ and ‘Playing With Fire.’ Their new song - Charmer - will be the first track they have released since their 2011 single ‘Morning Star.’ It is set to be released in couple of days.

Burna Boy has shared a new track called ‘Last Last’ – you can listen to it below.Produced by Chopstix, the song samples Toni Braxton‘s 2000 single ‘He Wasn’t Man Enough’. It’ll appear on the Nigerian artist’s sixth studio album ‘Love, Damini’, which is due to arrive this summer.The accompanying ‘Last Last’ video was directed by Burna Boy – real name Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu – and features “my house, my car, my friends, my Igbo, my Shayo”, per an onscreen message.“And most importantly [it’s] for you, my fans,” it adds.