Cue the Gavin DeGraw! Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Bethany Joy Lenz and more One Tree Hill alums returned to Wilmington for the ultimate reunion.
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DEALSBucks Music Group has signed Watch The Ride to a worldwide publishing deal. Group member DJ Die has been signed to the company as a solo artist since 2011.
“We’ve worked with DJ Die successfully for some time now, so this deal bringing Watch The Ride to Bucks as a trio makes complete sense”, says A&R Director Sarah Liversedge Platz. “They are three incredibly talented, highly respected individuals in their own right, and even more exciting as a collective”.Reservoir has signed Naughty By Nature co-founder KayGee to a new publishing deal.
“It’s a joy to be able to work with [EVP A&R & Catalogue Development] Faith Newman and the Reservoir team”, he says. “Faith is an industry veteran, and to have someone with her knowledge working my catalogue is great! I look forward to continuing to build my catalogue and creating more at Reservoir”.————————————————–RELEASESIt’s actually happened, guys! Rihanna has released new music. Here’s ‘Lift Me Up’, taken from the soundtrack of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’.Oh what, the return of Rihanna not enough for you? Well, how about some long-awaited new music from SZA too? Here’s ‘Shirt’, a track she first teased back in 2020.Is there room for another big pop release? Sure there is.
BTS’s Jin has released solo single ‘Astronaut’, written by Coldplay. With that out, he’s now off to join the South Korean army.
Cue the Gavin DeGraw! Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Bethany Joy Lenz and more One Tree Hill alums returned to Wilmington for the ultimate reunion.
APPOINTMENTSDeezer has hired Maria Garrido as its Chief Marketing Officer. “I am honoured to join Deezer”, she says. “It’s an exciting time to become a part of this tech and entertainment gem, as it steers a course towards transformational growth.
RELEASESKalush Orchestra have released new single ‘Nasze Domy’, featuring Szpaku. “The idea for this track arose in my head when I was visualising the war in Ukraine”, says Szpaku. “Although we all now live in fear of what Russia has unleashed, God will not forget about us, and in the end good will definitely win”.American Lips – aka DFA979 drummer Sebastien Grainger, Adrian Popovich of Frvits and Tricky Woo – have released new single ‘Waste Of Crime’.Dean Blunt – in his Babyfather alias – has released new track ‘1471’, featuring Tirzah.Asbjørn has released new single ‘X In My Sensual’, featuring Dayyani.
Ryan Reynolds is opening up about his time on South Korea’s The Masked Singer.
A career low? Ryan Reynolds reflected on his involvement in South Korea’s The Masked Singer — and the actor had more bad memories than good.
The LACMA Art + Film gala 2022 was rich with big stars showing off their most glamorous looks as they arrived at the event. Sydney Sweeney, Salma Hayek, Quinta Brunson, Henry Golding, Paris Hilton and more celebrities walked the red carpet and you can see their looks in the photo gallery posted above.
BTS member Jin has said that he originally planned to enlist in the South Korean army shortly after the band announced their “non-hiatus” hiatus earlier this year. However, the decision was made to postpone until after their concert supporting Busan’s bid for the World Expo 2030 last month.“I originally planned to enlist in June but in order to be courteous to fans, I waited until our October performance”, he explained in a live broadcast on the Weverse platform, according to Soompi.
Few Prime Video series have caught on like “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” Amazon‘s take on the novelist’s everyman CIA analyst. But it’s been three years since the show’s second season.
APPOINTMENTSExceleration Music has appointed former Warner Music and Amazon Music exec David Gorman as its Creative Director. “I was instantly drawn to Exceleration’s mission, passion, values, and independent, entrepreneurial spirit, all of which have been on full display since we first started talking”, he says.
DEALSYoungBoy Never Broke Again has signed a new record deal with Universal Music’s Motown, according to Billboard. He moves over from Warner Music’s Atlantic label.
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APPOINTMENTSProduction music firm Epidemic Sound has announced Rikard Herlitz as its new CTO and Julian Persaud as CCO, both starting in January 2023. Herlitz joins from Google, while Persaud moves over from travel platform Omio. “We’re THRILLED to welcome both Rikard and Julian to our leadership team”, says CEO Oscar Höglund.
Naman Ramachandran The 35th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA, Nov. 9-20), will open with the world premiere of Iranian-Dutch filmmaker Niki Padidar’s “All You See.” The festival has also revealed the titles in its competition lineups. In all, 277 titles will be screened at the in-person festival. Artistic director Orwa Nyrabia said: “Here’s an eclectic lineup that is united only by originality. Through the subjectivities of these filmmakers, an image of a world in pain emerges – a humanity that is trying hard, that is vulnerable and sincere, that is complex and persistent. The diversity of artistic forms is astonishing, and there are no boundaries when it comes to tackling the biggest powers or inventing new grammar.”
Source Music has announced the cancellation of several upcoming promotions for LE SSERAFIM, after Yunjin and Chaewon were involved in a “minor” car accident.The announcement was made on October 19 via the girl group’s official Weverse page. “On Wednesday, October 19, the vehicle carrying LE SSERAFIM members Kim Chae-won and Huh Yun-jin was involved in a minor car accident,” the label’s English statement revealed.
DEALSJess Glynne has signed to booking agency UTA for worldwide representation.Sony Music Middle East and Kuwait-based music company Ghmza have announced a new partnership to produce music and promote emerging Khaleeji pop artists across the Middle East. “We are incredibly excited to partner with the talented team at Ghmza”, says Mike Fairburn, General Manager at Sony Music Middle East.
Jin, of South Korean supergroup BTS, is due to drop his first solo single on October 28, agency Big Hit Music said today. Titled “The Astronaut,” the song will see Jin become the second member of the K-pop sensation to release solo material following J-Hope whose debut album landed last July.
BTS‘ Jin has dropped new teasers for his forthcoming debut solo single ‘The Astronaut’, out later this month.On October 19 at midnight KST, the Korean idol announced the impending release of his debut solo single album ‘The Astronaut’, alongside its release date of October 28 at 1pm KST.Simultaneously, a logo trailer for the new project was also shared via the HYBE Labels’ YouTube channel. The two-minute clip begins with an A-shaped spaceship orbiting around Earth.
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BTS vocalist Jin will be releasing a solo single later this month, Big Hit Music has confirmed.On October 18, the K-pop agency confirmed to MBN that the idol will soon be dropping his solo single at the end of the month. This comes days after Jin himself shared his plans to release a solo track at the boyband’s recent Busan ‘Yet To Come’ concert.Several South Korean news outlets have also reported that Jin’s upcoming single will be a collaboration with British rock band Coldplay.
The members of K-pop band BTS will fulfil their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management company has said. Big Hit Music said the band’s oldest member, Jin, will revoke his request to delay his conscription at the end of the month and undertake the required conscription steps.