Pitchfork Re-Scores Major Albums for Artists, Including Lana Del Rey & Charli XCX

Four chart titans are battling it out for Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart.

Lana Del Rey appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert overnight (October 23), performing ‘Arcadia’ from her latest album, ‘Blue Banisters’.Appearing via a monochrome video uplink, Del Rey – accompanied only by a piano – gave a very sensual performance of the intimate ‘Arcadia’, which serves as the album’s lead single.Watch Del Rey’s performance on The Late Show below:Del Rey’s performance comes just as her eighth studio album was released on Friday (October 22), marking the second album

Chris Willman Music WriterArriving a mere seven months after “Chemtrails Over the Country Club,” all signs pointed to Lana Del Rey’s “Blue Banisters” being a companion piece. Proximity, it turns out, is all they have in common.

New Music Friday! It's every audiophile's favorite day of the week, and some of our favorite artists from all different genres have blessed us with new tunes.Elton John released his epic  collection, featuring collaborations with Lil Nas X, Dua Lipa, Miley Cyrus, Young Thug, Nicki Minaj and more. Christina Aguilera teamed up with Becky G, Nicki Nicole and Nathy Peluso on the club-ready «Pas Mis Muchachas,» the first single off her upcoming Spanish language album.

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

Elton John: The Lockdown Sessions (EMI Universal) Rating: 4/5Verdict: Rocketman heads for the stars Lana Del Rey: Blue Banisters (Polydor) Rating: 4/5Verdict: Bold step forward For Elton John, the first few weeks of last year's lockdown were unremarkable. With his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour on hold, he watched Tiger King, played board games with husband David Furnish and sons Zachary and Elijah, and listened to music.

Lana Del Rey has released the video for her song "Blue Banisters." The song is the title track from Del Rey's eighth studio album, due for release this Friday (October 22). The video shows Del Rey acting out some of the lyrics from the song, including sitting on a John Deere and painting a wooden deck in a shade of blue.

Manori Ravindran International EditorA new film about the development, regulation and roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines from “How to Survive a Plague” director David France has scored a raft of international sales.Documentary specialists Dogwoof have sold the film — which will debut on HBO and HBO Max in 2022 — into Sky in the U.K., Germany and Italy; NRK for Norway; DR for Denmark; SVT for Sweden; Channel 8 and YesDocu for Israel; and HBO and HBO Max in Latin America.Filming on the documentary,

Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey's management team will choose the UK's entry into the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, it's been announced.

DEALSLAB Records has extended its worldwide distribution deal with Warner Music’s ADA. “LAB are industry leaders as a modern, contemporary, streaming oriented label and we’ve enjoyed a brilliant relationship with them over the last four years, so I’m delighted that we’re renewing our partnership”, says ADA MD Howard Corner.

After BMG’s choice sent us home with nil points this year, artist management company TaP Music has been selected to choose next year’s Eurovision entry for the UK. The company works with artists including Dua Lipa, Lana Del Rey and Ellie Goulding.

Lana Del Rey has shared the official video for ‘Blue Banisters’, the title track of her upcoming eighth album.The singer-songwriter will release the follow-up to this year’s ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ this Friday (October 22).

Mel C brought out her inner villain for night two of “Dancing With The Stars”‘ Disney theme.

Ed Meza @edmezavarCohen Film Collection is gearing up for a number of newly restored releases, among them Simon Callow’s 1991 drama “The Ballad of the Sad Café” and a number of Buster Keaton works.Part of New York-based Cohen Media Group, Cohen Film Collection restores classic films and re-releases them theatrically.

Charli XCX has revealed more about what fans can expect from her forthcoming album.The singer said in a recent takeover of The Chart Show on Apple Music 1 that her fifth album is deeply sensual, sexual and has “demonic” aspects to it.Referencing her latest single ‘Good Ones‘ which will appear on the record, she said: “It definitely sets the palette for the rest of the album. It is heavily ’80s inspired.

Lana Del Rey has shared an alternative video for her latest single, ‘ARCADIA’ – you can watch it below.Produced with Drew Erickson, the song will appear on Del Rey’s long-teased forthcoming LP, ‘Blue Banisters’, set to be released on October 22.The ‘White Dress’ singer previewed the follow-up to ‘Chemtrails Over the Country Club’ in May with the surprise release of a trio of new singles: the album’s title track as well as ‘Text Book’ and ‘Wildflower Wildfire’, which were all written by the

Charli XCX performed her recent single ‘Good Ones’ on US TV last night.The singer took to the stage on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon yesterday evening (October 6) where she brought the track’s “sinister” official video to life.Set in a dry ice-filled faux graveyard, the clip sees Charli crawl out from beneath her own headstone – engraved with “Charli XCX” – as her live band plays behind.