Bear1Boss ends every song on his new self-titled album with an exclamation mark. It's an indicator of what to expect from the Atlanta rapper's style, and perhaps the only trace of subtlety to be found in connection with it.
Song You Need: Jane Remover evolves beyond hyperpop with “Royal Blue Walls”
28.06.2022 - 16:17 / thefader.com
dltzk has officially changed their stage name to Jane Remover, and the 18-year-old leaves a discography still worth getting excited about. 2021's Teen Week was a watershed achievement in the hyperpop/digicore that, despite the artist's misgivings, still shines with how it ambitiously collides genres in service of unvarnished teenage ennui.
Frailty, their debut album released the same year, was a huge leap forward in songwriting, wringing out the tsunami of rave and glitch-inspired sonics and structuring them around more surreal lyrical imagery and guitars – shrouded in lo-fi tape effects, shredded to pop-punk perfection, you name it. "Royal Blue Walls" is one of two new songs released today to announce Jane Remover's name change, and appropriately, the song muses on the process of renewal in a hostile world: "Fourteen, I told myself that / At the turn of the decade I'd call it quits," they sing, "Sixteen, I told myself that / If we wanna keep it off, we've gotta get our act together." Over a reef of shimmering emo guitars, Jane wrestles with their own ghosts as well as the very real monster next door with a gun collection and an appreciation for TV that tells him to fear people like Jane.
The zig-zaginess of Jane's previous work is here, along with an almost Britpop-y appreciation for a good cathartic moment which the song accomplishes no less than two distinct times. But it's not so surprising in the context of Jane's work: as they release more and more music, they consistently unfurl in impressive and even vital ways.
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variety.com
06.07.2022 / 20:51
Disputed Michael Jackson Songs, Which Fans Claim Were Sung by a Different Vocalist, Removed From Streaming Services
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThree songs from the posthumous 2010 Michael Jackson album “Michael,” which some fans have long insisted were not sung by the late artist, have been removed from streaming services.A statement from Jackson’s estate and Sony Music, which acquired the rights to unreleased material from the singer’s vaults in a blockbuster $250 million deal in 2010, says the songs were removed in an effort to “move beyond” the controversy but effectively maintains that the vocals were not faked: “Nothing should be read into this action concerning the authenticity of the tracks,” it emphasizes.“The Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music decided to remove the tracks ‘Breaking News,’ ‘Monster’ and ‘Keep Your Head Up,’ from the 2010 album ‘Michael’ as the simplest and best way to move beyond the conversation associated with these tracks once and for all,” the statement, issued Tuesday, reads. “The album’s remaining tracks remain available.
variety.com
30.06.2022 / 20:21
Maggie McLean Suniewick Exiting NBCUniversal to Join Twitter as VP of Partnerships
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMaggie McLean Suniewick, most recently at NBCUniversal as president of distribution and business development, will be joining Twitter in a newly created role as VP of partnerships.At Twitter, the digital media, tech and entertainment veteran will oversee the social network’s newly formed partnerships team, bringing together Global Content Partnerships (GCP), Developer Platform, and the Business Development teams into one group.Suniewick’s direct reports include TJ Adeshola, recently upped to head of global content partnerships at Twitter. She reports to Twitter CFO Ned Segal.Suniewick is joining the Twitter team at a time of uncertainty for the company, given Elon Musk’s pending $44 billion takeover bid.
thefader.com
28.06.2022 / 21:09
Song You Need: Malice K distills nostalgia to its bare essentials
Malice K has a sneaky way of taking the tropiest of tropes and shaking them by the ankles until only the good bits — the things that made them worthy of repetition in the first place — remain. On his new single, “Changes,” he draws on the sort of brooding nostalgia mined ad nauseam in contemporary pop and boils it down to its essence.
deadline.com
20.06.2022 / 11:52
Ex-Mediawan Exec Jean-Marc Rouhette Named COO For ‘Real War Of Thrones’ Firm Pernel Media
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based Real War of Thrones has hired former Mediawan senior executive Jean-Marc Rouhette to the newly-created role of Chief Operating Officer.