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21 Savage has shared a music video that purportedly doubles as the first official trailer for American Dream: The 21 Savage Story, a feature film about his life, with Donald Glover taking the role of 21 in the present and Stranger Things’ Caleb McLaughlin playing the rapper’s younger self. Donald’s younger brother Stephen Glover, who wrote for his elder sibling’s hit FX series Atlanta, is listed as the first of four directors in the clip’s credits.

D'Angelo may be on track to release his first new song in years: a nine-minute collaboration with JAY-Z recorded for the soundtrack to the Netflix film The Book of Clarence. The film's director Jeymes Samuel spilled the beans at an event on Saturday hosted by Elliot Wilson, as Stereogum points out.

SoundCloud will be put up for sale in 2024, Sky News reported on Sunday, with the streaming platform’s owners reportedly hoping to secure $1 billion in any potential deal. A SoundCloud representative declined to comment on the story when reached by The FADER.

Lil Nas X has gone 15 months without releasing new music, a surprisingly long time given how effectively the pop artist channeled the success of “Old Town Road” into a string of hits in a relatively short amount of time. One of the key factors in his ascent was his keen understanding of how internet discourse works and how to bend it to his will, something he’s been flexing again recently.

The classic 1984 film Purple Rain, starring and soundtracked by the music of Prince, is being revived as a stage musical, The New York Times and Variety report. The upcoming adaptation will be directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz and feature a retooled script from Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, based on the original screenplay by Albert Magnoli and William Blinn.

Guitarists of the world, now's your chance to play with one of the most celebrated acts of the '90s alt-rock era. Smashing Pumpkins are looking for a new guitarist ahead of their massive tour with Green Day, the band revealed in a social media post on Friday, and are accepting applications from "anyone who might be interested." If that's you, hit them up at [email protected].

*Contains spoilers for the movie Saltburn*

So often, when regional rap scenes blow up nationally, they’re treated too much as a passing novelty: a city has its moment in the sun, and then it’s on to the next one. Just as frequently, the popularity of regionally-specific sounds doesn’t actually benefit artists from those areas very much.

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song written by Vivian Medithi and Nadine Smith.

On the verge of releasing their 11th Sleater-Kinney LP, Little Rope, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker have shared the record’s third single and closing track, “Untidy Creature.” The new song follows October’s “Hell” and November’s “Say It Like You Mean It.” The full project is due out January 19 via Loma Vista. “Untidy Creature” is the type of raw power ballad fans have come to expect from Brownstein and Tucker, an anthem for messy love at the end of the world.

Every Friday, The FADER's writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on SPRINTS' Letter To Self, Bear1Boss' Outta Here, Luis R. Conriquez's Corridos Bélicos Vol. IV, and more.

When an achilles injury to frontman Zack de la Rocha put an end to Rage Against the Machine's 2023 tour plans it was hoped that the band would eventually reschedule. However, drummer Brad Wilk has said it is likely the band will never return to the stage. "I want to let you know that RATM (Tim, Zack, Tom and I) will not be touring or playing live again," Wilk wrote on Instagram.

The first two singles from Fredericksburg, Virginia five-piece Infant Island’s third album, Obsidian Wreath, were characteristically obliterating. But on “Kindling,” the project’s final single before its January 12 release, the clouds part and the hellhounds rest, at least for a while.

The xx have entered the studio for the first time in six years to work on their fourth album, the group’s guitarist and co-lead vocalist Romy Madley Croft told NME during an interview at last weekend’s Beyond The Valley music festival in Victoria, Australia. “It’s quite different being back in the studio with The xx,” Croft says in a video clip from the interview posted to NME’s Instagram page.

In her 2023 memoir, The Woman In Me, Britney Spears wrote that “pushing forward in my musical career is not my focus at the moment.” However, sources have revealed that multiple songwriters are working new music for an upcoming album that could arrive as soon as this year. Both Charli XCX and Julia Michaels are mentioned by Page Six as being among the artists who have written songs for the rumored follow-up to Spears' 2016 album Glory.

As the 2023 holiday break tragically recedes into the horizon, Bad Bunny is offering a look into what a New Year’s Eve celebration in his world may look like with the “No Me Quiero Casar” video. Translated into English, the song’s title means “I Don’t Want To Get Married,” and the music video begins with Benito fielding questions about when he’ll settle down from a number of the party’s guests.

The YSL trial has resumed following a three-week break. The trial — which began on November 27, more than 18 months after a grand jury indicted Young Thug and 27 of his alleged associates for conspiracy to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and charged them variously with more than 50 other crimes — began its previously scheduled two-week holiday break a week early when one of Thug’s five remaining co-defendants, Shannon Stillwell, was stabbed in Fulton County Jail on December 9.

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Playboi Carti has dropped "Backr00ms," a new collaboration with Travis Scott. The song also credits Sexisdeath and Indiana420Bitch as featured artists and comes with a lo-fi video made up of grainy footage shot in a cavernous garage and an anonymous looking office building.

In the waning days of 2023, the Alchemist hopped on Instagram to tell the story of Hall & Nash 2, a collaborative project the producer recorded in 2016 with the then-ascendent Griselda rappers Conway the Machine and Westside Gunn. The trio came together to record the sequel soon after the original's release.

Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song written by Vivian Medithi and Nadine Smith.

Central Cee has shared "Entrapeneur," his first solo release of the year. "Entrapeneur" comes with a video showing the U.K.

Every Friday, The FADER's writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on Bas' We Only Talk About Real Shit When We’re Fucked Up, YTB Fatt's Foxes Only, Wishy's Paradise EP, and more.

Bar Italia spent their first few years as a band quite literally defying identification. There were no names or photographs attached to the two albums they released on Dean Blunt’s World Music label. This only deepened the enigmatic qualities of a group putting out music indebted to the indie rock canon — The Cure, Slowdive, and Sonic Youth are clear influences — on a label more renowned for its experimental output.

Getting four creatives to see eye to eye on anything is a feat in and of itself. For indie soul outfit Club Lotus, who seamlessly blend their diverse influences and musical backgrounds, finding a name was an important first step in getting on the same wavelength.

Shygirl knows Christmas is a time for partying and has dropped a new club banger for the season. "f@k€" is a collaboration with Kingdom and is built around the idea of chasing synthetic experiences in life.

Last week, Pioneer Works — a hulking warehouse in industrial Red Hook turned concert venue, gallery, and co-working artist space — held an experimental music exhibition, hosting five sets from nine titans of the form. Headlined by Kali Malone and William Basinski, respectively, the two nights of sound presented radically different conceptions of the drone: the sustained tone that is one of music’s most ancient forms (along with the drum beat) but has been a consistent feature of its avant garde for the better part of a century.

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Love Lies Bleeding is the new movie from director Rose Glass, whose 2019 debut Saint Maude was a critically acclaimed psychological horror set in the North of England. Glass is changing things up for her next movie, though, and diving deep into the intersection of bodybuilding and crime.

Lil Yachty’s label Concrete Boys has released the video for their new single, “MO JAMS,” featuring verses from Yachty, DC2TRILL, Draft Day, and KARRAHBOOO. With a set decked in Christmas decorations and a floor-to-ceiling tree, there’s no reason why the easy groove of “MO JAMS” couldn’t end up on the holiday mix.

Indie rock superstars turned regular bog-standard superstars boygenius (a.k.a. Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus) are the latest artists to perform on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge.

Streaming has led to a situation where making a new Christmas song feels like a thankless task. If you can't be as immediately popular as Mariah Carey or "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" then you might as well not bother.

The latest artist to roll through the NPR offices to record a Tiny Desk Concert is Scarface. The rapper isn't promoting a new project but rather reflecting on his career as he approaches retirement.

Nicki Minaj has broken a chart record with her new album Pink Friday 2, which has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. That makes the album, released on December 8, her third chart-topping album and the first time a female rapper has achieved the feat.

Florida prosecutors in the YNW Melly double murder retrial intend to introduce a slew of the rapper's lyrics to be introduced as evidence, the Miami Herald reports. In a court filing made on Wednesday, Broward county prosecutor Alixandra Buckelew listed 55 songs, 18 audio files, 14 YouTube videos, and four album covers the state wishes to admit as evidence for the trial, which is scheduled to begin in February. The songs include Melly's biggest hit "Murder On My Mind." Read Next: YNW Melly appears on Yung Bans’ new song “No Belt” The February trial will be the second time that Melly, born Jamell Demons, Melly will face charges in the October 2018 killing of Christopher “Juvy” Thomas Jr and Anthony “Sakchaser” Williams.

Livestream shopping platform NTWRK is teaming up with Los Angeles-based designer Peder Cho and Honda to air an upcoming episode of the Japanese auto giant's digital series "Dream It Yourself." Airing on December 15 at 4 PM PST on both NTWRK's app and Honda's DreamLab Twitch channel, Cho will share his creative product design process while creating a one-of-a-kind patchwork chair from scratch live from DesignerCon. Known for meticulously upcycling vintage luxury and athletic apparel, and teaching his followers how to do the same, Cho's Utopia by Cho brand has expanded to include full collections and made its NYFW debut earlier this year.