The 1975 praise Jack Antonoff for identifying “what an artist is really good at” in producing new album

2022 MTV Video Music Awards. A source close to the production of the show confirmed to The Post that the 59-year-old star will dress up as a real-life Moon Person, the silver astronaut statue that VMA winners are awarded.

Once upon a time, Summit Entertainment had a huge hit on their hands with the “Twilight” movies, focusing on a romance between a vampire and a teenage girl. That success helped push leads Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson into the world of fame alongside the tabloid media’s fevered obsession with their dating lives.

Twilight: New Moon director Chris Weitz has admitted he somewhat regrets his decision not to cast Taylor Swift in the series’ second film.In a new interview on The Twilight Effect, the podcast of Ashley Greene (who starred as Alice Cullen in the film franchise), Weitz revealed that while Swift had wanted to be an extra in 2009’s New Moon, he turned the opportunity down.“Taylor Swift and I had the same agent at the time, and he said, ‘Taylor would like to be in this movie – not because of you, but she’s a Twi-hard,” Weitz said during the episode, as The Independent points out. Though it was made clear Swift only wanted to appear as “someone at the cafeteria, or the diner, or whatever,” Weitz nevertheless thought her presence in the film would be too distracting.“The hardest thing for me was to be like, the moment that Taylor Swift walks onto the screen, for about five minutes, nobody is going to be able to process anything,” he said on the podcast.

Taylor Swift sought an appearance in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”, but her cameo was kiboshed by the film’s director, Chris Weitz.

The National‘s Bryce Dessner has spoken to NME about what to expect from the band’s new material, as well as looking ahead to their remaining summer shows.During their run of 2022 festival dates, the indie veterans have been playing a number of brand new songs. Among them is ‘Weird Goodbyes’, a collaboration with Bon Iver which is due to be released imminently.Speaking to NME about the new batch of tracks, Dessner said: “We wanted to road-test songs.

The Beatles, Taylor Swift, and Bob Dylan, as well as smaller, less established acts.HitPiece relaunched last week with new artist partnerships and industry ties, moving out of its test beta stage. According to founder Rory Felton, the brand has signed deals with young artists and producers, including producer ATL Jacob and rappers and singers Lil Gnar and Lil Gotit.In an interview with Input, Felton said HitPiece’s initial launch earlier this year had occurred before he had secured “the proper guardrails in place around the product, which led to miscommunications and challenges that happened”.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBlackpink, Jack Harlow, Lizzo and Måneskin are the latest round of performers announced for MTV’s VMAs, airing live from Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Sunday, August 28th at 8 p.m. ET/PT.They join previously announced performers Anitta, J Balvin, Marshmello x Khalid and Panic! at the DiscoBlackpink will deliver the first U.S.

Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner and her husband Joe Jonas surprised fans when they mentioned his ex-girlfriend, Taylor Swift, in a new video. The British star touched upon her favourite album by the country singer - and fans will no doubt be obsessed!READ: Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner welcome second babyDuring a TikTok live stream on Wednesday, the couple answered questions, one of which included Taylor.WATCH: Taylor Swift gifts tour merchandise to charityTaylor, 32, and Joe, 32, had a short but sweet romance that lasted for a few months in 2008.

Matty Healy has shared Taylor Swift‘s reaction to hearing The 1975‘s forthcoming new album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, for the first time.The Healy-led band’s fifth studio album is set to be released on October 14 via Dirty Hit, and the frontman has now given a new interview about the record to Pitchfork.The profile describes ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ as “quite funny – there’s a mom joke, a QAnon joke, a joke about a 10-year-old who is ‘obsessed with fat ass'”.It then reveals that, after listening to the record, Swift summed it up to Healy by saying “it’s so funny”. Comedian Bo Burnham also had a similar reaction, with the profile noting how Healy “was pleased when Burnham laughed at all the right times” when he listened to the album.Healy also discussed in the interview how he and his bandmate George Daniel began working with Jack Antonoff on the album.“People may think that it’s ‘uncool’ to work with the biggest producer in the world — I don’t give a fuck,” Healy said about enlisting Antonoff’s services.

Beabadoobee has praised The 1975‘s “awesome” new album, saying that “no one’s fucking ready” for how good it is.The singer-songwriter, who is this week’s NME Big Read cover star, said in the interview that The 1975 singer Matty Healy has been sending her songs from ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ to listen to ahead of its release in October.Beabadoobee (real name Bea Lauss) was reflecting on The 1975’s help on her fifth EP, 2021’s ‘Our Extended Play’, which led to Healy co-writing ‘You’re Here That’s The Thing’ and ‘Pictures Of Us’ for her new album ‘Beatopia‘. Their friendship also secured Lauss the position of being able to hear new The 1975 music in advance.“I’ve heard a few songs off of it – he’s [been] sending me one like every day; it’s sick,” Lauss said of Healy.

The 1975 have released a new single called ‘Happiness’ – you can listen to it below.The song is the latest preview of the Manchester group’s fifth album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, which is due to arrive on October 14 via Dirty Hit. It follows on from the recent comeback track ‘Part Of The Band’.“‘Happiness’ is like… there’s literally loads of us in the room on that track,” frontman Matty Healy told Zane Lowe of the funky, sax-filled latest offering on Apple Music 1 this evening (August 3).“[It] really doesn’t really have much structure.

The 1975 have shared a video for new song "Happiness." The single, co-produced by Jack Antonoff, is the latest to be lifted from the band's forthcoming album Being Funny In A Foreign Language, out October 14, and follows "Part Of The Band." In a new interview with Apple Music, frontman Matty Healy said of the new song: “It came through, like, jamming. And we haven't done that in years.

The 1975 have shared a short clip of their new song and video for their upcoming release, ‘Happiness’. Check it out below.The band shared the clip on Twitter and confirmed that the new song would be arriving tomorrow (August 3) at 5:30pm.The Manchester group returned earlier this month with the track ‘Part Of The Band’, which served as the first taste of their fifth album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’ (out October 14 via Dirty Hit).The latest song has already been teased with a poster campaign in London and frontman Matty Healy recently shared a black-and-white image of himself in the studio with the upcoming song’s title appearing as the caption.HappinessThe official video premieres tomorrow, 5.30pm bsthttps://t.co/NQyDYFj4lM pic.twitter.com/8tOMplW29q— The 1975 (@the1975) August 2, 2022In a four-star review, NME said that The 1975 were “unafraid to rip up their own rule book” with their latest single.It added: “If ‘Part Of The Band’ is anything to go by, Healy and co.

Two Door Cinema Club have shared a new single, ‘Lucky’ – you can listen to it below.The track is the latest preview of the Northern Irish trio’s fifth studio album ‘Keep On Smiling’, which is due to arrive on September 2 (physical versions will come out on November 4).“‘Lucky’ is a reflection about how fast things change. Lamenting the loss of points and moments in culture,” the band explained of the shimmering, synth-heavy song in a statement.“We live in such a disposable society, we just need to take the time to think and reflect about why things are there in the first place.”Tune in here:An official video for ‘Lucky’ is set to premiere on YouTube at 7pm BST today (July 29) – you’ll be able to watch it here.Two Door Cinema Club have already previewed their upcoming record with the single ‘Wonderful Life’.Per a press release, ‘Keep On Smiling’ was written and produced by the TDCC both during and coming out of the COVID-enforced lockdowns. It features additional production from Jacknife Lee (The Killers, Taylor Swift, Bloc Party) and Dan Grech Marguerat (Halsey, Lana Del Rey, George Ezra).The full album tracklist is as follows:1. ‘Messenger AD’2. ‘Blue Light’ 3. ‘Everybody’s Cool’ 4. ‘Lucky’ 5. ‘Little Piggy’ 6. ‘Millionaire’ 7. ‘High’ 8. ‘Wonderful Life’ 9. ‘Feeling Strange’ 10.’Won’t Do Nothing’ 11. ‘Messenger HD’ 12. ‘Disappearer’Two Door Cinema Club are scheduled to preview their new material on a European headline tour this September/October.

Taylor Swift’s re-recorded songs will feature on the soundtrack of his new movie, DC League of Super-Pets.In a promotional video shared to TikTok ahead of the film’s premiere today (July 29), Johnson is joined by his Super-Pets co-star Kevin Hart, and the pair quiz each other on what music they’ve been listening to.Clearly @imkevinhart has problems (being an as*hole) and I don’t think we can solve them

Phoebe Bridgers‘ recent London show featured a surprise cameo from The 1975 frontman Matty Healy, who joined the singer-songwriter during her closer ‘I Know The End’.Bridgers performed at the O2 Academy Brixton last night (July 26), as part of her UK and European ‘Reunion Tour’. As is customary for Bridgers’ shows, her main set closer was the final song on her 2020 album ‘Punisher’, ‘I Know The End’.During the section of the song with prolonged screaming, support act Sloppy Jane returned to the stage to join in – accompanied by Healy, who was watching the show from side-stage.