The Weeknd shares snippet of new song

We couldn’t think of a better way to kickstart HollywoodLife’s new Real Housewives-focused podcast, Pay Attention Puh-Lease!, than to have Real Housewives of New York City alum Dorinda Medley on as our first guest. And when we say she “made it nice”, we’re not just trying to use her trademark saying — she truly delivered.

Last year, James Blake became another one of TikTok's unlikely success stories thanks to a viral cover of Frank Ocean's "Godspeed." With that burst of momentum, the English singer-songwriter will soon release his new album Friends That Break Your Heart, out September 10.

Since releasing his album WUNNA last year, Gunna has been keeping fans of his languid luxury raps fed with a steady diet of features on songs like "His & Hers" by Internet Money, Lil Uzi Vert, and Don Toliver and "Take It To Trial," a collaboration with his mentor Young Thug. Yesterday he returned with a new song called "9 Times Outta 10," a single billed as a collaboration with the song's producer Taurus.

Ed Sheeran has announced his fifth album, ‘=’, and shared the album track ‘Visiting Hours’.The singer-songwriter, whose last solo album was 2017’s ‘÷‘ (not counting his collaborative work ‘No.6 Collaborations Project‘ in 2019), has confirmed today (August 19) that it will be released on October 29 via Asylum/Atlantic.

North Carolina rapper MAVI is the kind of artist that labors over the content and delivery of his music more than most. Back in 2019, he told The FADER about how Toni Morrison's work influenced his own.

Blossoms have shared a snippet of their brand new single, ‘Care For’, which is released tomorrow (August 17).The Stockport band, who released their third album ‘Foolish Loving Spaces‘ last year, look to be teasing what might appear on a forthcoming new album with the song.‘Care For’ will premiere as Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1’s Future Sounds show (6pm-10pm), hosted tomorrow by Yungblud.

J Balvin has shared an emotive new song ‘Que Locura’ – you can listen to it below.The Latin pop superstar also unveiled details of his new album, ‘Jose’, which will arrive on September 10.The follow up to 2020’s ‘Colores’, the album is set to feature his latest single alongside ‘In da Getto’ – his collaboration with Shrillex and ‘7 de Mayo’.Elsewhere, a collaboration with María Becerra, ‘¿Qué Más Pues?’, will feature, as will further collaborations with Jay Wheeler (‘Otro Fili’), Khalid (‘Otra

The Weeknd claims the highest new entry on this week’s Official Irish Singles Chart with Take My Breath.

Indie-rock singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett has returned with the new song "Before You Gotta Go," a track from her upcoming album Things Take Time, Take Time. Whenever an argument with a significant other ends, there's a specific kind of warm light that breaks through the clouds while still catching the gloom of the fight.

And Just Like That, Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Noth instantly gave fans something to look forward to — AKA Carrie and Big potentially still being together!!

When Jorja Smith released her Be Right Back EP in May she wasn't joking. Today the U.K.-based vocalist has dropped "All of This," an amapiano-style track made in collaboration with DJ GuiltyBeatz.

A year after conquering the world with After Hours, The Weeknd returns with his new single "Take My Breath." It's the most disco-heavy track he's ever done, and despite sounding unreservedly retro, you could see it potentially occupying the same space in pop as his global smash "Blinding Lights." In the music video (again, seizure warning), Abel goes to an industrial party with a latex fetish room and lots of oxygen tanks a la Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter an epic buildup — starting with a cryptic statement about “the dawn,” back in May, then some social media teases, then placement in an ad for the Olympics, and then news that it was banned from IMAX theaters — the Weeknd’s new single and video “Take My Breath” has arrived, and it sounds like another smash.As promised, the mood of the song is lighter, with a pulsing disco beat and a chugging “Another Brick in the Wall” guitar riff, but the video — directed by

The new era of The Weeknd is here.

Victoria Monét is a Grammy-winning pop songwriter who rarely disappoints when she applies that pen to her own solo work. After dropping 2020's ambitious, psychedelic Jaguar, Monét returns with her new single “Coastin’.” Like her previous 2021 single "F.U.C.K.," "Coastin'" has serious bedroom eyes, but the new song's classically-minded funk adds a looser — but still explicit — mood to the proceedings.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra have shared the new video for their latest single ‘That Life’ – you can watch the puppet-featuring clip below.The new song follows on from the release in June of the track ‘Weekend Run’, which marked the New Zealand band’s first official release since 2018.UMO have now dropped ‘That Life’ along with a Lydia Fine and Tony Blahd-directed video.The clip, which you can see below, stars a blue puppet that was created by The Muppets and Sesame Street puppeteer and fabricator

Three years after his last full-length project QUARTERTHING, Chicago rapper Joey Purp has announced his new tape UpLate. The project is a "house record," according to a press release, and you can certainly get a flavor of that in its lead single "Outside." Purp flexes like he's making up for lost time but never sounding desperate for attention over a beat that would make Frankie Knuckles proud.

Gallery: And we can't stop! These pop stars released albums during the COVID-19 pandemic (BANG Showbiz)At the end of his acceptance speech for Top Hot 100 Artist, The Weeknd declared: “I’d like to thank God I don’t have to wear that red suit anymore. " The music star also wore the costume for his Super Bowl halftime performance, the MTV Video Music Awards and the AMAs.

The Weeknd has announced the start of a new era "tonight" (August 2) along with a preview of a new song. 

The Weeknd has shared a preview of a new song and teased the imminent arrival of his new era.The singer (real name Abel Tesfaye) has been teasing new music for months, after signalling at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards back in May that he was ending his ‘After Hours’ era.At one point, Tesfaye remarked that he’d “like to thank God that I don’t have to wear that red suit any more”, referencing the outfit he regularly donned during the promotional campaign surrounding his latest album.Now (August