Fresh off his legal battle with his ex-wife, Johnny Depp has announced that he and legendary guitarist Jeff Beck will release an album of mostly covers next month.
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Oliver Sim of The xx has announced that he will release his debut album later this year. It’s called ‘Hideous Bastard’ and is apparently inspired by a concoction of Sim’s own life and his love of horror movies.Its first single is ‘Hideous’, featuring Jimmy Somerville, and comes with a video directed by Yann Gonzalez, with whom Sim has also collaborated on a short horror film that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.“Early on in the making of my record, ‘Hideous Bastard’, I realised that I was writing a lot about fear and shame”, says Sim.
“I imagine that might paint a picture of a dark, ‘woe is me’ sounding album, but in recent years I’ve become a firm believer that the best antidote to these feelings can be bringing them to the surface and shedding some light on them”.“I haven’t written the record to dwell, but rather to free myself of some of the shame and fear that I’ve felt for a long time”, he adds. “So, I hear a lot of the music as joyous, because the experience of writing and recording it has been the complete opposite of what fear and shame have been for me”.Moving on to the first single, he goes on: “Two thirds in, having a good idea of what the record was about, I realised I’d been circling around one of the things that has probably caused me the most fear and shame.
My HIV status. I’ve been living with HIV since I was seventeen and it’s played with how I’ve felt towards myself, and how I’ve assumed others have felt towards me, from that age and into my adult life.
So, quite impulsively, I wrote about it on a song called ‘Hideous’”.“I thought I could release it into the world and be done with it”, he continues. “After playing the song to my mum, being the protective and wise mum that she is, she
.Fresh off his legal battle with his ex-wife, Johnny Depp has announced that he and legendary guitarist Jeff Beck will release an album of mostly covers next month.
Tim Burgess has announced that he will release a new solo album, ‘Typical Music’, on 23 Sep through Bella Union.It’s 22 tracks long. And before you say anything about that, here’s Tim: “OK, we all know about double albums, right? Historically, they’ve been thought of as indulgent. But I came to the conclusion that what I was doing was the opposite of that.
Demi Lovato has shared details of a new studio album, entitled ‘Holy Fvck’.The album, announced yesterday (June 6), is Lovato’s eighth. It follows over a year on from their 2021 album ‘Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over’, and is set for release on August 19 via Island Records.
Celebrations are in order for Pixie Lott and Oliver Cheshire, who have officially tied the knot following a five-year engagement. It looked like a dreamy day, with 31 year old Pixie stunning in a unique gown. Oliver and Pixie married at Ely Cathedral and it looked a vision with florals scattered by the door way.
Gently Tender have announced the release of their debut album, ‘Take Hold Of Your Promise!’ – listen to new single, ‘Love All The Population’ below.The band, made up from ex-Palma Violets members Sam Fryer, Will Doyle and Peter Mayhew alongside The Big Moon’s Celia Archer and guitarist Adam Brown, returned last month with new single ‘Dead Is Dead’, after being away for over three years.Due out August 26, ‘Take Hold Of Your Promise!’ was produced by Matthew E. White, who flew over to work with Gently Tender at Rockfield Studios, following initial sessions at Spacebomb in Richmond, Virginia.
TWICE vocalist Nayeon has unveiled a snippet of her hotly anticipated debut solo single ‘POP!’.Today (May 31), a snippet of ‘POP!’, which will serve as the title track of the 26-year-old K-pop idol’s debut mini-album ‘IM NAYEON’, was released onto TWICE’s official TikTok account. “Pop! Pop! Pop! / You want it / Pop! Pop! Pop! / I want you,” Nayeon sings on the preview of the upbeat new track.NAYEON The 1st Mini Album”IM NAYEON”Lead Track ‘POP!’ SNIPPET #TWICE #트와이스#NAYEON #나연 #IM_NAYEON ♬ POP! – NAYEON On the same day, the singer also shared the tracklist for ‘IM NAYEON’, which will feature seven new songs.
Harry Styles‘ new album Harry’s House is a huge hit! – Just Jared Jr This new couple is making their red carpet debut – DListed Watch the trailer for Dove Cameron‘s new movie – Egotastic Here’s everything coming to Peacock in June – Just Jared Jr
Warpaint‘s Stella Mozgawa and Boom Bip, who launched their new side project Belief earlier this year, have announced their debut album.Mozgawa joined forces with the Los Angeles-based producer for the project, which has been in the works since 2016, releasing their debut single ‘I Want To Be’ in January.The pair said of the song: “We chose ‘I Want To Be’ as the first single because of its anthemic synth hook. It felt like an opening.
English indie rock band xx’s songwriter, bassist, and vocalist Oliver Sim has revealed that he has been living with HIV since he was a teenager. Sim (32), disclosed that he was living with HIV in his newly released song ‘Hideous‘. His first solo album Hideous Bastard is scheduled to be released on September 9. “I imagine that might paint a picture of a dark, “woe is me” sounding album, but in recent years I’ve become a firm believer that the best antidote to these feelings can be bringing them to the surface and shedding some light on them,” said Sim.
GOT7 member Mark Tuan has teased his debut solo album, saying that he’s done working on the upcoming record.In a recent interview with Singles Magazine, the Taiwanese-American K-pop idol revealed that he had recently completed an “album-like project”, just prior to his arrival in South Korea to join GOT7 for the boyband’s comeback.“I’ve worked on a lot more songs than the singles that have been released,” said Tuan, as translated by Soompi. “Before I came to Korea, I hastily finished working on an album-like project then threw a listening party for my friends and staff members and the response was good.”The Taiwanese-American singer added that he had prepared “quite a lot” of songs, and that everybody at his listening party had different favourites.
The xx singer Oliver Sim has officially gone public with the news that he has been living with HIV since he was 17.The 32 year old musician revealed that he had been living with the diagnosis in "shame and fear" for so long, he felt now was the right time to reveal his HIV status to the world. Opening up about his diagnoses the singer revealed he had penned the song Hideous to describe how he "felt towards myself" after first getting diagnosed with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) as a teenager.
Oliver Sim of The xx has revealed he has been living with HIV since he was 17. Sim disclosed the news while sharing new solo song "Hideous," which will feature on Sim's forthcoming solo debut album, Hideous Bastard, due September 9.
Oliver Sim has shared his new single ‘Hideous’, which addresses the xx musician’s diagnosis with HIV at the age of 17.The track is the latest preview of Sim’s newly announced debut solo album ‘Hideous Bastard’, which has been produced by Jamie xx and is set for release on September 9 via Young.Sim has today (May 23) shared ‘Hideous’, which features Bronski Beat and The Communards’ Jimmy Somerville on guest vocals. It’s also been accompanied by a new Yann Gonzalez-directed video, which you can see below.In a note accompanying its release, Sim explained that ‘Hideous’ explores his experience of living with HIV.“Early on in the making of my record, ‘Hideous Bastard’, I realised that I was writing a lot about fear and shame,” Sim wrote.
Harry’s House is finally out!!
wcinkala pmc-editorial-managerVariety’s 11th annual “A Night in the Writers’ Room” returns on June 9, in-person and virtually, with a unique livestream experience moderated by Variety journalists. The event will feature three panels with this year’s Emmy-contending writers in the drama, comedy and limited series categories.
Witch Fever have announced their debut album ‘Congregation’ – listen to the title track below.The Manchester four-piece will release the LP, which was produced by Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs’ Sam Grant at Blank Studios in Newcastle, on October 21 via Sony’s Music For Nations.The lyrics of ‘Congregation’ were largely inspired by singer Amy Walpole’s experience of growing up in a Charismatic Church, a form of Christianity that emphasises the work of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts and modern-day miracles. She left the church when she was 16, and her parents followed suit two years later.“As our first album we’re really excited to just get it out there,” Walpole said in a statement about ‘Congregation’. “We feel that it’s a step above what we’ve done before as we had a chance to experiment with sound and structure.
GFRIEND member Yerin has shared a teaser for her upcoming debut solo single ‘Aria’, from her first mini-album of the same name.In the vibrant clip Yerin is perched on a swing, and smiles as gigantic flowers bloom around her and petals fall from the sky. In another scene, she dances to a snippet of the track with a group of backup dancers.
Renforshort has announced details of her debut album ‘Dear Amelia’ – you can listen to her new Travis Barker-featuring single ‘We’ll Make This OK’ below.The Canadian artist will release ‘Dear Amelia’ on July 8 via Interscope Records, which will serve as the follow-up to her 2021 EP ‘Off Saint Dominique’.Renforshort worked with her longtime collaborator Jeff Hazin on ‘Dear Amelia’, while the likes of Jake Bugg, David Pramik, Alexander 23, Andy Seltzer, John Ryan, Tia Scola and Nick Long all contributed to the record.Described as “an up-close and thrillingly honest journey through the darkest parts of her psyche”, the album features the previously released singles ‘Made For You’ and ‘Moshpit’.‘Dear Amelia’ has been previewed today (May 12) by the release of ‘We’ll Make This OK’, which sees Renforshort linking up with Blink-182 drummer Barker.You can watch the Nikko LaMere-directed video for ‘We’ll Make This OK’, which was shot in LA, above.You can see the tracklist and artwork for Renforshort’s ‘Dear Amelia’ below.1. ‘i miss myself’2. ‘made for you’3. ‘moshpit’4. ‘hate the way you love me’5. ‘we’ll make this ok’ (feat. Travis Barker)6. ‘I thot you were cool’7. ‘don’t come back’8. ‘let you down’ (feat. Jake Bugg)9. ‘better off’10. ‘Julian, king of Manhattan’11. ‘not my friend’12. ‘amelia’ Renforshort will play live at a host of festivals this summer, including the likes of Firefly, Hangout Fest and Splendour In The Grass.