Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and hundreds in the music industry are calling for police reform in New York.
22.05.2020 - 20:31 / variety.com
By Jem Aswad
Senior Music Editor
Welcome to Variety Music’s second-ever Fri 5, our collection of the best, most noteworthy or simply most remarkable new songs from the past week. It is not complete or definitive or a fight-to-the-death “best of,” but rather a bunch of songs that we find interesting — because a world without five interesting new songs every week would be a sad world indeed. (Read last week’s Fri 5 here.)
Of course, the blockbuster of the week is the Lady Gaga-Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and hundreds in the music industry are calling for police reform in New York.
Hundreds of members of the music community, including artists, managers, publishers, trade groups, executives and record labels, signed an open letter Monday (June 8) calling for New York state to repeal statute 50-A, the state law that shields police officers’ personnel and disciplinary records from public view.
"Please take things one step further by voting out the corrupt officials... that are encouraging systematic racism and discrimination"
The U.K. singles chart is going gaga this week.Following the release of Chromatica (Interscope) last Friday, Lady Gaga is on target to score three entries in the top 40, including the No.
Ariana Grande is making her voice heard.
Lady Gaga is on course to land three entries on this week’s Official Singles Chart Top 40 following the release of her new album Chromatica.
Happy New Music Friday!
The time has finally arrived: we've been invited on to the planet Chromatica to discover the new era of Lady Gaga.
By Jem Aswad
Del Rey responded to the backlash at her earlier post on Thursday by telling her critics to "#f**koff."
Lana Del Rey has slammed those who accused her of racial insensitivity in a new Instagram video.
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande have shared their first ever collaboration. "Rain On Me," released Friday morning, is the second single from Gaga's forthcoming sixth studio album CHROMATICA, following February's "Stupid Love." Listen to "Rain On Me" at the top of the page.
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande are heading for Number One in the UK singles chart.
Del Rey's comments sparked a backlash
Happy New Music Friday!
Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.This week, Lady Gaga makes it rain with Ariana Grande, The 1975 delivers another opus and The Weeknd recruits Doja Cat for another pop radio offering. Check out all of this week’s First Stream picks below:The Song That Can Be Described As An International Bop: Lady Gaga feat.
Lana Del Rey is calling out her critics. The 34-year-old «Born to Die» singer took to Instagram early Thursday morning to address how her music has been reviewed over the past decade in comparison to other top artists like Ariana Grande, Beyonce, Cardi B and more.