Yeah Yeah Yeahs Return With Towering New Song, ‘Spitting Off the Edge of the World’

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSony Music Entertainment has named Vanessa Picken to the role of chair and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand. Reporting to Sony Music Group Chairman Rob Stringer, she will begin her new role in September.Based in Sydney, Picken will oversee all operations, artist signings, marketing, and business partnerships for the company, according to the announcement.

Lizzo is changing a line in her new song, «GRRRLS,» after facing backlash for a lyric that some listeners called an «ableist slur.» Fans took to social media following the release of the track to call out the singer for her use of the word «spaz» in the song's opening verse, calling it a derogatory term.«Hold my bag, b***h/ Hold my bag/ Do you see this s**t?/ I’m a spaz/ I’m about to knock somebody out/ Yo, where my best friend?/ She the only one I know to talk me off the deep end,» Lizzo sings.«Hey @lizzo my disability Cerebral Palsy is literally classified as Spastic Diplegia (where spasticity refers to unending painful tightness in my legs) your new song makes me pretty angry + sad. ‘Spaz’ doesn’t mean freaked out or crazy.

Lil Nas X has shared a snippet of a new song on his Twitter page, writing in the accompanying caption “yet another snippet i’ll never release”.The video, which you can view below, shows Lil Nas seated and lip-syncing to the song’s lyrics, before he gets up to dance as the beat comes in.In March, the artist said his new album is “close to finished” when responding to a fan about new music on social media. He then returned to Twitter for the first time since December and shared new screenshots of new songs, as well as a lengthy clip of new music.yet another snippet i’ll never release pic.twitter.com/sF9PXwZRcz— obamas cousin (@LilNasX) June 11, 2022Last week, he also posted a clip on Twitter, in which he lip-syncs along to an unreleased song which opens with him repeating the phrase “Fuck BET” several times.

Lizzo has been criticised for using an ableist slur in her new single ‘Grrrls’, where in the opening verse, she sings: “Hold my bag, bitch, hold my bag / Do you see this shit? I’ma sp*z.”While used colloquially in the United States with a similar meaning to ‘freak out’ or ‘go crazy’, the term emerges from the word ‘spastic’, which is used medically to describe the spasms one might experience from a condition like cerebral palsy. The term is often used in a derogative manner to describe those with disabilities, especially cerebral palsy.After the single was released last Friday (June 10), fans and disability activists took to social media to acknowledge their disappointment over the lyrics. Some called for the track to be pulled down and re-uploaded with the line removed.“I’m disappointed in @lizzo for using the word “sp@z” in her new song ‘Grrrls’,” wrote advocate Callum Stephen.

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Jimmy Eat World have today (June 10) shared a punchy new track called ‘Something Loud’ – scroll down the page to watch the video now.The track is the band’s first single since ‘Love Never’, which was released in 2019 and featured on the album ‘Surviving’.‘Something Loud’ was inspired by the excitement that surrounded the announcement of When We Were Young festival, which will take place in Las Vegas this October. Speaking in a press release, frontman Jim Adkins said the response to the event elicited a period of reflection in both his personal and professional lives.“While I thought I made the most of the early band days, I realise now I missed some stuff,” he said.

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It's been just over four years since Rae Sremmurd shared SR3MM, the third collaborative album from sibling rappers Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi. The aptly-titled fourth full-length SREMM4LIFE is on the way according to the group's go-to producer and label head Mike WiLL Made-It, with Wednesday seeing the release of its first official single "Denial." Swae Lee's voice, rich with a doe-eyed melodicism that sweetens even his most scandalous lyrics, remains Rae Sremmurd's secret sauce, and it's lavished all over "Denial." That works to the syrupy love song's benefit, considering that the production taps the kind of melancholic guitar loop that's enduringly – some would say maddingly – popular in modern rap.

Editors have shared details of their new album ‘EBM’ and released new song ‘Karma Climb’ alongside news of a UK and European tour.‘EBM’ is released on 23 September via Play It Again Sam (pre-order here). The music video for ‘Karma Climb’, which follows last month’s single ‘Heart Attack‘, is out now.The band’s seventh album is being showcased along with classics at their newly announced UK and European tour, which kicks off in Spain this month and wraps in Bristol next February.Editors will take in dates at London’s iconic Troxy, with further dates in Nottingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin and beyond in Europe.

Filmmaker Mike Flanagan really has found his niche on Netflix, hasn’t he? After the success of “Haunting Of Hill House,” he’s gone on to create “Haunting of Bly Manor” and “Midnight Mass,” both of which were just as big as his first show. And now, he’s back for a fourth series, “The Midnight Club.” READ MORE: ‘Hill House’ Filmmaker Mike Flanagan Wants To Make A ‘Star Wars’ Horror Film As seen in the teaser for “The Midnight Club,” the show is primarily about a group of eight young people who meet each night to tell scary stories.

APPOINTMENTSUniversal Music Greater China has promoted Carol Ding to Senior Vice President & Head Of Digital And Commercial. “I am excited to lead UMG’s future digital and commercial development across the region, and to join the senior management team in Greater China”, she says. “This is an exciting time for UMGC, as we look to develop new digital and commercial opportunities to support our expanded roster of artists and labels, and further expand our position as the global leader in music-based entertainment”.Universal’s Republic Records in the US has promoted Taylor Vaughn to VP Media.

Phoenix have shared new song "Alpha Zulu," their first new release since 2020. The French band wrote the song when frontman Thomas Mars heard a pilot repeating the phrase over the radio during a turbulent flight in stormy conditions.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have returned with new song "Spitting Off the Edge of the World," a collaboration with Perfume Genius. It marks the band's first new material in over nine years and will appear on their newly announced album Cool It Down. The NYC trio's fifth album will be released on September 30 via Secretly Canadian.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced details of ‘Cool It Down’, their first new album in nine years – watch the video for its first single, the Perfume Genius-featuring ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’, below.The New York City trio will follow up 2013’s ‘Mosquito‘ with the new eight-track album on September 30 via their new label home of Secretly Canadian.“To all who have waited, our dear fans, thank you, our fever to tell has returned, and writing these songs came with its fair share of chills, tears, and euphoria when the pain lifts and truth is revealed,” Karen O said of the band’s return in a statement.“Don’t have to tell you how much we’ve been going through in the last nine years since our last record, because you’ve been going through it too, and we love you and we see you, and we hope you feel the feels from the music we’ve made. No shying away from the feels, or backing down from what’s been gripping all of us these days.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs played new songs to fans at LA’s Teragram Ballroom last night (May 30) – watch them perform ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’ and see the setlist below.The New York band aired classics including ‘Maps’ and ‘Heads Will Roll’ but also treated fans to two new songs including ‘Spitting…’, which was announced last week (featuring Perfume Genius) and is released tomorrow (June 1). A song called ‘Black Top’ was also played, according to notes on setlist.fm.It’s not known if the new tracks will feature on a forthcoming album. Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been on a lengthy hiatus; their last album, ‘Mosquito‘, was released in 2013.The Karen O-fronted band revealed recently that they’d signed a new record deal with Secretly Canadian.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced that they’ll be doing a special one-off warm up gig next week in Los Angeles.It comes after the Karen O-fronted trio announced earlier this week that they were making a comeback with their first new single in nine years, ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’.In addition to the new track, which you can hear a snippet of here, Yeah Yeah Yeahs announced a pair of headline shows in New York and Los Angeles set to take place in October.After teasing the gigs over the weekend, the band have now confirmed they’ll take to the stage at NYC’s Forest Hills Stadium on October 1 before visiting the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California on October 6.But before then, the band will perform a special warm up gig at Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on Monday (May 30).Taking to social media today (May 27) to announce the gig, the band wrote: “Warm us UP LA and be the FIRST to hear the new tunes. The show before the shows: @teragramla May 30th.”Tickets are on sale now here.