Yungblud shares teaser of Britpop-inspired new single ‘Breakdown’ after “the hardest year for my mental health”

Kim Gordon has dropped a discordant new single, ‘ECRP’, to coincide with a run of dates starting tonight (June 25).Following on from her trap-inspired album ‘The Collective’ earlier this year, Gordon’s new one-off single is a noisy, experimental affair that speaks of “rumours of free speech” and “ashes on the nightstand”.The video, meanwhile, was directed by Gordon’s daughter Coco Gordon Moore and features various shots of New York street scenes.Check out ‘ECRP’ below.Gordon plays London’s Koko tonight, kicking off a European tour, and will head to Birmingham for a gig at the O2 Institute2. The tour also includes various festival appearances at the likes of Glastonbury, Open’er and Roskilde.In a four-star review of ‘The Collective’, NME wrote: “Here the 70-year-old balances her less than commercial sensibilities with crunchily on-trend production and relatable lyrics about rotten capitalism and fragile masculinity – if these sound like themes she explored during Sonic Youth’s ‘90s heyday, it only goes to show how little has changed.”“It’s notable, though, how contemporary her distorted art-punk sounds, given the ongoing grunge resurgence and the fact that Olivia Rodrigo’s taking The Breeders on tour this year.

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Yungblud has released his new single ‘Breakdown’ in support of mental health charities – listen to the track below.The musician opens up about his own mental health struggles in the song, and he has committed to donate £1 (up to £25,000) to the charities Mind and Sound Mind Live for every use of the song’s CapCut template.A video for the song will premiere here at 7pm today (June 21), starring Dame Harriet Walter (Succession, Ted Lasso), but you can listen to the song in full now here:Yungblud shared a teaser of the track earlier this month, and discussed the inspiration of the song, which he said he wrote “because it’s been the hardest year for my mental health”.“In my life I’ve always never felt good enough, it’s just the thing that’s eaten me up,” he added. “For as long as I can remember i have felt constantly afraid of how quickly my head can turn dark.”“It’s always been so hard to fight the darkness that i inevitably have. A lot of people will say it’s a phase and it will go away.

The Japanese House has shared a country-inspired new single ‘:)’ (pronounced ‘Smiley Face’) – check it out below.Described in a press release as an “ode to happiness”, the bright country-pop track follows the artist’s recent second album ‘In The End It Always Does’ and tells the story of how her current relationship and the effect it had – “Something’s happening/I feel happier/I could be losing my mind,” she sings in the chorus.“‘Smiley Face’ is a song I wrote when I was very excited about talking to someone off a dating app,” said the artist (real name Amber Bain). “She lived in Detroit and I was fantasising about flying to meet her.

Tomorrow X Together (TXT) have announced their first-ever virtual reality concert, dubbed ‘Hyperfocus’, which will be screened from next month onwards.The band’s forthcoming VR concert is set to take place across five different cities in the US over the following months. The ‘Hyperfocus’ concert promises to “deliver an unforgettable performance that allows fans to get up close and personal” with the boyband, per Billboard.“We have been thinking about how to get closer to our fans, and this VR concert is an opportunity for us to do so,” TXT said of the forthcoming VR concert in a press statement.

Nearly three years since James Arthur McDonald Jr. bailed on a meeting with SEC over allegations of defrauding investors for millions, the FBI picked up the former CNBC pundit in Washington state this weekend.

Princess Catherine, aka Kate Middleton, took to social media to celebrate Father’s Day on Sunday (June 16).

The bond between the Merrily We Roll Along was palpable at the 2024 Tony Awards after Daniel Radcliffe‘s win.

Eva Mendes is reflecting on mental health, and explaining the importance of showing emotional reactions when facing difficult or frustrating situations. The Hollywood star decided to look back on her emotional moments and detail one of the things that are healthier when it comes to letting everything out.Ryan Gosling, in awe of Eva Mendes’ beauty, influence, and support, shares his feelings at ‘The Fall Guy’ premiereEva Mendes shares why she’s happy to have had kids in her 40s; ‘I could not have raised kids in any other era’Ryan Gosling shares his daughters’ Spanish nickname for him; ‘It kills me every time’The actress took to social media to share a photo, captioning the post with an important message about mental health.

Easy Life have emerged from their legal battle with easyGroup under the new name of Hard Life with their comeback single ‘Tears’. Check it out below along with our interview with frontman Murray Matravers.Last year saw Easy Life play their final show under that name, having conceded defeat in a legal battle over the moniker against easyGroup (the brand owner of easyJet airlines) and that “sadly, it seems that justice is only available to those who can afford it” without “the funds to access a fair trial in the High Court”.

release of her new single ‘Genesis’, Raye performed the track on an active train station platform in London – check out the footage below.The singer posted a video on Thursday (June 6) shortly before the single dropped, which showed her singing just a couple of feet away from the train tracks.

Love Island fans have been left baffled after claiming that one of the show's contestants, Munveer Jabbal, has been "missing" from the villa for three episodes. The recruitment manager, 30, entered the show on a high when he was initially coupled up with Mimii Ngulube - who is now in a triangle with Ayo Odukoya - and voted as most likely to be "boyfriend material." But viewers have since taken to social media to complain over the TV personality's lack of airtime, with Munveer barely making any appearances on the ITV dating show.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck ignoring the rumors about their marriage, reports of a possible separation have continued to grow. This past weekend, news surfaced that the couple had put their shared house up for sale, fueling the ongoing speculation about the state of their relationship.According to TMZ, Jennifer and Ben’s former home, which they acquired after their wedding and lived in until a few weeks ago, is now up for potential buyers to view through real estate agent Santiago Arana of The Agency in California.

Coldplay have shared a teaser of a new single, which appears to be titled ‘First Time’ – check out the clip below.The 20-second snippet was posted to the band’s Instagram account earlier today (June 7), with the simple caption reading: “first time”. It would be the band’s first new material since 2021’s ‘Music Of The Spheres’.

Bon Jovi made their debut 40 years ago with their 1984 self-titled album featuring their hit “Runaway,” they were compared to the likes of Loverboy.Words like “characterless” and “nondescript” were used to describe their music in a review by the Washington Post, which called out Jon Bon Jovi’s singing as “high, hysterical screaming.”The review went on to slam his songwriting, saying: “He writes dumb songs about women.”And the review concluded with one final dig. And I quote: “The band’s brand of antiseptic hard rock only makes you want to cheer on all the more the undiluted heavy rockers like Motley Crue.”Ouch.

Raye has shared an expansive and “deeply personal” new single, ‘Genesis’ – you can listen to it below.The multi-BRIT Award-winning singer-songwriter previewed the track live at a special pop-up exhibition in New York City earlier this week, saying she was “so proud” of how it had turned out.Today (June 7) Raye released the studio version of the ambitious, seven-minute song – which marks her first material since her critically acclaimed, Mercury Prize-nominated debut album ‘My 21st Century Blues’ (2023).“There is a Nina Simone quote, ‘It is an artist’s duty to reflect the times’. This quote is everything to me and I believe the best way I can try to do this is through my art and my music,” she said in a statement.“There is so much darkness and pain in this world we live in, and I wanted to create something both as deeply personal and as raw as I could find myself to be about my own mind and the world I see around me.”Raye continued: “The song is a seven-minute piece that I have crafted and scrutinised over the last year and a half, experimenting with different genres and sonic expressions, beneath all the layers and the lyrics, the underlying message is ‘Let There Be Light’.“It is a prayer and a plea and a cry for help, and I really hope this song will be able to bring some hope, the way this music does for me, to those who need it most.”In the gospel-tinged first part, Raye sings about how she’s “been sober for some months“.

Falling In Reverse but this year, they’re rapidly rising (which some might call…falling in reverse).In early May, the post-hardcore rockers announced their nationwide ‘The Popular MonsTOUR II: World Domination’ in support of their forthcoming fifth studio album “Popular Monster.”Then, on June 6, they dropped the record’s second single, the radio-friendly “All My Life,” with Jelly Roll that strays from their trademark hard rock/metal lane and tiptoes into a more mainstream country/pop/rock sound.While we can’t predict what the rest of their record will sound like, we do know that you won’t want to miss seeing them — along with high-profile special guests Dance Gavin Dance, Black Veil Brides, Tech N9ne, Nathan James and Jeris Johnson on select dates — thrash live.And if you want to make sure you’re prepared, you can pick up tickets for all 25 of their North American concerts from August through September as of today including their gigs at Buffalo, NY’s Darien Lake Amphitheater on Tuesday, Sept. 10 and Holmdel, NJ’s PNC Bank Arts Center on Friday, Sept.

Dylan has dropped a high-energy new single called ‘Perfect Revenge’. Check it out below.Released today (June 6), the dates come on the heels of the 24-year-old’s recent headline tour across the UK, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and North America.With ‘Perfect Revenge’, the singer brings out her knack for delivering sharp-tongued lyrics in full force – and the lyrics explore the feeling of obsession and wanting something you can’t have.It was written alongside her regular collaborators Mati Schwarz and Vera Carlbom in Los Angeles, and came together while she was on tour across the country with Ed Sheeran.“You, you’re so sweet/ You’re making me seem bitter/ Yeah you, pull me in to leave me like a sinner,” Dylan sings in the opening lines, and the track comes alongside a music video which sees her look straight into the camera.Describing the track, Dylan said: “I understand that there is power in being the bigger person, and that ‘the best revenge is to have enough self-worth to not seek it’…but sometimes that is not always the answer.“My perfect revenge is releasing a song called ‘Perfect Revenge’.

Demi Lovato went through some low lows before she found herself again. This week, the 31-year-old pop star sat down at

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Eminem is giving his fans the first taste of his upcoming 12th album “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce),” dropping this summer, with the release of its first single “Houdini.” The song begins with a classic Eminem trope, enlisting his longtime manager Paul Rosenberg to share his distaste of the album that’s to come.