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Lorde Gives Fans an Update on New Music: ‘I Am Truly Jazzed for You to Hear It’
Lorde has kept quiet for the better part of..well, forever. That changed on Tuesday. In a newsletter sent to fans, Lorde opened with some pleasantries about quarantine life before getting to business. Working again with producer Jack Antonoff, Lorde outlined their process (going between Auckland and Los Angeles) and how losing her dog impacting the process. “It was summer, a time of year which is usually so clarifying and special to me, but I was grieving hard for Pearl, carrying it everywhere with me,” she wrote. “I found a note in my phone from November which said: I eat a grief sandwich / I wear a grief coat / I see a grief film.” But, it’s brought out some good songs apparently. “I started going back to the studio again in December, just for something to do, and to my surprise, good th...
Live Music Events Will Return to Italy Next Month
Following the onset of COVID-19, Italy emerged as one of the world’s hardest hit countries. The virus had a devastating impact, shuttering the country and forcing its residents into lockdown in a matter of weeks. As of May 19th 2020, Italy has reported over 226,000 cases of the virus, but that number is assumed to be much higher due to those who are asymptomatic as well as those who opted to quarantine and recover from home. As other countries begin to ease restrictions on COVID-19-related ordinances, the government of Italy has followed suit by revealing its plans to reopen the country, which has been dormant in lockdown since early March. The reopening of Italy is an optimistic development in the global COVID-19 saga, but it of course comes with a myriad of safety-related cave...
Dee Snider Announces Live Release, Unveils New Song “Prove Me Wrong”: Stream
Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider will release a new live album and home video, For the Love of Metal Live, on July 31st. The package also includes one studio recording, “Prove Me Wrong”, which Snider is sharing ahead of the album’s release. The track is a fun sing-along stomper that is fairly thrashy for Snider. Like with Twisted Sister’s classics “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and “I Wanna Rock”, Snider takes a stance against his naysayers and uses the chorus to emphasize his point. “‘Prove Me Wrong’ are words that I’ve thought in my head since the day I began rocking,” Snider reflected in a press release. “I had a monster chip on my shoulder and dared the world to knock it off… nobody ever could. At this point in my career I thought I’d let everybody in on what has kept be going all these man...
S.G Goodman Shares the Origins of New Song “Old Time Feeling”: Stream
In our new music feature Origins, artists provide their listeners a bit of insight into the inspirations behind their latest song. Today, S.G Goodman explains what gives her that “Old Time Feeling”. The idea that we are somehow more divided than ever rings a bit false if you really think about it. It’s just now the extremes seem louder, spurred on by dire times and combative voices rising to the top. But even as the anger boils ever hotter, it’s important to remember that no matter where you’re from, there are allies everywhere. For S.G Goodman, that means maintaining an identity as a proud Southerner, even when her views conflict with those around her. Growing up in Kentucky along the Mississippi Delta, Goodman was well-versed in the conservative ideals and the concept of “the good old da...
Madeline Kenney Announces New Album, Shares “Sucker” Featuring Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner: Stream
Madeline Kenney has announced her third studio album, Sucker’s Lunch. Set to arrive July 31st through Carpark Records, it’s being teased with a lead single titled “Sucker” featuring Lambchop frontman Kurt Wagner. For her first two full-lengths, Kenney enlisted the help of two special musicians; Toro y Moi produced 2017’s Night Night at the First Landing, while Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak handled production on the 2018 follow-up, Perfect Shapes. Kenney has again brought in outside talent for Sucker’s Lunch, this time turning to all of Wye Oak — both Wasner and Andy Stack. All three artists co-produced and pieced together the new album during quick studio sessions held in Durham, San Francisco, and Kenney’s hometown of Oakland. Musically, the forthcoming LP is said to lean more int...
IDLES Return With Rallying New Song “Mr. Motivator”: Stream
IDLES’ “Mr. Motivator” video Just when we could all use a boost, IDLES are back with a rallying new song called “Mr. Motivator”. It serves as the first official preview of their new album. With their signature breed of stomping punk instrumentation and frontman Joe Talbot’s wily vocals, the Bristol natives crank through a whole batch of self-admitted cliches in the name of inspiration. “Like Conor McGregor with a samurai sword on roller blades/ Like Vasyl Lomachenko after four pints of Gatorade”, hacks Talbot during the track’s first verse. “Let’s seize the day/ All hold hands/ Chase the pricks away”, he chants throughout its cheery refrain. “Mr. Motivator” falls in line with the style of rough-and-tough positivity that IDLES became known for on their 2018 record, Joy As ...
Gunna Clears Up Crime Stoppers Clip Rumor, Says He’s Nobody’s Snitch
Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Gunna has been dogged by rumors of cooperating with the police after a clip of the rapper surfaced that some framed as an episode of Crime Stoppers. The College Park, Ga. rapper shot down the rumors during a chat with The Breakfast Club, stating that he wasn’t on the show and further, he’s never stopped a crime. During the sitdown with DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God, Gunna, who is prepping to drop his sophomore album this week, joined the hosts via a four-way video call and gamely took on questions. Around 12 minutes in, Charlamagne cut to the chase and mentioned the clip from late 2019 that was reportedly leaked by Louisiana rapper Tec as part of an ongoing feud with Young Thug. Gunna explained that the clip wasn’t Crime Stoppers and that it w...
Boosie Badazz “Droptop Talkin’ Sh*t To Da Sky,” Snoop Dogg “I Wanna Go Outside” & More | Daily Visuals 5.19.20
Source: LOS ANGELES, CA – AUGUST 13: Recording Artist Snoop Dogg performs during week eight of the BIG3 three on three basketball league at Staples Center on August 13, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/BIG3/Getty Images) For the past few months Boosie Badazz has had social media going crazy with his numerous controversial posts including weighing in on D-Wade’s daughter and causing more outrage after revealing his own child-rearing methods. Still, Boosie could care less about who he pisses off as he continues to live a luxurious life as is evident in his visuals to “Droptop Talkin Sh*t To Da Sky” where he flaunts cars, women and jewelry like it grows on trees. Snoop Dogg meanwhile seems to be staving off quarantine boredom by playing basketball, smoking ch...
Will Jordan Last On The Challenge Without His ‘Other Half’ Tori?
Tori was left in the dust to dust during tonight’s Challenge episode — leaving Jordan to fend for the lovebirds in the cutthroat game. But can the reigning champ “keep his head up” in this total madness without his fiancée by his side? The Dirty XXX finalist was eager to earn her red skull, and following Season 35’s sixth mission, called Semi Espionage, Tori volunteered to go into Purgatory. Tribunal member Jenna, who was torn between competing or going home to her boyfriend Zach, decided it was her time to fight for a spot in the final. Ultimately, Jenna defeated Tori during “Dust to Dust”; it was “neck and neck” at the end of the showdown, with Barbie Beast taking it in the end. And of course, Jordan, who was very vocal from the sidel...
Big Brother Bentley Has A Brand-New ‘Job’ On Teen Mom OG
Bentley is the oldest Teen Mom OG kiddo — and now Maci‘s firstborn has another distinction among the young MTV boys and girls. During this week’s episode, the 11-year-old (!) met his newest sister Stella, Ryan and Mackenzie’s second child together. So now Bentley has little sister Jayde and little brother Maverick on his mom’s side and little brother Jagger and Baby S on his dad’s side (plus step brother Hudson). The most siblings of all the TMOG mini cast members! “New big brother!” Maci told Benny as he returned home after some quality time with his dad and the rest of the Edwards family. Maci (who was joined by Taylor) asked if Stella was cute, to which Benny enthusiastically said “yes.” “It’s kind of crazy,” ...
Mac Miller’s Classic K.I.D.S. Mixtape Debuts On The Billboard 200
UPDATE (5/14/20, 10:00 a.m. ET): Mac Miller’s breakout mixtape K.I.D.S. debuted at No. 112 on the Billboard 200 chart just weeks after its release to streaming services on April 29. April 29 marked the 10-year anniversary of the commercial release of Mac Miller‘s breakout mixtape, K.I.D.S. It was his fourth project overall, but thanks to songs like “Nikes on My Feet” and “Senior Skip Day,” along with its references to the 1995 coming-of-age drama Kids, it broke Miller to the mainstream and led to him going on his first-ever tour that sold out at every location. These memories, moments, and music are finally out on streaming services as K.I.D.S. is now available everywhere. It’s time to pour back ove...
Somegirlnamedanna Lets Us Meet Her Horses In Homemade ‘Kitchen Table’ Video
A few months ago, Minnesota’s somegirlnamedanna (that’s “some girl named Anna”) introduced herself to us with a simple song titled “Hello I Am.” On her latest release, she’s gone deeper, probing back into her childhood on “Kitchen Table,” a personal entry that looks back on her life so far. As she told MTV News, she wrote the song while studying and working in Nashville, homesick for both her family and the younger days she’d never get back. “I started writing freely about what I missed back home, and I noticed that a lot of it surrounded my kitchen table,” she said. “I remember drawing rainbows in my notebook there even when times were hard, feeling love, telling the truth, getting caught for skipping a class an...
