Dance
Dua Lipa Welcomes You to ‘Club Future Nostalgia’ With New Remix Album: Stream It Now
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Dua Lipa is bringing the fun of a nightclub to the comfort of our socially distanced homes. The pop star dropped her Club Future Nostalgia remix album on Friday (Aug. 28), featuring fresh new spins on Future Nostalgia favorites. Most notably, the 17-track effort includes the epic “Levitating” remix by The Blessed Madonna, featuring Madonna and Missy Elliott. “I see her and I saw this album as a part of this whole history of subversive women in pop music,” The Blessed Madonna recently told Zane Lowe of Lipa’s music. “And for me, the great dance records are pop records and the great pop records are dance records and those things live together. And then to be able to have all of this content ...
Calvin Harris & The Weeknd Drop Their Collab ‘Over Now’: Listen
The Internet went on high alert last week when Calvin Harris and The Weeknd both shared cryptic but suggestive Instagram images that pointed to a forthcoming collab. Today (Aug.28) that track, “Over Now” is here. The song is deeply smooth, R&B-leaning breakup jam with flourishes of funk and synth shimmer that serves as base for The Weekend to deliver lyrics in which he implores his ex to stop calling. The video finds a digitally rendered and fairly psychedelic avatar of the singer dancing around a series of Web 1.0 landscapes that altogether have heavy aesthetic influences of Daft Punk, Gesaffelstein and Blade Runner. “Over Now” is the Scottish producer’s first release as Calvin Harris since his 2019 single “Giant” with Rag’n’Bone M...
Label Spotlight: 25 Years In, Om Records Is Still Aiming For That Goosebumps Feeling
Celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, Om Records’ first office was on San Francisco’s legendary Haight Street. First hosting the musical counterculture of the late ’60s via local bands like the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, three decades later Haight witnessed another sonic revolution in the form of electronic music upon Om’s arrival in 1995. In this era, the genre existed largely in underground scene hubs like San Francisco, where local producers were getting weird with their fusions of house, acid house, downtempo and hip-hop and other burgeoning experimental sounds. A quarter-century later, Om is still home to everything weird and wonderful, with artists including Kaskade, Groove Armada, Dirty Vegas and more delivering electronic sounds across the...
The Weeknd & Calvin Harris Drop More Details About Their New Track
It won’t be long before The Weeknd and Calvin Harris‘ new song is here. The Weeknd announced the track’s title, “Over Now,” as well as a release date on social media Saturday afternoon (Aug. 22). “over now. friday,” he captioned some newly unveiled artwork for the collaboration, which is billed as “Calvin Harris x The Weeknd.” “Brand new this Friday,” Harris confirmed on his own Instagram account. “Over Now” will make its debut on Friday, Aug. 28. It was first teased earlier in the week, when The Weeknd shared a photo of himself with the Scottish producer, and Harris put up footage previewing a funky and smooth R&B jam in an Instagram story. Check out their latest posts below. You Deserve to Make Mo...
Fans Choose Diplo and Joji’s ‘Daylight’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Diplo and Joji’s new song “Daylight” has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Aug. 7) on Billboard, choosing the latest single from Joji’s forthcoming album, Nectar, as their favorite new music release from the past week. In the music video for their new collaborative track, Diplo and Joji work behind the scenes on a video shoot for an elderly boy band. The pair is tormented by a very tanned, waxed and demanding director before breaking into the wardrobe department and wreaking an innocent sort of havoc on the set. {“nid”:”9430283″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Diplo & Joji Go Behind the Scenes as PAs in 'Daylight' Video: Watch”,”rela...
First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Icona Pop, Machinedrum, SG Lewis & More
New Music Friday is intense. Hundreds of songs drop from artists around the world, and you’re supposed to somehow find the best ones. It’s fun work, but it’s time-consuming — so we at Billboard Dance want to give you a hand. Each week, we sift through the streams and dig in the digital crates to present the absolute must-hears from the wide breadth of jams. This week, we’ve gotten a very excellent surprise EP from Hudson Mohawke, a single from Joji and Diplo and the much-anticipated debut album from Bronson, the joint project by Odesza and Golden Features. All that goodness comes in addition to the five fresh dance tracks below. Let’s dig in. Icona Pop, “Feels In My Body” The Swedish duo extend the dance pop sound that’s been their sign...
Marshmello Is One of the Most Adaptable Stars in Modern Music — And the Charts Prove It
Let’s start with a clunky but (arguably) relevant comparison, and say that while marshmallows seem to have only one fairly specific use as a food, the pillowy treats go well with a number of other desserts, and are enjoyed by a wide and diverse segment of humanity. The same can be said of the EDM producer named for and styled in homage to these fireside snacks. Since emerging in the EDM scene circa 2015, Marshmello has become a dominant brand not only in mainstream dance music, but in a grab bag of genres including hip-hop, rock, pop and country. Having worked with everyone from Tyga and Chris Brown to Chvrches to Svdden Death and Blackbear to Kane Brown to Bastille, the artist has scored hits on Billboard’s Hot 100, Country Songs, Rap Songs, Alternative Songs, Rock & Alter...
What’s Been Your Favorite Dance Music Livestream of Quarantine? Vote!
2020 has seen a dance festival season like no other, with live events being wiped off the calendar and digital festivals becoming the new standard way of seeing your favorite DJs. With necessity still holding strong as the mother of invention, the past six months have seen incredible leaps in livestreaming capabilities, with festivals using technology, community and music to deliver engaging and in many cases truly unique experiences. Some events have indeed left lasting impressions, from the immersive digital world of Tomorrowland Around the World, to the IRL feel of Lightning In a Bottle’s DGTL LiB event, to the global effort of Beatport ReConnect to the all-star nature of Digital Mirage and the EDC Las Vegas Rave-a-Thon. {“nid”:”9425791″,”type”:...
First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Disclosure, Gryffin, Honey Dijon & More
New Music Friday is intense. Hundreds of songs drop from artists around the world, and you’re supposed to somehow find the best ones. It’s fun work, but it’s time-consuming — so we at Billboard Dance want to give you a hand. Each week, we sift through the streams and dig in the digital crates to present the absolute must-hears from the wide breadth of jams. This week saw The Chainsmokers making international headlines with a charity show gone wrong, Marshmello revealing that he’s got a bundle of unreleased Juice WRLD collabs, MK telling us about his youth in the late ’80s Detroit dance scene, Gareth Emery sharing a chapter of his forthcoming memoir and Aria Stark making an appearance in the new Madeon video. And that’s not all. In the realm of...
Maisie Williams Stars in Madeon’s Powerful New ‘Miracle’ Video
Madeon called on some Game of Thrones queens for his intense new video for “Miracle.” Directed by Lena Heady, who plays Cersei Lannister in the hit HBO series, the clip sees Maisie Williams (a.k.a. Arya Stark) in the aftermath of a devastating accident. The visually stunning clip sees Williams and her significant other in the video floating through space. At the drop, it’s revealed that the actress was killed in a car accident, and the sequence of events combined with the music create an overall emotional experience. “A few months ago, while I was on tour, Lena reached out about making a video for ‘Miracle.’” Madeon said in a press statement. “Her vision was so clear, it was very different from the way I’ve illustrated the universe of my album Good Faith&n...
20 Questions With MK: The Producer Defends Vocal House, ‘All We’re Trying to Do Is Make Something Great’
Mark Kinchen has been under the spell of house music since the late ’80s, when the producer followed his interest in music to the burgeoning electronic scene then happening in his hometown of Detroit. It was this function of being in the right place at the right time, with the right taste, that he witnessed dance world pioneers like Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson forging the electronic genre and where he picked up a love of house music that would fuel his career for the following three decades. MK’s latest release is “2am,” a piano-heavy house heater featuring vocals by Carla Monroe, who also delivered the lyrics on the producer’s still soaring 2018 single “17.” The new single is out on Ultra and MK’s own AREA10 imprint. Since ...
Get the New Zedd-Centric Experience Inside of This Video Game
Earlier in July, Zedd released his first new music of the year, and now that same song is soundtracking a new Zedd-centric experience inside of Minecraft. Released Monday (July 27), the “beat saber” game Beat Craft 2 lets players keep the beat along with the song in order to clear the level. The beats in question belong to “Funny,” the new single from Zedd and vocalist Jasmine Thompson that explores the humor found in the aftermath of a broken relationship. And while the music has a playful tone, it was delivered with sincere intentions. “I believe I finished the song in late February, but it has been difficult to find an appropriate time to release “Funny” given the difficult state the world is in,” Zedd said in a recent Twitt...
