Ed Sheeran
9 Things We Learned from Ed Sheeran on The Breakfast Club
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Power 105 / Power 105 It feels like the last time we heard from Ed Sheeran he was playing a guitar in the forest and was lucky enough to avoid the vengeance of one Arya Starks in the final season of Game of Thrones. Since then he’s still been making good music back in modern times and now the UK artist is back on the charts with his latest album, = (Equals), and has come to the States to promote his fifth successful studio project. Sitting down with Angela Yee, DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God, Ed gets into many different aspects of his life thus far including dealing with COVID-19, quitting some destructive habits, and getting hate in his hometown due to his success. Here are the 9 things we learned from Ed Sheeran on The Breakfast Club. Like millions of ...
Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits”—His Most Dance-Driven Track Yet—Came About “By Accident”
In a new interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Ed Sheeran discussed the full story behind the making of his latest single “Bad Habits,” which saw the singer-songwriter channeling dance music influences in ways he hadn’t previously. Sheeran had been preparing to wrap up the content for his forthcoming album Minus when he was approached with an opportunity. He was writing a song with producer Fred again.. and his brother, who are in a duo called Rain Radio. The goal was simply to make the perfect dance music track that could be played by Rain Radio in a Las Vegas club. “It was just like, I’d never really written dance music properly,”Sheeran recalled. “I’ve never really like gone put my head to it and let’s make it...
The 20 Best Rock Songs by Pop Stars
Olivia Rodrigo may be a teenage pop star who works for Disney and first scaled the Hot 100 with a piano-driven ballad, but her second No. 1 of 2021, “Good 4 U,” is a surprisingly feisty pop-punk song. And Sour’s even harder-rocking opener “Brutal” is currently ascending Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart. Rock music has been deeply intertwined with American pop ever since early rockers like Little Richard and Bill Haley started scaling the charts. But since the ‘80s, Top 40 radio has largely favored sleeker tracks with synthesizers, drum machines, and influences from genres like dance music, R&B, and hip-hop, with only occasional bursts of electric guitar and live drums. Plenty of rockers have become pop stars, from Pat Benatar to Bruce Springsteen, but there are also pop stars who ...
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ on Track For Another Week at No. 1 In U.K.
It’s early days, but there is a challenge from Anne-Marie, KSI and Digital Farm Animals‘ “Don’t Play,” which opens at No. 2 on the chart blast and is on track to be this week’s highest new entry, at No. 2. If it holds its momentum, it would become Anne-Marie’s highest-charting single as a lead artist, following a No. 3 best for “2002,” and the best for both KSI and Digital Farm Animals. Another track that’s hit overdrive is Ariana Grande’s “34+35,” which is on course for a new peak. “34+35” rockets 11-3 following a new cut released last Friday featuring Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat. The Official U.K. Singles Chart is published late Friday local time. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begi...
Paul McCartney, the Who, the Cure, More Sharing Unseen Live Footage
The Who’s Roger Daltrey is tasked each year with putting on the Teenage Cancer Trust’s annual concert series at London’s Royal Albert Hall. But when the pandemic halted organizers’ plans for a major gig supporting the U.K. organization, Daltrey recruited some friends for a creative workaround. The Teenage Cancer Trust Unseen will take place Oct. 8 to 18, streaming unseen concert footage from the Who, Paul McCartney, the Cure, Ed Sheeran, Noel Gallagher, Them Crooked Vultures, Muse and more. The sets span several years, with McCartney’s Oct. 11 set recorded back in 2012. The material will streaming for free on the trust’s recently launched YouTube channel, but organizers are still urging fans to donate. “I know things are really tight for everyone at the moment, our whol...
Nigerian doctor named one of TIME’s Most Influential People in the world
TIME named Nigerian physician Tunji Funsho to the 2020 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes are available now at time.com/time100, and Mr Funsho’s TIME100 profile is available here. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. Mr Funsho, a cardiologist based in Lagos, Nigeria, is the first Rotary member to receive this honour for the organisation’s work to eradicate polio, having played an essential role in ensuring Africa’s certification as wild polio-free in August of 2020. “I’m honored to be recognized by TIME for my part in ensuring that no child in Africa will ever again be paralyzed by wild polio, a disease that once disabl...
