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Fans Choose BTS & Coldplay’s ‘My Universe’ Video as This Week’s Favorite New Release
In second place on the poll results was Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett’s Love for Sale collaborative album, which had 21.93% of the vote. Kane Brown and H.E.R.’s anthem “Blessed & Free,” Farruko’s La 167 album and more followed. BTS and Coldplay’s Dave Meyers-directed visual for “My Universe” was released on Sept. 30, following the global superstars as they explored a distant galaxy. Last week, before the music video premiered, their team-up for the English-and-Korean track itself was chosen as the fan-favorite new music release. See the final results of this week’s poll, and watch the “My Universe” video, below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should ...
BTS Scores First Rock Airplay Charts Appearance With Coldplay Collab ‘My Universe’
On Alternative Airplay, it’s Coldplay’s 29th entry and follows the No. 4-peaking “Higher Power” in June. Meanwhile, on Rock & Alternative Airplay, the song bows with 925,000 audience impressions, according to MRC Data. “My Universe” starts on both lists despite just three days of airplay toward the charts, having been released Sept. 24 (the tracking week for airplay tallies ended Sept. 26). Further gains are likely on the Oct. 9-dated Billboard charts, where “My Universe” could see a high debut on the streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Billboard Hot 100. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards...
Ozuna Hints That Blackpink, Megan Thee Stallion & DJ Snake Collab is ‘97%’ Complete
A few weeks after debuting his new single “La Funka” at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, Ozuna is ready to drop his next major collaboration. On Thursday (Sept. 30), the award-winning Puerto Rican artist took to Twitter to let fans know that his next song, alongside Blackpink, Megan Thee Stallion and DJ Snake, is “97 percent” complete. “BKP + MTS + SNK + [teddy bear emoji],” the Latin superstar wrote. Fans on Twitter, however, are wondering if the song is with the entire South Korean girl group or just group member Lisa, who although still part of the K-pop phenomenon, debuted her solo project Lalisa earlier this month. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful ...
Coldplay & BTS Drop Out-Of-This-World Music Video for ‘My Universe’: Watch
The combined star power of Coldplay and BTS is at the center of their highly anticipated “My Universe” music video, which premiered first thing Thursday (Sept. 30). Dave Meyers, who also directed Coldplay’s “Higher Power” music video, helmed the new visual, which follows the global superstar groups exploring the distant galaxy of The Spheres where music is outlawed. But that doesn’t stop BTS, Coldplay and a supergroup of aliens called Supernova 7 from joining forces in the form of a hologram and showing the powers that be that their voices won’t be silenced. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and...
NCT 127 Nets Third No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart With ‘Sticker: The 3rd Album’
Of Sticker: The 3rd Album’s sales of 58,000, physical album sales comprise 57,000 (all from CD sales) and 1,000 via digital download. Like many K-pop releases, the CD edition of the album was issued in multiple collectible packages and boxed sets (nine, including a Target-exclusive edition). NCT 127 previously led Top Album Sales with NCT #127: Neo Zone, The 2nd Album in 2020 and NCT #127 We Are Superhuman: The 4th Mini Album in 2019. Lil Nas X’s first full-length album, Montero, arrives at No. 2 with 22,000 copies sold, all via digital download. Rock band Spiritbox sees its debut full-length set Eternal Blue bow at No. 3 with 19,000 sold. Of that sum, 10,000 were sold via vinyl LP while the rest were mostly split between CD and digital download sales. The album’s vinyl sales were rob...
BTS & Coldplay Deliver Two New Versions of ‘My Universe’ Collab: Listen
Coldplay and BTS most recently performed “My Universe” at the 2021 Global Citizen Festival in New York City’s Central Park on Sunday, though the K-pop group joined the band onstage virtually as they appeared at the event from South Korea. “We collaborated with a band and we took their average age up about 15 years, but it’s been one of the most fun things we’ve ever done,” Coldplay frontman Chris Martin told the crowd during the performance. “This is a song we did with BTS. This is a song about love who you love, and only that.” “My Universe,” which arrived on Friday, is the second single from Coldplay’s upcoming studio album, Music of Spheres, due out Oct. 15. Listen to the acoustic and remixed versions of “My U...
BTS Brings ‘Permission to Dance’ to Global Citizen, Joins Coldplay Virtually for ‘My Universe’ Performance
“We collaborated with a band and we took their average age up about 15 years, but it’s been one of the most fun things we’ve ever done,” singer Chris Martin told the crowd. “This is a song we did with BTS. This is a song about love who you love, and only that.” The band launched into new single “My Universe,” virtually joining forces with BTS, who were on a big screen behind them. At one point, even Martin turned around to look up in awe at BTS. “My Universe,” which is sung in both English and Korean, just dropped on Friday. It’s the second single Coldplay has released ahead of the release of their upcoming studio album Music of the Spheres. Watch “Permission to Dance” and “My Universe” performed for ...
BTS & Coldplay Take Fans Inside the Making of ‘My Universe’ in New Documentary: Watch
He continued, “My friend said the phrase ‘my universe’ one day and I wrote down ‘my universe’ — I thought that’s a cool title. Then I took it to my friend and said, ‘OK, let’s do this demo for BTS.'” Later in the clip, Martin travels to South Korea for a touching first meeting with the boys of BTS, who refer to him as the “king of stadium tours,” a “role model” and a “great influence.” Other standout moments include Martin breaking into laughter as he attempts to sing in Korean, and watching the musicians circle around the mic to belt out the track’s soaring chorus. In addition to the documentary, Coldplay’s label Parlophone Records announced that the Supernova 7 Mix and acousti...
BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, Rose & Jennie Have Fun Attempting ‘Lalisa’ Dance Challenge: Watch
Lisa is the third BLACKPINK member to have a solo music career. Jennie was the first of the group to release a solo single in 2018 with the release of “Solo.” Rosé followed suit in March of this year when she dropped R, which featured songs “On the Ground” and “Gone.” The rapper reflected on getting a chance at a solo debut in Rolling Stone‘s video series The First Time. “I think we started [working on the album] around March. At the time, I was like, ‘Is this the beginning? Is it my turn? It’s time for me to shine?’ It felt unbelievable, but it was so great,” Lisa said. “I heard ‘Money’ first, and after that I heard ‘Lalisa.’ Both songs just felt like they were mine. I...
Seventeen Announces Ninth EP ‘Attacca’
Attacca comes just five months after Seventeen’s eighth EP Your Choice, which was released on June 18 via Pledis Entertainment. Your Choice earned Seventeen their first No. 1 effort on the Top Album Sales chart (which is also the third overall effort for a K-pop act), as the mini-album sold 20,500 copies in the U.S. in the week ending June 24, according to MRC Data — the act’s best sales week yet. Your Choice also arrived at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 all-genre albums tally, their first entry on the chart. “We’re just extremely grateful. Like seeing that, we felt like [having our work] paid off is an understatement. And hopefully, we can reach out to more and more CARATs [Seventeen’s fandom name] with every co...
BTS & Coldplay Drop ‘My Universe’ Collab: Stream It Now
BTS and Coldplay invited their fans into “My Universe” on Friday (Sept. 24) when the global superstar groups joined forces on their first proper collaboration. The British rock band’s label Parlophone Records announced a schedule of upcoming releases tied to the single with the K-pop boy band, including the Inside My Universe Documentary on Sunday at 8 a.m. and the Supernova 7 Mix and acoustic version at 7 p.m. ET that day. The official music video, directed by Dave Meyers, will be “coming soon,” according to Parlophone’s update. Fans of both bands heard a brief snippet of “My Universe” on TikTok, where Coldplay frontman Chris Martin harmonizes the uplifting chorus with BTS: “You, you are/ My universe/ And I just want to ...
BLACKPINK’s Lisa Reflects on Her Solo Project ‘Lalisa’: ‘It’s Time for Me to Shine’
Lisa is the third member of BLACKPINK to release a solo project. Jennie paved the way, releasing her aptly titled tune “Solo” in 2018. She was followed by Rosé, who dropped her single album, -R-, in March this year. Jisoo will be the final one to release solo music. In the interview, Lisa also gave a detailed account on what it was like to meet her fellow BLACKPINK members during their training days at YG Entertainment. “I met Jennie first, and after that I met Jisoo and Rosie. I remember Jennie — she was the only one to say ‘hi’ to me in English because other people can’t talk in English, so we were super close,” Lisa shared. “Jisoo unnie … I remember when I first saw her, she wore a red hoodie … seriously, ...
