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Taylor Swift Releases an Even Sadder Version of ‘All Too Well’ for ‘Sad Girl Autumn’: Listen
If you just now stopped crying after watching Taylor Swift‘s emotional performance of “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)” on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, it’s time to get your tissues back out. On Wednesday (Nov. 17), Swift released an even sadder version of the breakup ballad, fittingly titled “All Too Well (Sad Girl Autumn Version).” Explore See latest videos, charts and news “One of the saddest songs I’ve ever written just got sadder. Drove up to Long Pond Studios to record ‘All Too Well (Sad Girl Autumn Version)’ with the besties,” Swift tweeted Wednesday night, tagging frequent collaborators Aaron Dessner and Jonathan Low, who both had a hand in her 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore. Swift returned to Long Pond Studio in upstate New York to record the new version, where she fi...
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello’s Relationship: A Complete Timeline
Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello announced the end of their relationship on Wednesday (Nov. 7) after more than two years of dating. In a joint statement posted to their Instagram Stories, the pair wrote: “Hey guys, we’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another as humans is stronger than ever. We started our relationship as best friends and will continue to be best friends. We so appreciate your support from the beginning and moving forward.” Mendes and Cabello’s friendship dates back to 2014, when he and Cabello’s then-group Fifth Harmony opened for Austin Mahone on tour. Rumors about their romantic relationship kicked into high gear following the release of their “Senorita” duet in June 2019, especially given the song’s steamy music video. Explore See latest v...
Mallard, Caterpillar Are Eliminated on ‘The Masked Singer’: Watch
Quack quack, he’s never coming back. The 2021 season of Fox’s The Masked Singer has seen the axe fall on a growing list of celebrities. On Wednesday night (Nov. 17), it was duck hunting season. And an insect got squashed. Group B’s remaining contestants shook their tail feathers, as Queen of Hearts, Banana Split, Caterpillar and Mallard performed their best routines. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news On this occasion, just two would progress, the other two would be eliminated. Caterpillar hit Garth Brooks’ “Friends in Low Places,” and Mallard performed Sugar Ray’s “Fly.” Neither would fly, as the pair finished the episode with the fewest votes. And the masks came off. The duckman is a bit of a dandy, strutting about in a full suit, with a golden ...
Philip Margo, Singer on The Tokens’ Hit ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight,’ Dies at 79
Philip Margo, a founding member of The Tokens, the doo-wop foursome behind the ‘60s hit “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” died Saturday (Nov. 13) at the age of 79. The music man passed at a hospital in Los Angeles, after suffering a stroke, his family told The New York Times. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “With a final roar we announce the passing of our incredible lion, Philip Margo,” reads a statement on the band’s Facebook page. Margo, a baritone, and his younger brother Mitch, a tenor, hooked up with Jay Siegel and Hank Medress, two of their friends from Brooklyn, to form The Tokens in 1960. It wasn’t long before they made their mark. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” The Tokens’ adaptation of South African singer Solomon Linda’s “Mbube” and The W...
More Contestants Eliminated on ‘The Voice’ as Top 11 Revealed
There were some nervous moments during NBC’s The Voice on Tuesday (Nov. 16), as three contestants fought for their lives with Instant Save performances. Following the Live Top 13 performances on Monday (Nov. 15), the ten performers with the most votes progressed. That left a single vacancy, from three spots. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Enter Team Kelly’s Gymani, Team Ariana’s Ryleigh Plank, and Team Legend’s Shadale. Going first, Shadale’s performed Faith Hill’s “Breathe”. [embedded content] Next up was Ryleigh Plank, who hit her boss’s number, Grande’s “Dangerous Woman.” [embedded content] Gymani then hit a sweet rendition of Anita Baker’s “Sweet Love”. [embedded content] American voted, the three hopefully waited to hear their name, and j...
Top 20 South African Record Labels Looking for Artists to Sign
Looking for South African record labels looking for upcoming artists to sign? The music sphere of South Africa is thriving and affecting the entire continent. With so many artists on the rise and young ones still breeding in their shells, the need for record labels to contain these artists can’t be overemphasized. This is why the intent of this piece is to provide you the reader with some of the vibrant record labels in South Africa that are scouting for young artists to breed. And it doesn’t matter if the artists are already established, he can still join these labels to shine better. As the artists spring up, they have the talent, the fuel, and the drive to achieve great heights but they lack one thing – the professional standards to model after and the professional platform to stand on....
Top 40 Nigerian Record Labels Looking for Upcoming Artists to Sign
Are you looking for Nigerian record labels looking for upcoming artists to sign? The music industry in Nigeria is booming just like a boom town, new artists are rising every day even though some are unfortunately declining and money is being made off the industry to the latter. This upsurge in the churning out of talents from the industry’s pipeline has also necessitated the rise of record labels whose roles are confined to the grooming of artists and promotion of the same. Some of these record labels are like new kids on the block, they are looking for artists to promote which in turn can lead to their own promotion if the artists they are honing are actually doing well. SUGGESTED: Top 20 South African Record Labels Looking for Artists to Sign Every track from an artist whether upcoming o...
Reekado Banks, Nomcebo Zikode, Pheelz, Teni & Youssou N’Dour Strikes a Campaign Like Effort With “Raise Your Hand”
Raise Your Hand” depicts a strong campaign song like a movement that seeks to frontier the freedom of every African child, arbitrating necessary efforts towards their education and the future of the impoverishing people in Africa. The record tracks its roots from native fermentation from the cause of Africa, housing both the west and the southern part of African people to tell culture stories, as it crosses a boundary but leaps around giving freedom to Africa and entirely the black folks. Raise Your Hand can also be fathomed as a staple of pop music that seeks to campaign as a record speaking un-behalf of the average African child. Even the entire impoverishing people per-say, as it also stands as a form of inculcating motivation, through rejuvenation on a peaky celebration sonic altitude ...
Bella Shmurda, Fully Understands Sonic Fluidity – High Tension 2.0, EP Review
Shmurda has found his star power and he has grown hotter than ever. High Tension 2.0, takes you into a crystal clear picture of how he morphed from the beginning of the initial creation of High Tension 1.0 a year ago, as this follow-up sequel designs him as a true star who finally understands his sonic fluidity and how to make it beyond measure appeal deliberately. He delivers alone and it was good. With the creation of pop-infused “Party Next Door” that was released off the project a few days ago, alongside “World”, and “Rush” some months back, Shmurda becomes a full-fledged singer with confirmations of his art staking an audience a glimpse of introspection about the world he comes from and the Lamba in between his artistry. It is wonderful. ALSO READ: “UY Scuti” Interpolates With A Speci...
The Best New Artists of The Year So Far
It is very important to keep a close watch on the new artists and follow the run that each one of them is having to be able to have an accurate and objective opinion on who is the best new artist of the year. The first half of the year has seen Blaqbonez, Ruger, Laycon, Buju, and Ayra Starr do really well for themselves. Blaqbonez first stepped into the limelight as a rapper when he won the Hennessy Artistry competition in 2016. Blaqbonez has since become very popular for his personality on social media and the creative ways in which he promotes his songs. ALSO READ: Soundgasm Samples Rema’s Limitless Creativity, Mind You, This is His Term For Sound & Org*sm This year he released his debut album “S3x Over Love“ which was critically acclaimed and popularly accepted by majority of music ...
“UY Scuti” Interpolates With A Special Dedication To Women, Which Completes The Shape Of Olamide’s Music
UY Scuti is the pop album that forms the whole interpolation of Olamide’s music, his thoughts formed together which draws from his locally made street gingering songs through rap infused pop, street hip-hop, and now he extends reach into making few love pop ballads that sturdily connotes a mild emotional balance together with genuine loving experience which makes this great deal of songs from the album. On this project, He waxes strong from every record in a way to relax his core street demography, never minding his capability to knit such beautiful local-based love songs which show his growth and natural balance to make pop music as well as experimenting with mild reggae dub, in between afro-beats. He has grown to fully express a great emotion from this album which doesn’t deny the fact t...
Twitter Ban: The Beginning Of Obscurity In The Nigerian Creative Industry
In the Nigerian creative industry to set the pace for trends begins from the popular American micro-blogging platform, Twitter, which has assisted various movements with lending them a thick tough skin that seeks to change the Nigerian society. From the Nigerian #EndSars protest which erupted like a volcano into the entire world from the platform as well as the American black lives matter, amongst other voices that rose to recognition through the platform seeks the change which our government has continued to promise and fail us. The Twitter community has grown so large that it now owns a voice for the media personalities and influencers, celebrities, and aside from the fact that Nigeria has begun to seem disjointed from the world’s most leading global voice [Twitter]; I think a longer sep...
