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Taylor Swift Debuts “Anti-Hero” Live at The 1975’s London Concert: Watch
Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance at The 1975’s London concert on January 12th, during which she performed the live debut of her hit single “Anti-Hero.” During her brief acoustic set, the pop star also covered The 1975’s song “The City.” Watch the fan-shot footage below. In November, The 1975’s singer Matty Healy revealed the group had worked on sessions for Swift’s latest album, Midnights, but their version “never came out.” Next time, perhaps. Advertisement Related Video Swift is just months away from her own “The Eras Tour,” which brought Ticketmaster’s site to its knees during pre-sales alone. After the general on-sale was canceled, the US Congress opened up multiple inquiries into Ticketmaster and a group of Swifties have also filed a lawsuit alleging fraud, price fixing, and an...
Taeyang and Jimin Unleash ‘Vibe’ & It’s Definitely a Vibe: Watch
Taeyang and Jimin joined forces to release their new collaborative single “Vibe” on Friday (Jan. 13). On the track, the two boy band veterans trade verses, singing and rapping, “You know we got that vibe baby/Look at you, look at you/You got the vibe, I can feel it, It’s a vibe.” Accompanying the song is a suitably vibey visual, which captures the pair’s slick dance moves and charisma. “Vibe” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Trending Songs Powered by Twitter chart (dated Jan. 14) before it was even released, largely thanks to the collab’s announcement and its accompanying swoon-worthy teaser posters featuring the two idols. The track marks Taeyang’s first solo track since he was discharged from his mandatory service in the South Korea military in Nov. 2019. Last year, the BIGBAN...
Miley Cyrus Launches a Fresh Era with New Song “Flowers”: Stream
Miley Cyrus is back but the mullet is not as she enters a new era with her latest single, “Flowers.” It’s the first preview of her upcoming album Endless Summer Vacation, which is due out March 10th on Columbia Records. When last we heard new music from Cyrus, she was channeling a pop star Joan Jett on her 2020 album, Plastic Hearts. Endless Summer Vacation is said to be her “love letter to LA,” and “a reflection of the strength she’s found in focusing on both her physical and mental well-being. With that in mind, “Flowers” sounds like an ode to independence. “I can buy myself flowers,” she sings, adding, “I can love me better than you can.” The song comes with an accompanying music video and you can check it out below. Advertisement Related Video Endless Summ...
Nick Carter Pays Tribute to Late Brother Aaron with “Hurts to Love You”: Stream
Nick Carter has opened up about the death of his late brother Aaron Carter on a new tribute song, “Hurts to Love You.” The contemplative ballad finds Nick reflecting upon his younger brother’s struggles with addiction and mental health. “Way too many nightmares to remember/ But that was real life back then,” he sings. “Always hoped tomorrow would be better than the days before/ I hoped you’d find your road to follow/ To a place you were happy in this world.” In an Instagram post teasing “Hurts to Love You,” Nick shared the unconditional love he had for Aaron, writing, “We all have someone in our lives that no matter what they do and how bad it hurts, you still love them. So I worked it out the best way I know how.” Advertisement Related Video Nick shared similar thoughts in an Instagram tr...
The Chainsmokers Say They’ve Had Threesomes Together with Fans
The Chainsmokers are putting the “meh” in menage a trois, saying in a recent appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast that they’ve had multiple threesomes together with fans. The duo of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart clarified that it was never “die-hard” fans, or as Taggart put it, “No one wearing merch or anything.” But they did say these events — Chainbangs? — had happened a few times while touring Europe. “It’s been a long time,” Pall hastened to add, “but in the early days — It was also the days when we — we used to have to share the hotel rooms. We’d be in Europe, they have the two beds, they don’t even split them apart. They literally have two singles. So it’s almost like we were forced,” he said, “By the European government because they don’t separate their bed...
SZA Channels Uma Thurman in Tarantino-Inspired “Kill Bill” Video: Watch
SZA is back to save our souls again with the video for “Kill Bill,” a highlight of her new album SOS. As you might expect given its title, the clip takes inspiration from Quentin Tarantino and his 2003 film of the same name. Directed by Christian Breslauer, the “Kill Bill” clip begins with SZA (seemingly) happily in love before her boyfriend ends their relationship. Immediately after the bombshell, a barrage of bullets hits her trailer as it falls under siege by a pair of gunmen who were directed by the artist’s ex himself. From there, the video for the singer’s deceptively catchy single begins in earnest, as SZA suits up with her sword to exact her revenge. Watch the clip below. SOS earned SZA her well-deserved first No. 1 album, and it also had the fifth biggest debut on the charts ...
Gwen Stefani Declares ‘My God, I’m Japanese’ in New Interview
Gwen Stefani raised eyebrows in a new interview while reflecting on her love for Harajuku culture. The topic came up when the pop star looked back on her original beauty brand Harajuku Lovers, which she unveiled four years after the release of her debut solo album Love.Angel.Music.Baby, in 2004. Speaking to Allure, she explained that her genuine interest in all things Japanese came from her dad, who spent much of his professional career traveling between Anaheim, Calif., and Tokyo while working for Yamaha. “That was my Japanese influence and that was a culture that was so rich with tradition, yet so futuristic [with] so much attention to art and detail and discipline and it was fascinating to me,” she told the magazine, adding that she then traveled to the country on her own as an adult. “...
Coachella Reveals Historic 2023 Lineup
Coachella has revealed its 2023 lineup, featuring Frank Ocean, BLACKPINK, and Bad Bunny as headliners, plus Gorillaz, Björk, Rosalía, Chemical Brothers, boygenius, Blondie, Pusha T, Charli XCX, and more. The annual music festival takes place over two weekends – April 14th – 16th and 21st – 23rd — at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Tickets to Coachella 2023 — including three-day General Admission and VIP passes — go on sale Friday, January 13th at 11:00 a.m. PT. Historic Headliners This year’s trio of headlines is especially historic, as Bad Bunny and BLACKPINK will break barriers as the first Latin and Korean acts to ever headline Coachella. (In fact, Bad Bunny is the first Latin act to headline any major American music festival, for that matter.) Meanwhile, Frank Ocean will make hi...
Gwen Stefani: “I’m Japanese”
Despite all the bops born out of her Love.Angel.Music.Baby. era, we must acknowledge that Gwen Stefani’s objectification, fetishization, and infantilization of Japanese people was really, really weird. But what’s even weirder is that nearly two decades later, the No Doubt singer still stands by her overwhelming Harajuku obsession — going so far as to declare herself Japanese in a bizarre new interview with Allure. For readers who may have been too young at the time, “Love,” “Angel,” “Music,” and “Baby” weren’t just the words Stefani cobbled together for the title of her solo debut; those were the nicknames she bestowed unto the “Harajuku Girls,” Stefani’s crew of four Japanese-American dancers who appeared alongside her on stage, in music videos, and…nearly everywhere she went, almos...
TOMORROW X TOGETHER Shares Daydreams & Nightmares in New ‘Temptation’ Teasers
As the release of TOMORROW X TOGETHER‘s highly anticipated forthcoming EP, The Name Chapter: Temptation, draws nigh, a new concept teaser and multiple photos for the project were shared on Tuesday (Jan. 10). The new teaser, titled “Daydream,” features the TXT boys in a glowing ethereal setting. Filmed in a saturated soft focus, the K-pop stars flit around a forest, interact with the trees, read books in the grass and wade through a shallow pond before the dream comes to an end. The concept photos show the boy band’s duality. In the “Nightmare” theme, members Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun and HueningKai all get a chance to shine. The idols all pose in the midst of a glowing blue set filled with clues such as an hourglass, a chiming bell and stuffed animals decorating the ...
Everything But the Girl Announce Comeback Album Fuse, Share “Nothing Left to Lose”: Stream
Everything But the Girl — the prolific pop duo best known for their 1994 club hit “Missing” — will return on April 21st with Fuse, their first studio album in 24 years. Ahead of its release, Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn have shared the record’s first single “Nothing Left to Lose” today. The English music duo went on an amicable, indefinite hiatus in 2000, choosing to go out on a natural high note. Their re-emergence appears to have come about just as organically: “Ironically the finished sound of the new album was the last thing on our mind when we started in March 2021,” Thorn said in a press release. “Of course, we were aware of the pressures of such a long-awaited comeback, so we tried to begin instead in a spirit of open-minded playfulness, uncertain of the direction, receptive to in...
Godsmack Singer Sully Erna Apparently Once Dated Lady Gaga
One sings about “Bad Religion,” the other sings about “Bad Romance.” According to Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin, frontman Sully Erna once dated pop superstar Lady Gaga. While appearing on the 2020’d podcast, Larkin was asked by the host (who appeared to have some inside knowledge) about Erna’s relationship with Gaga. “I don’t think [it’s] a secret,” responded Larkin. “I don’t think Sully would bum out if people knew he dated Lady Gaga. I mean, she’s hot, and she’s mega talented.” The drummer went on to say that, unlike certain other rock stars, Erna didn’t go out of his way to publicize the relationship. “He’s not Tommy Lee or whatever, or whoever the guy is now… What I mean by that is — Travis Barker, Tommy Lee, whatever — is dudes that have public girlfriends that are super famous...
