“I feel it coming, I feel it coming,” The Weeknd repeats in his and Daft Punk‘s 2016 hit, “I Feel It Coming.” Six years later, it turns out the 32-year-old pop star was absolutely right — assuming that by “it,” he meant “one billion views on YouTube.” The billion-views milestone has officially arrived for the […]
Month: June 2022
Lizzo walked the red carpet on Friday (June 3) with a new accessory on her arm: her boyfriend Myke Wright! The couple made their official debut at the “For Your Consideration” screening of the singer’s new Amazon Prime series, Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, which follows the star’s nationwide search for backup dancers […]
Baby, We’re Ascending is not the album HAAi would have made if not for the pandemic. During the forced hiatus from touring, the Australian-born, London-based producer had long hours to spend making the 13 tracks that would form her third LP, released last month through Mute. “Before the pandemic, I was playing a lot of […]
In presenting a Peabody Award to Mr. Soul!, the acclaimed documentary about the 1968-73 TV series Soul!, actor Morgan Freeman touched on the reasons the original series was so ground-breaking. “During its five-year run, it was a celebration of the majesty, the confidence and the revolutionary force of Black artists and intellectuals, writers and performers,” […]
Coldplay were joined by yet another special guest during Sunday night’s (June 5) show at the Meadowlands. And, because it was New Jersey and because singer Chris Martin happens to have a very special tribute to the state’s musical patron saint tattooed on his arm, of course the crowd went bananas when Bruce Springsteen strolled […]
Lizzo is definitely living up to the title of her breakout hit “Truth Hurts.” In a new TikTok, the 34-year-old pop star gave a brutally honest response to Liam Payne‘s recent — and controversial — claim on Logan Paul’s podcast that he was the inspiration behind Simon Cowell’s decision to create One Direction. The minute-long […]
The big album releases of 2022 happened very slowly, then all at once. After a big first weekend of unexpected rollouts in early January, the calendar laid mostly bare for weeks and weeks on end, with just the slowest trickle of movement — until this past month, when the blockbusters finally started bursting through the […]
Paul Vance, writer of “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” has died, his daughter Paula Vance revealed via Facebook. According to his daughter’s post, Vance — born Joseph Paul Florio on Nov. 4, 1929 — died on May 30 at 92. A cause of death was not revealed. “As I sit here to […]
Lamb of God announced the title and release date for their upcoming 9th studio studio album on Monday (June 6), Omens, which will drop on Oct. 7 via Epic Records. The follow-up to their 2020 self-titled release, Omens was produced by the group’s longtime collaborator, Josh Wilbur, and it will be preceded by the first […]
The Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack debuts in the top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales and Soundtracks charts (dated June 11), alongside the hit film’s blockbuster opening in U.S. movie theaters. Both the soundtrack and film were released in the U.S. on Friday, May 27. Top Gun: Maverick starts at No. 2 on the Soundtracks […]