The stories of the grueling nature of K-pop training regimes are legion. Countless hours of choreo and vocal rehearsals for the slim chance of making it to the stage, and, if things work out, catapulting to international stardom. And though she makes it look effortless on the group’s songs and videos, BLACKPINK‘s Rosé opened up […]
Month: June 2022
Nice Weekend Weather and Rain Beyond

After nice weather being expected over Friday and Saturday, repeated rounds of showers and thunderstorms will be possible from late Sunday through much of next week. The National Weather Service says the storms will be associated with a front that is expected to be stalled near the Ozarks for several days. We’ll have the potential […]
Rising Quality Control artist Lakeyah has signed a new deal with the iconic Motown Records, and dropped a new collab with Billboard Music Award nominated rapper Latto. The jam, titled “Mind Yo Business,” and accompanying music video, debuted on Friday (June 3) via her new label. Speaking on her new single and joining forces musically […]
BTS is back with the second episode of their new Apple Music radio show, BTS Radio: Past & Present. In the Friday (June 3) episode of the show, members RM, Suga, Jin, Jungkook, V, Jimin and J-Hope all gave a selection of their favorite songs and songs that they believe their devoted ARMY can’t get […]
Singer-songwriter Orla Gartland is the first to admit that her reflective 2019 single “Why Am I Like This?” started out as a joke. “The title sounded really snarky to me and was something that my friend and I said a lot in a very self-deprecating way,” Gartland says from her childhood home in Dublin. But […]
Diplo and Swae Lee will take the stage at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday (June 5) for the first live televised performance of “Tupelo Shuffle.” The song is drawn from the upcoming Baz Luhrmann film Elvis, which stars Austin Butler as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as his manager, Col. Tom […]
It’s been nearly 11 years since Amy Winehouse died but her stunning voice continues to live on. In recent videos posted by the late soul legend’s longtime collaborator Mark Ronson, he shared her original, raw vocal takes on the pair’s 2006 hit “Back to Black.” Stitching his video with that of another TikTok user — […]
Residente and J Balvin‘s feud, which initially involved hot dog comparisons, has evolved into a multi-layered back-and-forth event. It all started after the Colombian star called for a boycott of the Latin Grammys in September 2021 in response to what he perceived to be a lack of urban representation in the nominations. Residente quickly responded […]
First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos & albums that dropped this week. Chris Young, Famous Friends (Deluxe Edition) Young expands his Famous Friends album to 20 tracks with the addition of six new songs on the deluxe version, which drops Friday (June 3). In addition to the hit title […]
A wave of Latin music artists united at the Margaritaville Reserve Cap Cana in Punta Cana Thursday night (June 2) for the seventh annual Heat Latin Music Awards. Following a star-studded green carpet — where artists such as Goyo, Kiko El Crazy, Ingratax, and Justin Quiles flaunted their best summer looks — the awards show […]