Have some Kanye West ink you’ve been regretting in recent months? Fear not, because a tattoo-removal studio in England is helping you out by removing any Ye-inspired body art for free.
Naama Studios made the announcement last month, amid Ye’s slew of antisemitic remarks. “Yeezy come, yeezy go,” the London-based company cleverly captioned a photo that reads, “We’ll remove your Kanye tattoos for free.”
The studio followed up with another video actually removing a tattoo of West, captioning the clip, “When you have a tattoo inspired by someone you admire and they end up making headlines for all the wrong reasons… at NAAMA we offer an empowering, empathetic, high-tech tattoo clearing experience. If you want a change, we’re here to help.”
Ye’s latest controversy surrounded an appearance on alt-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ InfoWars talk show on Thursday (Dec. 1), where the rapper praised Adolf Hitler and Nazis. “Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler,” he said. “How about that one?”
The Yeezy designer doubled down on his thoughts later, when Jones noted that he didn’t like Nazis. When the camera started panning away to a commercial break, Ye is heard saying into the microphone, “I like Hitler.”
Jones then told Ye that he has a “bit of a Hitler fetish going on,” to which the rapper replied, “It’s not a fetish. I just like information.”
“I don’t like the word ‘evil’ next to Nazis,” Ye later said, undeterred by Jones’ discomfort. “I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis.” Later in the interview, Ye reiterated that it’s “time to promote love” by declaring, “I do love Hitler. I do love the Zionists.”
Following Ye’s interview on Alex Jones’ InfoWars talk show on Thursday, fans have been flooding his dedicated Reddit page r/Kanye with posts showing their appreciation for the rapper’s adversary Taylor Swift instead, in addition to educational content about the Holocaust.
In a post to Ye’s subreddit, one of the users in the community shared a photo of Swift titled “This is now a Taylor Swift Subreddit. We had a good run fellas.” The post quickly went viral, amassing several awards on the social media platform and over 36,000 upvotes and nearly 1,000 comments, some of which referenced lines from the pop star’s hit singles “Bad Blood” and “Anti-Hero.” Others attempted to rewrite history by saying Swift wrote the rapper’s album Graduation and petitioned to “change the subreddit name to Kanye (Taylor’s Version).”
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While there were Swift jokes aplenty in the subreddit, the now-former fans of the rapper made serious posts to clear up Ye’s misinformation and shared graphic details and imagery to highlight how awful Hitler’s actions were against Jewish people.
In Ye’s interview with Jones, he boldly claimed that he sees “good things about Hitler also. I love everyone, and Jewish people are not going to tell me, ‘You can love us and you can love what we’re doing to you with the contracts, and you can love what we’re pushing with the pornography.’ But this guy that invented highways and invented the very microphone I use as a musician, you can’t say out loud that this person ever did anything good and I’m done with that. I’m done with the classifications.”
Despite Jones’ visible discomfort at the comments throughout the interview, Ye doubled down, adding, “I don’t like the word ‘evil’ next to Nazis … I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis.” The rapper reiterated that it’s “time to promote love” by declaring, “I do love Hitler. I do love the Zionists.”
In light of Ye’s comments, several celebrities have denounced the rapper via social media. His account was additionally suspended on Twitter after he shared a Star of David modified with a swastika to be the symbol for his 2024 presidential campaign.
For Pedro Capó, the release of an album always comes full of illusion and joy, the same way he felt when he was planning his latest set, La Neta. The 10-track collection, sonically very diverse, finds him navigating emotions of honesty and vulnerability with the magic of its lyrics loaded with the everyday emotions. He started working on it in 2019, and ultimately created a studio at home due to the global pandemic.
The set includes songs about feeling thankful, including “Gracias,” which invites listeners to give a positive spin to life’s adversities. In “La Fiesta,” he embraces the celebration of life (even after death).
On this new album — which follows his 2020 album Munay — Capóexperiments with different musical styles. He kicks off the album with “Hoy Me Siento Cabrón,” in which his powerful vocals rap over an urban rhythm. The song also thrives thanks to killer transitions between alternative rock and hard-hitting perreo beats that are laced with his sensual, raspy vocals.
Below, Capó shares in his own words the stories behind five of the essential tracks on La Neta.
“Hoy Me Siento Cabrón”
“It was a very fun day in the studio! This song was born from the musical influences of my eldest son, and we began to play with a very ’90s bass line, a little bit of alternative rock, without forcing this idea we had. It was about connecting with myself and that day, me sentía bien cabrón [I felt bad ass].”
“Volver a Casa”
“For me, it is a very important song. One of the most honest that I have done at the level of composition on any of my albums. And it comes from having already processed all the ups and downs that touched me personally and have touched us in these intense and changing years. So, to talk a little about sadness and loneliness, I tell it from my perspective and reality. It comes first from wanting to vent in a healthy way, and second, connecting and bringing those difficult conversations to the table — mental health, sadness, loneliness, and how we can alleviate these realities that touch us all.”
“Ni Tan Novios, Ni Tan Amigos”
“It is a personal story that I keep in my heart. I also like to share songs that do not have a ‘traditional’ or ‘specific label.’ It’s OK when things happen between two people after consent if you find a healthy and fun space above all.”
“La Fiesta”
“It is an important song, born from another exploration with my son after watching a documentary about a Polish artist who had gone through a holocaust, many difficulties and the importance for an artist to create from his fears. It was an exploration I had not done before, and I sought to connect with death, strive to lighten that conversation, and put a little humor behind it. I also look at it from the point of view that it’s an invitation to celebrate life and live it to the fullest because the end, it’s up to all of us.”
“Una Vez Mas” feat. Lali Esposito
“It is a very special song, a reality we all have been through. That call at 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. when something is over, but at the same time, it’s not over yet and we want to have a little more and all the feelings that flourish when we’re in those situations.”
The Queen of Christmas, better known as Mariah Carey, is bringing more holiday cheer this month to Roblox via the platform’s Livetopia.
The “Mariah Carey’s Winter Wonderland” experience on the gaming platform will feature virtual performances from the five-time Grammy winner, a holiday-themed treasure hunt created with her 11-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan (whom she shares with ex-husband Nick Cannon), item drops and more.
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Carey will perform both old and new hits, including her classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” as the grand finale. The first of four consecutive nights of the virtual show starts at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday (Dec. 21), with additional showings from the 22nd to the 24th, starting at the same time.
“Christmas is my absolute favorite time of the year! This year, I wanted to do something different to ring in the holiday season,” Carey said in a statement. “My kids and I live for Roblox, and we couldn’t be more excited to be creating this festive metaverse experience for everyone!”
Also this holiday season, the Elusive Chanteuse is set to perform four Merry Christmas to All concerts — two in New York City and two in Toronto. The Dec. 13 and 20 Madison Square Garden shows will be filmed for a two-hour special called Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All, which will air Dec. 20 on CBS and Paramount+.
Earlier this week, Rod Stewart shared the sad news that his second brother had died, just two months after he lost another brother.
“It’s with great sadness that I announce the loss of my brother Bob last night, who joins my brother Don on the great football pitch in the sky,” the singer wrote on Instagram next to a candlelit photo with the words “Rest in Peace.” “I’ve lost two of my best mates in the space of two months. RIP Don and Bob ‘irreplaceable buddies’… Sir Rod Stewart.”
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Stewart’s oldest brother, Don, died in September, followed by Bob’s death on Tuesday.
Last week, Sir Rod took over the O2 arena in London for a pair of sold-out shows as part of his ongoing tour of the United Kingdom. Currently, he’s in Scotland, where he’s making stops at Glasgow’s The OVO Hydro and PB&J Live in Aberdeen before heading to arenas in Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.
Stewart is also slated to make tour stops in North America, Australia and New Zealand in 2023, while also taking over the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for a seven-date Las Vegas run in May.
Kelly Clarkson is at home recovering from COVID-19 this week, but that didn’t stop the superstar from delivering one of her top Kellyoke segments of the year on Friday (Dec. 2), introducing a previously recorded duet she performed with Jimmy Fallon.
The duo took on Sonny & Cher‘s 1965 rendition of “I Got You Babe,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for three weeks starting on August 14, 1965. Clarkson and Fallon traded verses, harmonizing effortlessly while backed by the OG American Idol winner’s full band.
Other recent Kellyoke picks by Clarkson for her daytime show have included Jimmy Eat World’s “The Middle,” Alec Benjamin’s “Let Me Down Slowly” Monica’s “Angel of Mine,” Faith Hill’s “Breathe,” Solomon Burke’s “Cry to Me,” Joni Mitchell’s Christmastime classic “River,” John Legend’s “In My Mind,” “Heartbreak Anthem” by David Guetta, Galantis and Little Mix and more.
A woman from Douglas County is facing charges of child abuse after investigators found burns on a child in her care.
Prosecutors have charged 27-year-old Amanda Terbrock of Linn Creek with abuse or neglect of a child, endangering the welfare of a child, and two counts of failure to secure a child in a car seat.
According to investigators, a child in the care of Terbrock fell into a wood stove and suffered burns, but didn’t take the child to a doctor to be treated.
She later admitted this to investigators, saying she didn’t want to have medical bills.
Police say the child’s burns were “severe”.
The child has since been transported to a burn unit in Columbia.
Lil Uzi Vert flies to his first top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in two years as “Just Wanna Rock” rallies 19-8 on the list dated Dec. 3. The jump comes as the song surges in streaming with residual gains in the week after its music video release.
“Rock” registered 18.1 million official U.S. on-demand streams in the week ending Nov. 24, according to Luminate, up 43% from 12.7 million in the week prior. The new total pushes the track 13-3 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart and 22-10 on the all-genre Streaming Songs list. Consumer gains also happen in the sales realm, with “Rock” having sold 1,000 downloads in the same period. Thanks to the purchases, the tune debuts at No. 14 on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales.
In the airplay market, the third and final metric that contributes to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, “Rock” arrives on its first radio chart. The single debuts at No. 37 on Rhythmic Airplay after a 72% improvement in plays in the week ending Nov. 27 compared with the prior week. It’s moving toward making landing on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, as it climbs 33% in weekly plays on that format. (All airplay, regardless of format origin, contributes to a song’s ranking on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.)
With “Rock,” Lil Uzi Vert secures his 12th career top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. He first visited the tier as a featured act on Migos’ “Bad and Boujee,” and last appeared in the area nearly two years ago, in November 2020, on “Drankin n Smokin,” with Future. Here’s a look at his dozen top 10 successes:
Song Title, Artist (if other than Lil Uzi Vert), Peak Position, Peak Date
“Bad and Boujee,” Migos featuring Lil Uzi Vert, No. 1 (10 weeks), Jan. 21, 2017
“XO Tour Llif3,” No. 5, April 29, 2017
“Watch,” Travis Scott featuring Lil Uzi Vert & Kanye West, No. 9, May 19, 2018
“Futsal Shuffle 2020,” No. 2, Dec. 28, 2019
“Baby Pluto,” No. 4, March 21, 2020
“Lo Mein,” No. 6, March 21, 2020
“Silly Watch,” No. 7, March 21, 2020
“P2,” No. 9, March 21, 2020
“Myron,” No. 7, March 28, 2020
“Bean (Kobe),” No. 10, March 28, 2020
“Drankin n Smokin,” with Future, No. 10, Nov. 28, 2020
“Just Wanna Rock,” No. 8 (to date), Dec. 3, 2022
Elsewhere, “Just Wanna Rock” races 15-3 on the Hot Rap Songs chart, supassing its previous high of No. 7, while rocketing 47-21 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.
In November, HYBE CEO Jiwon Park announced during a company briefing that TOMORROW X TOGETHER — which consists of members Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun and Hueningkai — would be back in January 2023 with brand new music. Now, fans are getting the first official taste. On Friday (Dec. 2), the K-pop group dropped a concept teaser for its upcoming album, The Name Chapter.
The Name Chapter concept trailer sees the idols experiencing a series of dreamy events. They first start off in an open-air setting, before introducing a devil-like creature and scenes of the boys being hoisted up on marionette strings. The story concludes with all the members in a house floating in the sky, which gets tilted on an axis and leaves the group with no choice put to jump out into the open air.
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The Name Chapter follows TXT’s previous EP installments The Dream Chapter and The Chaos Chapter. It will be the first music release the quintet has dropped since the arrival of its fourth mini EP, minisode 2: Thursday’s Child in May. That project was a hit for the K-pop stars. It spent a total of 14 weeks on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, where it peaked at No. 4. The mini album achieved even more success on the Top Current Album Sales chart, where it spent 20 weeks on the chart and hit No. 1.
Speaking about Thursday’s Child in a May interview with Billboard, Soobin looked ahead to the future. “As we have more years and even more albums under our belts, we’re getting better outcomes and better numbers,” he said. “We have [also] tried many genres in music. As we work on more and more albums, [I feel like] we don’t have any limits. We’ve taken this musical journey step by step.”
Watch the The Name Chapter concept teaser in the video above.
Bad Bunny is ending the year with a bang. The Puerto Rican star is Billboard’s Top Artist of the Year, and the most streamed artist globally on both Apple and Spotify. His album Un Verano Sin Ti topped the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks, tying Drake and the Encanto soundtrack for the most weeks at No. 1 in the past decade.
All 23 songs on Bad Bunny‘s Un Verano Sin Ti debuted on the BillboardHot Latin Songs chart, with nine entering the Top 10. But the real standout has been “Tití Me Preguntó,” which was just chosen by Time Magazine as the Best song of the year.
“Tití” marks the first time the Puerto Rican artist experiments with a full dembow beat, making this a fan favorite due to its fast-paced rhythm and lyrics about a person who likes to date around and doesn’t want to settle down. When you least expect it, the beat switches to a trap track with electric guitar riffs, where Bad Bunny explains why he can’t fall in love and reflects on his trust issues.
But, what exactly is Bunny saying? Below, reach the full lyrics to “Tití Me Preguntó” translated to English.
Ey, auntie, asked me if I have a lot of girlfriends, a lot of girlfriends Today I have one; tomorrow I’ll have another, hey, but there’s no wedding, there’s no wedding, auntie Auntie asked me if I have a lot of girlfriends; he, a lot of girlfriends Today I have one; tomorrow I’ll have another
I’m going to take them all to the VIP, the VIP, hey Say hi to auntie Let’s take a selfie, say “cheese,” hey Let the ones I already slept with smile In a VIP, a VIP, hey Say hi to auntie Let’s take a selfie, say “cheese” Let those who have already forgotten about me smile
I really like the Gabrielas The Patricias, the Nicoles, the Sofías My first girlfriend in kindergarten, María And my first love’s name was Thalia I have a Colombian who writes me every day And a Mexican I didn’t even know about Another one in San Antonio that still loves me And the ones from PR are all mine A Dominican who is a hottie, a hottie One from Barcelona that came by plane And says that my penis is fire I let them play with my heart I’d like to move in with all of them in a mansion The day I get married I’ll send you an invitation Boy, stop that, hey
Ey, auntie, asked me if I have a lot of girlfriends, a lot of girlfriends Today I have one; tomorrow I’ll have another, hey, but there’s no wedding, Auntie asked me if I have a lot of girlfriends; he, a lot of girlfriends Today I have one; tomorrow I’ll have another
Auntie asked me Auntie asked me (So good) Auntie asked me Auntie asked me (But come here boy, why do you want so many girlfriends?)
I’m going to take them all to the VIP, the VIP, hey Say hi to auntie Let’s take a selfie, say “cheese,” hey Let the ones I already slept with smile In a VIP, a VIP, hey Say hi to auntie Let’s take a selfie, say “cheese” Let those who have already forgotten about me smile
Hey, boy, devil boy Let go of that lousy life that you have on the street Find a serious woman for yourself devil boy, damn
I’d like to fall in love But I can’t, but I can’t, uh, uh I’d like to fall in love But I can’t, but I can’t
Sorry, I don’t trust, I don’t trust Nah, I don’t even trust myself If you want to, stay today since it’s cold And leave tomorrow, Nah
Many want my baby They want to have my firstborn, hey And take the credit I’m bored already. I want a brand new vagina, heh A new one, a new one, a new one, a new one, a new one (ey)
Listen to your best friend; she’s right I’m going to break your heart, break your heart Ey, don’t fall in love with me (No, no) Don’t fall in love with me (No, no), ey Sorry, it’s how I am (How I am, how I am), ey I don’t know why I’m like this (ey)
Listen to your best friend; she’s right I’m going to break your heart, break your heart Ey, don’t fall in love with me (No, no) Don’t fall in love with me (No, no), ey Sorry, it’s how I am (How I am, how I am), ey I don’t want to be like that anymore, no
Are you still listening?
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