James Corden and Reggie Watts made their own version of Kanye West and Lil Pump’s “I Love It” to promote The Late Late Show. The original video, which has amassed nearly 70 million views in less than a week, features Kanye West and Lil Pump looking silly in boxy outfits …
Read More »U2 Abruptly End Berlin Show After Bono Suffers 'Complete Loss of Voice'
UPDATE: Bono issued a statement following Saturday night’s cancelation where he assured fans the European leg will continue as planned. “I’ve seen a great doctor and with his care I’ll be back to full voice for the rest of the tour,” Bono wrote. “So happy and relieved that anything serious …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Ryan Culwell, “Can You Hear Me”
The lead single off Texas songwriter Ryan Culwell’s new album The Last Americandeftly sums up where we are as a society in 2018: a nation of detached, tech-addicted Tweeters desperate to find some kind of flesh-and-blood connection. For Culwell, that connection can even be alien contact; he opens the lyrics …
Read More »The DNC Says the Reported Hacking Attempt Was a False Alarm
Update 8/23/18:The supposed cyberattack targeting the DNC was a false alarm, according to the committee. The phony login page — initially thought to be a sophisticated phishing attempt to gain access to the party’s voter database — was in fact a test organized by the Michigan Democratic Party and run …
Read More »Musicians Get Only 12 Percent of the Money the Music Industry Makes
Wall Street’s got its eyes on music this year, as a number of companies in the industry (Spotify earlier this year and smart speaker company Sonos just last week, to name two) make their public debut. As investors everywhere start to peer more closely at music-tech firms, Citigroup is offering …
Read More »Hear Childish Gambino's Breezy Two-Song 'Summer Pack'
Childish Gambino, also known as Donald Glover, delivered his own heat wave Wednesday morning with a pair of tropical, sexy new songs, “Summertime Magic” and “Feels Like Summer.” Collectively the duo make upSummer Pack, according to the labeling on streaming services. Both songs are breezy and romantic, so attuned to …
Read More »Steve Ditko, Spider-Man Co-Creator and Legendary Comic Book Artist, Dead at 90
Steve Ditko, legendary comic book artist and co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee, has died at the age of 90. The New York Police Department confirmed Ditko’s death to Variety, adding that the artist died in his apartment in late June. No cause of death was provided. …
Read More »Christine and the Queens Announces Sophomore Album 'Chris'
Christine and the Queens is gearing up to release her sophomore album Chris on September 21st. The French pop singer has offered up a second new single as well as a string of tour dates with the album announcement. “Doesn’t Matter” follows up the track “Girlfriend,” which was released earlier …
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