Justin Timberlake is fighting the current on his latest single “Drown,” the follow-up track to “Selfish” from his upcoming album Everything I Thought It Was.
The song — co-written and co-produced by Timberlake, Louis Bell, Cirkut, Kenyon Dixon, and Amy Allen — delivers another heartbreak anthem from the artist. Backed by moody beats, he sings the chorus, “Got caught up in the tide of all the tears you cried/Yeah, you know I was blinded by my heart, sinking from the start/Should’ve never followed you this far/Now I’m in the deep end,...
The song — co-written and co-produced by Timberlake, Louis Bell, Cirkut, Kenyon Dixon, and Amy Allen — delivers another heartbreak anthem from the artist. Backed by moody beats, he sings the chorus, “Got caught up in the tide of all the tears you cried/Yeah, you know I was blinded by my heart, sinking from the start/Should’ve never followed you this far/Now I’m in the deep end,...
- 2/23/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Justin Timberlake just debuted his third new song, “Drown” on Friday (February 22)!
The 42-year-old entertainer’s latest release is off of his upcoming long-awaited sixth solo album Everything I Thought It Was.
Justin seemingly sings about a past relationship, with lyrics like, “Shoulda known your love was nothin’ but the surface / I’m in the deep and I can’t fight the current,” and “You know I was blinded by my heart, sinking from the start / Should’vе never followed you this far, now I’m in thе deep end”
Check out the song and more inside…
Justin penned the new song with Louis Bell, Henry Walter, Amy Allen and Kenyon Dixon. Louis and Cirkut produced the track.
Check out the full song and read all the lyrics below…
In addition to the new song, Justin also announced additional dates for his upcoming The Forget Tomorrow World Tour, with stops...
The 42-year-old entertainer’s latest release is off of his upcoming long-awaited sixth solo album Everything I Thought It Was.
Justin seemingly sings about a past relationship, with lyrics like, “Shoulda known your love was nothin’ but the surface / I’m in the deep and I can’t fight the current,” and “You know I was blinded by my heart, sinking from the start / Should’vе never followed you this far, now I’m in thе deep end”
Check out the song and more inside…
Justin penned the new song with Louis Bell, Henry Walter, Amy Allen and Kenyon Dixon. Louis and Cirkut produced the track.
Check out the full song and read all the lyrics below…
In addition to the new song, Justin also announced additional dates for his upcoming The Forget Tomorrow World Tour, with stops...
- 2/23/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
It was a clean sweep for Taylor Swift at the 2024 Gold Derby Music Awards. She came into our fourth annual event with nine nominations and walked away with nine victories including Artist of the Year for the fourth year in a row. Watch the announcement video above for winners in all categories, and scroll down for the complete list.
In the history of the GDMAs thus far, Swift is the only artist who has won Artist of the Year. She’s also the only artist who has won Record of the Year and Song of the Year. But her Album of the Year victory for “Midnights” is only her second in that race. She previously won in 2021 for “Folklore,” but Lana Del Rey claimed that honor in 2022 for “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” and Beyonce prevailed in 2023 for “Renaissance.”
Swift’s other victories included her third for Best Music Video...
In the history of the GDMAs thus far, Swift is the only artist who has won Artist of the Year. She’s also the only artist who has won Record of the Year and Song of the Year. But her Album of the Year victory for “Midnights” is only her second in that race. She previously won in 2021 for “Folklore,” but Lana Del Rey claimed that honor in 2022 for “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” and Beyonce prevailed in 2023 for “Renaissance.”
Swift’s other victories included her third for Best Music Video...
- 2/2/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery, Chris Beachum, Denton Davidson, Marcus James Dixon, Joyce Eng, Ray Richmond and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Justin Timberlake has dropped the music video for his new song, “Selfish,” ahead of a musical guest appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend.
The R&b-inspired video, directed by Bradley J. Calder, pulls back the curtain on Timberlake’s production process as he is seen seemingly in rehearsals on a soundstage as the line between the vulnerable artist and person blurs.
Timberlake starts off in casual clothing before upgrading to a black suit, where he fills a spotlight as he dances and sings alone on a dark stage. “Baby you got such a hold on me / So if I get jealous, I can’t help it / I want every bit of you / I guess I’m selfish,” Timberlake croons.
Midway through the video, Timberlake spots a brightly lit doorway that leads to a dollhouse-sized office he has difficulty navigating. At the end of the trailer, and after repeating the...
The R&b-inspired video, directed by Bradley J. Calder, pulls back the curtain on Timberlake’s production process as he is seen seemingly in rehearsals on a soundstage as the line between the vulnerable artist and person blurs.
Timberlake starts off in casual clothing before upgrading to a black suit, where he fills a spotlight as he dances and sings alone on a dark stage. “Baby you got such a hold on me / So if I get jealous, I can’t help it / I want every bit of you / I guess I’m selfish,” Timberlake croons.
Midway through the video, Timberlake spots a brightly lit doorway that leads to a dollhouse-sized office he has difficulty navigating. At the end of the trailer, and after repeating the...
- 1/25/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As expected, Justin Timberlake dropped his new single and video “Selfish” today, just ahead of tonight’s appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon and two days before his appearance as musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
The single is the first from his upcoming, long-in-coming album Everything I Thought It Was. The album, set for a March 15 release by RCA, is his first since Man of the Woods in 2018.
“I worked for a long time on this album and I ended up with 100 songs,” Timberlake says in a promotional interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, released today to coincide with the single’s debut. “So narrowing them down to 18 was a thing, and then, yeah, I’m really excited about this album. I think every artist probably says this, but it is my best work.”
“Selfish,” which Timberlake performed at a concert in Memphis last week,...
The single is the first from his upcoming, long-in-coming album Everything I Thought It Was. The album, set for a March 15 release by RCA, is his first since Man of the Woods in 2018.
“I worked for a long time on this album and I ended up with 100 songs,” Timberlake says in a promotional interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, released today to coincide with the single’s debut. “So narrowing them down to 18 was a thing, and then, yeah, I’m really excited about this album. I think every artist probably says this, but it is my best work.”
“Selfish,” which Timberlake performed at a concert in Memphis last week,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
After Justin Timberlake debuted his new song “Selfish” last weekend at an intimate Memphis show, the singer has now released the video for the first single from his upcoming album Everything I Thought It Was.
In an Apple Music interview coinciding with the single release, Timberlake said of the track, “We were talking about the song itself and just breaking down the idea that you just don’t hear that from men often, that they would express an emotion that makes them vulnerable. And then, growing up the way I grew up,...
In an Apple Music interview coinciding with the single release, Timberlake said of the track, “We were talking about the song itself and just breaking down the idea that you just don’t hear that from men often, that they would express an emotion that makes them vulnerable. And then, growing up the way I grew up,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Justin Timberlake has announced his first new album in six years, Everything I Thought It Was, set for release on March 15th via RCA Records. As a preview, he’s shared the album’s first single, “Selfish,” along with the track’s official music video. Watch it below. Update: Timberlake has announced a 2024 world tour.
Everything I Thought It Was marks Justin Timberlake’s return after 2018’s lukewarm Man of the Woods. “Selfish” was written by Timberlake, Louis Bell, Cirkut, Theron Thomas, and Amy Allen, and produced by Timberlake, Louis Bell and Cirkut.
Justin Timberlake will perform as the musical guest on this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live alongside host Dakota Johnson. Timberlake has also announced a free one-night-only concert at New York City’s Irving Plaza set for Wednesday, January 31st. The ticket request window ends Friday, January 26th at 11:59 p.m.; request tickets here.
Justin...
Everything I Thought It Was marks Justin Timberlake’s return after 2018’s lukewarm Man of the Woods. “Selfish” was written by Timberlake, Louis Bell, Cirkut, Theron Thomas, and Amy Allen, and produced by Timberlake, Louis Bell and Cirkut.
Justin Timberlake will perform as the musical guest on this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live alongside host Dakota Johnson. Timberlake has also announced a free one-night-only concert at New York City’s Irving Plaza set for Wednesday, January 31st. The ticket request window ends Friday, January 26th at 11:59 p.m.; request tickets here.
Justin...
- 1/25/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
A source is clearing the air about those rumors that Britney Spears is working on new music shortly after the Princess of Pop denied them.
On Wednesday (January 3), the 42-year-old “Toxic” hitmaker hopped online to blast the whispers that she’s in the process of recording a new album.
However, it looks like there might be some truth in the various reports circulating about Britney‘s future in the music industry, and an insider is spilling all the tea.
Read more about Britney Spears’ rumored musical comeback…
Speaking to Rolling Stone, a source confirmed that Britney is not working on new music. However, her team is apparently trying to lay the groundwork for her to do so in the future.
“Right now, management and A&r are trying to get her excited for the music,” they alleged. “As of right now, she’s not actively in recording but they’re...
On Wednesday (January 3), the 42-year-old “Toxic” hitmaker hopped online to blast the whispers that she’s in the process of recording a new album.
However, it looks like there might be some truth in the various reports circulating about Britney‘s future in the music industry, and an insider is spilling all the tea.
Read more about Britney Spears’ rumored musical comeback…
Speaking to Rolling Stone, a source confirmed that Britney is not working on new music. However, her team is apparently trying to lay the groundwork for her to do so in the future.
“Right now, management and A&r are trying to get her excited for the music,” they alleged. “As of right now, she’s not actively in recording but they’re...
- 1/4/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Taylor Swift is the most nominated recording artist in the 4th Annual Gold Derby Music Awards nominations, but she’s not the most nominated individual. Scroll down to see the entire list of Gdma contenders, watch the nominations announcement above, and visit our predictions center now to start voting for the winners. You have until the end of the day on Friday, January 19, 2024, to get your votes in. Winners will be announced at a later date to be determined.
SEEGrammys flashback: Fun’s ‘We Are Young’ won Song of the Year and introduced the music world to Jack Antonoff
Swift picked up an impressive nine nominations including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Midnights“) and Record and Song of the Year (“Anti-Hero”). To date she has never lost the Artist of the Year category, and she previously won Album of the year for “Folklore” in 2021. She’s by...
SEEGrammys flashback: Fun’s ‘We Are Young’ won Song of the Year and introduced the music world to Jack Antonoff
Swift picked up an impressive nine nominations including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Midnights“) and Record and Song of the Year (“Anti-Hero”). To date she has never lost the Artist of the Year category, and she previously won Album of the year for “Folklore” in 2021. She’s by...
- 12/18/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery, Chris Beachum, Denton Davidson, Joyce Eng, Ray Richmond and Latasha Ford
- Gold Derby
Jung Kook is in his solo era — but he’s also missing his BTS bandmates. In a new interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, the singer opened up about how being in the group has influenced his artistry — and why he misses his bandmates.
“Preparing as a solo artist and also working as a solo musician… there were times where I really missed [being in the group],” he said. “When I was in the waiting room or standing by myself on stage or eating with the staff. We were always together for so...
“Preparing as a solo artist and also working as a solo musician… there were times where I really missed [being in the group],” he said. “When I was in the waiting room or standing by myself on stage or eating with the staff. We were always together for so...
- 11/9/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Global popstar Jungkook of BTS released his highly anticipated album Golden on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 12am Et. Alongside the release of the album came the lead single, “Standing Next to You,” which was accompanied by an impressive, high-energy music video.
Golden marks Jungkook’s first solo album.
The album consists of 11 tracks, including the main track “Standing Next to You” and the hit solo single “Seven (feat. Latto). Jungkook shattered a few records with the release of “Seven,” including the fastest song to surpass one billion streams in Spotify history and to hit number on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Both the clean and explicit versions are on the album, along with “3D (feat. Jack Harlow)” and other brand-new tracks. Each track off Golden occupied the top 12 on US iTunes shortly after the album’s release.
The order of the tracks is significant, according to BigHit Music. “Jungkook expresses the flow...
Golden marks Jungkook’s first solo album.
The album consists of 11 tracks, including the main track “Standing Next to You” and the hit solo single “Seven (feat. Latto). Jungkook shattered a few records with the release of “Seven,” including the fastest song to surpass one billion streams in Spotify history and to hit number on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Both the clean and explicit versions are on the album, along with “3D (feat. Jack Harlow)” and other brand-new tracks. Each track off Golden occupied the top 12 on US iTunes shortly after the album’s release.
The order of the tracks is significant, according to BigHit Music. “Jungkook expresses the flow...
- 11/3/2023
- by Alison Helms
- Showbiz Junkies
The time officially come: BTS member Jung Kook has released his debut album, Golden. The singer dropped the LP along with a Tanu Muino-directed music video for “Standing Next to Year,” a buoyant pop funk song with a hook-laden chorus. The track was produced by Andrew Watt and Cirkut while the choreography-heavy video was shot in Budapest.
The album has 11 tracks, including “Seven,” which features Latto, “3D,” which features Jack Harlow,” “Closer to You,” which features Major Lazer, and “Please Don’t Change,” which features DJ Snake. Producers and...
The album has 11 tracks, including “Seven,” which features Latto, “3D,” which features Jack Harlow,” “Closer to You,” which features Major Lazer, and “Please Don’t Change,” which features DJ Snake. Producers and...
- 11/3/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
The tracklisting for Jung Kook‘s upcoming debut solo album Golden has just been revealed!
The 26-year-old BTS superstar’s debut album will be released in just a few weeks, on November 3rd, through Big Hit Music, and will feature previously released singles “Seven” and “3D.”
Keep reading to find out more…
Golden features 11 tracks, with four features and songs written by some big names!
Featured on the album include Jack Harlow, for “3D” of course, as well as Latto on “Seven,” plus DJ Snake, and Major Lazer.
Fans are freaking out over track five, “Yes or No,” as it has Ed Sheeran listed as a writer, and track seven, “Hate You,” which has Shawn Mendes as one of the writers!
The album also features production by Jon Bellion, Andrew Watt, DJ Snake, Diplo and BloodPop.
Check out the full track list, producers, writers and features for Jung Kook’s Golden below…...
The 26-year-old BTS superstar’s debut album will be released in just a few weeks, on November 3rd, through Big Hit Music, and will feature previously released singles “Seven” and “3D.”
Keep reading to find out more…
Golden features 11 tracks, with four features and songs written by some big names!
Featured on the album include Jack Harlow, for “3D” of course, as well as Latto on “Seven,” plus DJ Snake, and Major Lazer.
Fans are freaking out over track five, “Yes or No,” as it has Ed Sheeran listed as a writer, and track seven, “Hate You,” which has Shawn Mendes as one of the writers!
The album also features production by Jon Bellion, Andrew Watt, DJ Snake, Diplo and BloodPop.
Check out the full track list, producers, writers and features for Jung Kook’s Golden below…...
- 10/15/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
BTS’ Jung Kook has revealed the track list for his highly-anticipated debut solo album Golden, with the LP featuring previously announced guests Jack Harlow and Latto along with Major Lazer and DJ Snake.
The 11-song Golden, due out November 3, boasts the singles “3D” with Jack Harlow and both a clean and explicit version of the Latto-featuring track “Seven.” Major Lazer appear on “Closer to You,” while DJ Snake produces and features on “Please Don’t Change.”
Additionally, the song “Standing Next to You” — co-produced by Andrew Watt and Cirkut — has...
The 11-song Golden, due out November 3, boasts the singles “3D” with Jack Harlow and both a clean and explicit version of the Latto-featuring track “Seven.” Major Lazer appear on “Closer to You,” while DJ Snake produces and features on “Please Don’t Change.”
Additionally, the song “Standing Next to You” — co-produced by Andrew Watt and Cirkut — has...
- 10/15/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
BTS’ Jung Kook recently released the Latto-assisted single “Seven” as an essential step forward in his solo career. This week, it was reported by the South Korean news outlet Ten Asia that the record shares similarities with “Time of Mask,” a song released by Fin.K.L in 2000, surfacing claims of copyright infringement and plagiarism. Ten Asia ran the original report citing Alpha Economy. In a statement to Rolling Stone, Big Hit Music dismissed those claims as being “one-sided.”
“We would like to inform you that the claim of copyright...
“We would like to inform you that the claim of copyright...
- 8/22/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Jungkook of the super popular K-pop group BTS released his debut solo single “Seven” at midnight on Friday, July 14, 2023, and it’s already breaking records. The highly anticipated single was announced just a few weeks ago, and BTS fans – known as Army – shared their excitement all over social media.
The big surprise came when a teaser for the music video was released on July 12th. During the teaser, it was revealed that Grammy-nominated rapper Latto would be featured on the song. Latto had huge commercial success with her 2022 hit “Big Energy.”
“Seven” is described by Big Hit Music as “a fun summer song that puts its spin on the UK garage genre. The genre’s unique rhythm and texture meet with the catchy acoustic guitar sound, highlighting the light-hearted melody perfect for the summer. Jungkook’s unique timbre and playful energy complete the song.”
“Seven” was written and produced by...
The big surprise came when a teaser for the music video was released on July 12th. During the teaser, it was revealed that Grammy-nominated rapper Latto would be featured on the song. Latto had huge commercial success with her 2022 hit “Big Energy.”
“Seven” is described by Big Hit Music as “a fun summer song that puts its spin on the UK garage genre. The genre’s unique rhythm and texture meet with the catchy acoustic guitar sound, highlighting the light-hearted melody perfect for the summer. Jungkook’s unique timbre and playful energy complete the song.”
“Seven” was written and produced by...
- 7/14/2023
- by Alison Helms
- Showbiz Junkies
Seemingly dropped purposefully on June 9th , Sam Smith and Madonna have shared their new single “Vulgar.” Give it a listen below.
Smith teased the song with a brief, eight-second clip on their socials that featured the title, release date, and both artists’ initials, which conveniently happen to be “S&m.” The full song, true to its name, goes all out, placing the duo’s charms in a hard-hitting pop setting with Eastern-influenced strings and fiery ad-libs from Madonna, like “Do you know how to spell my name?/ B I T C H/ Go fuck yourself/ You heard me, bitch.”
But “Vulgar” isn’t unnecessarily filthy — rather, the artists are asserting a message of empowerment, and demanding respect. In February, Madonna introduced Smith’s performance of “Unholy” with Kim Petras at the 2023 Grammy Awards, which sparked a wave of condemnation from conservative figures. “Are you ready for some controversy?” Madonna asked the Grammys crowd.
Smith teased the song with a brief, eight-second clip on their socials that featured the title, release date, and both artists’ initials, which conveniently happen to be “S&m.” The full song, true to its name, goes all out, placing the duo’s charms in a hard-hitting pop setting with Eastern-influenced strings and fiery ad-libs from Madonna, like “Do you know how to spell my name?/ B I T C H/ Go fuck yourself/ You heard me, bitch.”
But “Vulgar” isn’t unnecessarily filthy — rather, the artists are asserting a message of empowerment, and demanding respect. In February, Madonna introduced Smith’s performance of “Unholy” with Kim Petras at the 2023 Grammy Awards, which sparked a wave of condemnation from conservative figures. “Are you ready for some controversy?” Madonna asked the Grammys crowd.
- 6/9/2023
- by Cervanté Pope
- Consequence - Music
The night her hit “Sweet But Psycho” came out, Ava Max almost quit music.
It was 2018 and she’d been at home in her Los Angeles apartment. Her mind started to race: She needed a breakthrough song, and this could be the one – if only it would take off.
“No one knows this but I had a mental breakdown,” she says now, almost five years later. She got down on her knees and started praying, even though she’s not religious. “I’m like, ‘God, please, if you’re listening.
It was 2018 and she’d been at home in her Los Angeles apartment. Her mind started to race: She needed a breakthrough song, and this could be the one – if only it would take off.
“No one knows this but I had a mental breakdown,” she says now, almost five years later. She got down on her knees and started praying, even though she’s not religious. “I’m like, ‘God, please, if you’re listening.
- 1/24/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Almost one year ago, Reneé Rapp got her heart broken — and in a “really shitty way,” as she puts it. But instead of falling into despair, the “Sex Lives of College Girls” star immediately called her manager.
“I explained it to him like, ‘I feel it in my fingers that this is going to be the year that everything I have ever wanted to happen can happen,’” Rapp tells Variety over lattes in a cozy Toluca Lake coffee shop. “It was like getting out of that relationship made me confident.”
At first glance, it’s hard to imagine that the 22-year-old singer and actor could harbor any insecurities. She speaks with an unabashed openness from the start, discussing everything from her dating life (“I’ve had so many tiny failed relationships this year”) to the intricacies of her Zodiac sign with the familiarity of an old friend. She’s dressed casually,...
“I explained it to him like, ‘I feel it in my fingers that this is going to be the year that everything I have ever wanted to happen can happen,’” Rapp tells Variety over lattes in a cozy Toluca Lake coffee shop. “It was like getting out of that relationship made me confident.”
At first glance, it’s hard to imagine that the 22-year-old singer and actor could harbor any insecurities. She speaks with an unabashed openness from the start, discussing everything from her dating life (“I’ve had so many tiny failed relationships this year”) to the intricacies of her Zodiac sign with the familiarity of an old friend. She’s dressed casually,...
- 11/11/2022
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
When producer Andrew Watt first met Britney Spears to record her parts for “Hold Me Closer” — a club-ready duet with Elton John and her first new song in six years — he asked her who her favorite artists are. “She’s like, ‘Honestly, Elton John,'” he recalls. “She said, ‘”Tiny Dancer’s” literally one of my favorite songs, which is why I wanted to do it.”
Her passion for the song shines through on the three-minute reworking of the hit, which adds a springy disco beat, a touch of cavernous echo,...
Her passion for the song shines through on the three-minute reworking of the hit, which adds a springy disco beat, a touch of cavernous echo,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Ava Max accepts her pop crown on her new song, “Kings and Queens,” the first single from the singer’s upcoming debut album, expected to arrive later this year.
Produced by regular collaborator Cirkut, “Kings and Queens” boasts a pulsing verse and a dramatic hook peppered with regal synths — there’s even a guitar solo that has a distinctive Queen-esque quality to it. The track finds Max delivering a message of female empowerment with a big voice and a few clever winks as she sings, “No damsel in distress, don...
Produced by regular collaborator Cirkut, “Kings and Queens” boasts a pulsing verse and a dramatic hook peppered with regal synths — there’s even a guitar solo that has a distinctive Queen-esque quality to it. The track finds Max delivering a message of female empowerment with a big voice and a few clever winks as she sings, “No damsel in distress, don...
- 3/12/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Katy Perry, Capitol Records and the singer’s “Dark Horse” collaborators have filed an appeal to the verdict that ruled against them in the plagiarism case bought by Marcus Gray, a.k.a. Flame. The July verdict found that Perry and her team had copied aspects of their 2013 hit from a 2008 Christian rap song and held them liable for $2.78 million in damages.
The appeal was filed in California on October 9th, according to Variety, and the defendants are asking for the courts to either overturn the original verdict or grant them a new trial.
The appeal was filed in California on October 9th, according to Variety, and the defendants are asking for the courts to either overturn the original verdict or grant them a new trial.
- 10/15/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
A jury unanimously ruled that Katy Perry’s 2013 hit single “Dark Horse” improperly copied Christian rapper Flame’s 2009 song “Joyful Noise.” The nine-member federal jury in a Los Angeles determined that Perry and her co-writers and producers will owe unspecified damages for copyright infringement.
“Dark Horse,” which has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide, credits several songwriters, including Perry and Sarah Hudson, who wrote the lyrics, and rapper Juicy J, who wrote his verse. The track was produced by Dr. Luke, Max Martin and Cirkut, who created the beat in question during the week-long trial.
“Dark Horse,” which has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide, credits several songwriters, including Perry and Sarah Hudson, who wrote the lyrics, and rapper Juicy J, who wrote his verse. The track was produced by Dr. Luke, Max Martin and Cirkut, who created the beat in question during the week-long trial.
- 7/30/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Ava Max cuts all her own hair, even her wigs. Three years ago, using a pair of shears and heated tools, she created the much-discussed hairstyle she has now — parting her blonde hair down the center, with one side creating an angular, chin-length bob and the other falling in long, beach-y waves.
“[My haircut] is about being what you want to be and who you want to be and just embracing that,” says the 25-year-old singer, who’s best known (aside from the hair) for her 2018 single “Sweet but Psycho,” which has...
“[My haircut] is about being what you want to be and who you want to be and just embracing that,” says the 25-year-old singer, who’s best known (aside from the hair) for her 2018 single “Sweet but Psycho,” which has...
- 5/16/2019
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
At age 43, the rapper Big Boi is enjoying the biggest hit of his solo career: a cheerful, reassuring and toothless number titled “All Night.” On a recent Tuesday, he brought the single to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with help from longtime collaborator Sleepy Brown. Fallon head-bobbed with his usual childlike enthusiasm, while the two performers looked like actors in a cute buddy comedy, synchronizing a two-step dance and playing air piano.
“Being up there with Sleepy Brown — he is one gyrating son-of-a-gun — and my background singers, it was some otherworldly funk-rockateer experience,...
“Being up there with Sleepy Brown — he is one gyrating son-of-a-gun — and my background singers, it was some otherworldly funk-rockateer experience,...
- 8/14/2018
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Prolific songwriter and record producer Henry Russell Walter, aka Cirkut, has listed his celeb-pedigreed triple-story contemporary in the Hollywood Hills for close to $6.5 million. The thirtysomething pop producer, who co-wrote and co-produced hit ditties for Rihanna, The Weeknd and Nicki Minaj, as well as Miley Cyrus’ mega-successful “Wrecking Ball” and Katy Perry’s anthemic chart-topper “Roar,” acquired the property just over two years ago from “Angie Tribeca” actor Hayes MacArthur and “Heroes” actress Ali Larter for $4.15 million. Tucked into a hairpin curve of a winding cul-de-sac above Nichols Canyon and sequestered behind a tall and thick privacy hedge, the approximately 5,500-square-foot home has four bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms.
A combination living and dining space divided by a glass-railed stairwell sprawls across the middle level with wide-plank hardwoods, a sleek fireplace and three sets of glass sliders to a terrace that spans the full width of the house. An open-tread steel-and-glass stairway...
A combination living and dining space divided by a glass-railed stairwell sprawls across the middle level with wide-plank hardwoods, a sleek fireplace and three sets of glass sliders to a terrace that spans the full width of the house. An open-tread steel-and-glass stairway...
- 8/7/2018
- by Mark David
- Variety Film + TV
In the wake of the tragic, premature deaths of Avicii and Lil Peep, the music industry needs to do a better job at treating mental illness among musicians, artists, writers, producers and professionals. Again and again, there are warning signs and early cries for help that we cannot ignore.
A survey on music and mental health by Help Musicians UK found that of 2,000 musicians interviewed, 71% experience anxiety and 68.5% deal with depression. This comes as no surprise to me. Musicians are sensitive and emotionally cognizant, and these issues are so often exacerbated for those who live in the public eye and whose struggles are amplified by fame and social media scrutiny. The most disconcerting discovery from that study was the revelation that well over half of these individuals report not receiving treatment for their issues.
Sadly in many ways, the industry is designed to negatively impact the mental health of practically everyone involved in making music.
A survey on music and mental health by Help Musicians UK found that of 2,000 musicians interviewed, 71% experience anxiety and 68.5% deal with depression. This comes as no surprise to me. Musicians are sensitive and emotionally cognizant, and these issues are so often exacerbated for those who live in the public eye and whose struggles are amplified by fame and social media scrutiny. The most disconcerting discovery from that study was the revelation that well over half of these individuals report not receiving treatment for their issues.
Sadly in many ways, the industry is designed to negatively impact the mental health of practically everyone involved in making music.
- 6/5/2018
- by Nick Jarjour
- Variety Film + TV
Almost seven years to the day after the release of The Weeknd’s galvanizing debut mixtape, “House of Balloons” — an outing that basically created the dark-alt-r&B sound that so many artists have built careers on — the prolific Abel Tesfaye says hello to darkness, his old friend on a new seven-song/22-minute Ep whose title is pure truth in advertising: “My Dear Melancholy,” (and that’s not a typo — the official title includes a comma at the end).
True to its sort-of surprise arrival — it was teased, fairly obviously, in the week leading up to its release — the outing feels like an interlude in a career that’s already featured several big statements and changes of direction. There are no blockbuster hit singles like “I Can’t Feel My Face” or “Starboy,” but the melodic directness and Michael Jackson vocalisms of those songs is here, just buried under clouds of...
True to its sort-of surprise arrival — it was teased, fairly obviously, in the week leading up to its release — the outing feels like an interlude in a career that’s already featured several big statements and changes of direction. There are no blockbuster hit singles like “I Can’t Feel My Face” or “Starboy,” but the melodic directness and Michael Jackson vocalisms of those songs is here, just buried under clouds of...
- 3/30/2018
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
The Weeknd surprised fans last week with the release of his Daft Punk-assisted song “Starboy,” the title track to his upcoming album, out November 25. Now the “Earned It” singer has shared the cinematic music video for the single, directed by frequent collaborator Grant Singer.
The dark and gritty clip features The Weeknd with his former signature hairstyle, held hostage and suffocated by an unknown masked stranger dressed in black. As the video continues, it’s revealed that the man is his new “Starboy” persona, who then starts to smash awards, plaques and all history of his former self with a large neon cross. At the end he’s seen driving away into the night with a panther as his passenger. Unfortunately the electronic duo only appear in a portrait at the beginning of the clip.
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The dark and gritty clip features The Weeknd with his former signature hairstyle, held hostage and suffocated by an unknown masked stranger dressed in black. As the video continues, it’s revealed that the man is his new “Starboy” persona, who then starts to smash awards, plaques and all history of his former self with a large neon cross. At the end he’s seen driving away into the night with a panther as his passenger. Unfortunately the electronic duo only appear in a portrait at the beginning of the clip.
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- 9/28/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
It feels almost unfair to rag on Pitbull’s video for “Wild Wild Love” featuring G.R.L., when it could be so much worse… but we’re not going to let that stop us. Pitbull, who, unlike my colleague Katie Hasty, I have a begrudging fondness for, is calling it in on this folktronica tune that tries to make “Timber’s” success strike again. This time, instead of Kesha, his co-ed counterparts are the members of G.R.L., an assemblage of hair and breasts and legs that that Pussycat Dolls' mastermind Robin Antin cooked up in her music laboratory. Pitbull, who co-wrote the tune with Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Ammar Malik, Alexander Castillo Vasquez and Henry Walter (yes, it took six people to come up with this with Martin sleepwalking through it), is clearly taking one for the team as he surrounds himself with the quintet as...
- 3/31/2014
- Hitfix
Britney Spears is releasing a new song, "Ooh La La," for the upcoming Smurfs movie sequel from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation. The track will roll during the credits of The Smurfs 2, which hits theaters July 31; it was written and produced by Lukasz Gottwald in addition to Joshua Coleman and Henry Walter. Also getting "Ooh La La" writing credits: Bonnie McKee, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Lola Blanc and Fransisca Hall. "I have always loved the Smurfs as a kid and now my boys are the biggest Smurfs fans Ever. I wanted to surprise them with a song in the movie. I know
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- 4/17/2013
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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