A day after Universal Music Group threatened to stop licensing its music to TikTok amid a breakdown in deal negotiations, songs from UMG‘s unparalleled stable of artists began vanishing from the social media platform late Wednesday. The removals started gradually late Wednesday evening. The official versions of UMG-owned recordings such …
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Fans of Universal Music Group’s artists, including Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, and Olivia Rodrigo, are not pleased that the record label group has ceased to license its music to TikTok. The day after UMG threatened to stop licensing its music to TikTok amid a breakdown in deal negotiations, songs from …
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Three of the most popular women in music today will be performing at the 2024 Grammy Awards. On Jan. 16, the Recording Academy revealed the first three performers of this year’s awards show: Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, and Dua Lipa. The second round of performers include appearances from Burna Boy, …
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Billie Eilish‘s “Bury A Friend” serves as the title sequence music for True Detective’s fourth season, but as the show’s director and showrunner Issa Lopez explained in a new interview, the pop singer’s influence on the show goes much deeper. “I started writing it during the lockdown, and I was …
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During her acceptance speech for the Chairman’s Award during the annual Palm Springs Film Awardslast night, Billie Eilish admitted that she has been through some tough times in recent years. Speaking alongside her brother Finneas, who co-wrote Eilish’s Grammy-nominated Barbie hit “What Was I Made For?,” the singer recalled wanting …
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Billie Eilish returned for her third Saturday Night Live appearance with a touching performance of “What Was I Made For?,” the acclaimed ballad from the soundtrack of this summer’s Barbie. The film’s director, Greta Gerwig, and Barbie co-star Kate McKinnon introduced the 21-year-old songwriter, who was joined on stage by …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Christmas episode saw several instances of gift giving, among them musical guest Billie Eilish and former SNL cast member Kate McKinnon exchanging cats at Whiskers R We, the pet store where they work. In an effort to spur adoptions, the pair star in an ad in which …
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Billie Eilish stopped by The Tonight Show to discuss her Grammy-nominated hit single “What Was I Made For?” and took the opportunity to tease new music. Speaking with host Jimmy Fallon, Eilish said she is “almost done” with the album she’s making. “At some point you will know more, but …
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T odd Haynes is, in this writer’s opinion, one of our greatest living filmmakers. Ever since his 1987 film, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, a moving examination of the singer’s battle with anorexia using Barbie dolls and created while he was at Bard College, his unique voice has enraptured audiences. …
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Billie Eilish recently shared that she feels a “protectiveness over” Olivia Rodrigo, who was born 14 months after the “What Was I Made For?” singer. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times published Tuesday, Eilish revealed that Rodrigo inspired her song “Goldwing.” “I think everybody’s experiences are so individual,” …
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