Six long years after Ed Sheeran was first hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over his hit “Thinking Out Loud,” a federal judge denied Sheeran’s request to toss the case and ordered the case to trial. In 2016, the estate of Ed Townsend, Marvin Gaye’s co-writer on “Let’s Get It …
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Before his death on Wednesday at age 59, Coolio had been plotting his grand return to the animated series Futurama with the revival of his recurring role as Kwanzaa-bot, recording both new music and original dialogue for the show. The character, voiced by the rapper, last appeared in a 2010 …
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LCD Soundsystem’s first new song in five years, “New Body Rhumba, from the upcoming film adaptation of White Noise, has arrived. The band’s first new music since their 2017 comeback album American Dream was penned by frontman James Murphy along with LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Wang and Pat Mahoney and produced …
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M.I.A. is giving herself her own flowers on her latest single, “Beep,” set to appear on her sixth studio album Mata. Hours after releasing the track, M.I.A. finally announced the launch date for Mata, Oct. 14. “Beep” is a self-celebration that reflects on the musician’s decades-long career. “Went from tryna …
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Three years after Scooter Braun‘s company Ithaca Holdings acquired Taylor Swift‘s original masters from Big Machine, the music manager is talking about the “important lesson” he claims he learned from the saga. On Friday, Braun appeared on NPR’s The Limits podcast to talk about the fraught drama‘s teachings, as he …
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Jazmine Sullivan is lending her powerful vocals for the upcoming film, Till — Rolling Stone exclusively announced. The soulful, “uplifting” R&B track, titled “Stand Up,” dropped Oct. 6, ahead of the film’s premiere on Oct. 14. “I’m honored to be able to contribute to such a powerful film about such …
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Looking as hot as he does, Maluma shouldn’t have to pray for a girl’s attention. But in his new video for “Junio,” dropped Friday, the singer pleads for a miracle — and cheesily finds one — after a road trip through his native Medellín. “Mе das calor como si fuera …
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22 more days until Midnights. But to quote Ms. Swift herself: “Honestly, baby, who’s counting?” On Thursday night, Swift continued her new tradition of using an old-school bingo ball cage to reveal a new track from her upcoming album, announcing the title of her fifth selection, “Maroon.” With this one, …
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Björk celebrated the resurgent success of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” and slammed the sexist music critics who, decades ago, dismissed her and Bush in a new interview. Speaking to NME about how the current state of music differs from when she was first starting out, Björk said there’s …
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As promised, Shawn Mendes has shared his new song “Heartbeat,” the first single off the soundtrack for his upcoming family film Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. Both the movie and the soundtrack arrive Oct. 7. Mendes voices the titular reptile in the movie, which also stars Javier Bardem, Constance Wu, Brett Gelman …
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