Having a hit on TikTok isn’t as straightforward as it was in the early days of the app. Now, a song can go viral countless ways: A single line, an artful mashup, a sped-up remix, or a creator-fueled dance challenge can all lead to a track taking off. But even …
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Welcome to ourweekly rundown ofthe best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Ed Sheeran rides the tide on a highlight from his fifth album, Tove Lo delivers a stripped down gem, Lil Baby stays guarded, and electronic music legend Brian …
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Peter Gabriel creates a slow-building metaphor for radical terrorism on “Four Kinds of Horses,” the latest single he’s released from his upcoming album, i/o. On the song, which made its debut Friday as a remix (the “Bright-Side Mix,” by Mark “Spike” Stent), he sings, “Your mind is made up so …
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Ed Sheeran doesn’t want rose-colored glasses, he just wants to see the sunshine. On Friday, the musician dropped the video for his track “Curtains” as he celebrated the release of his new album, Subtract. “Can you pull the curtains? Let me see the sun shine/I think I’m done with my …
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Kimberly Perry, who was the singer in the country trio the Band Perry when they were radio stars a decade back, re-interprets her group’s signature 2010 hit with her new release, “If I Die Young Pt. 2.” The song is from an upcoming solo country project that comes after her …
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Less than a week after a Ted Nugent concert was announced in Birmingham, Alabama, its promoter canceled it following intense outcry, according to AL.com. The musician may have scored hits like “Cat Scratch Fever” and “Free-for-All” in the Seventies, but his criticism of school-shooting victims advocating for gun safety, contempt …
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The Latin Grammys are headed overseas. On Thursday, the Latin Recording Academy announced that this year’s awards show, scheduled for Nov. 16, will be held in Seville, Spain, moving the awards show from the U.S. for the first time ever. The 24th edition of the awards show — and its …
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Gayle gave up on hopeless people pleasing just a few weeks ago on her then-new single “Everybody Hates Me.” It was easier, she realized, to act like no one wanted her around in the first place. But on her latest release “Don’t Call Me Pretty,” the singer-songwriter ditches fake niceties …
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When Fuerza Régida frontman Jesús Ortiz Paz sat down with Rolling Stone late last year, a phone call from Myke Towers interrupted the interview. The night prior, the two had hit the studio in Miami. “He said he fucks with my music,” Ortiz said at the time. “Hopefully we do …
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El Alfa‘s kids have some flow! On Thursday, the Dominican star released his single “Abloh,” which features rap verses from his two kids Fendi and Emanuel, who are credited as Big League Fendi and Man Serious on the track. “Look at me my car/Bring me the dough,” rap Emanuel, 6, …
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