Monday, April 29, 2024

Music

Rihanna Releases Beautiful New Song, “Lift Me Up” from “Wakanda Forever” — First New Music in 6 Years

Rihanna has dropped her first new music in six years. "Lift Me Up" is an actual song, and it's the theme from "Wakanda Forever."...

Harry Styles Flounders in Odd Choice for New Video as a Piece of Sushi Based on a Not-Actual Song

The new video from Harry Styles is based on a song that features little singing and a lot of horns. Harry flounders as a piece...

NYC’s Stunning David Geffen Hall Opens with All Star Show Including Alicia Keys, “Hamilton,” Sara Bareilles, with Geffen, Barry Diller, Chuck Schumer, Mayor Adams...

It was a throwback night of celebration in New York tonight as Lincoln Center opened its stunning new David Geffen Hall with an A...

Rihanna Is Back with New Song for “Wakanda Forever” by 4 Writers, Recorded in 5 Countries

You know, I love Rihanna's voice. So the amusing facts of her first single in six years I won't make fun of. But still: it...

Kanye West Fallout: One Producer Worries About Shrinking Royalties, the Other Makes Donations to ADL, NAACP

Kanye West losing his recording contract and other businesses is bringing out comments from his associates. I told you in my last post that...

Feud Karma: Kanye West Loses a Billion Dollars Same Week Taylor Swift Sells a Million Albums, After 13 Years of War

In the next couple of weeks, Ryan Murphy starts shooting his second "Feud" mini series, about Truman Capote falling out with his rich lady...

Statement from Universal Music about Kanye West: Deal Over, “No Place for Antisemitism in Our Society”

Universal Music's Def Jam has just sent this announcement. Their relationship with Kanye West is over. It doesn't matter much. West's record sales and streaming...

UPDATED With Adidas, CAA, Gap Gone, Pressure is On Universal Music Group to Drop Kanye West from Label

UPDATED TUESDAY 2:12PM: I'm told that Kanye's record contract expired at the end of 2021 and he is no longer signed to UMG. But...