Author: Amaury Abreu

Austin City Limits will launch its 47th season on Oct. 2, welcoming Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall for the new season’s hour-long premiere episode. Leading into the October premiere, Austin City Limits shared a video clip of the trio performing “In His Arms,” from the May-released collaborative project The Marfa Tapes, a set of acoustic songs written and recorded in tiny Marfa, Texas. “If it gets weird up here, it’s because we’ve all been friends for like, over 20 years,” Lambert says in the clip of the Austin City Limits performance. “I’ve grown up watching Jack since I…

An attorney has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of musical artist Marilyn Manson, who is accused of approaching a videographer at his 2019 concert in New Hampshire and allegedly spitting and blowing his nose on her. Manson, whose legal name is Brian Hugh Warner, surrendered in July to police in Los Angeles in connection with a 2019 arrest warrant in the case. The allegations were detailed in a police affidavit that was released along with a criminal complaint. Manson was charged with two misdemeanor counts of simple assault stemming from the alleged altercation on Aug. 19, 2019, at…

Nostalgia is the name of the game — that is, if The Weeknd has anything to say about it. The “Take My Breath” singer decided to take things back to 2015 when “Can’t Feel My Face” ruled the airwaves by treating fans to a brand new, alternate video to accompany the song on Thursday (Sept. 2). The video starts off with The Weeknd and his love interest sharing moments together in a bedroom, with the singer fully clothed, and his girl half dressed in a bra and jeans. The pair then make their way outside for a steamy night out…

Breakout J-pop singer Ado dropped a remix of her recent single “Odo” and the accompanying music video. Ado is an 18-year-old singer — born in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2002 — who began her singing career as a so-called “utaite” (Japanese internet slang meaning a singer of covers) on video-sharing platforms. Her major debut single called “Usse-wa” was released in December 2020, and the blistering track featuring Ado’s growly vocals spitting out rebellious lyrics quickly became something of a social phenomenon in Japan. The track reached No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in March, and has since sailed…

Hey! Say! JUMP’s “Gunjo Runaway” debuts at No. 1 on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Aug. 23 to 29. The Johnny’s boy band’s 30th single is the theme song for a drama series starring member Kei Inoo, and sold 234,313 CDs in its first week to come in at No. 1 for physical sales and look-ups. The song also performed well in Twitter mentions (No. 2) and radio airplay (No. 3), but the two physical metrics of the chart’s methodology fueled the track to the top of the tally this week. Sales-wise, the single sold over 20,000 more…

Wizkid’s “Essence,” featuring Tems, reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart (dated Sept. 4) in a milestone achievement for the Afrobeats genre. The track by the two Nigerian artists jumps from No. 3 with an 11% improvement to 18 million in audience in the week ending Aug. 29, according to MRC Data, making it the most-heard song at the radio format. Wizkid grabs his second No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and first as a lead act. He previously reigned through a supporting role on Drake’s nine-week champ “One Dance,” also featuring singer Kyla, in 2016. As a lead act,…

Nacho’s “La Buena” gets a new version thanks to the track’s new remix featuring hitmakers Yandel, Justin Quiles and Zion. Nearly a year since releasing the original, the remix — which dropped on Thursday (Sept. 2) — stays true to the tropical-pop elements of “La Buena” while introducing more amplified reggaeton beats. A love song at its core, the new version opens with Quiles’ vibrating vocals. “I’m addicted to your skin, addicted to the way you are, you taught me to love,” he sings. He’s then joined by Yandel, Nacho and Zion who take turns serenading the woman of their…

Apple will allow a select group of apps it calls “readers” that includes music streamers like Spotify to include in-app links to their websites for external sign-ups and account management, the company announced Thursday (Sept. 2). The move is part of an agreement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), which closed a five-year investigation into Apple upon the new settlement. “Reader” apps in the App Store are apps that “provide previously purchased content or content subscriptions for digital magazines, newspapers, books, audio, music, and video,” according to Apple. This move will allow apps like Spotify and Netflix — which…

It’s lit! Hip-hop icons Ja Rule and Fat Joe are set to face off in an all-new Verzuz battle on Sept. 14. The friendly competition will take place in person, live from New York. Tickets will be available for purchase beginning Tuesday, Sept. 7. “The summer ain’t over!!” Verzuz co-creator Swizz Beatz wrote on Instagram revealing the news. In a separate announcement post on Instagram, Ja Rule wrote, “#ICONN.” Meanwhile, Fat Joe captioned his identical post, “The price just went [up] @fatjoe @verzuz @jarule.” This marks the first Verzuz battle since last month, when The LOX and Dipset hit the stage to deliver some fan-favorite hit songs.…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. Camila Cabello is putting on her glass slippers to step into the role of Cinderella, in a live action interpretation of the beloved fairytale out on Friday (Sept. 3). The 2021 Amazon Original features a star-studded cast including Billy Porter, Idina Menzel, Minnie Driver, Pierce Brosnan, James Corden, Nicholas Galitzine and more, with a soundtrack featuring a mix of original songs and covers. Cabello portrays Cinderella, an ambitious young lady who hopes to one day become a successful businesswoman, which…