Kick off your boots in the passenger seat, because it’s finally here! Just days after eagle-eyed Swifties noticed an ASCAP registration for “Gasoline (Featuring Taylor Swift),” Haim unveiled the collaboration with their superstar pal on Thursday (Feb. 18). The song, originally featured on the sister trio’s June 2020 album, Women in Music Pt. III, now features Swift on harmonies…
The deal between Iconic and The Beach Boys has been a year in the making, and was the first one Iconic started working on when the company formed, Iconic’s founder/CEO Olivier Chastan tells Billboard. Chastan says that the idea of the collaboration as a partnership, rather than a sale of assets — as has been…
Happy birthday, J-Hope! The BTS superstar turned 27 on Thursday (Feb. 18), and decided to spend his big day giving back. According to The Korean Herald, J-Hope donated ₩150 million (about $135,000) to ChildFund Korea, which helps children with vision and hearing disabilities. The South Korean musician is a longtime supporter of ChildFund Korea. Just last year, he donated ₩100…
Essence announced Thursday (Feb. 18) that the annual festival held in New Orleans will adopt a hybrid model for its 2021 event. Over the course of two weekends this summer, the festival will feature online content as well as live-to-tape activations throughout the city. “This year, with the theme ‘Live Loud,’ ESSENCE is thrilled to curate an…
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“We have never inflated any user numbers,” Lu says. “The only ‘rights holders’ Triller has ever had are the labels who don’t receive the information in question and, if anything, have just accused us of understating our numbers. The allegation being made that Triller’s real numbers were 25 million MAU last year values Triller at…
His breakthrough single as a recording artist hits new highs on Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs. Niko Moon hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart (dated Feb. 20), leading as the top emerging act in the U.S. for the first time on the strength of his first hit single as a recording artist,…
According to a press release, the documentary special will feature “interviews with the queens, never-before-seen footage, casting reels, and striking photography from set,” giving fans an unprecedented look behind the cameras. In a new trailer for the special, fans get a look at the queens talking in confessionals about what it took to put on…
He changed locations for the final three songs (“Good Drank,” “I’m Different” and “Grey Area”) in his 20-minute-plus set, for which he was joined by a live band in a purple-lit studio space. He wrapped things up with a speech about supporting Black-owned businesses and naming some Black creators (Tyler Perry, Diddy) he felt were…
Since his 2018 breakout, Cordae has been vocal about his views on social media, often times referring to the platforms as both a gift and a curse. He hasn’t completely withdrawn from the glossy trappings of Instagram or the never-ending debate that anchors Twitter, but he’s quick to lament our over-reliance on them as a…
Spotify will add Mona Sutphen to its Board of Directors in April, subject to shareholder approval, the streaming giant announced today (Feb. 16). Sutphen is currently a senior advisor at Chicago-based private equity firm The Vistria Group as well as a co-founder and advisor of several technology startups. From 2009 to 2011, Sutphen served as White House deputy…
In the months leading up to the COVID-19 global pandemic, Concord, its friends and extended family donated $450,000 to SMA parent the Soulsville Foundation to provide critical funding for SMA students, instructors and programming. Now as part of its scholarship fund, Concord and its partners — PULSE Music Group, Creative Titans, Hang Your Hat Music…