Month: March 2021

The three-day annual Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival in Las Vegas has announced its 2021 lineup. The 2021 festival marks a return for organizers after skipping the festivities last year due to the pandemic. Lauren DelFrago, Festival Director of Life is Beautiful, said in an emailed statement: “We have always put the health, safety, and security of our community first. As we prepare to produce the 2021 festival, we feel a heightened sense of responsibility to our staff, partners, performers, and attendees, and continue to work closely with local and state officials to ensure a safe return to live music.”

Billie Eilish, Green Day, ASAP Rocky, Young Thug, Tame Impala, HAIM, St. Vincent, Ludacris, Brittany Howard, All Time Low, Ashnikko, Noah Cyrus, Poorstacy, and more are among those confirmed for this year’s fest.

Life Is Beautiful 2021 runs for three days starting on Sept. 17. Ticket go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. PT via the official festival website.

Las Vegas’ Life is Beautiful Announces 2021 Festival with Billie Eilish, Tame Impala & Green Day

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St. Vincent, ASAP Rocky, HAIM, and Modest Mouse are among the other acts set to play the first…

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Social media was obsessed with the #SilhouetteChallenge recently, and made it go viral on TikTok.  The challenge featured Doja Cat’s “Streets” serving as the soundtrack for people showing off their bodies with a red light filter.

Now Doja Cat has released an official music video for “Streets” featuring actor Kofi Siriboe playing a taxi cab driver – and Doja’s love interest – in the visual.  The video also incorporates elements of the #SilhouetteChallenge into the video.

 “Streets” appears on Doja’s 2019 album Hot Pink. You can check out the video for the single at the link – here.

Doja Cat’s “Streets” video is a big-budget Silhouette Challenge

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From TikTok homages to giant spiderwebs, Doja Cat’s new video has it all.

03/09/2021 8:18 AM

 

Miley Cyrus performed her track “Angels Like You” for an audience of fully vaccinated healthcare workers on Super Bowl Sunday on February 7, and now that performance has been released as a music video. “Angels Like You” is from Cyrus’ seventh studio album, Plastic Hearts. 

Miley’s performance was the first COVID-19 compliant live music show of its size in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic nearly a year ago. Miley teamed up with Billy Idol for covers of Nine Inch Nails and Bikini Kill at the pre-game show.

Check out the live performance video of “Angels Like You” at the link – here.

Miley Cyrus Sings for Vaccinated Healthcare Workers in ‘Angels Like You’ Clip

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“Each of us can help stop the pandemic by being vaccinated,” Cyrus writes in video statement

03/08/2021 11:25 AM

 

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During an interview in the April issue of Vogue, Selena Gomez says she might retire from music after the release of her next album. The 28-year-old singer and actress voiced her frustrations with response to her music.

The Vogue interview was published nearly 14 months after the release of Gomez’s third studio album, Rare, which featured the singles “Lose You to Love Me,” “Look at Her Now” and “Rare.”  Gomez told Vogue, “”It’s hard to keep doing music when people don’t necessarily take you seriously.I’ve had moments where I’ve been like, ‘What’s the point? Why do I keep doing this?'” Gomez added she plans to try something “different” on her new album, saying, “I want to give it one last try before I maybe retire music.”

Gomez will release her first Spanish-language EP, Revelación this Friday. The album features the songs “Selfish Love” with DJ Snake, “De Una Vez” and “Baila Conmigo.”

Selena Gomez says she’s thinking about retiring from music

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Selena Gomez says music might not be in her future forever.

03/09/2021 12:39 PM

 

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Last week, a TikTok campaign called for Eminem’s ‘cancellation’ after lyrics from his 2010 single with Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” resurfaced. In the song, Marshall Mathers raps “If you f***** leave again I’m strap you to this bed and set the house on fire.”

Now in response to those who have tried to ‘cancel’ him, Eminem has released the lyric video for “Tone Deaf,” takes aim at cancel culture. “Tone Deaf” is the latest single off Eminem’s 2020 album, Music To Be Murdered By — Side B.  and in the animated video clip, the rapper’s controversial past is put on full display as he blames his “alter-ego” for all his “evil thoughts” while refusing to tone down his lyrics. Eminem tweeted about the video, showcasing one of its key lyrics:“I won’t stop even when my hair turns grey (I’m tone-deaf) / ‘Cause they won’t stop until they cancel me.”

Watch the lyric video for “Tone Deaf” – here.

Eminem Responds to Cancellation Attempt With ‘Tone Deaf’ Animated Video

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“I won’t stop even when my hair turns grey (I’m tone-deaf) / ‘Cause they won’t stop until they…

03/06/2021 12:31 PM

 

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