Month: July 2023

ONE MusicFest announced the lineup for the 2023 two-day event, set to take place in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park on Oct 28-29th.   The Fest tweeted: “This is not a drill! #OMF2023 featuring Kendrick Lamar, Janet Jackson, Megan Thee Stallion, Brent Faiyaz, 50 Years of Hip Hop and an once in a lifetime lineup are coming on Oct 28+29th secure your tickets NOW before they’re GONE at onemusicfest.com ”

Janet Jackson, Kendrick Lamar, Megan Thee Stallion, and Brent Faiyaz will headline the 2023 festival, with additional performances from the likes of Coco Jones, El DeBarge, Durand Bernarr, Bryson Tiller, Jozzy, Jadakiss, and “surprise special guests” taking the stage. ONE MusicFest will also celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary with a specially curated stage featuring rap legends such as Nelly, KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Trina, Too $hort, and Lady Of Rage.

ONE MusicFest Founder, James “J” Carter, shared in a statement: “We are beyond excited about the 14th annual ONE Musicfest. To have the opportunity to host Kendrick Lamar, Janet Jackson, Megan Thee Stallion, Brent Faiyaz, and other iconic artists in the middle of Piedmont Park is a dream come true, especially on the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop. It doesn’t get any better than this. It will be a premium experience for the artists, the attendees, and our partners. We look forward to our new home in Piedmont Park and delivering an elevated experience to our many fans.”

Tickets for the festival are currently on-sale. General admission begins at $169, with 2-day platinum packages starting at $995. Head to www.onemusicfest.frontgatetickets.com for more information.

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BTS’s Jung Kook has released the track “Seven” featuring Latto, marking his official solo debut. The highly-anticipated single was written and produced by Grammy-winning producers and songwriters Andrew Watt and Cirkut, with CEO of Hybe America, Scooter Braun, also taking part in the production of the single.

The official music video for “Seven”, directed by Bradley Bell and Pablo Jones-Soler, features Korean actress Han So-hee, in addition to the K-pop superstar and Latto. Jung Kook shared: “I deliberated on how more people could enjoy ‘Seven.’ This is my first time working on the [UK garage] genre, and the production process was very fresh and new. I also learned a lot from recording ‘Seven.’”

Jung Kook made his official American TV debut on Friday, performing “Seven” on Good Morning America’s 2023 Summer Concert Series in New York.

Take a look at the video for “Seven” – here.
To stream “Seven”, head here.

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The Global Citizen Festival announced its return to New York City with Megan Thee Stallion, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Lauryn Hill serving as headliners. The free, ticketed event will take place on the Great Lawn of Central Park in New York City on Saturday, Sept. 23. Conan Gray and Stray Kids are also featured performers at the event.

While tickets to the show are free, it requires attendees to fulfill a task as part of the international advocacy organization Global Citizen’s initiative to raise awareness about hunger, poverty, climate change, and inequities facing women around the world, among other related concerns.

A press release reads: “The 2023 Global Citizen Festival campaign takes aim at the major issues perpetuating extreme poverty, including the impacts of climate change on the Global South, the inequities affecting women and girls around the world, and the global hunger crisis, and will call on governments to protect and defend advocates everywhere. The campaign will unite millions of voices, amplified by the world’s biggest artists, to demand urgent action from world leaders gathering in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly in September.”

Hugh Evans, co-founder and CEO of Global Citizen expressed: “COP27, this year’s G7, the World Bank Spring Meetings and the Paris climate finance summit all failed to deliver tangible results, or disruption of the world’s unjust systems. But complacency can’t win. If we want to see breakthroughs on development and climate change, we need the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and all G7 nations to meet the urgency of the hour. Every single citizen has a vital role to play, and together, we must be laser-focused on driving results and impact in September.”

For more information about the 2023 Global Citizen Festival, visit www.globalcitizen.org, and follow @glblctzn on Instagram, Tik Tok, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Sam Smith took to Instagram to share that they will be joining the star-studded Barbie movie soundtrack with their song, “Man I Am,” debuting on Friday, July 21, alongside the film and soundtrack.

Sam wrote, “I cannot begin to express how incredibly excited I am to be a part of the soundtrack to this already iconic film…I was invited by the incredible @iammarkronson and Greta Gerwig to write a song from the perspective of Ken for one of the scenes and we honestly had so much fun with this. I cannot wait for you to hear what we’ve created together. Man I Am is out 21st July Along with @barbiethemovie @barbiethealbum BARBIE LAND HERE WE COME!!!!”

To pre-order/pre-add “Man I Am” from Sam Smith, head here.

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BTS’s Jungkook will kick off Good Morning America‘s 2023 summer concert series on Friday, July 14, the same day as the release of his solo single “Seven.”  Seven will be Jungkook’s first solo single of 2023; the singer released two solo singles, “Stay Alive” and “Dreamers,” in 2022, and he also released the song “Left and Right” with Charlie Puth.

BIGHIT Music had previously announced via Weverse Jungkook’s single, describing Seven as “an invigorating summer song” that has “the full breadth of Jung Kook’s charm.” BTS’ agency, Big Hit Music, said in a statement: “We hope that ‘Seven’ will bring your summer fun to the next level.”

BTS has officially been on hiatus since October as the members fulfill their mandatory military service in South Korea, but members of the group have been dropping solo projects. BTS celebrated its 10th anniversary this month, and to mark the milestone, released new single “Take Two” on June 9.

Jungkook previously performed with BTS as part of GMA’s 2021 summer concert series. The GMA summer concert series lineup also includes Fitz and the Tantrums; Carly Rae Jepsen; Busta Rhymes, Fat Joe and Remy Ma (who will perform a special tribute celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop); Hozier; Tim McGraw and Sam Hunt.

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