Month: August 2023

Elton John is back at home after suffering a fall at his Mont Boron villa in Nice, France, on Sunday. Page Six reported that the 76-year-old was taken to the Princess Grace hospital’s orthopedic centre in Monaco to be checked over, with John’s rep sharing, “We can confirm that following a slip yesterday at his home in the South of France, Elton visited the local hospital as a precautionary measure. Following checkups, he was immediately discharged this morning and is now back at home and in good health.”

The legendary singer just completed his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in Stockholm in July, which originally launched in 2018 and was delayed in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. John had previously experienced a fall in 2021, which forced him to reschedule dates on the tour; at the time, doctors advised John to have surgery and undergo intensive physiotherapy.

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Selena Gomez just dropped her new song, “Single Soon,” produced by benny blanco and Cashmere Cat. Gomez announced the single earlier this month on Instagram, writing: “Y’all have been asking for new music for a while. Since I’m not quite done with SG3, I wanted to put out a fun little song I wrote a while back that’s perfect for the end of summer.”

In the accompanying music video for ‘Single Soon’, Gomez gears up for a wild girls night out with her friends, as she plans to call it quits with her significant other over the phone or a Post-It note that reads, “I’m sorry, I can’t, don’t hate me” (a ‘Sex and the City’ reference of when the character of Jack Berger (Ron Livingston) leaves that same Post-It message to Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw). The video, directed by Philip Andelman, shows the 31-year-old Gomez having a fancy dinner, a limo ride, karaoke and clubbing with her girlfriends.

Take a look at the video for ‘Single Soon’ – here.

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SZA released the new visual for her song “Snooze” off of her most recent sophomore album SOS. The video for “Snooze’ marks the sixth song off the album to be given the visual treatment, and it includes multiple cameos from Justin Bieber, songwriter-producer Benny Blanco (who produced the songs “Nobody Gets Me” and “Special” from SOS), as well as actors Woody McClain (“Power Book II: Ghost”) and Young Mazino (“Beef”) all who play SZA’s love interests.

SZA, who directed the video for ‘Snooze’ with Bradley J. Calder, is shown having romantic moments with each of the aforementioned men, and later the singer/songwriter incorporates a dance number with backup performers for a light-up robot. To close out the video, SZA is shown running through scenic fields, trails and beaches while a snippet of an unreleased track plays in the background. She also recently teased a new track when previewing the “Snooze” video on social media (here.)

“Snooze” has reached double platinum status and achieved 700 million streams worldwide, and recently hit the Top 10 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart, marking her fifth Top 10 hit from SOS. 

Take a look at the video for ‘Snooze’ – here.

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Ed Sheeran has announced his seventh studio album, Autumn Variations, will be released on September 29th via Atlantic Records. Autumn Variations will be Sheeran’s second album release of 2023, and is produced by Aaron Dessner, who also produced Sheeran’s LP Subtract (-), which dropped in May 2023.

Sheeran posted on social media: “Last autumn, I found that my friends and I were going through so many life changes. After the heat of the summer, everything either calmed, settled, fell apart, came to a head or imploded. When I went through a difficult time at the start of last year, writing songs helped me understand my feelings and come to terms with what was going on, and when I learned about my friend’s different situations, I wrote songs, some from their perspectives, some from mine, to capture how they and I viewed the world at that time. There were highs of falling in love and new friendships among lows of heartbreak, depression, loneliness and confusion … My dad and brother told me about a composer called Elgar, who composed ‘Enigma Variations,’ where each of the 14 compositions were about a different one of his friends. This is what inspired me to make this album. When I recorded Subtract with Aaron Dessner, we clicked immediately. We wrote and recorded non-stop and this album was born out of that partnership. I feel he has captured the feeling of autumn so wonderfully in his sonics and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.”

The 14-track album will be available on CD, LP, and several limited edition vinyl variations, including a harvest orange vinyl and limited edition first pressing white vinyl.  To pre-order Autumn Variations, head here.

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Demi Lovato has released a rock version of her song “Confident,” as well as a lyric video for the song. The original version of “Confident” appears on Lovato’s album of the same name, which was released in 2015. Lovato told Rolling Stone in April 2022 that they were returning their focus to rock and emo music.

Lovato will include “Confident (Rock Version)” as well as other rock versions of her past hit pop songs, (including “Sorry Not Sorry”) on their forthcoming album Revamped, scheduled for release Sept. 15. The 30-year-old Lovato announced the upcoming release of ‘Revamped’ on social media, writing: “Breathing new life into the songs that played such a huge role in my career has allowed me to feel so much closer to my music than ever before. I can’t wait for you to hear REVAMPED on 9/15. Pre-Order Available now”

To pre-order/pre-save ‘Revamped,’ head here.

Take a listen to “Confident (Rock Version)” via YouTube – here.

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Ariana Grande is releasing a deluxe 10th anniversary edition of her 2013 debut album Yours Truly, The deluxe digital release of Yours Truly, along with newly recorded live performances of “Honeymoon Avenue” and “Daydreamin,’ is set to arrive this Friday, August 25th; while the vinyl pre-order for the LP kicks off on August 28th.

Grande shared on Instagram that the music will include, “the Live from London, updated versions of the songs we performed from Yours Truly … I can’t wait for you to hear them. This was such a healing and special project to do.” In addition to the 10th anniversary version of Yours Truly, Grande announced a week-long celebration of the album’s birthday, including a corresponding merchandise capsule, two separate Q&As, and live performances. On Aug. 30 — which marks the official 10th-anniversary release date of Yours Truly — Grande will share a live performance of “The Way” and “some behind-the-scenes stuff we found.”

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