Month: March 2025

BLACKPINK’s LISA has teamed up with Doja Cat and Raye in the video for her new single, “Born Again,” taken off Lisa’s debut 12-track album, Alter Ego. 

The music video for ‘Born Again’ finds all three women musing the lyrics in a sleek black-and-white mansion, lounging in a living room space.  It begins with LISA (real name Lalisa Manobal) giving her definition of what it means to be “born again,” written in small white lettering against a black background. According to the video, Lisa’s song title refers to “the transformation into a New Woman who embraces her freedom to become the person she desires to be.”

The new song and video comes as the iconic K-pop group Blackpink — which also includes Jennie, Rosé and Jisoo — announced dates for there upcoming world tour in 2025.

See the video for ‘Born Again’ – HERE.

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After DJ Khaled had announced his fourteenth album “Aalam of God” was slated for release in 2025 (alongside a seven-minute movie album trailer co-starring Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Ramos), he quickly removed the trailer after comments made by none other than Drake.  In the social post announcing the album, Khaled boasted about his two collaborations with Drake, writing: ”  To which Drizzy replied: “Must be @drakebell.”

Khaled has been promoting his Drake collabs since he first announced them at Drake’s “It’s All A Blur Tour” stop at the Kaseya Center in Downtown Miami in 2023. The two have previously collaborated together on tracks including “For Free,” “Greece,” “To The Max” and “I’m On One” (with Rick Ross and Lil Wayne).

Khaled previously said that he compares “Aalam of God” (named after his five-year-old son Aalam) to Jay-Z’s “The Black Album,” which was touted as the rapper’s retirement record in 2003; however, Khaled clarified in a statement: “This is not my last album, it’s my Black album. ‘Aalam of God’ translates to ‘the world of God’ in Arabic, essentially referring to the entire universe or the realm of existence considered as being under God’s dominion and control; ‘Aalam’ simply means ‘world’ or ‘universe’ in Arabic.”

“Aalam of God” was initially titled “Til Next Time,” (which Khaled also announced with a trailer in Aug. 2023).He later released “Supposed to Be Loved,” a single featuring Lil Baby, Future and Lil Uzi Vert that sampled Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing).”

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Blackpink’s Jennie and rapper Doechii have teamed up for their collab, ‘ExtraL’, along with the music video for the track, directed by Cole Bennett.

The song will be featured on Jennie’s upcoming first full-length solo album, Ruby which is set for release on March 7. Ruby features 15 songs (including the hit single ‘Mantra‘ which was released last October) as well as features with Childish Gambino, Dua Lipa, FKJ, and Kali Uchis.

Watch the music video for ‘ExtraL’ – HERE.

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Hozier will head back to North America this summer for a 2025 tour, with an extended run of show dates across North America. In addition to the new dates, rescheduled dates have been announced for his previously postponed shows in Casper, Wyoming and Billings, Montana. Gigi Perez will open the majority of the dates.

The new tour dates will take place in-between Hozier’s headlining slots at several big music festivals including Bonnaroo, Governors Ball, Summerfest, and the second annual Minnesota Yacht Club. The trek comes in support of the Irish singer-songwriter’s third album Unreal Unearth (2023), as well as the companion EP Unheard, which featured the hit single “Too Sweet.”

Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster.

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Jack Harlow is teasing his comeback with another new song, “Set You Free,” produced by Angel Lopez, Jenius, and Don Alonso.

The track follows Harlow’s mot recent singles “Hello Miss Johnson” and “Tranquility“, which come almost two years since his last album dropped, ‘Jackman’.

The video for “Set You Free” follows the rapper and his crew around New York City; take a look- HERE.

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Bourbon & Beyond has unveiled the full artist lineup for its 2025 edition, held annually at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center from Sept. 11-14.

Phish will headline Bourbon & Beyond this year, with Alabama Shakes set to reunite for a Thursday performance at the festival that will also include Thursday headliners The Lumineers and Benson Boone. Friday night headliners include Phish, Khruangbin and Joe Bonamassa, while Sturgill Simpson, performing as Johnny Blue Skies, takes the stage with Jack White and Vance Joy on Saturday. Noah Kahan, Goo Goo Dolls and Megan Moroney close out the festival on Sunday.

Now in its seventh year, Bourbon & Beyond will feature more than 120 artists total performing on five stages, including Cage the Elephant, TV On the Radio, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Lake Street Dive, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Foreigner, Third Eye Blind, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, and many more.

For information on festival passes, visit the Bourbon & Beyond website. All passes include a charity fee for the DWP Foundation, which gives back to local and national charities throughout the year.

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