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BTS have finally released ‘Stay Alive’, the much-anticipated song for the soundtrack of their webtoon 7Fates: CHAKHO.
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‘Stay Alive’, performed by vocalist Jungkook and produced by rapper Suga, dropped alongside a dramatic promotional video, which mixes animation from the webtoon and live-action scenes featuring the boyband.
Despite being performed solely by Jungkook, the video for ‘Stay Alive’ features in-person appearances from all seven members of BTS. The video also notably uses a truncated, two-and-a-half minute version of the song. Listen to the full version here.
7Fates: CHAKHO is set in the near-future with fantasy elements drawn from the tiger hunters, or chakhogapsa, of Korea’s Joseon Dynasty. Together, the main characters, based on the members of BTS, whose fates are destined to intertwine face trials and tribulations as they attempt to track down the elusive tiger.
7 Fates: CHAKHO is part of a previously announced agreement between HYBE and Naver Webtoon to produce original stories starring artists under the entertainment company. Stories inspired by ENHYPEN and TXT, titled Dark Moon and The Star Seekers respectively, have also since been released.
Last week on February 3, Jungkook shared a stripped-back cover of GSoul’s ‘Hate Everything’. The track was originally released in 2019 in Korean, but the BTS member’s version saw him tackling an English-language version.
In other BTS news, the seven-piece recently partnered with Samsung on the tech company’s brand-new sustainability initiative titled ‘Galaxy for the Planet’, in light of a newly-launched series of Galaxy devices made with “repurposed ocean-bound discarded fishing nets”.
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Prior to her headline show at Detroit’s Majestic Theatre last night (February 10), Lucy Dacus suffered two herniated discs. Rather than cancel the show, however, she performed the entire set while lying down on a couch.
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She clued fans in on the situation just hours before the show begun, sharing a photo of herself lying down with the caption, “Sup, I have two herniated discs and the only way I’m not in pain is laying down SO tonight’s show I will be singing from a couch, I am both sorry and also pleased to offer this most humiliating and hilarious moment to you good people of Detroit.”
“I am telling myself I am punk for this,” she joked in a Tweet, to many responses agreeing earnestly.
I am telling myself I am punk for this please do not say otherwise I’m fragile pic.twitter.com/qpdu6rOUCq
— Lucy Dacus (@lucydacus) February 10, 2022
Despite being forced to deviate from her usual performance style, Dacus gave the sold-out crowd a riveting performance, with her vocal skills as sharp as ever. Take a look at some fan-shot footage from the gig below:
Dacus is currently touring the US in support of her third album, ‘Home Video’, which landed last June via Matador and sported the singles ‘Thumbs’, ‘Hot & Heavy’, ‘VBS’’ and ‘Brando’.
In a four-star review, NME’s Rhian Daly said the record “transports us with gawky, awkward vignettes from [Dacus’] youth” while simultaneously “mov[ing] us forward into a new chapter in her musicality”.
‘Home Video’ was followed up earlier this month with a new single titled ‘Kissing Lessons’. Dacus teased the song – which was made during the recording sessions for ‘Home Video’ – with a hotline spotted by eagle-eyed fans on flyers scattered around US cities.
Dacus also shared plans to release ‘Kissing Lessons’ and ‘Thumbs Again’ – a reworked version of the’‘Home Video’ single, with added electric guitar, synth, and drums to better replicate her live performance – as a seven-inch vinyl on June 3. The physical copies of the single are available for pre-order here.
Elsewhere, last November saw Dacus reunite with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker for their first performance together as Boygenius in three years.
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Jack White has shared the title track from his forthcoming album ‘Fear Of The Dawn’, one of two records he’ll release this year, alongside ‘Entering Heaven Alive’.
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Following on from the similarly blistering ‘Taking Me Back’, White’s latest track is a freewheeling, fuzzed-out rocker that clocks in at just over two minutes, with the former White Stripes frontman howling over heavily distorted guitars.
Listen to ‘Fear Of The Dawn’ below:
White announced both ‘Fear Of The Dawn’ and ‘Entering Heaven Alive’ back in November of last year. The former – White’s first solo album since 2018’s ‘Boarding House Reach’ – is set to arrive first on April 8, with its follow-up set for release on July 22. Both will be released via White’s own label, Third Man Records.
At the time of the announcement, a press release said White’s creative process over the past few years had resulted in “two entirely different albums” which are “each defined by different inspirations, different themes [and] different moods”.
Last month, White shared new single ‘Love Is Selfish’, a far more sparse and gentle acoustic ballad lifted from ‘Entering Heaven Alive’. The same month, he shared a live performance video for ‘Taking Me Back’ that sees him and his band playing the song in the Blue Room at Third Man Records’ headquarters.
Following the release of ‘Fear Of The Dawn’ in April, White will embark on an extensive headline tour with stops in North America, Europe and the UK.
“I’m doing songs from everything I’ve ever done in my life. Everything that I was the main songwriter or main singer, then that’s kind of in our bag of tricks,” White said of the upcoming tour in an interview with Alt 98.7. “I think we ended up having over 80 the last time I went on the road.”
Last year, White played a surprise set on a rooftop in London to celebrate the grand opening of a new Third Man Records store in the city. The shop is the label’s third physical outlet, joining existing buildings in Nashville, Tennessee and Detroit, Michigan.
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Orville Peck has shared the first four tracks from his forthcoming second album, ‘Bronco’, releasing an EP dubbed ‘Chapter 1’ today (February 11).
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Leading the pack is a smoky, retro-tinged love song titled ‘C’mon Baby, Cry’, which serves as the lead single from ‘Bronco’, and comes alongside a video directed by Austin Peters. The other tracks released as part of ‘Chapter 1’ are the album’s opener, ‘Daytona Sand’, the western slow-burner ‘Outta Time’ and the barnstorming ‘Any Turn’.
Check out the video for ‘C’mon Baby, Cry’ below, then stream the rest of the ‘Chapter 1’ EP:
‘Bronco’ – the follow-up to Peck’s 2019 debut, ‘Pony’ – is slated to drop on April 8 via Columbia. It was announced earlier this week with a teaser trailer featuring neon lights, barroom brawls, and slick dance moves.
“This is my most impassioned and authentic album to date,” Peck said in a press release. “I was inspired by country rock, ‘60s and ‘70s psychedelic, California and even bluegrass with everything being anchored in country. ‘Bronco’ is all about being unrestrained and the culmination of a year of touring, writing in isolation and going through and ultimately emerging from a challenging personal time.”
Last June, Peck shared a ‘Country Road’ cover of Lady Gaga‘s ‘Born This Way’. The month prior, he collaborated with drag performer Trixie Mattel for a cover of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash’s ‘Jackson’.
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Kanye West does more surprises than Santa.
The rap star jumps on board the surprise single “City of Gods,” an ode to the Big Apple with two of its favorite citizens, Fivio Foreign and Alicia Keys.
If the west coast has the City of Angels, the east has its City of Gods.
With an impassioned chorus, Keys inserts some soul into “City of Gods,” complementing the rhymes of her collaborators. On it, she sings: “New York City, please go easy on me tonight / Nеw York City, please go easy on this hеart of mine / ‘Cause I’m losing my lover to the arms of another.”
The track dropped at midnight and is led by Foreign with assists from Keys and Kanye, who is credited on the release as Kanye West, not Ye as he now likes to be known.
The West-Foreign alliance doesn’t end there. West is reportedly executive producer on Foreign’s forthcoming album B.I.B.L.E, which will be released on March 25.
The pair have been spotted hanging of late.
On Feb. 1, Kanye took to Instagram to declare the month of February 2022 as the first Black Future Month, rather than commemorating Black History Month. Visuals would later appear online of Kanye hosting a “Future Brunch,” with Foreign spotted in attendance.
Kanye has his very own project nearing the finishing line, Donda 2. Executive produced by Future, the new project is the followup to 2021’s Donda, and is due out Feb. 22.
BLACKPINK’s Rosé has unveiled three new live studio covers in commemoration of her 25th birthday.
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The Korean-Australian vocalist surprised fans with three new “live studio” acoustic covers of songs by Coldplay, Neck Deep and Oasis on her personal YouTube channel today (February 11), in celebration of her 25th birthday.
The first, which dropped in the early hours of February 11, was a cover of Coldplay’s 2008 hit ‘Viva La Vida’. “I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing / Roman Cavalry choirs are singing / Be my mirror, my sword and shield / My missionaries in a foreign field,” the K-pop idol sings, while reading the lyrics off her phone.
It was followed by a truncated version of Neckdeep’s 2015 single ‘December’, as well as a tender and slowed-down rendition of Oasis’ 1995 classic ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’. For all three covers, Rosé is notably joined by The Black Label producer LØREN on the guitar.
The three live studio renditions are the latest covers Rosé has released, with theprevious one being a cover of ‘Wildfire’ originally by Cautious Clay in December, which she had uploaded to her personal Instagram.
For that cover, she was seen performing with a pale pink electric guitar, which appears to be the one John Mayer gifted to her after she covered one of his songs last year. Mayer had sent Rosé the guitar after she covered his 2006 track ‘Slow Dancing In A Burning Room’ on the South Korean variety show Sea Of Hope in June 2021.
“When I received [the guitar], somebody from my company, they kind of surprised me with it. They were like, ‘We have something to give you, like it’s really important.’ I thought it was something very serious,” she said in an interview months later. “She delivered it to me and she was like, ‘John really wanted to send this to you’, and I was just like ‘Oh my god’. I couldn’t believe it.”
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British band Coldplay have reacted to BLACKPINK member Rosé‘s recent cover of their 2008 song ‘Viva La Vida’.
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The K-pop idol shared a new stripped-down, live studio cover of Coldplay’s seminal 2008 track earlier today (February 11) in celebration of her birthday, accompanied by The Black Label producer LØREN on guitar.
The British band have since taken notice of her cover, sharing a link to the video on their Instagram Story, while wishing the Korean-Australian singer a happy birthday. “Love this. What a voice,” they wrote, while tagging the K-pop idol. “Happy birthday Rosé.”
Credit: Screengrab via @coldplay on Instagram
Aside from Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’, Rosé also released her verison of Neckdeep’s 2015 single ‘December’, as well as a tender and slowed-down rendition of Oasis’ 1995 classic ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’.
The three live studio renditions are the latest covers Rosé has released, with theprevious one being a cover of ‘Wildfire’ originally by Cautious Clay in December, which she had uploaded to her personal Instagram.
For that cover, she was seen performing with a pale pink electric guitar, which appears to be the one John Mayer gifted to her after she covered one of his songs last year. Mayer had sent Rosé the guitar after she covered his 2006 track ‘Slow Dancing In A Burning Room’ on the South Korean variety show Sea Of Hope in June 2021.
In other BLACKPINK news, bandmate Jisoo had revealed plans to debut solo sometime this year, during a recent group fancall event last month. While specific details of her solo debut have yet to be disclosed, she will be the fourth and final member to release solo material.
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Reflecting a few years ago on a music career as a founding member of two major bands — King Crimson and Foreigner — as well as collaborator with many others, Ian McDonald was quietly pleased with his lot.
“I have trouble processing time in terms of years and weeks and months,” he told Billboard. “I mean, it’s 40 years for Foreigner, almost 50 years for King Crimson — but it feels like milliseconds.
“It’s a lot of good work, though.”
McDonald’s family revealed that the multi-instrumentalist, 75, passed away on Wednesday (Feb. 9) surrounded by family at home in New York — from cancer, according to his son.
Among his most memorable contributions are the iconic, roaring saxophone part on King Crimson’s “21st Century Schizoid Man” as well as on Foreigner’s “Long, Long Way From Home.” He worked with a number of other artists in the British progressive scene, as well as releasing two albums of his own and one with the band Honey West.
“Ian’s a musician’s musician,” Foreigner founder Mick Jones said during commemorations for the group’s 40th anniversary in 2017. “The ability to have Ian McDonald, who was a multi-instrumentalist, helped (Foreigner) a lot. It had to have that ability to create, to travel through different styles and create a different sort of style for the band, and having somebody as accomplished and creative as Ian was part of what allowed us to do that.”
Original Foreigner keyboardist Al Greenwood posted a social media message saying McDonald was, “like a brother to me. A true musical genius, Ian’s musicianship was an integral part of launching both King Crimson and Foreigner into legendary status. His contribution to Foreigner’s success was immense. Ian was a dear friend, a kind and wonderful man, and I will miss him terribly”
McDonald was born in Osterley, England and gravitated to music as a youth, learning to play multiple instruments — guitar, keyboards and reeds — and playing in rock bands and orchestras. “I really liked jazz — the big bands, Stan Kenton, stuff like that,” said McDonald, who also served in the British army. “When the rock ‘n’ roll came around, it didn’t seem like a great leap to me. There was a great energy there that appealed to me.”
He initially teamed up with the King Crimson precursor Giles, Giles and Fripp, writing a track called “Under the Sky” for the trio and playing some live gigs as well. Fripp recruited him, along with drummer Michael Giles, for the first lineup of King Crimson and the recording of the landmark In the Court of the Crimson King album during 1969; McDonald is credited as a co-writer on all five of the album’s tracks, and “21st Century Schizoid Man” includes part of an instrumental piece “Three Score and Four,” that he’d written prior to the band’s formation.
After Court and King Crimson’s first lineup change, he and Giles formed a spin-off group that released one album, while McDonald returned as a guest for Crimson’s 1974 album Red. His session work, meanwhile, included T. Rex’s Electric Warrior album, Silverhead’s Sixteen and Savaged, Herbie Mann’s London Underground and more.
After a subsequent move to New York he befriended future Stories singer Ian Lloyd, who suggested McDonald to Jones as he was forming Foreigner. McDonald was with the band for its first four years and tours, serving as co-producer on the group’s self-titled 1977 debut, Double Vision the following year and Head Games in 1979, all of which went multi-platinum.
“People used to say, ‘How come you’re doing this rock ‘n’ roll thing with Foreigner when you did all the prog rock things before,” McDonald recalled. “It’s not as if I’m someone learning a new trade or something like that. I just apply myself to whatever situation I’m in and try to make things as musical as possible. That’s what I do, and that’s what I look for when I produce records.”
McDonald was cut loose from Foreigner when Jones let half the band go in 1980, but bygones were bygones when he began playing occasional reunion dates 37 years later. “I actually left King Crimson sort of myself — with Foreigner it was a different situation,” McDonald explained. “Mick wanted to pare the group down to a four piece, so that’s what happened. I didn’t make the cut.”
He managed to stay busy, however, recording with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and Roxy Music/Uriah Heep/UK/Asia bassist-vocalist John Wetton. He reunited with Fripp to play on Judy Dyble’s 2009 album Talking With Strangers and was also part of the 21st Century Schizoid Band with other King Crimson alumni. He worked with former King Crimson bandmate Greg Lake and Keith Emerson during their duo shows in 2019, and a guest performance with Asia in 2009 appeared on the group’s Spirit of the Night: Live two years later.
McDonald’s first solo album, Drivers Eyes, came out during 2009, followed by Take Five Steps a decade later. In between was Bad Old World by Honey West in 2017, joining the group after meeting musician/actor and Actors Studio instructor Ted Zurkowski who McDonald worked with composing music for the Frog and Peach Theatre Company in New York. McDonald described Honey West as “an alt.country band with quite heavy rock leanings…I probably brought more of a pop sort of structure to the group. It feels good to be involved in something significant again.”
“I’ve never really gone looking for one specific thing or another — I just contribute to whatever situation I’m in,” McDonald explained. “Really, it’s all the same to me. It’s music, and I’ve bene lucky to make that my life’s work, you know?”
Gary Trent Jr. and Pascal Siakam combined for 72 points and the Toronto Raptors extended their winning streak to eight consecutive games with a 139-120 road victory over the Houston Rockets Thursday. Trent scored a season-high 42 points while Siakam added 30 before fouling out late in the fourth quarter. Trent finished 6-for-13 on 3-pointers […]
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Multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald, who co-founded the highly influential prog outfit King Crimson along with hard rock titans Foreigner, has died at the age of 75.
According to a representative, McDonald “passed away peacefully on February 9, 2022 in his home in New York City, surrounded by his family”. No cause of death has been officially provided.
McDonald was recruited into King Crimson by Robert Fripp, along with Michael and Peter Giles, in 1968. Though he only appeared on the band’s debut album – 1969’s ‘In The Court Of The Crimson King’ – he was instrumental in defining the band’s lasting prog-rock sound.
McDonald co-wrote and co-produced every song on the band’s debut. He also played a wide array of instruments on it, including brass, woodwinds and keyboards – particularly the Mellotron. He left the band the same year the album was released, alongside drummer Michael Giles, briefly forming the spinoff act McDonald and Giles.
“Someone asked me, ‘Are you surprised people still talking about this record 50 years later?’ I said, ‘Well, yes. But on the other hand, not really,’” McDonald said of King Crimson’s debut during a 2019 interview with Ultimate Classic Rock.
“When we made it… I wanted to make sure if I could deliver everything that went into the record would bear repeated listening and hopefully stand the test of time. And so in that regard, I’m not surprised. I’m very pleased and honored, and it’s amazing that it has been 50 years.”
In 1976, McDonald co-founded the British-American rock act Foreigner, playing guitar, keyboards, saxophone and more on hits like ‘Feels Like The First Time’, ‘Cold As Ice’, ‘Hot Blooded’ and ‘Double Vision’.
He played on the band’s first three albums – their self-titled 1977 debut, 1978’s ‘Double Vision’ and 1979’s ‘Head Games’ – before being dismissed in 1980 by frontman Mick Jones.
Between 2002 and 2004, McDonald toured as part of the 21st Century Schizoid Band, performing early King Crimson material alongside other former members Mel Collins and the Giles brothers.
Elsewhere, McDonald made numerous guest appearances, like on T. Rex’s classic ‘Get It On’ (for which he played saxophone). In recent years, he played as part of New York band Honey West, releasing one album – 2017’s ‘Bad Old World’.
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Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby are back with another banger just one week after releasing new music together.
On Friday, the hitmakers released their highly anticipated single “Bussin.” The song comes exactly a week after the pair dropped “Do We Have A Problem” on Feb. 4 along with its accompanying music video.
Minaj and Baby teased the new “Bussin” with a sneak preview at the end of last week’s video. Directed by longtime collaborator Benny Boom, the “Do We Have A Problem” visual has a nearly 10-minute runtime and sees Minaj as a law enforcer and anti-hero.
Minaj officially announced her latest Lil Baby-assisted single with posts she shared on Instagram and Twitter Monday (Feb. 7). “Barbie X Baby Pre-SAVE NOW‼️” she captioned her photo.
“Next week we pushin B for Bussin btch WTF IS GOOD !? !? !? !?” she tweeted the same day.
Lil Baby began promoting their work together on Feb. 2, writing on Instagram, “@nickiminaj Own [sic] Think They [sic] Ready 🤯🤯 !! 2 More Days !! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Let’s f— Em [sic] Up.”
Ahead of “Bussin” and “Do We Have A Problem,” Minaj has appeared on the Hot 100 chart 119 times, with 19 entries in the top 10 and two No. 1 hits. Her last album, 2018’s Queen peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, where it charted for 57 weeks.
Lil Baby also boasts an extensive chart history, with 96 entires on the Hot 100 including eight top 10 hits. His last two albums, both My Turn (2020) and his collaborative The Voice of the Heroes (2021) with Lil Durk, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Stream Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby’s “Bussin” below:
