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Category: Albums

  • Justin Bieber’s new album ‘SWAG’ earns “most listened album worldwide”

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    Justin Bieber’s ‘SWAG’ debuts as the most consumed album worldwide, landing at #1 on the Top Streaming, Pop and R&B Album charts. This marks the tenth Billboard 200 Top 5 album of Bieber’s career and his fiftieth Billboard Global 200 hit. The album topped both the Spotify and Apple Music Album Charts, reaching #1 over 100 territories globally.

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    Upon release, standout track ‘Daises’ claimed the #1 spot on Spotify’s US and Global Song charts and continued to top the United States chart for seven days post-release. It also peaked at #1 on Apple Music Top 100 Global chart and has remained there since, making it the top consumed song globally. It is the #1 most added song at Top 40 Radio. In addition, ‘All I Have’ topped both the United States and Global Apple Singles chart.

  • Stream Jessie Murph’s sophomore album ‘Sex Hysteria’

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    Boundary pushing breakout artist Jessie Murph has delivered her most ambitious work to date with the release of her sophomore album ‘Sex Hysteria’. The fifteen-track collection represents a striking evolution from her debut ‘That Ain’t No Man That’s The Devil’, as the twenty-year-old artist fearlessly explores themes of sexuality, inherited trauma, and personal awakening with unprecedented candour and artistic maturity. ‘Sex Hysteria’ showcases Jessie’s growth as both a songwriter and performer, weaving together deeply personal narratives that examine the complexities of modern womanhood. The album confronts difficult family dynamics, challenges societal expectations, and celebrates the reclamation of personal agency—all delivered through her signature blend of vulnerability and strength and culminating in her most cohesive artistic statement yet.

    The album arrives bolstered by two chart-dominating singles: ‘Blue Strips’, which continues its strong performance on the Billboard Hot 100 (having peaked at #15), and ‘Touch Me Like a Gangster’, holding steady at #56. The project also features collaborations with Gucci Mane on ‘Donuts’ and Lil Baby on ‘Best Behavior’, alongside the recently released tracks ‘Bad As The Rest’ and ‘Heroin’.

    The album has already been met with praise by fans and critics alike, with Rolling Stone lauding “the fast-rising Pop star… [whose] rise will only accelerate with Sex Hysteria, her bold second album.”

    Visually, Jessie nods to sixties femme fatales with a classic beehive on the album cover—a bold contrast to the raw, modern truths she delivers within. To celebrate the album release, Jessie Murph will make her solo late-night television performance debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on July 21, marking another significant milestone in her rapidly ascending career.

    In support of the album, Jessie Murph is launching the Worldwide Hysteria tour, her biggest international tour to date. The tour kicks off July 27 in Phoenix, Arizona, and spans major cities across the United States, Europe, and Australia, before wrapping in Auckland, New Zealand on November 22.

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    ‘Sex Hysteria’ track listing:

    1 Gucci Mane
    2 1965
    3 Couldn’t Be Worse
    4 A Little Too Drunk
    5 Bad As The Rest
    6 Touch Me Like a Gangster
    7 Heroin
    8 I Like How I Look
    9 Ain’t But a Thing
    10 The Man That Came Back
    11 Sex Hysteria
    12 Donuts featuring Gucci Mane
    13 Blue Strips
    14 Best Behavior featuring Lil Baby
    15 Ur Bill Is Big As Fuck

    Jessie Murph ‘Worldwide Hysteria’ Tour Dates:

    Jul 27 | Phoenix, AZ | Arizona Financial Theatre
    Jul 30 | Austin, TX | ACL Live at the Moody Theater
    Aug 01 | Durant, OK | Choctaw Grand Theater
    Aug 02 | Dallas, TX | South Side Ballroom
    Aug 03 | Houston, TX | 713 Music Hall
    Aug 05 | Chesterfield, MO | The Factory
    Aug 07 | Des Moines, IA | Lauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park
    Aug 08 | Minneapolis, MN | The Armory
    Aug 09 | Oshkosh, WI | Crossroads 41 Festival
    Aug 10 | Indianapolis, IN | Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park
    Aug 12 | Detroit, MI | The Fillmore Detroit
    Aug 14 | Detroit, MI | The Fillmore Detroit
    Aug 15 | Columbus, OH | KEMBA Live! – Outdoor
    Aug 16 | Chicago, IL | Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
    Aug 18 | Cleveland, OH | Jacobs Pavilion
    Aug 19 | Pittsburgh, PA | Stage AE (Outdoors)
    Aug 21 | Buffalo, NY | Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B
    Aug 22 | Syracuse, NY | New York State Fair
    Aug 23 | Philadelphia, PA | The Met Philadelphia presented by Highmark
    Aug 25 | New York, NY | The Rooftop at Pier 17
    Aug 26 | Brooklyn, NY | Brooklyn Paramount
    Aug 27 | Washington, DC | The Anthem
    Aug 28 | Boston, MA | Leader Bank Pavilion
    Aug 30 | Toronto, ON | Massey Hall
    Aug 31 | Toronto, ON | Massey Hall
    Sep 01 | Montreal, QC | MTELUS
    Sep 04 | Raleigh, NC | The Red Hat Amphitheater
    Sep 05 | Anderson, SC | Wendell’s Outdoor
    Sep 06 | Birmingham, AL | Coca-Cola Amphitheater
    Sep 08 | Orlando, FL | Hard Rock Live
    Sep 09 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | War Memorial Auditorium
    Sep 10 | Tampa, FL | Yuengling Center
    Sep 12 | Atlanta, GA | Coca-Cola Roxy
    Sep 13 | Nashville, TN | Ascend Amphitheater
    Sep 17 | Independence, MO | Cable Dahmer Arena
    Sep 19 | Denver, CO | Fillmore Auditorium
    Sep 20 | Salt Lake City, UT | The Union Event Center
    Sep 22 | Vancouver, BC | Queen Elizabeth Theatre
    Sep 23 | Seattle, WA | WAMU Theater at Lumen Field
    Sep 24 | Portland, OR | Theater of the Clouds
    Sep 26 | Oakland, CA | Fox Theater
    Sep 27 | Los Angeles, CA | The Shrine
    Oct 08 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Melkweg
    Oct 10 | Brussels, Belgium | Ancienne Belgique
    Oct 11 | Hamburg, Germany | Grosse Freiheit
    Oct 13 | Berlin, Germany | Huxleys
    Oct 14 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Vega
    Oct 16 | Cologne, Germany | Carlswerk
    Oct 17 | Paris, France | Trabendo
    Oct 19 | Birmingham, UK | O2 Institute
    Oct 21 | Glasgow, UK | Barrowland Ballroom
    Oct 22 | Manchester, UK | Manchester Academy
    Oct 24 | London, UK | The Roundhouse
    Oct 26 | Dublin, Ireland | 3Olympia
    Nov 7 | Honolulu, HI | The Republik
    Nov 8 | Honolulu, HI | The Republik
    Nov 12 | Perth, Australia | Metropolis Fremantle
    Nov 14 | Sydney, Australia | Enmore Theatre
    Nov 15 | Sydney, Australia | Enmore Theatre
    Nov 18 | Brisbane, Australia | Fortitude Music Hall
    Nov 19 | Melbourne, Australia | The Forum
    Nov 20 | Melbourne, Australia | The Forum
    Nov 22 | Auckland, New Zealand | Town Hall

  • Kesha unleashes her wildest era yet with ‘.(Period)’, a frisky, unfiltered Pop frenzy

    NSFW visuals, #1 hits, and an eighteen-thousand strong tour kickoff make it clear: She’s never been more in control.

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    With her latest studio release ‘.(Period)’ (stylised as ‘Period’), globally-recognised musician Kesha isn’t just back—she’s reborn. Described by Rolling Stone as “a frisky pop record that delights in throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks”, the genre-defying album earned a rare 4-out-of-5-star rave, and it’s not hard to hear why. From the moment ‘The One’ debuted at #1 on iTunes US across all genres, it became crystal clear: Kesha’s creative instincts are sharper, riskier, and louder than ever.

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    The album doesn’t just flirt with chaos—it marries it. Tracks like ‘Boy Crazy’ stand as proof, where she unapologetically directs a NSFW visual alongside Brett Loudermilk and Zain Curtis. It’s sweaty, sacrilegious, and sexy—a fever dream that reimagines ‘The Last Supper’ as a house party gone gloriously off the rails. The men, barely clothed and fully uninhibited, whirl around the GRAMMY-nominated artist as if possessed by the beat. As People put it: “Kesha is getting raunchy.” But let’s be clear—this isn’t shock for shock’s sake. It’s Kesha reclaiming her narrative, her sensuality, and her throne.

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    Elsewhere, ‘Attention’—a standalone track featuring St Louis-born Slayyyter and United Kingdom breakout Rose Gray—cements her knack for cross-generational Pop disruption. Both artists joined Kesha on her newly launched North American headline tour, which roared to life in Utah before eighteen-thousand screaming “Animals”. The energy? Electric. The statement? Clear. Kesha’s not only still here—she’s out for blood, glitter, and glory.

    If ‘.(Period)’ is the punctuation on her past, it also signals the start of a new, unhinged, liberated paragraph—written entirely on her terms. Stream the rousing eleven-track album below.

  • Seth MacFarlane channels Frank Sinatra for latest album ‘Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements’: Listen

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    Did you know Seth MacFarlane — the man who created the American animated show, ‘Family Guy’ — makes music? Today at 10 AM EST, I received an email from Republic Records detailing the 5X GRAMMY-nominated vocalist’s latest release: a new mini-documentary and new album rightfully called ‘Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements’. Impressed, to say the very least, when the Academy Award-nominated writer, director and producer shared this album, it debuted at #1 on the iTunes Jazz Chart. What’s even more enchanting about this story is the twelve-track album was comprised of never-before-heard arrangements created for Frank Sinatra by his legendary collaborators Nelson Riddle, Billy May, and Don Costa. According to the well-written press release, MacFarlane will also bring this album to the stage in Los Angeles with a live performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on February 17, 2026.

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    How did MacFarlane get his hands on the arrangements? As explained in the mini-documentary below, he worked with Frank Sinatra’s son, Frank Sinatra Jr, on ‘Family Guy’ before he passed away. They bonded then. We are so glad he connected with the Sinatra Estate and family and we assume that having the influence he has helped a lot.

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    The press release also shared that “MacFarlane acquired the entire Sinatra music archive in 2018”, and that he brought these “remarkable arrangements to life with a 70-piece orchestra, featuring world-renowned musicians from Los Angeles and London, conducted by acclaimed British conductor John Wilson, and produced by MacFarlane’s longtime musical collaborator Joel McNeely. Every song on the album was recorded as a live performance with this ensemble at George Lucas’ famed Skywalker Sound Studios in Marin County, California.”

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    Seth MacFarlane is set to perform throughout three nights at the Voltaire at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 3-5. If you’re going to be in town and you enjoy live music like this, you should go and see the spectacle. If I were around or still living in Las Vegas, I would enjoy myself. If any of you go, let me know and share some clips from the show.

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    More about Seth MacFarlane:
    Seth MacFarlane’s talents encompass every aspect of the entertainment industry. His musical portfolio includes his previous eight studio albums: ‘Music is Better Than Words’, ‘Holiday for Swing’, ‘No One Ever Tells You’, ‘In Full Swing’, ‘Once In a While’, ‘Great Songs From Stage & Screen’, ‘Blue Skies’, and his most recent, ‘We Wish You The Merriest’ – a duet Christmas album with longtime collaborator Liz Gillies, which came on the heels of their twelve-track ‘Songs From Home’ record, a passion project completed entirely during quarantine that showcases the ability to create art in isolating times. His critically acclaimed albums have earned him five (5) GRAMMY nominations, and several #1 debuts on the iTunes Jazz and New Release Jazz pages. With a profound appreciation for standards and the ‘Great American Songbook’, MacFarlane has performed with legendary composer John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl, duetted with Barbra Streisand, and joined numerous renowned symphonies including Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, and the National Symphony Orchestra. In 2023, he was featured in Logic’s record-breaking track ‘Self Medication’ and made a surprise musical appearance during Logic’s College Park Tour.
     
    At twenty-four, MacFarlane became the youngest showrunner in television history when his animated series ‘Family Guy’ aired on Fox. The show, which just celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary, has garnered him five Emmys and makes him the tied record-holder for most voice-over Emmy wins of all time. MacFarlane also serves as co-creator, executive producer, and voice actor on the fan-favourite animated series American Dad! He also created, executive produced, and stars in the Emmy-nominated space adventure series, ‘The Orville’.
     
    On the feature side, he wrote and directed Ted, Ted 2, and A Million Ways to Die in the West. MacFarlane also hosted the 85th Academy Awards – where he was nominated for Best Original Song for Ted – and Saturday Night Live. Through his production company, Fuzzy Door, MacFarlane is currently gearing up for the second season of Peacock’s Ted, in which he will reprise the voice of the iconic, foul-mouthed teddy bear. He is also producing Paramount’s upcoming The Naked Gun, in theatres on August 1, and Peacock’s upcoming series The Burbs starring Keke Palmer.

  • Listen to Los Angeles-based artist Spill Tab’s fierce genre-blending debut album ‘Angie’

    It’s finally here ❤

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    Yesterday, French-Korean songwriter and record producer Spill Tab released her vibrant and palatable debut album ‘Angie’, which we thoroughly enjoyed for its experimental, creative edge. Aside from being influenced by various musical styles like R&B, Electro-Pop, Rock, and Jazz, she does an incredible job at execution. Not to mention, she sings in French on ‘Assis’. The opening record ‘Pink Lemonade’ is my favourite from the bunch, followed by ‘Athlete’.

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    Raised by a French Algerian composer father and a Korean pianist mother, Spill Tab spent her early years immersed in music at her parents’ post-production studio, absorbing Jazz, Classical, and other diverse influences. Following a childhood spent between Los Angeles, Thailand, and Paris, where she picked up guitar and soaked in a variety of musical traditions, she developed a distinctive sound blending raw-edged guitar confessionals with anthemic Pop hooks. 

    About her first album, Spill Tab tells Hanuman Welch, “I think I’ve always had this goal where I’m trying to represent myself the fullest of my ability in a two-minute song, and I think I’ve been realising through the process of EPs that that’s not possible. I do feel like this album, as much as I possibly could, represents not only where I’m from, but where I want to go and the music that I’m listening to now, the music that I’ve been listening to for the past 10 years.”

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    About the album, she continues, “Those conversations, musically, are what make me the most excited about musicmaking. So to me, this album is that conversation in action, but also shows my evolution with that music and production, and being able to work with all these incredible collaborators has just made me a better artist.”

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    Spill Tab’s tour starts next week (May 23) at the Le Weekend Des Curiosités Festival in Toulouse, France. Look below to see the rest of her performance dates and play the album.

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    Spill Tab Tour Dates

    May 23 – Le Weekend Des Curiosités Festival – Toulouse, FR
    May 26 – SWG3 Poetry Club – Glasgow, UK
    May 27 – The Deaf Institute – The Lodge – Manchester, UK
    May 28 – Oslo – London, UK
    May 30 – Green Door Store – Brighton, UK
    May 31 – Rough Trade – Bristol, UK
    June 7 – We Love Green Festival – Paris, FR
    June 11 – Night Club 101 – New York City, NY
    June 12 – The Drake – Toronto, ON
    June 14 – Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL
    June 17 – El Cid – Los Angeles, CA

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  • Hear Chuck D’s awaking 14-track effort ‘Radio Armageddon’, from the legend’s ‘Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio’ series

    The GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement award recipient has something real and heavy to say, as the living legend did in 1985.

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    From Snoop Dogg’s surprise album ‘Iz It a Crime?’ to Xzibit and Ice Cube’s collaboration track ‘For the Love’ featuring Lorine Chia, our elite rapping forefathers are making gracious comebacks in the effervescent market. To my pleasant surprise, I woke up to an email in my inbox from Chuck D’s record label, Def Jam, about his masterly executed new musical effort aptly called ‘Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio: Radio Armageddon’.

    How does it sound? It reveres a time in Hip-Hop (The Golden Era) when lyrics were delivered clearly and passionately as if their lives depended on it. Fully crammed with juicy sampled audio from live shows, classic movies, deejay scratching, sirens as heard on the streets of New York City and scattered vintage radio snippets, and more, the Public Enemy founder’s resonant carries in stereo and feels like your father or intelligent and experienced big brother peels back the curtains on.

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    Described as “a seismic broadcast of truth, rhythm and resistance, uniting Hip-Hop’s pioneers and new gens alike in a militant soundtrack for the times”, it is something that I hope he continues to do by releasing more ‘Radio Armaggedon’ episodes and that he introduces younger people to artists/wordsmiths they’ve never heard of from the eighties, nineties, and further out. I’m excited!

    To the Hip-Hop heads out there, Chuck D’s ‘Radio Armageddon’ is also officially available on compact disc and vinyl. For the ones who listen to music on streaming services, take your dose of in-your-face truth below. It’s said to be fourteen tracks with soul-stirring, hard-to-hear messages for the times, targeting the younger generations and Black people in particular. (See: ‘Black Don’t Dead’ with DJ Too Tuff and ‘New Gens’ with Daddy-O)

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    About the project, Chuck D shares, “Radio Armageddon is not just an album, it’s a frequency. This project is a broadcast of resistance, revolution and rhythm. I’m proud to have these warriors alongside me on the dial.”

    According to the press release, the album was produced and mixed by C-Doc for DefBeat Posse Productions, ID! and co-produced and deconstructed by DJ MROK for Philly Wicked Productions with vocal engineering and additional production by JP Hesser at Castaway 7 Studios, Ventura, California.
     

  • André 3000 shares new instrumental project ‘7 Piano Sketches’, released after Met Gala 2025 red carpet appearance

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    Categorised under “Alternative” on Apple Music (and tucked into the same corners on your favourite streaming services), André 3000’s new seven-track offering feels less like an album and more like a late-night letter scribbled in melody. Each title—deliciously disarmingly long—reads like a stream of consciousness, a thought unfurling in real-time. According to the press release, this Atlanta legend stripped everything back to one instrument, one room, one soul—solo piano pulses carrying the weight of a lifetime. It follows on the heels of ‘New Blue Sun’, the shapeshifting project that snagged him three GRAMMY nods—including the nearly mythical Album of the Year slot.

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    What does it sound like? Imagine slipping into your childhood home at dusk. Your aunt is tinkling the keys in the living room, unsure whether she’s performing for an audience or simply proclaiming where her heart has roamed. That intimate moment—when a piano’s resonance feels like a whispered conversation—hovers throughout ‘7 Piano Sketches’. It’s the kind of record that makes you ache for the dialogues you never had, the confessions you never heard, the silences you’d give anything to break. And maybe, just maybe, that yearning is the point.

    Clocking in at under twenty minutes, this body of work is brief, but seeing André 3000’s name across the tracklist is unexpectedly comforting—like finding an old friend in a new place. Here, the artist who once redefined Hip-Hop with OutKast is rediscovering the spacious freedom of pre-fame experimentation, and it feels both radical and beautiful. He dropped ‘7 Piano Sketches’ at 8 PM EST, mere moments after stepping onto this year’s Met Gala red carpet in a custom piano-inspired ensemble by Burberry x Benji Bixby (all lower-case, like the album), styled by Law Roach under the Superfine: Tailoring Black Style theme. What began almost a decade ago—in a sparsely furnished Texas house with nothing but a piano, beds, and flickering TV screens—finally sees daylight in spring’s promise of rebirth.

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    André 3000 himself called this “The Best Worst Rap Album In History”—“worst” because there are no lyrics; “best” because it’s the free-est he’s ever felt. As he prepares to receive an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee on May 10 and join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November, ‘7 Piano Sketches’ stands as a gentle reminder: even legends need space to play. Press play. Let the conversation begin.

  • Skrillex shares surprise album ‘F*ck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!!<3'

    Today, Skrillex released his highly-anticipated album, ‘F*ck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!!<3’ It is his final project release with the record label, bringing his fifteen-year run to an end. The successful artist announced the album a day before its release. He previewed the album at Ice Palace Studios in Miami. The event was intimate. Everyone on his email list (the superfans) received the album first in a Dropbox file. The press release said the Dropbox comment section morphed into an impromptu listening party as fans reacted.

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    Was that written on a wall, or was it done for the album? I guess we’ll never know…

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    ‘F*ck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!!<3’ blends Skrillex’s signature bass-heavy sound with deeper nods to dance culture, featuring collaborations with electronic music trailblazers like Dylan Brady, Eurohead, Varg2™, and Wuki, as well as frequent collaborators including Starrah, Boys Noize, and more. Without further ado, hear Skrillex’s new thirty-four track album ‘F*ck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol But Ur Not!!<3’ below.

  • Listen to SZA’s deluxe version of ‘SOS’ with 15 additional tracks

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    SZA, the acclaimed R&B artist, has officially released the much-anticipated deluxe edition of her sophomore album, ‘SOS’, titled ‘SOS Deluxe: LANA’. The expanded project, which dropped on December 20, 2024, features a total of thirty-eight tracks, including fourteen new songs alongside the original twenty-three tracks from ‘SOS’. The release faced a slight delay; initially scheduled for midnight, it was postponed to noon due to final mixing adjustments. SZA addressed the delay on social media, stating:

    “Just needed a few more hours to make sure everything was perfect for you all.”

    Among the new additions, the track ‘Drive’ has garnered significant attention, accompanied by a music video featuring actor Ben Stiller.

    In the video, Stiller is seen driving and emotively lip-syncing to the song, culminating in a dance sequence on an empty highway. SZA makes an appearance towards the video’s end, transitioning into another track, ‘Crybaby’, donning prosthetics reminiscent of the album cover.

    Reflecting on the journey since the original ‘SOS’ release, SZA expressed gratitude towards her supporters, stating:

    “This past year has been a whirlwind, and I’m so thankful for everyone who has listened and connected with my music. *Lana* is a continuation of that journey, and I can’t wait for you all to experience it.”

    The original ‘SOS’ album achieved remarkable success, spending ten weeks atop the Billboard 200 and earning SZA her first #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. With the release of ‘SOS Deluxe: Lana’, SZA continues to solidify her position as a leading figure in contemporary R&B, offering fans an expanded and enriched musical experience.

  • Wizkid releases sixth studio album ‘Morayo’, dedicated to his late mother

    Today, Wizkid released his eagerly-anticipated sixth studio album ‘Morayo’. On the sixteen-track album, the Nigerian superstar doesn’t change course in his sound much and brings new faces to the fold (French rapper Tiakola and French and Gabonese singer-songwriter Anaïs Cardot). Regarding the project, the cut with Brent Faiyaz has to be my favourite track because it exists in its universe. Therefore, I wouldn’t mind hearing a joint EP with the two artists in this lifetime.

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    For context (for anyone unfamiliar), Wizkid’s beloved mother passed away in 2023. According to the description on Apple Music, this album is a tribute to the woman who gave birth to one of the world’s exceptional African entertainers.