Ariana Grande Takes Romantic Inventory on "Eternal Sunshine"
Fans' expectations for confessional pop music have risen due to social media exposure. Ariana Grande’s music often intertwines with tabloid narratives, blurring personal and public personas. [ more ]
Ariana Grande Gets Lost in the Stars on eternal sunshine: Review
Ariana Grande's new album 'Eternal Sunshine' embraces the theme of a Saturn Return, joining other pop artists in expressing fascination with astrology.
The album is characteristically moody and dreamy, loosely tied to the film 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and reflects Grande's personal stories amidst rumors about her personal life. [ more ]
This K-pop artist sings fluently in 6 languages. His secret? Voice AI
When Hybe, the entertainment juggernaut behind the K-pop group BTS, announces a new artist, the music world takes note.Hybe, after all, doesn't just dominate K-pop.It's also the parent company of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, among other artists, thanks to its 2021 acquisition of Ithaca Holdings.
Lawsuit Over Lyrics in Taylor Swift's Shake It Off' Is Dismissed
Weeks before a trial to determine whether Taylor Swift stole lyrics in her hit song Shake It Off, a judge dismissed the case on Monday after a joint request by lawyers for Swift and the songwriters who accused her of copyright infringement.The brief filing by lawyers for both sides gave no detail and did not mention any settlement.
Icon Behavior: Ariana Grande's Only Guest On Her New Album Is... Her Nonna
Nonna, Ariana Grande's grandmother, is featured as a guest on her album 'Eternal Sunshine', providing valuable advice and wisdom.
Ordinary Things, the final track on 'Eternal Sunshine', features Nonna's voice sharing insights about relationships and the importance of affection and comfort. [ more ]
Madonna's new music collaboration has Gay Twitter declaring a pop emergency
Madonna has once again set off alarm bells around the world.While in recent months, the Queen of Pop has been under especially intense scrutiny over her appearance, this time the focus is where it should be, her music!On Monday, Madonna shared a photo clad in her recent uniform of black gothic garb hard at work in a studio alongside a man in jeans and black t-shirt equally entranced in the task at hand.
So, Mae Muller has been officially revealed as the UK's entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.The 25-year-old heads to Liverpool in May to perform I Wrote A Song - a daft-but-catchy revenge song, written about her ex-boyfriend and teased heavily on her social media channels.Muller follows hot on the heels of Sam Ryder, who came second in Turin last year - giving the UK its best result in more than two decades.
11 Rules for Writing an Original Christmas Song in 2022
In the canon of Christmas music, the standards loom large: time-tested songs that listeners already love and know by heart.It's almost audacious, then, for a musician to think they can add to that catalogue.Yet, every year, artists try - sometimes at the request of their labels, eyeing the publishing money in a potential perennial hit that's played annually on holiday radio.
Brixton Academy: Corporate manslaughter probe launched into fatal crowd crush
P olice have launched a corporate manslaughter probe into the crowd crush at the O2 Academy Brixton as it emerged one victim's young sons are asking: Where's mummy?Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, and security worker Gaby Hutchinson, 23, were fatally injured when ticketless fans tried to force their way into a concert by Nigerian Afrobeats artist Asake in December.
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies' Lead Songwriter Guides Us Through All the Original Songs
The ambition of Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies goes beyond capturing the spirit of the 1978 film - it's also a full-fledged musical series packed with original tunes, crafted by prolific songwriter and former Semi Precious Weapons lead singer Justin Tranter, who has written for artists including Selena Gomez, Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Imagine Dragons, and Miley Cyrus.
D.C.'s LGBTQ-centric Pro Wrestling Vibe to host final smackdown
Billy Dixon at a Pro Wrestling Vibe event in Washington.(Jaylee Photography)On a Sunday afternoon this February, a few hundred folks will make their way into the concrete warehouse of a brewery, not only to drink some brews, but to see what the event's creator, Billy Dixon, considers an homage to "the most beautiful art form that there is." "What we do," Dixon says, "is a love letter to wrestling."
A Love Letter to Miley Cyrus' Backyard Sessionsand Her 5 Best Performances to Watch
If you were a child in the late 2000s, there's a good chance you watched Miley Cyrus in her breakout role on Disney Channel's Hannah Montana.She acted in that role for five years and was known to have a much stronger voice than most of her Disney peers (excluding Demi Lovato).But it was sometimes hard to tell over all the electric guitars, synths, bells, and whistles that characterized the show's music.
The 2022 Oscars' best original song nominees, cruelly ranked
Billie Eilish in the video for "No Time to Die." YouTube Note: Due to a publishing error too byzantine to explain here, this piece wasn't posted during the 2022 Oscar season.Now, with the hope that it has aged like a fine wine, it's available to anyone who wishes to revisit the Encanto-rich glory days of last April.
Theatre and pop at its absolute excess': the Broadway hit that asks what if Juliet just got on with it?
It's hard to think of a jukebox musical that has been touched by quite so many pop stars.Since & Juliet opened on the West End in 2019 and Broadway in 2022, Katy Perry, Adam Lambert, N Sync and the Backstreet Boys have all come to the show.Kelly Clarkson features on the US cast album, Jessie J on the UK one even Robyn and Harry Styles have come to early developments.
'Wicked' Sends CinemaCon Over the Rainbow with First Footage
Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, and "Bridgerton" breakout Jonathan Bailey star in Jon M. Chu's two-part musical epic.Somewhere over the rainbow, two former college roommates battle it out as opposing witches.The first footage for the highly anticipated " Wicked " movie musical debuted during 2023 CinemaCon.
The Weeknd enlists Ariana Grande for "Die for You" Remix
The Weeknd's "Die for You" may have come out seven years ago, but if Ariana Grande is involved, it's never too late for a remix.Listen to the updated single below.The original "Die for You" appeared on The Weeknd's 2016 album Since then, he's released 2020's After Hours and 2022's - the latter of which he'll support on tour this year (grab tickets here).
Holiday arts 2022: 16 Bay Area stage shows, from farcical to familiar
It's been a couple of years since holiday shows abounded at theaters around the Bay Area, for obvious reasons.But it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas shows and other seasonal favorites are back from their long COVID hibernation.While many theaters offer crowd-pleasing spectacles that are as perfect for the season as they are for any other time of year, here's a sampling of shows with a particular holiday hook.
Who were the 22 victims of the Manchester Arena atrocity?
Mothers, daughters, fathers and sons here are the 22 victims of the Arena bombing and their fatal final movements.1+2 Alison Howe, 44, and Lisa Lees, 43, from Oldham They took their daughters to the concert and later returned to pick them up.Nurse and much-loved wife and mother Mrs Howe was described as a gifted musician who was due to celebrate her 45th birthday two days later and then go on holiday to New York with husband Stephen.
Peach PRC endured a rough adolescence and became the pink queer pop star of our dreams
This profile is part of Queerty's 2022 Out For Good series, recognizing public figures who've had the courage to come out and make a difference in the past year, in celebration of National Coming Out Day on October 11.
Photos: American Psycho' producer lists famed California Invisible House' for $18 million
American Psycho producer Chris Hanley and his wife, Roberta, have listed their Invisible House in Joshua Tree for $18 million.(Photo by Chris Hanley / Invisible House) A view of the indoor, 100-foot solar-heated pool.(Photo by Brian Ashby / Invisible House) The kitchen.(Photo by Brian Ashby / Invisible House) The primary suite.
Leonardo DiCaprio Adds $11M Home to Hollywood Hills Compound
A photo illustration of Leonardo DiCaprio along with a street view of the property at 9032 Thrasher Avenue in Hollywood Hills (Getty, Google Maps) Leonardo DiCaprio only has one Oscar, but he's got a whole collection of properties in Los Angeles.Now, he's added one more.DiCaprio bought his neighbor's house in Hollywood Hills for $10.5 million, Dirt reported.
Do girls like skinny guys?Take a look at the love lives and enamored fans of skinny celebrities like Machine Gun Kelly, Adrien Brody, and Benedict Cumberbatch, and the answer is clear.But if you've ever wondered how a gangly guy like Pete Davidson is attractive to women like Kim Kardashian, Ariana Grande, and Emily Ratajkowski, it's not his sense of humor, charm, or even his big dick energy.
Lizzo's Vibrant New Album Makes Us All Feel Special
"Hi motherfucker, did you miss me?"Lizzo asks by way of introduction on "The Sign," the bouncy first song on her new album (available today, July 15th - stream it below).Quite honestly, we did.
Tayla Parx demands her "Flowers" on new single: Stream
Over the past decade, Tayla Parx 's work as both a solo artist and a hitmaking songwriter for the likes of Ariana Grande and BTS has earned her the right to demand recognition.