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.
Grammys 2022: 10 Takeaways From a Night of Strong Performances and Curveballs
She was always a sure thing for best new artist, plus she took home best pop solo performance and best pop vocal album, beating out heavy hitters Eilish, Doja Cat, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande in the process.
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.
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.
Optical Illusion for Sale: 'Invisible' Joshua Tree Home Catches Eyes for $18M
Realtor.com Mirror, mirror, on the wall-who's the fairest of them all?A breathtaking visual illusion in the desert, of course!Just outside of Palm Springs in Joshua Tree, CA, lies one of the most spectacular desert homes ever built.But you have to look closely, or you just might miss it.That's because this massive beauty creates the optical illusion of blending seamlessly into the landscape, thanks to its mirrored facade.
TikTok Music Lawsuits Fire Warning Shots to Brands, Influencers
The music industry's legal crackdown on brand owners that use unlicensed songs in social media posts sends a warning for companies looking to capitalize on the explosive growth of TikTok Inc. and other short-form video sharing platforms.The upstart energy drink maker Bang achieved enormous marketing success through its aggressive and flashy social media strategy that used popular influencers to advertise its drinks on TikTok and Instagram Reels.
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.
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.
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.
Ariana Grande released her seventh studio album, 'eternal sunshine,' which is a 13-track collection co-produced by Max Martin.
The album is described by Grande as a concept album, with each track being different heightened pieces of the same story, and it features her grandmother, credited as Nonna, on one song.
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.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
'If we don't get paid, songs don't get made': Songwriters take to the streets against Spotify
Songwriter Kennedi Lykken, 24, has penned tracks for Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande and Britney Spears and won a Grammy Award.But she's worried she may need a second, more stable job as well.
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."
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.
Anime broadens its reach at conventions, at theaters, and streaming at home
When Hajime Isayama was growing up in Japan, anime wasn't considered cool."It was kind of looked down upon at that time," the manga artist told NPR.Since then, anime's reach has increased a lot.Anime movies have broken box office records.Crunchyroll, the leading streaming service of anime, now has 10 million subscribers.
Kate McKinnon poses at the Peacock limited drama series "Joe vs. Carole" cast photo call at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in New York.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Watch the Most Perfect 2000s Rom-Com Before It Leaves HBO Max This Week
If Jennifer Garner never makes another movie, she's already secured her place in the hearts and minds of people who love family-friendly romantic comedies.
PUBG Mobile continues push into music with new record label
PUBG Mobile's latest major addition isn't a new weapon, map, or crossover but an entire music label made just for the game.The new label is called "Beat Drop," and while that's an admittedly clever pun, we still don't know much about what it will actually mean for artists or players.Big live service games are increasingly using in-game music to encourage players to hop in.
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Local Pop Producer Matt Squire's Next Collaboration May Be With the Military
If you've ever tried to sing "Happy Birthday" with a bunch of people over Zoom, you've probably experienced latency.That's the technical name for the delay that occurs between you and the others on the call, causing cacophony.Latency makes real-time online musical collaboration almost impossible, which is why during the pandemic there were few virtual concerts in which the artists appeared in separate windows.
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.
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.
Trauma memoir puts spotlight on mums turning daughters into child stars
Childhood stardom and the spectre of the "stage mom" are the focus of a US summer publishing sensation that - in short, punchy sentences delivered with a high level of self-perception - could transform the trauma memoir business.
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.
New twist in saga of Elon Musk and Twitter as billionaire makes hostile bid to buy entire company | CBC News
The on-again off-again relationship between Elon Musk and Twitter took a new twist on Thursday as the world's richest man made a hostile bid to buy up the whole company for more than $43 billion US.
Kayla Ann decided at 15 years old that she wanted to be a stripper."I was always the flirty girl in high school, and I liked big heels and it just made sense," she recalls.
Kerry Washington, Oscar Isaac & More Celebs Call Out The "Don't Say Gay" Bill
Ariana Grande, Oscar Isaac, Gabrielle Union, and more stars are speaking out against Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill and the Walt Disney Company's initially muted response to the controversial legislation, which has caused walkouts and protests from Disney employees nationwide.
It's been a tough week for Dua Lipa, who is now facing two copyright lawsuits over her smash hit "Levitating".This isn't the first time the song has landed the 26-year-old singer in hot water.