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Elisabeth Elektra teams up with members of Mogwai and Chvrches for new single ‘Broken Promises’
Elisabeth Elektra has teamed up with members of Mogwai and Chvrches for her latest single ‘Broken Promises’. Written by Elektra, ‘Broken Promises’ was co-produced and performed by herself and Jonny Scott of Chvrches. Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai provides guitars on the track. Speaking of the song’s creation in a press release, Elektra said: “I wrote this song while I was going through a particularly difficult time in my life.” She continued: “Everything felt so unstable and disorienting, but I realised even at the time that I was being forged by trauma into a stronger, more resilient and powerful person....
Netflix study says nearly half will cancel subscription if prices increase
A new study has found nearly half of Netflix‘s users would cancel their subscription entirely if they increased the price of their ad-free tier. The news follows from the streaming platform’s recent announcement that they were raising the price of their ad-free tier once the SAG strike ends. It was not clear how much prices would be raised, or exactly when this would take place. Netflix declined to comment on the report to NME. In a new study by CivicScience, 39 per cent of users said if Netflix increased the rates of their ad-free account, they would cancel their subscription...
Jesse Jo Stark shares heartfelt new single ‘Fallout’
Jesse Jo Stark has shared her heartfelt new single ‘Fallout’ ahead of her final debut headlining North American tour date. The melancholic track features confessional lyrics that are both deeply personal and universally relatable. “Don’t buy me a ring / the scariest thing about being all alone / clouds grow / I don’t know how not to have you around / the beautiful thing about the things that come out your mouth fallout / I don’t know how not to have you around,” Stark sings in the song. Directed by Christina Bryson, the accompanying video for ‘Fallout’ features footage...
ABBA’s Agnetha Fältskog was initially “suspicious” of ‘Voyage’ show
ABBA‘s Agnetha Fältskog has revealed that she had early reservations about the ABBA Voyage show, sharing that she was initially “suspicious”. Back in 2017, it was announced that the band would reunite in digital form in 2019. After the reunion tour was delayed, ABBA Voyage was finally announced in September 2021. The virtual tour has been a huge hit at the purpose built ABBA Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – described by NME as “an epic avatar mega-mix from a brave new world” – and has now been extended into 2024. Advertisement However, Fältskog has revealed that...
Daft Punk share footage of the first time Pharrell Williams heard ‘Get Lucky’
Daft Punk have shared a video of the first time Pharrell Williams heard ‘Get Lucky’ – check out the footage below. The French house duo have been releasing episodes of ‘Memory Tapes’, which spotlights the many collaborators of their final album ‘Random Access Memories‘. The album, which was released ten years ago, was reissued earlier this year. In their latest episode, footage is shown of Pharrell hearing ‘Get Lucky’ and ‘Lose Yourself To Dance’ for the first time. ‘Get Lucky’ snagged Daft Punk their first number one hit in the UK. After initially coming into their studio to write...
Suge Knight says he won’t testify against anyone in Tupac murder case
Suge Knight has commented on the recent arrest of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the alleged accomplice in the murder of hip-hop legend Tupac. On September 13, 1996, Tupac Shakur died at the age of 25 after being shot on September 7. He and Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight were driving from the Mike Tyson vs Bruce Seldon boxing match at the MGM Grand to a nightclub when the ‘I Get Around’ rapper was shot. Last month, Keefe D was arrested in connection to the murder, having allegedly obtained the gun used “for the purpose of seeking retribution against...
Doja Cat explains album title change: “I change my mind constantly”
Doja Cat has revealed why she decided to change the title of her latest album – see what she had to say below. Speaking to Sean Evans on the latest episode of Hot Ones, the rapper was asked why the album’s title was changed from its original intended name of ‘Hellmouth’ to ‘Scarlet’. In March, Doja Cat revealed that the album would be titled ‘Hellmouth’, only for it to be changed once the album dropped last month. “I don’t care about the meaning being so deep, as much as the word being a cool word,” she said. “I just...
IVE embody ‘Baddie’ attitude in colourful new music video
IVE have shared the official music video for their latest single, ‘Baddie’, which was released earlier today (October 13). The track is taken from the Starship Entertainment girl group’s new EP, ‘I’VE MINE’, which also arrived today. In the colourful video, the group becomes “cat humans” that inspire a wave of news bulletins warning: “These so-called baddies are ruining our society.” Advertisement Throughout the video, the members embody these apparent scourges, taking over supermarkets and performing choreography around a fire under the moon. “I’m a baddie / Pretty little risky baddie,” they chant on the chorus. “Whatever happens, happens...
Tomorrow X Together: “Against all odds, you have to find your true identity”
“I was falling helpless in a shower of waste / Reaching my arms out toward the others / Falling in disorder everywhere around me.” In his poem ‘Free Fall,’ Thomas Kinsella talks about the “helpless” terror of free falling – hurtling towards the ground with blood-curdling velocity and little to dispel the oncoming crash. As he falls in a “shower” of waste – wasted opportunities, words never said, or simply the debris of his life – he flails about for support, perhaps disregarding the fact that this fall is collective, this agony and fear mutual. As they bring another...Recent Posts
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