On Tuesday, March 9th, Doja Cat released a music video for her song “Streets.” The viral single “Streets” is off of Doja Cat’s 2019 album Hot Pink. The horror-fantasy music video was directed by Christian Breslauer, who also co-produced the video with Mike Breslauer.
The music video pays homage to the TikTok silhouette challenge, which was built around the 25-year-old artist’s song, with a mannequin inside a store display transforming into Doja. A taxi driver is driving by the store display when he sees and is distracted by this transformation.
The taxi driver is played by actor Kofi Siriboe, from Queen Sugar, and Girls Trip. Doja seduces the taxi driver with dancing, and eventually captures him in a spider web. At the end of the video, we realize that the whole scene was a figment of the taxi driver’s imagination.
This year, Doja Cat is nominated for three Grammy Awards. Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance for “Say So,” and Record of the Year for “Say So” are the Grammy Awards she is nominated for. In addition to her nominations, Doja Cat will also be performing at this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 14th.
On Monday, March 8th, Miley Cyrus released a music video for her song “Angels Like You.” The video was shot at Cyrus’ performance during the pregame for Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida, a month ago. The video was directed by Cyrus, and Alana O’Herlihy.
The audience for this performance was fully vaccinated and masked healthcare workers. Miley Cyrus’ performance for this event was one of the first with this size of audience since the COVID-19 pandemic started early last year. Miley is seen wearing a bedazzled #25 football jersey in black and pink while performing in the video.
At the end of the video, a note written by Cyrus appears saying “On February 7th 2021 nearly a year after the world shut down because of COVID-19, this video was shot at the first concert of its size since the pandemic changed our lives. The audience here is fully vaccinated health care workers who have been fearlessly and tirelessly fighting COVID-19.
We all look forward to being together again and this can happen sooner than we may have thought with vaccines becoming more available. Each of us can help stop the pandemic by being vaccinated. Together we can make the experience of live music a reality again. Forever yours – Miley.”
“Angels Like You” is off of Miley Cyrus’ most recent album Plastic Hearts which was released last November.
This week we have quite a few new albums and single releases from bands and artists in the hip hop, pop, indie, and rock genres, including 3 new songs from Drake, an Ashe and Finneas duet, a release by Charli XCX, No Rome, and The 1975 supergroup. There’s also a new Kings of Leon album, Japanese Breakfast single, Zara Larsson’s long-awaited album, and the highly anticipated new band Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak, released their first single
Drake finally gave us some new music with Scary Hours 2. While we wait on his album Certified Lover Boy he delivered 3 new songs including features from Rick Ross & Lil Baby. The last time Drake dropped Scary Hours, we got one of his biggest hits in “God’s Plan”, this time around he dropped a video for the single “What’s Next” which is sure to take over the airwaves while we wait on his album.
Ashe and Finneas released a duet “Till Forever Falls Apart” on Tuesday. The ballad includes soft piano and guitar throughout and was accompanied by a music video, which shows Ashe and Finneas dancing on a hillside. Ashe talked about the new song saying “This song, while sounding like the most romantic song I’ve ever written, is about acceptance as well.” Finneas talked about making music with Ashe saying “Making music with her has always been an extension of our friendship and I could not love this song more.”
Silk Sonic finally released their first single. The new band is led by Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak and will feature Bootsy Collins. The lead single “Leave The Door Open” showcases the two superstar singers going back and forth over a funky instrumental that brings you back to the golden days of soul & funk. Needless to say, we can’t wait to get more from Silk Sonic.
Yesterday, the supergroup with Charli XCX, No Rome, and The 1975 released the song “Spinning.” The song has been teased for quite some time, and has been highly anticipated. Finally though, on Wednesday, the supergroup members posted on their social media about the song’s release the next day, along with a graphic of animated group members. Check out No Rome’s tweet about the release here.
Kings of Leon release their album When You See Yourself today. With this album Kings of Leon will become the first band to release an album in the form of NFT (non-fungible token), a type of cryptocurrency. When You See Yourself includes singles “The Bandit” and “100,000 People.” The album was recorded at the band’s Nashville base and was produced by Markus Dravs who has also produced for Arcade Fire and Florence and the Machine.
4Hunnid came out with a label compilation, spearheaded by YG the album features YG, Day Sulan, D3, & Tay2X. The project includes 7 new songs from the collective and a feature from DDG. Japanese Breakfast released a new single, “Be Sweet” which will be included on their upcoming album, Jubilee, to be released on June 4th. Check out Dash’s full article on the new single and album here.
Swedish pop artist, Zara Larsson releases her new album, Poster Girl today. This will be the 23-year-old artist’s third album, and includes previously released singles “Love Me Land,” “Wow,” and “Talk About Love” featuring Young Thug. Poster Girl has been years in the making, and is fun, and exciting, with a lot of lyrics about love.
On Wednesday, girl in red released a new song, “Serotonin.” The new song is to be included on the Norwegian indie-pop artist, Marie Ulven’s project girl in red’s, debut album which will be released in April. Blu DeTiger, the Tik Tok star turned pop princess, released her first EP How Did We Get Here?, with 7 new songs including her singles “Figure It Out” & “Vintage”.
Have you joined The Day Party?! Kierra M from the Southside Dash family has been holding down the airwaves every weekday from 8 am to 11 am pst.
What you can expect from The Day Party With Kierra M is great guests, exclusive interviews, and the energy you need to get your day going. You can catch the show right here on Dash Radio, Monday thru Friday, on Southside Dash.
Previous guests include Waka Flocka & Tammy, Donnell Jones, Young Lyric, Jon B & plenty other musicians, entertainers & tastemakers. Kierra M & the entire Southside Dash team represent Atlanta to the fullest so you can expect nothing but the best music from the Atlanta music scene as well as all the great new music coming out playing on Southside Dash.
But musicians aren’t the only people Kierra brings on the show, she consistently chops it up with some of TV & film’s elite. She recently sat down with the cast of Tyler Perry’s BRUH prior to the release of the hit show’s second season. Comedian Ryan Davis joined The Day Party and you can recap their interview to get a taste of what you can expect from Kierra M every weekday from 8 am – 11 am pst.
Be sure to check in with Southside Dash on the regular as they are constantly pushing the culture forward and introducing us to the artists and talent that are going to take the world by storm. The founder of Southside Dash, Isaac Hayes III, also recently launched a new social media platform called Fanbase which was built to help creators monetize different forms of content.
If you haven’t used Fanbase yet we recommend downloading the app and jumping on the next wave now. Fanbase is the ultimate home for creators, the entire platform was designed to allow your audience to show “love” on your pictures, videos, chatrooms (similar to Clubhouse) which translates to real dollars in your pocket.
In Power Book II, music supervisor Derryk “Big Tank” Thornton found one of the most rewarding and challenging projects of his career — a prominent series calling for big music, in a diversity of styles.
Created by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Power Book II: Ghost premiered a few days after the Power finale, focusing on Tariq navigating his new life, shadowing and indirectly taking up the legacy of his father, and pounding pressure to save his mother.
A prolific music supervisor, Derryk “ Big Tank” Thornton found the appeal of Power Book II to be obvious, painting the vision of the show through music, and what an eclectic music selection it has been for season 1.
Having worked on the early seasons of The Chi as the music supervisor with interesting music choices, he had to even dig deeper for Power Book II, carrying on the torch of great music selections. When he signed onto Power Book II, Thornton’s first step was to put together a massive playlist, comprising hours of music.
For a music supervisor, many of the selections from a show stems from a collaborative effort with the director team. The initial stages involved temping songs to define the scope of the show musically, then replacing them later.
Looking back on Season 1, the music supervisor has a few favorite moments, where he feels his musical choices aligned perfectly with both the aesthetic and the narrative intent of a scene. “In 101, one of my favorite placements is the Jacob Bank’s Song, “Monster”. The track was played as Tasha is in jail, and as Cane is shooting and killing the guy he got into an argument with at the previous night’s party.
There’s just such perfect emergence of music to picture there, as the song supported the scene so well.
For Thornton, he enjoys the entire musical journey, end to end from music temping to spotting and finally seeing it all come to life when watching the scenes.
“Music plays an integral part in painting a picture and driving the emotional engine of a scene. I’m glad to be able to do just that on these iconic shows”.
On Tuesday, March 2nd, Japanese Breakfast released a new single “Be Sweet” which is to be included on their new album Jubilee. Jubilee is the alternative rock band’s third album and is to be released on June 4th via Dead Oceans.
Along with the release of the track, “Be Sweet” was accompanied by a music video that features, Michelle Zauner, Japanese Breakfast’s lead singer, and Marisa Dabice, lead singer of Mannequin Pussy, as FBI agents.
The new single is quite upbeat which is different than some of Japanese Breakfast’s other music. Zauner talked about the upcoming album and new single saying, “After spending the last five years writing about grief, I wanted our follow-up to be about joy. For me, a third record should feel bombastic and so I wanted to pull out all the stops for this one. I wrote ‘Be Sweet’ with Jack Tatum from Wild Nothing a few years ago. I’ve been holding onto it for so long and am so excited to finally put it out there.”
Jubilee is now available for preorder on vinyl, CD, and cassette tape on Japanese Breakfast’s website here.
On Friday, February 26th, Justin Bieber announced he will be releasing a new album Justice in just a few weeks on March 19th. This will be the iconic artist’s sixth album and will include previously released tracks “Anyone,” “Lonely,” and “Holy” which he collaborated with Chance The Rapper on.
Also included with the announcement, was the album’s cover. It includes a picture of sitting Bieber with a hand on his face. In the background is a tunnel and the album’s name, Justice is front and center in large, block, all caps text. Overall the album cover has colors of green and blue.
When announcing the new album on his Instagram, Bieber said, “JUSTICE the album March 19th. In a time when there’s so much wrong with this broken planet, we all crave healing and justice for humanity. In creating this album my goal is to make music that will provide comfort, to make songs that people can relate to and connect to so they feel less alone. Suffering, injustice, and pain can leave people feeling helpless. Music is a great way of reminding each other that we aren’t alone.
Music can be a way to relate to one another and connect with one another. I know that I cannot simply solve injustice by making music but I do know that if we all do our part by using our gifts to serve this planet and each other that we are that much closer to being united. This is me doing a small part. My part. I want to continue the conversation of what justice looks like so we can continue to heal.”
Bieber tweeted earlier today that we can expect his first single off Justice this Friday titled “Hold On”.
On Friday, February 26th, Taylor Swift announced on her social media that her Lover Fest shows would be canceled. This set of 12 shows across the world was originally announced in the fall of 2019 in support of Swift’s album Lover. Then in the spring of 2020, Swift postponed the shows she could, as others were canceled amongst COVID-19 uncertainties.
In the statement regarding the cancellations, she said “I love coming on here to tell you good news, or to share a new project with you. It’s not my favorite thing in the world to have to tell you news I’m sad about. I’m so sorry, but I cannot reschedule the shows that we’ve postponed. Although refunds have been available since we first postponed the Lover Fest shows, many of you hung onto your tickets and I too hung onto the idea that we could reschedule.”
She continued, “This is an unprecedented pandemic that has changed everyone’s plans and no one knows what the touring landscape is going to look like in the near future. I’m so disappointed that I won’t be able to see you in person as soon as I wanted to. I miss you terribly and can’t wait til we can all safely be at shows together again.”
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Taylor Swift has released two more albums since Lover was released in 2019, Folklore and Evermore were released in 2020. Additionally, in April, Swift will be releasing Fearless (Taylor’s Version), which is a re-recorded version of her second album.
Post Malone released a cover of Hootie and the Blowfish’s 1995 hit song “Only Wanna Be With You” yesterday. The cover was for his partnership with Pokèmon for their 25th anniversary. Post Malone will also be performing a virtual concert for Pokèmon Day. The iconic rapper kept the cover relatively the same in style as the original but did tweak the lyrics a bit.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard release their album L.W., today. The album is to be both a standalone record, and also a companion to the Australian psych-rock band’s recent album release K.G. Last week, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard released the song “Pleura,” which will be included on the new album. The music video for “Pleura” has a unique story, as it was filmed, edited, and uploaded, all in one day.
Hip-hop vet Curren$y dropped his latest project Collection Agency today featuring 10 new songs with a guest feature from Larry June. Bryson Tiller dropped the deluxe edition to Anniversary including 3 new songs and a Big Sean feature. Drakeo The Ruler released his highly anticipated album The Truth Hurts including his single “Talk To Me” with Drake.
Julien Baker releases her new album, Little Oblivions today. The 25-year-old artist brings in a full, robust band with this album, which is expanded from her usually raw, and few instrument music. Though, the always emotional, and heart wrenching feelings and sounds stays true throughout this album. Themes of sobriety, romance, and wellness can be found on Little Oblivions. Previously released tracks, “Hardline,” “Faith Healer,” and “Favor” will be included on the album.
Today, NOFX released their fourteenth album Single Album. The punk rock band had originally wanted the album to be a double album. Lead singer Fat Mike talked about this saying “I wanted to make a perfect double album, and I didn’t accomplish that. So I decided to just make a single album, hence the title.” Single Album is darker than the band’s previous ones but is still just as fun. The track “Linewlium” features Avenged Sevenfold is about retiring their 1994 hit song “Linoleum.”
Sometimes partying is just partying, but sometimes it’s more: a communion, a revelation, an endurance test, a learning experience, a life raft, a lifelong memory. RAVE TO THE GRAVE takes partying – and the history of electronic dance music and club culture – very seriously.
RTTG sits down with the world’s most interesting DJs, promoters, nightlife icons, and freaks of all ages to hear their wildest party stories, life advice, and electronic music history. Along the way, Rave to the Grave is a gateway drug for diving deeper into music, society, race, politics, identity
and the ways in which the dancefloor both reflects and transforms culture.
Rave To The Grave: Episode #1 features AC Slater who will be discussing Night Bass, Rave Antics, and How to Be a Successful DJ. L.A.’s bassline king AC Slater also talks about epic rave adventures, American cheese, the heyday of
happy hardcore and how to build your own EDM empire.
The show will be hosted by Vivian Host (yes, that’s her real name) who has spent 20+ years traveling around the world – from L.A’s illegal warehouse parties to Rio’s favelas to Cape Town’s all-night kwaito jams – in pursuit of transcendent nightlife experiences. She is a journalist, DJ, producer, promoter, radio host, curator, and lifelong raver, born in Hollywood, residing in Brooklyn.
She is the former editor-in-chief of XLR8R and VICE’s THUMP, the host of radio shows like Peak Time and United States of Bass on RBMA Radio, and has contributed to outlets such as Pitchfork, Urb, SPIN, Resident Advisor, NPR, and beyond.
In the rave scene, she is best known as Star Eyes, a DJ and music producer who has dropped heavy bass music at clubs and festivals around the world and as part of crews like Trouble & Bass, Eklektic, B.A.S.S. Kru and her own Chaos Clan. Vivian loves fog machines, Sharpies, giant speaker stacks, and hearing your crazy stories.
