Toro y Moi (Chaz Bundick) is back at it in 2017, this time with the release of his new track and official music video for ‘You and I’. With visuals directed by Harry Israelson, the new single is an emotional highlight from Toro y Moi’s forthcoming LP, Boo Boo.
Chaz’s new album is currently scheduled for a July 7th release via “Carpark Records”, and will not only feature ‘You and I’, but also ‘Girl Like You’ which was released earlier this year.
Watch Toro y Moi’s music video for ‘You and I’ below.
For its 8th straight year, Drake’s annual OVO Fest is returning to his hometown of Toronto. Taking place on August 7th at the Budweiser Stage, the OVO Fest will see some memorable performances from the label’s PartyNextDoor, DVSN, Majid Jordan, Roy Woods and of course Drizzy himself.
And if history has taught us anything about the OVOFest, you can expect some amazing surprises and a great night of music. Tickets for the festival go on sale, at LiveNation.com, today!
Peep the lineup poster for the 8th annual OVO Fest below.
Surrounding their various festival performances around the country, the Haim sisters have announced a number of headlining North American tour dates.
Adding shows in Chicago, Denver, Santa Barbara and more, fans will have a number of opportunities to catch Haim on the road this fall. Tickets for the upcoming tour dates will go on sale to the general public on June 30th, a week before the release of Haim’s second studio album, Something to Tell You.
To no one’s surprise Kendrick Lamar has dropped another amazing music video, this time for his DAMN. track, ‘ELEMENT.’. Following his visuals for ‘HUMBLE.’ and ‘DNA.’, which featured actor Don Cheadle, Kung Fu Kenny again has displayed some power images in his videos.
Kendrick Lamar’s fourth studio album, DAMN., is available now everywhere, and is poised to be one of the best rap releases of the year and likely a Grammy Rap Album of the Year contender.
Watch Kendrick Lamar’s music video for ‘ELEMENT’ below.
Singers Gallant and Andra Day have teamed up to record a beautiful cover of Smokey Robinson’s classic 1979 track, ‘Cruisin’. As part of his “In The Room” series, which has also featured Sufjan Stevens, Jack Garratt and Seal, Day and Gallant make for a beautiful pairing.
Currently on his U.S. tour, supporting the talented John Legend, the Los Angeles-based singer/songwriting is definitely an artist to watch, this year and next. Gallant’s cover with Day is just another showcase of his remarkable vocals.
Listen to Andra Day and Gallant’s cover of ‘Cruisin’ below.
Despite saying that Kanye West, “lost all credibility when he became a Kardashian”, Azealia Banks took to Instagram on Sunday to apologize and give praise to Mr. West. In her message to Kanye, Banks wrote “despite whatever jokes or rude things I’ve said about (Kanye) in the past, I think about this man for AT LEAST an hour EVERY SINGLE DAY.”
Banks continued to say, “you’ve inspired so many of us and after getting past my own stupid ass grudge I was holding against you, I reaaaallllly hope and pray you get to get out all ofyour dreams because you’ve been one of, if not, the main reason I felt confident in exploring all sorts of music genres.” Showing a lot of humility in her words, Banks’ tribute is a huge departure from telling Kanye “I don’t even look up to (Kanye) anymore. I look past him,” just last year.
Read what Azealia Banks had to say about Kanye West below.
Things got very uncomfortable at the BET Awards when the Migos paid a visit to Complex News‘ “Everyday Struggle” cast yesterday.
After Joe Budden interrupted his co-host, DJ Akademiks, to say that they needed to wrap up the interview, the ‘Pump It Up’ rapper was apparently fed up with Akademiks giving praise to the Migos, who called the ATL trio, “one of (his) favorite groups.”
At that point, the one-hit-wonder shook his head, got up and left. To no surprise, Migos didn’t take kindly to the disrespect and got up to confront Joe Budden. As tensions began to rise, things were eventually broken up. This is already the second time this month that the Everyday Struggle cast struggled to keep their guests cool. Days ago, Vic Mensa and DJ Akademiks had a heated discussion over Akademik’s disrespect to Chicago and the city’s violence.
Watch things get tense between Joe Budden and the Migos below.
Last night Kygo closed out the party at the annual B96 Pepsi Summer Bash at a packed Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL, just minutes outside of Chicago.
With showstopping performances from some of the biggest names in music, the Windy City crowd was treated to sets from pop stars like Hailee Stenfeld, Camila Cabello and Noah Cyrus, electronic superstars Zedd and Kygo, the always entertaining Jason Derulo, half of One Direction and the newly solo Niall Horan and Liam Payne, and more! From start to finish, the B96 Pepsi Summer Bash absolutely delivered for yet another yet.
Up first for the night, electronic trio Cheat Codes kicked off the party in Rosemont. The energetic trio made themselves a very tough act to follow for the rest of the night. As the Los Angeles natives performed their Demi Lovato collaboration, ‘No Promises’, the B96 listeners knew that last night would be a show full of some of pop radio’s biggest tracks.
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Next up, singer Dua Lipa greeted the Chicago crowd. Fresh off her big performance at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Dua Lipa performed her biggest tracks from the past year, including ‘Blow Your Mind’ and her Sean Paul collab, ‘No Lie’.’
With little time between sets to keep the momentum going, Noah Cyrus came to the stage. The little sister of Miley Cyrus, Noah Cyrus showed the Summer Bash that she is her own artist with performances from her debut LP, NC-17, including her single ‘Make Me (Cry)’ and a cover of The Weeknd’s hit single, ‘I Feel It Coming’. She may not come with as much controversy as her big sis, but she brings just as much personality to the table.
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Following Cyrus’ set, it was time for the lovely and diversely talented singer/actress, Hailee Steinfeld, to return for another B96 performance. You either know her for her movies like “The Edge of Seventeen” and “True Grit” or her pop radio favorites like ‘Love Myself’ and ‘Starting’, or all of the above. The highlight of Steinfeld’s set though, came with the performance of her new and empowering anthem for women everywhere, ‘Most Girl’.
For the next three acts, the night was dedicated to the newly solo artists who used to lead some of the biggest pop music groups, with One Direction’s Liam Payne and Niall Horan, and the Fifth Harmony stand-out, Camila Cabello. All of the three were contestants of the X-Factor, before being formed into the groups that rose them into the stars that they are today. However, all are now enjoying their new solo careers, writing music that speaks to themselves as individuals. From Liam’s ‘Strip That Down’ to Niall’s ‘Slow Hands’ and of course Camila’s ‘Crying In The Club’, these performances were some of the best of the entire night.
Next, it was time for some more dancing as EDM superstar Zedd came to the stage. Known in part for some of his big pop collabs, like ‘Starving’ with fellow Summer Bash artist Hailee Steinfeld and ‘Stay’ with Alessia Cara, Zedd knew how to keep the party going in Chicago.
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Following Zedd’s memorable set, it was time for one of the night’s big headliners, Jason Derulo. Whether it was his impressive dancing or the sheer volume of hits that the singer has to perform, there was much to enjoy from Derulo’s set. Perhaps the most underrated performer in pop music today, Jason Derulo has been a staple in pop music for the past decade, and with recent hits like ‘Swalla’ and ‘Get Ugly’, Derulo isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
Last but not least, another huge DJ blessed the Summer Bash stage, this time Norwegian house artist, Kygo. One of the biggest highlights of the entire night, the crowd went crazy as Kygo helped close out the Summer Bash with his massive Selena Gomez collaboration, ‘It Ain’t Me’.
From some of the world’s best DJs to the biggest names in pop music, new and old, the B96 Pepsi Summer Bash continued to kick off the summer by bringing a plethora of talent and entertainment to the Windy City.
Check out our photos from the 2017 B96 Pepsi Summer Bash below.
Drake premiered another new track on an episode of his OVO Sound Radio show on Apple Music last night. This time, Drizzy remixed his OVO artist, and frequent collaborator, PARTYNEXTDOOR’s “Freak In Time”, from his Colours 2 project.
The show’s curator, Oliver El-Khatib, also premiered producer Metro Boomin’s new Drake collab, ‘No Complaints’, which also features the Migos’ Offset (listen here via Tidal).
Ever since his 2013 track, ‘Keep It Real’, Ventura-native Kyle has deserved a spot on XXL’s always entertaining and controversial Freshman list. And in 2017, Kyle finally got his spot on the list, due in part to the success of his Lil Yachty-assisted single, ‘iSpy’.
And for part of his inclusion on the Freshman List, Kyle’s Freshman List freestyle is here for fans to enjoy. To no surprise, Kyle kills it.
Check out Kyle’s freestyle for his spot on the 2017 XXL Freshman list below.
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