Month: September 2024

Pharrell Williams has shared a new song ‘Piece By Piece’ from the soundtrack of his upcoming LEGO biopic of the same name, featuring the Princess Anne High School Fabulous Marching Cavaliers (the high school Williams himself attended).

In the new movie directed by Morgan Neville, set for release October 11, Pharrell narrates his journey through the music industry and will chronicle his life and career, delving into his time in the producer group The Neptunes with Chad Hugo, working with Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani and more.  The film will also feature cameos from past collaborators, from Jay Z,  Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake and more. It was also revealed that Daft Punk are set to feature in the film; the French electronic duo and Williams worked together on the 2013 megahit ‘Get Lucky’.

Stream the new song ‘Piece By Piece’ – HERE.

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Sabrina Carpenter album Short ‘n Sweet has topped the Billboard 200 chart for the third consecutive week (dated Sept. 21).  The 25-year-old singer’s album had debuted at No. 1 upon its release, marking Carpenter’s first No. 1 album of her career.

Per Billboard, Short ‘n Sweet is only the second album to spend its first three weeks atop the list in 2024 (with Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department also spending its first three weeks atop the list in 2024).   Additionally, Carpenter’s recent single “Taste” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with her other singles “Please Please Please” and “Espresso” snagging the third and fourth spots. All 12 tracks from Short ‘n Sweet made it onto the chart — joins Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande as the only women to chart at least three songs on the chart’s top five simultaneously.

Carpenter celebrated her third week at No. 1 with a post on Instagram, alluding to the launch of her upcoming tour: “thank you for 3 weeks at #1 :’) short n’ sweet tour starts in ONE WEEEEEK who comin”

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Kelsea Ballerini will celebrate the release of her new album, Patterns, (due out Oct 25) with a special one-night-only concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City on October 29th.  Aly & AJ and Tigirlily Gold will serve as opening performers at the show.

The singer announced the special performance in a social media video celebrating the sights of New York City, which shows Ballerini and her dog Dibs touch down in New York via helicopter, passing by landmarks like the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty.  Ballerini captioned the video: “The whole time I was making this album, I was visualizing and dreamscaping ways to bring it to life for our live show. In one of my favorite cities that is landmarked heavily in the music and visuals of Patterns, i’m so giddy to be celebrating this album release one night only at MADISON SQUARE GARDEN with aly and aj (pinch me) and my girls tigirlily gold on october 29th!!!! ps- we filmed this a few weeks before we learned about dibby’s diagnosis, which makes this announcement even more emotional and sentimental. He sure did love getting to frolick around NYC and put his happy spirit into MSG to get it ready for us all. ”

For more information on the special one-night-only concert, click here.
To pre-save/pre-order Patterns head HERE.

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Camila Cabello has dropped the deluxe ‘Magic City Edition’ of her recent album, C,XOXO, featuring four new songs — “Baby Pink” featuring Eem Triplin, “Come Show Me,” “Can Friends Kiss?” and “Godspeed.”

In addition to the release of C, XOXO (Magic City Edition), Cabello dropped the music video for “Godspeed,” which was directed by 91 Rules.  Cabello said on social media that the track was “the first song i ever wrote for this album,” and that the four new songs featured on the Magic City Edition represent “to me, a crucial part the soul of this album. I can finally exhale completely now that they’re out.”

The original C,XOXO dropped in June and featured collaborations with Playboi Carti, Lil Nas X, JT and Yung Miami, BLP Kosher and Drake. The album features the tracks “June Gloom” and its lead single “I LUV IT,” peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 albums charts.

Check out the official video for Godspeed – HERE.
Stream Camila Cabello’s C, XOXO (Magic City Edition) – HERE.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail and will be held in custody after his indictment on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution on Tuesday, September 17, one day following his arrest in New York.

Combs appeared at his arraignment Tuesday wearing a black long-sleeve shirt and gray sweatpants, and entered a plea of not guilty in court.  But despite a bail proposal made by Combs’ attorneys, a federal judge in New York ruled that Combs be held behind bars during his arraignment on Tuesday, Sept. 17, while prosecutors alleged that Combs had drugs in the hotel room in which he was arrested on Monday, September 16.

The Southern District of New York had announced that Combs was arrested by federal agents on Monday, with ABC News detailed that the arrest took place at the Park Hyatt hotel on West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan by Homeland Security Investigations agents. In March, federal authorities raided Combs’ homes in Miami and Los Angeles.

According to the indictment unsealed on Tuesday, federal prosecutors allege that dating back to 2009, Combs, 54, ran an “enterprise that he engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor or, kidnapping, arson and other crimes, adding that he “abused, threatened, and coerced women and others around him to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.” Prosecutors also allege that Combs “ensured participation” by giving them narcotics, holding sway over their careers, threatening to cut them off from financial support and using violence and intimidation.

Speaking outside the federal courthouse in New York, Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo said that the music mogul was “going to plead not guilty, obviously. He’s going to fight this with all of his energy and all of his might and the full confidence of his lawyers, and I expect a long battle with a good result for Mr. Combs.”  In an additional statement, Agnifilo said: “Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is a music icon, self-made entrepreneur, loving family man, and proven philanthropist who has spent the last 30 years building an empire, adoring his children, and working to uplift the Black community. He is an imperfect person but he is not a criminal. To his credit Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts. These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide, and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”

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