A week after Adam Levine teased his first Spanish-speaking single, “Ojalá,” with Colombian star Maluma and The Rudeboyz in a 20-second TikTok video, we now have the official video.
The steamy video kicks off with The Rudeboyz — a.k.a. Chan El Genio and Kevin ADG — driving while listening to the “incredible” beat they just produced and sharing how great it would be to have Maluma and Levine on the song.
“We’d kill it. Can you imagine? That would be a dream,” they say.
Next we hear the Maroon 5 singer and Marry Me star trading verses about getting over the heartbreak of losing a girl. While Adam starts off singing in Spanish, he switches to English later in the song.
Levine first hinted at a possible collaboration with Maluma back in June, posting a photo on Instagram of them in a recording studio, captioned, “World ain’t ready.”
In addition to being Maluma’s longtime collaborators, The Rudeboyz have produced hits for artists such as Shakira, Sech, Jennifer Lopez, Prince Royce and Sebastián Yatra.
Swifties got all they wanted and more on Friday. Taylor Swift not only released her highly-anticipated 10th studio album, Midnights, she also gifted fans seven surprise bonus tracks.
Those new tracks are part of what Taylor’s calling Midnights (3am Edition). The songs include “The Great War,” “Bigger Than the Whole Sky,” “Paris,” “High Infidelity,” “Glitch,” “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve,” and “Dear Reader.”
“Surprise! I think of Midnights as a complete concept album, with those 13 songs forming a full picture of the intensities of that mystifying, mad hour,” Taylor wrote on Instagram. “However! There were other songs we wrote on our journey to find that magic 13. I’m calling them 3am tracks.”
In a separate Instagram post, Taylor thanked her collaborators on the album, including Jack Antonoff,Lana Del Ray, Zoe Kravitz and William Bowery — the latter of whom we know as her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn.
Taylor also dropped the music video for “Anti-Hero” on Friday morning. The visual, which was written and directed by Swift, shows her “nightmare scenarios and intrusive thoughts play out in real time,” as she described it on Instagram. The video culminates in a brawl at Taylor’s funeral, featuring Mike Birbiglia and John Early as her grown sons and Mary Elizabeth Ellis as her daughter-in-law.
Blame it all on her roots: Miranda Lambert was destined to be a country girl ever since she was eight years old, thanks to a special gift from her grandfather.
The singer shared two selfies from a “lunch date” with the man she calls Paw Paw Hughes, explaining a little bit of the special relationship she and her grandpa have had over the years.
“He bought me my first pair of cowboy boots and cowboy hat when I was 8. Guess he knew back then I was gonna be a country girl forever,” Miranda wrote in the caption of her post. “Love you so much Paw Paw Hughes (my mama’s daddy.) Best lunch date ever.”
The two photos show Miranda and her grandpa cracking up — a frequent pastime for them, she explained.
“He has the best stories and the best sense of humor,” the singer told her fans. “We were both laughing in pic 2 because he said, ‘Who is taking the picture?’ I said, ‘Me…it’s a selfie.’”
Miranda’s been enjoying a little downtime after the first leg of her Velvet Rodeo: The Las VegasResidency. She’ll hit the stage once again in late November.
Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Marsai Martin, Chika, ChlöeBailey and many others sit down to discuss their lives and career journeys using personal stories about their hair for the Hulu Onyx Collective special The Hair Tales.
Though the stories focus on Black women, their experiences and identities tied to their hair, Ross says Hair Tales is a show for all audiences.
“I say that this is a show that is about Black women, for everyone, in that it is an opportunity for us to gain context and connection,” she told Essence, adding that the conversation about hair and its complexities “is always an important” one to have.
Executive produced by Ross, OprahWinfrey and Michaela Angela Davis, The Hair Tales arrives at a time when leaders and change-makers are continuing to fight hair-based discrimination in the U.S.
“So often we forget that our society and our culture has been selling us a lie about ourselves and particularly about our hair,” Ross said. “Hair really is a portal into our souls and you’re in a sacred position when you’re the ones putting your hands in our hair, having your hands in our souls.”
By way of honest, open discussions,Ross hopes The Hair Tales resonates deeply with Black women.
“This show is an intimate and intentional discovery of the humanity of Black women told through the metaphor of hair,” she said. “Our intention was that this was a love letter to Black women.”
The Hair Tales will debut October 22 on OWN and Hulu at 9 p.m. EST.
Even amid all the throwback artists on the When We Were Young festival lineup, Jimmy Eat World is something of an elder statesman of the scene. Having formed in 1993, the Arizona rockers spent many years playing tiny venues and basement shows leading up to their early 2000s breakout with “The Middle.”
Given their long history and the nostalgic vibes of the festival, When We Were Young seems like a fitting place to bring out an early cuts Jimmy Eat World set. However, as frontman Jim Adkins tells ABC Audio, he’s not sure that’d be such a good idea.
“If we did go with a set of, like, what we would be playing at a basement gig in ’97, I don’t know if people are really gonna dig that,” Adkins shares. “I mean, there’d definitely be some people [thinking], ‘Yeah, cool,’ but I don’t know if enough of those people would spread the love to win over an audience.”
Still, longtime Jimmy Eat World fans can expect to hear a few deep cuts at When We Were Young.
“We’ll definitely include some of the older songs that we don’t normally play, or don’t play all that often, especially at a festival,” Adkins says. “I don’t know if we’ll make a whole set out of it, though.”
Adkins adds that he and his bandmates will “definitely change” up the set list between each of their performances over When We Were Young’s three days.
“I think there might be some people that go to multiple gigs, which is wild,” Adkins says.
When We Were Young takes place October 22, 23 and 29 in Las Vegas. The bill includes My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Bring Me the Horizon, A Day to Remember and Avril Lavigne, among many, many more.
Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of Stripped, the album that saw Christina Aguilera transform from teen pop sweetheart into her more grown-up alter-ego “Xtina.” Featuring the controversial “Dirrty,” as well as “Beautiful” and “Fighter,” Stripped was a multi-platinum success. Looking back, Christina says it marked the first time that she was “literally able to be the artist I wanted to be.”
Christina told ABC Audio that while she’s “thankful” that her debut album was a huge hit, it didn’t truly reflect who she was as an artist. That’s why, she explained, “Stripped was such a special breakthrough album for me.”
“I went into it with the perspective of ‘I don’t care if it sells one or one million copies, I need to do this for me, and be able to express how I feel, so I can be my best and my happiest,'” she explained. “And I was able to do that…not without much controversy, but par for the course — I’ve never been one to shy away from that!”
“Just being able to come from a place that was really genuine to me…that was a labor of love for me,” she said of Stripped.
Today, Christina said she sees the influence of Stripped in other people’s work, revealing, “Other artists come up to me and tell me which songs have inspired them.” She also praised today’s female artists for being “so fearless now…and unafraid to experiment.”
“It’s a beautiful, beautiful thing to see come full circle,” she noted. “And that album was such an important time for me, and…the beginning of being the artist that I became.”
Friday brings a reissue of Stripped with new cover art, the Benny Benassi remix of “Beautiful” and the “Dirrty” B-side, “I Will Be.”
Twenty years ago this Saturday, Santana followed up their massively successful 1999 comeback album Supernatural with another chart-topping and collaboration-filled record: Shaman.
Released on October 22, 2002, Shaman debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. The album featured one major Billboard Hot 100 hit, “The Game of Love,” featuring pop singer/songwriter Michelle Branch, which peaked at #5.
The song, which was co-written by New Radicals frontman Gregg Alexander and hit-making songwriter Rick Nowels, went on to win a Grammy for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
Like Supernatural, Shaman paired guitar legend Carlos Santana with various performers from different genres, including pop/R&B singers Seal and Macy Gray, Chad Kroeger of the rock band Nickelback, nu-metal group P.O.D., pop singer Dido, multicultural rock outfit Ozomatli, roots rocker Citizen Cope, hip-hop artist Melky Jean and opera legend Plácido Domingo.
Kroeger appears on a song titled “Why Don’t You & I” that he wrote. Since Nickelback’s label didn’t want the track to be released as a single, Santana rerecorded the tune with vocals by Alex Band of the group The Calling and issued that version, which ended up reaching #8 on the Hot 100.
Matchbox Twenty‘s Rob Thomas, who co-wrote and sang the Supernatural smash “Smooth,” also lent his songwriting talents to two tracks on Shaman.
Original Santana drummer Michael Shrieve co-wrote and played on a track titled “Aye Aye Aye.”
Shaman has been certified two-times Platinum by the RIAA for sales of 2 million copies in the U.S.
Here’s the full track list of Shaman:
“Adouma”
“Nothing at All” — featuring Musiq (Rob Thomas, Cori Rooney)
“The Game of Love” — featuring Michelle Branch (Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels)
“You Are My Kind” — featuring Seal (Rob Thomas)
“Amoré (Sexo)” — featuring Macy Gray
“Foo Foo” — featuring Tabou Combo
“Victory Is Won”
“Since Supernatural” — featuring Melky Jean & Governor
“America” — featuring P.O.D.
“Sideways” — featuring Citizen Cope
“Why Don’t You & I” — featuring Chad Kroeger
“Feels Like Fire” — featuring Dido
“Aye Aye Aye”
“Hoy Es Adiós” — featuring Alejandro Lerner
“One of These Days” — featuring Ozomatli
“Novus” — featuring Plácido Domingo
Sammy Hagar reflects on his life and music career in “Father Time,” and the Red Rocker has just released a music video for the poignant tune. The song is from his latest studio album with his band The Circle, Crazy Times.
Hagar, who celebrated his 75th birthday last week, says he wrote “Father Time” just after he turned 70 while at his former home in Maui, Hawaii, that overlooked the ocean.
“When I first wrote ‘Father Time,’ I kept it from everyone because it was so personal that I’d get too choked up to actually sing it,” he admits. “The words ‘Father Time’s over there looking over my shoulder’ just kept going through my head, so I picked up my guitar and the rest of the song just came spilling out.”
Hagar adds, “I cried my eyes out after I wrote and played it back. It’s probably the most personal song that I’ve ever written and now, after just turning 75, I’m finally ready to release it.”
The video, which you can watch on Hagar’s official YouTube channel, features footage of Sammy and The Circle performing the song, along with a montage of photos and film clips of Hagar throughout his life.
The “Father Time” clip will be the final video released from Crazy Times. The album was released on CD and via digital formats on September 30, while standard black-vinyl and limited-edition red-vinyl LP versions will follow on October 28.
Halestorm has premiered a new live video for “Wicked Ways,” a track off the band’s new album, Back from the Dead.
Frontwoman Lzzy Hale introduces the fiery performance, which was recorded on Halestorm’s U.S. tour earlier this month, with the song’s opening line: “Don’t call me an angel.” You can watch the live video streaming now on YouTube.
“Wicked Ways” is the current single off Back from the Dead, which was released in May. Previous singles “Back from the Dead” and “The Steeple” both hit #1 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
Halestorm will return to the road in November for a European tour with Alter Bridge.
The Beach Boys have announced plans for the second installment of The Beach Boys Good Vibrations Cruise, a star-studded nautical festival that will take place next year from March 3 to March 8.
The cruise will set sail from Miami and will stop at Harvest Caye, Belize and Costa Maya, Mexico before returning to port.
The musical extravaganza will feature two unique concerts by The Beach Boys, a special sail-away set by The Isley Brothers and open-sea performances by The Temptations, The Righteous Brothers, Sugar Ray frontman Mark McGrath and popular Beatles tribute act RAIN.
Besides the many performances, the cruise will feature such events, attractions and activities as a photo with The Beach Boys, the chance to interact with the various artists, themed nights, on-shore excursions in Harvest Caye and Costa Maya and much more.
Tickets for the cruise go on sale on Friday, October 8 at 2 p.m. ET. Visit TheBeachBoysCruise.com for all the details.
Reservations are available now, with early-bird prices currently in effect.
The cruise is presented by Club Kokomo Spirits, a new canned-cocktail brand that Beach Boys frontman Mike Love recently co-founded.
In other news, The Beach Boys have scheduled a special 2022 holiday tour called Tis the Season that will feature the band performing with a symphony. The trek runs from a November 26 show in Mashantucket, Connecticut through a December 18 concert in Chicago. Visit TheBeachBoys.com for the group’s full list of shows.
