Chris Janson is gearing up to roll out a new song.
The “Buy Me a Boat” singer took to social media Thursday to share the news and asked fans to guess the song title. He provided clues via a Wheel of Fortune-inspired screen.
“Category is: New Song,” he captioned his Instagram post. The title is comprised of five words, and no other clue was given.
Want to take a stab at guessing Chris’ new song’s title? Head to his Instagram and comment with your answer.
Chris recently celebrated his fifth career #1 with “All I Need Is You.” It’s the lead single from his latest album, The Outlaw Side of Me, which arrived in June 2023.
Kim Gordon has shared a new solo song called “I’m a Man.”
The track finds the Sonic Youth bassist/vocalist, as a press release puts it, “ruminat[ing] on the lost role of ‘traditional masculinity’ and the role of capitalism in its demise.”
You can listen to “I’m a Man” now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying video streaming on YouTube.
“I’m a Man” appears on Gordon’s upcoming album, The Collective, due out March 8. It’s the sophomore follow-up to Gordon’s 2019 solo debut, No Home Record.
Gordon will play a run of U.S. live shows in March.
You can now bring Mötley Crüe home sweet home in action figure form.
The toy company Super7 is releasing plastic recreations of Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee and Mick Mars, complete with “the infamous makeup, the big hair, and the stage image that defined Mötley Crüe in the 1980s.”
Each figure stands 3.75 inches tall and costs $20. You can also buy a four-pack featuring all members for $80, which may be the closest thing you’ll get to a reunion of the classic Mötley lineup nowadays — the band’s been involved in legal action with Mars following the guitarist’s 2022 retirement from touring, which ultimately led to his departure from the group.
To buy your own Mötley Crüe action figures, visit Super7.com.
PinkPantheress will be an honoree at this year’s Billboard Women in Music Awards. Billboard announced the news Thursday, noting she’ll receive the Producer of the Year Award at the event, which takes place March 6 at LA’s YouTube Theater.
“We are thrilled to honor PinkPantheress as one of the most exciting young producers on the rise,” said Billboard’s editorial director, Hannah Karp. “Women are still seriously underrepresented among the producers making today’s top hits, so we’re grateful to our partners at Bose for helping spotlight talented artists like PinkPantheress who are producing and inspiring a new generation of women to get behind the boards, in addition to wowing their fans as performers on stage.”
She now joins 2023’s inaugural Producer of Year, Rosalía. Also being honored are PinkPantheress’ “Boys a liar Pt. 2” partner Ice Spice, who’ll be honored with the Hitmaker Award, Rising Star recipient VictoriaMonét, Breakthrough Award honoree Tems and more. Tracee Ellis Ross will host the show.
Scotty McCreery will officially become a Grand Ole Opry member on April 20.
The induction date announcement arrived via Scotty’s Facebook, alongside a clip of Garth Brooks‘ invitation to Scotty in December 2023.
Scotty will be inducted by Opry member Josh Turner, whose song “Your Man” was sung by Scotty during his American Idol audition.
“It has been my longtime goal to be worthy of Opry membership,” Scotty writes on Facebook. “I am overjoyed to join this prestigious family that is the heart of country music. To be invited by my hero Garth Brooks and to be inducted by another hero Josh Turner is beyond what I could have ever dreamed.”
Tickets for Scotty’s induction are available for purchase now at opry.com.
Scotty’s currently in the top 15 of the country charts with “Cab in a Solo,” the lead single from his forthcoming as-yet-untitled new album.
Maren Morris, who brought us hits like “The Middle” and “The Bones,” is now putting a new spin on a classic song from the ’80s: Billy Idol‘s “Dancing with Myself.”
Maren has released a video for the song, which shows her going into the legendary Nashville record store Grimey’s, picking the song out of the racks and stepping up to the microphone to deliver a slowed-down, acoustic version of the song.
In between singing, Maren dances — with herself — around the racks of records.
“Dancing with Myself” was originally recorded by Billy Idol’s band Gen X in 1980. Idol remixed and rereleased it under his own name in 1981, and it became a staple on MTV.
Maren, who ended her marriage to fellow singer/songwriter Ryan Hurd in 2023, recorded the song in partnership with Visible Wireless, a wireless service for singles. She tells Yahoo Entertainment, “For me right now, I’m really leaning into my sort of singleness and it’s daunting but exciting.”
She adds, “I’m in this new slate in life and I want to sort of lean into the vulnerability of the lyrics, because when I was [writing] them down, I don’t know, it kind of struck this melancholic note and I feel like that’s such a relatable theme to singleness.”
Maren, who announced in September that she was taking a “step back” from country music, where she’s had her biggest success, is currently working on new music. She’ll receive the Visionary Award at the Billboard Women in Music Awards on March 6.
Queen has announced a special Record Store Day release of the track “Cool Cat,” a B-side from their 10th studio album, Hot Space.
The tune, written and performed solely by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, will be released as a limited-edition, 7-inch pink vinyl for Record Store Day, April 20, with a previously unreleased instrumental version of the song on side B. It will be the first time the tune’s ever been released as a single.
“Cool Cat” has recently seen a resurgence thanks to its appearance in an ad for Amazon Prime, which was directed by Olivia Wilde. The clip features a young girl who is inspired by images of Mercury to embrace her own unique style.
Originally released in 1982, “Cool Cat” was the B-side to “Las Palabras De Amor,” which was a top 20 hit in the U.K. Both songs appeared on Hot Space, which also featured the hit tracks “Under Pressure” and “Body Language.”
Paramore‘s Re: This Is Why now includes one more guest contributor.
The “Misery Business” outfit has added a reworked version of the song “Sanity” to the compilation, done by Jack Antonoff. You can listen to “Sanity (Re: Jack Antonoff)” now via digital outlets.
Re: This Is Why was released in October and is described as “almost a remix” of Paramore’s 2023 album, This Is Why. It includes contributions from Wet Leg, Foals, The Linda Lindas, boygenius‘ Julien Baker and The xx‘s Romy.
“Some of the songs have been remixed sort of classically, while others were reworked or rewritten,” Paramore said of Re: This Is Why. “It’s incredible to hear all our worlds colliding.”
In other Paramore happenings, the band is set to be the ambassador for Record Store Day 2024. The group made the announcement while confirming that they’re “freshly independent” after completing their deal with their longtime label, Atlantic Records.
Alicia Keys is all about self-care: She works on nurturing her well-being, as she believes it has an affect on her externally.
“If you’re not connected to your inner [self], then you can’t present your[self] most confidently outwardly,” Alicia tells Peoplefor thedigital cover of its February issue. “When I’m really hearing negative talk in my head, I’m trying to shift that to a positive version of it so I don’t get lost in that. So one of my mantras of the century is: ‘I surround myself with things that are good for me.’ And it’s okay letting go of the things that don’t make you happy.”
This mentality and mantra have rendered Alicia successful in her music career and marriage to producer Swizz Beatz. They also align with her overall feelings about the true meaning of “beauty.”
“Beauty is a word that we associate with a physical presence, but I think that beauty is actually your spirit,” she says. “It’s what you can’t see that makes you so beautiful. It’s that nurturing energy. It’s that loving attention, that empathy. That, to me, is what beauty is. And the most beautiful people I know are those kinds of people. It’s that spirit essence.”
Alicia’s self-acceptance came after years of feeling “compelled to buck societal beauty standards,” People reports. She briefly stopped wearing makeup as she realized the importance of finding out what makes her happy and brings her joy, as well as what doesn’t serve her.
Now, Alicia speaks her truth in her marriage and tries to teach her sons, Egypt and Genesis, “to trust their instincts.” She “hopes that intuition will lead them in the right direction.”
The career of legendary drummer Carl Palmer is being celebrated with a new career-spanning box set.
Carl Palmer Fanfare for the Common Man will consist of three CDs of music from Palmer’s various bands, including the Carl Palmer Band; Emerson, Lake & Palmer; and Asia. There will also be a Blu-ray, The Rhythm of Life, featuring a Palmer-narrated documentary, as well as live performances and behind-the-scenes footage from throughout his career.
But that’s not all. The box set also comes with a 200-page Palmer autobiography that’s filled with some of the rocker’s personal photos.
Carl Palmer Fanfare for the Common Man will be released April 5. It is available for preorder now.
Palmer is currently on tour with his Return of Emerson, Lake & Palmer show, which has him and his band playing alongside rare footage of his late bandmates Keith Emerson and Greg Lake. The tour hits Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday, February 15. A complete list of dates can be found at carlpalmer.com.
