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Gorillaz has shared a new song called “Silent Running,” which will appear on the group’s upcoming album, Cracker Island.

“Silent Running” features guest vocals from Adeleye Omotayo, who often performs with Gorillaz live. Frontman Damon Albarn says the track reflects “that sort of mesmerizing dreamlike state you get in when you’re just following some train of thought.”

You can listen to “Silent Running” now via digital outlets. A trailer for the accompanying video, which is “coming soon,” is streaming now on YouTube.

Cracker Island, the follow-up to 2020’s Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, arrives February 24. It also includes the previously released songs “New Gold” feat. Tame Impala and Bootie Brown, “Baby Queen,” “Skinny Ape” and the Thundercat-featuring title track.

Other guests on the album include Beck, Stevie Nicks and Bad Bunny.

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Avatar has released a new song called “Violence No Matter What” featuring Lzzy Hale.

The Halestorm frontwoman lends her vocals to the aggressive tune, which will appear on the Swedish metal outfit’s upcoming album, Dance Devil Dance.

“‘Violence No Matter What’ is about one thing and one thing only,” says Avatar vocalist Johannes Eckerström. “It’s OK to debate and fight and to think differently. But there is a limit, and the line must be drawn at authority held with violence, a world view that cannot survive without enemies, a promised return to a fabricated former glory.”

“‘Violence No Matter What’ was such an inspiring piece to be a part of!” Hale adds. “Thank you so much to the boys for giving me the opportunity to express my angst against the horrors of this world through such a brilliant song!”

You can listen to “Violence No Matter What” now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying lyric video streaming now on YouTube.

Dance Devil Dance, the follow-up to 2020’s Hunter Gatherer, will be released February 17. It also includes the previously released songs “The Dirt I’m Buried In,” “Valley of Disease” and the title track.

Avatar will launch a U.S. headlining tour in support of Dance Devil Dance in April.

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Looks like Sam Smith isn’t the only one who thinks Kim Petras makes a great duet partner: Meghan Trainor has now tapped her for a remix of her smash hit “Made You Look.”

“Kim is an icon. I have been a fan for a very long time and I am so excited to have her on ‘Made You Look,’” Meghan says in a statement. “We had such a fun time in the studio together and she added the perfect energy to the song. She is a queen and I cannot wait for everyone to hear her voice on this song! She really brought it to a whole new level.”

Kim’s part comes in about a minute and 20 seconds into the track: She sings, “Don’t be shy just put your hands on me/one night, I’ll let you live your wildest dreams.”

Then Meghan joins her as they sing, “So watch me break my back underneath the covers/Double take for that/’cause no one does it better for you/Tell me what you, what you, what you gon’ do.”

Kim says in a statement, “I had ‘Made You Look’ stuck in my head for months. It’s just so catchy and I felt like the song was like a warm hug. So I loved it right away, and then when I got asked to jump on it, I was really, really excited.”

Kim goes on to say, “I think Meghan is such a great pop songwriter, so it was an incredible experience…She really is like a little angel and such a treasure and deserves everything that’s coming her way with the song and I just feel so excited and honored to be a part of it. We collaborated in a really special way that I won’t forget.”

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For any performer, it’s always embarrassing to have an onstage wardrobe malfunction, but imagine it happening in front of the first celebrity they ever crushed on.  Unfortunately, that was Harry Styles‘ experience Thursday night.

As the New York Post reports, Harry was performing in Inglewood, CA in front of a star-studded audience that included Ellen DeGeneres, Kylie Jenner, Trevor Noah and Jennifer Aniston, who Harry revealed in 2020 was “probably” his first celebrity crush.

But as Harry dropped to his knees while singing “Music for a Sushi Restaurant,” his pants split. According to the Post, he made a shocked face, covered the tear with his hands and jokingly rolled his eyes at his band.  He then got a towel to cover the rip.

A fan tweeted, “If I were Harry, just thinking about ripping my pants in front of Jennifer Aniston would send me into early retirement.“

Harry and Aniston do seem to have a fashion connection, if not a love connection.  You might recall that in 2021, Aniston wore the same Gucci suit on the cover of InStyle that Harry had previously sported at the BRIT Awards. “Just call me Harriet Styles,” joked The Morning Show star.

But that’s not all: That same year, Harry was seen wearing the same “Save the drama for your mama” t-shirt that Aniston wore in season 10 of Friends.

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The visuals for Taylor Swift‘s “Lavender Haze” have arrived. 

At the stroke of midnight on Friday, Taylor dropped the music video for the track, which is the first song on her recent Midnights album. 

The video starts with the singer lying in bed with her partner before she sits up, lights a match, and the room fills with a haze of lavender clouds. It then cuts to Taylor in the living room as she crawls across the floor towards the television, which opens into a starry aquarium. Scenes of her swimming in a purple pool are intertwined. The video ends with Taylor and her partner enjoying a party with friends before disappearing into a cloud.  

The stunning “Lavender Haze” visuals come after Taylor teased it earlier in the day, sharing a short snippet along with the caption, “Meet me at midnight… …for the Lavender Haze music video premiere.”

After the midnight release, the pop singer hopped on Instagram to share a few snapshots from the video, which she wrote and directed.

“The Lavender Haze video is out now. There is lots of lavender. There is lots of haze,” she wrote. “There is my incredible costar @laith_ashley who I absolutely adored working with.”

Taylor continued, “This was the first video I wrote out of the 3 that have been released, and this one really helped me conceptualize the world and mood of Midnights, like a sultry sleepless 70’s fever dream. Hope you like it.”

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Tyler Hubbard‘s put out five albums as part of Florida Georgia Line, but now he steps into the spotlight by himself as his self-titled debut solo album arrives.

Among the mammoth record’s 18 tracks are his first solo #1, “5 Foot 9,” and his latest hit, “Dancin’ in the Country.” He wrote it with recent tour mate Keith Urban and a couple of A-list songwriters.

“Keith and Ross [Copperman] really kinda dove into the music side of things,” Tyler recalls. “And Keith was doing what he does with his guitar, and he picked up the bass. And he just kinda brought this song to life and inspired me and Jon [Nite], who were really kinda working on lyric.”

“It was a very collaborative effort,” he adds, “but they were definitely honing in on the music and just had a lot of fun.”

Ultimately, “Dancin'” was inspired by the fun Tyler often has with his three children.

“I just told the guys, I said, ‘I wanna write something that feels fun and makes you wanna dance, you know?'” he remembers. “And this was at a time where — we’re still doing this — where we have dance parties with my kids every night. So I wanted some more material for that, something that just made you feel good.”

There are no doubt more parties on the horizon for Tyler, who’ll turn 36 on Tuesday, January 31, the same day he’s scheduled to sing on ABC’s Good Morning America.

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Coi Leray‘s “Players” is seeing success on the Billboard Hot 100, and it was all recorded in one take. 

“When I went in there, we spent an hour and 20 minutes on that song,” she tells Billboard of the studio session. “I go in there and cut all my melodies. I gotta bring the writers into my world. We sat there for an hour and 20 and came up with a singy hook and we came up with not that. I was pissed — like, I hate wasting time.”

She continued, “I said, ‘This not sounding right. It’s too generic. Let me go in there and try something else and do some straight rap s***.’ … I hop on the mic and it just flowed: ‘Girls is players too.'”

Coi credits the swag heard throughout the track to the time she spent with Diddy and his crew. “I been hanging with Diddy and we been partying,” she said. “I got fresh from the parties and vacations with them, and I’m back in the studio and it just flowed.”

“Players,” released back in November, dropped following the release of her star-studded debut album, Trendsetter, in April. As she works on her next project, Coi says she’s been in the studio alone, noting this year is all about her being “selfish.”

“I’ve been in the studio locked in by myself. I feel like, at the time, I had so many features because I was so on the move. I was up-and-coming … I’m more just focused on myself,” she said.

“I feel because I made it about everyone else these past couple years, this is the year I said I’m being selfish,” Coi continued, adding that she does have a desire to “collab with so much more artists.”

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Papa Roach, Motionless in White and the reunited Flyleaf have joined the lineup for the 2023 Bamboozle Festival, taking place May 5-7 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Previously announced artists on the bill include Limp Bizkit, Hollywood Undead, blackbear, Say Anything and Mayday Parade.

For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit BamboozleFestival.com.

Bamboozle 2023 marks the festival’s return after going on hiatus after its 2012 edition, which notably featured the final My Chemical Romance performance before their 2019 reunion.

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