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Music notes: Lil Nas X, Ellie Goulding, BTS, Taylor Swift, Avicii and Christina Aguilera

November 19, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Lil Nas X says he got his first tattoo, sharing some photos of the ink job to Instagram. The tattoo, which is a stylized version of the Aries astrological sign, was inked onto his right wrist.

Ellie Goulding stars in the Audible original podcast Crush Hour: A Musical. She stars as a woman named Ash who bumps into an attractive man on the train. She later thinks the handsome stranger wrote about her in the newspaper in hopes of finding her again.

BTS‘ Jin is enjoying a big feat — his Coldplay collab “The Astronaut” has sold over 1 million copies in South Korea in just 16 days. NME reports that’s the fastest-selling single from a solo artist in his native country.

Taylor Swift is not only shaking things up in the American charts, she’s also leading a chart double on Australia’s ARIA charts. Billboard reports her Midnights album and song “Anti-Hero” are leading their respective charts.

Avicii‘s 2015 “Waiting for Love” music video has surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube. It is the late DJ’s second song to reach that milestone, following his 2013 smash hit “Wake Me Up.”

Christina Aguilera performed “Cuando Me Dé la Gana” alongside Christian Nodal at the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards. Entertainment Tonight reports the singer donned a black sequined jumpsuit to belt out the Ranchera-style hit. Christina went into the ceremony with seven nominations and won Best Pop Vocal Album for Aguilera.

New animated video for Michael Jackson’s ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin” dropping Monday

November 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Sony is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s iconic Thriller album, and in honor of the occasion they are dropping a new animated lyric video for the hit track “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin'” on Monday.

The Thriller 40th anniversary celebration includes the just-released Thriller 40 double CD set, which features both the original album and a second disc with never-before-released tracks. The album is also available on vinyl at Walmart and Target, with Walmart’s version featuring an alternative cover, while Target’s comes with a 40 slipmat.

In addition, 4K versions of the album’s short films for “Beat It” and “Thriller” are now available.

Michael Jackson’s Thriller has sold over 100 million copies since its November 30, 1982, release. It went on to win eight Grammys and spent more than 500 weeks on the Billboard album chart.

Chance The Rapper announces Black Star Line Festival featuring Erykah Badu, T-Pain, Jeremih and more

November 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Chance The Rapper‘s kicking off 2023 with the inaugural Black Star Line Festival, and he’s announced some of the artists who will join him for the festivities.

A promotional ad shared on his social media pages reveals a January 6 lineup featuring Erykah Badu, T-Pain, Vic Mensa, Jeremih, Tobe Nwigwe, Sarkodie, M.anifest and Asakaa Boys. Some “special guests” are also said to be hitting the stage.

Tickets to the festival, which is taking place in Ghana, will go on sale on Monday, according to Chance’s post.

Until then, fans can occupy their time listening to Chance’s new single, “YAH Know,” featuring King Promise. He bridges the gap between the U.S. and Africa in the accompanying video, which features Chicago footwork dancers and Accra’s Black Star Square, where the festival will be held.

Bryson Tiller and Jack Harlow had planned to record a joint album

November 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Bryson Tiller and Jack Harlow are supportive of each others’ careers, so much so they had planned to team up for a collaborative album. The project never came to fruition, however, because Tiller wasn’t in the right state of mind.

In an interview with Bootleg Kev, the singer explained, “We planned on doing it a little while ago, but he caught me in the middle of depression so I just wasn’t in that mental space to even do that.” He continued, “I ended up not going to Atlanta like we originally planned.”

Bryson and Jack are both natives of Louisville, Kentucky. Before his rise to fame, a teenage Jack DM’d the “Gotta Move On” singer about the influence he had on Jack’s then-budding career.

“I’m a massive fan dude and study your every move,” the rapper told Tiller in a DM he shared earlier this year. “I just turned 17 and I’m very confident in my craft and trajectory of my career.”

Tiller replied, “Thanks man I appreciate it,” along with an encouraging message: “keep working. anything is possible.”

Fast-forward to today: the two have collaborations “Thru the Night” and “Luv Is Dro” under their belts.

Jack’s a Grammy-nominated star, who’s now up for three awards at the 2023 Grammys; Bryson is preparing to release his new album next year.

“I’m just so excited to give people experiences, something that they can attach to a memory that they have going on in life,” he said of the forthcoming project, per Rap-Up.com. “That’s kinda what I really care about right now.”

Bruce Springsteen gives update on second covers album, confirms ‘Tracks 2’

November 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Bruce Springsteen just released his soul covers record Only The Strong Survive, which is billed as volume 1, so of course fans are wondering when they’ll get to hear volume 2. And it sounds like it’s not too far off.

“Volume 2, I would say, is probably three-quarters recorded,” The Boss tells Rolling Stone, explaining the genre he’ll focus on is “very similar” to the first album. “I continued working in soul music because I was just having so much fun,” he says. “But I thought of doing a series of these records in a variety of different genres with songs that I love.”

Bruce shares that he’s currently not writing anything new, noting, “I might not write in a while,” which is “very normal for me.” But with these cover albums, fans “don’t have to sit around and wait four years for me to make another record.”

Bruce says he’s also interested in tackling covers of country and rock songs: “There’s just so many different things, and all focused around my voice … I’d really like to use this time when I’m not writing to really focus on my vocals.”

And this may not be the only music Bruce is going to release. He seemed to confirm the rumors of a Tracks 2 box set, saying he has “five unreleased albums that are basically post-1988” that he’ll eventually release. While he says some fans felt the ‘90s “wasn’t a great decade” for him, the Tracks set will “give people a chance to reassess what I was doing during that time period,” noting, “I can’t wait to see the response to some of it.”

Ringo Starr drops video for ‘Everyone and Everything’

November 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Ringo Star has dropped a new video for the Linda Perry-penned track “Everyone and Everything,” from his recent release EP3, which just came out on 10-inch vinyl and blue cassette. The colorful clip was directed by pop artist and owner of Los Angeles’ La-La Land Gallery, Kii Arens, who previously directed the video for Glen Campbell’s 2011 track “Ghost on the Canvas.”

“I had so much fun making this record, and I love that the vinyl and this video for it are coming out as we head into Thanksgiving,” Ringo shares. “As I’ve said before, every song on this EP relates to Peace and Love. And this track that Linda wrote for me has such a beautiful message, reminding us to be thankful, to be giving, to be more peace and loving.”

The video features clips of Ringo playing drums on the beach, cut with images of him walking in front of colorful backgrounds, as well as photos from the early days of his life and career.

“I feel we really captured the positive energy of the song in this video, it was so great working with Kii and I loved filming on the beach,” he says. “I hope this brings everyone joy, peace and love as we start heading into the holidays.”

The Doors release last known unreleased tune ‘Paris Blues’

November 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Fans of The Doors are finally getting to hear what’s being called their last known unreleased tune. The track, “Paris Blues,” has been released digitally for the very first time.

The track is part of The Doors’ contribution to Record Store Day Black Friday on November 25. That release, available at independent record stores, will be a limited-edition compilation of rare blues recordings, coming out on translucent blue vinyl. Only 10,000 numbered copies will be available, complete with an original painting by guitarist Robby Krieger.

Although it isn’t clear when “Paris Blues” was recorded, it is believed to be a product of The Doors’ sessions for either 1969’s The Soft Parade or 1971’s L.A. Woman. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek had the only copy of the song, although it was damaged by his son, Pablo, who, as a toddler, recorded over parts of it. It has now been reconstructed, with use of “creative editing.”

Evanescence’s Amy Lee teases “idea” to mark 20th anniversary of ‘Fallen’

November 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Evanescence‘s debut album, Fallen, will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year, and frontwoman Amy Lee has an “idea” on how to mark the occasion.

“It’s gonna take a little bit of work,” Lee tells Rock Sound. “It probably won’t be what everybody expects.”

Lee implies that she wants to do something different from the usual “play an album front-to-back” show or tour that many bands do for milestone anniversaries.

“We’ve been playing so many shows, I would rather do something that, to me, like, I don’t know, I don’t wanna give it away, in case it doesn’t work out,” Lee shares.

“Maybe I’ll do nothing!” she laughs. “Expect nothing, and then if I do something, you’ll be really, really grateful.”

Fallen was released in March 2003 and spawned the hit “Bring Me to Life.” The album’s been certified seven-times Platinum by the RIAA, and it helped Evanescence win Best New Artist at the 2004 Grammys.

Vance Joy once walked out of a songwriting session with One Direction

November 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

“Riptide” singer Vance Joy revealed that he could have written a song with One Direction — had he not walked out of it.

Speaking to Australia’s NOVA radio, the singer recalled the “funny story” where he hung out with Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne by pure accident. Vance said he had set off for a songwriting camp in Calabasas, California, and was told the people who would be there “work with One Direction.”

“I rocked up to a songwriting session… And I soon realized that they just must have misplaced the schedule or something and they didn’t know I was coming,” the Australian singer recalled.

“It was a songwriting day for One Direction,” he realized, which meant he unintentionally crashed Louis and Liam’s session. “I was the spare part. I was the absolute spare part, no one knew I was gonna be there.”

The situation “was so awkward,” he said, especially since “none of my ideas were going through,” so he bailed. “I was like, ‘Alright, my Uber is coming, guys,'” the singer laughed.

As for why things went south, Vance explained, “They didn’t expect me and they kind of had their idea of [what] One Direction songs are going down.” On the plus side, Vance said Louis and Liam were both “super nice.”

Carly Simon drops ‘We Have No Secrets’ from upcoming ‘Live At Grand Central’ album

November 18, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Newly-inducted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Carly Simon is set to release her surprise 1995 concert, Live at Grand Central, on audio and Blu-ray for the first time, and she’s just given fans their first taste of what to expect.

She’s just dropped a new version of “We Have No Secrets,” which will appear on the release, set to drop January 27 on Blu-ray, CD, vinyl and digital streaming platforms. There will also be a limited number of colored vinyl copies.

Live at Grand Central was a surprise performance Carly and her band put on in the middle of the main terminal of New York’s Grand Central Station; it was her first concert in 14 years. It previously aired as a Lifetime television special and was later released on VHS.

Live at Grand Central features 15 tracks, including such Simon classics as “Anticipation,” “Haven’t Got Time For The Pain,” “The Right Thing To Do,” “Coming Around Again,” “Let The River Run” and more.

“We Have No Secrets” appears on Carly’s 1972 album No Secrets, which is celebrating its 50 anniversary this year.

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