Saint Asonia has announced a new EP called Extrovert.
The six-track collection — which features ex-Three Days Grace frontman Adam Gontier and Staind guitarist Mike Mushok — is the band’s second EP of 2022 following July’s Introvert.
The first single off Extrovert is called “Wolf” and is available now via digital outlets.
Extrovert will be released on November 18. A physical album bundling Extrovert and Introvert will be available December 9.
Saint Asonia’s most recent album is 2019’s Flawed Design.
Here’s the Extrovert track list:
“Devastate”
“Break the Mold”
“Over It”
“Wolf”
“Better Now”
“Chasing the Light”
Not only was the singer nominated in the Country Artist category, but he also earned three all-genre nods. He’s up for Male Artist of 2022 alongside acts like Bad Bunny and Harry Styles, plus his Middle of Somewhere Tour earned him a nomination for Concert Tour of 2022 — a category in which he’s going head-to-head against Billie Eilish, Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga among others.
Luke’s also in the running for Album of 2022, thanks to his newest project, Growin’ Up. Competition in that category is fierce, too: Other nominees include Beyoncé’s Renaissance, Lizzo’s Special and Taylor Swift’s just-released Midnights.
As a contender in the Country Artist field, Luke is one of eight A-List nominees. The other artists in the category are Carrie Underwood, Maren Morris, Miranda Lambert, Morgan Wallen, Thomas Rhett, Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini.
The 2022 People’s Choice Awards will take place December 6 at 9 p.m. ET. It’s airing on NBC and E!, and actor Kenan Thompson will host the show.
Taylor Swift just released the music video for “Anti-Hero,” but one controversial scene has been edited out after sparking backlash from fans.
The scene in question saw Taylor standing on a scale and, instead of reading her weight, it simply told her she was “fat” in all capital letters. As of Thursday morning, that scene has been edited out on YouTube and replaced with a clip of Taylor standing on the scale and looking at what it says before turning her head toward her disapproving doppelgänger.
Apple Music similarly updated the music video to reflect the new changes. It’s believed the controversial scene was removed because fans deemed it fatphobic.
The issue fans had with that particular scene was that they felt Taylor was insinuating being fat was a negative trait. Fans argued that Taylor was expressing a fear of weight gain by equating it to failure.
Meanwhile, other fans pointed out Taylor struggled with an eating disorder and was lampooned for gaining weight during her Reputation era. They argued the scene represented her unhealthy thoughts about her body.
To recap, when announcing the track’s title earlier this month, Taylor had posted a video on Instagram, calling “Anti-Hero” one of her favorite songs she’s ever written.
The song is about “delving into [her] insecurities,” of which she said, “This song really is a real guided tour throughout all of the things I tend to hate about myself. We all hate things about ourselves. It’s all of those aspects of the things we dislike and like about ourselves that we have to come to terms with if we’re going to be this person.”
Taylor nor her team have publicly addressed the alterations.
George Strait and Chris Stapleton announced a six-date string of stadium shows for 2023 earlier this week — but it turns out, they’re going to make it seven.
The two acts are adding a second date at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, due to fan demand. The new date will be on Friday, July 28, one day before the originally scheduled July 29 show. Little Big Town will open the show, along with all the other 2023 stadium dates that George and Chris have previously announced.
The King of Country’s last official tour took place in 2012, and since then, he’s performed occasional one-off shows and headlined a Las Vegas residency. But when he made the initial announcement for his new dates earlier this week, he told Billboard that teaming up with Chris and Little Big Town just felt like a natural fit for 2023.
“It just felt right. I had the opportunity to work with Chris and Little Big Town and everything just kind of fell in place for next year,” George explained. “I don’t do that many shows anymore, so if we can do a stadium where we can play for more people, that works for me.”
Tickets to all dates go on sale Friday, November 4 at 10 am local time.
Megan Thee Stallion is celebrating Christmas with a special Apple Music Live performance in Los Angeles.
The three-time Grammy winner’s concert at The Dolby Theatre will be available to stream to Apple Music subscribers in over 165 countries on Wednesday, December 21 at 7 p.m. PST.
“I can’t wait to hit the stage and perform for my Hotties in LA,” the Houston rapper said in a statement. “I’m truly thankful for the entire Apple Music team for their constant support over the years – they’ve uplifted and championed my music since the beginning of my career. It’s only right that we take it to the next level, put on a special performance for the Hotties and celebrate together.”
This will be the final Apple Music Live show of the year. Previous performers included Mary J. Blige and Lil Durk. Los Angeles-based fans can register for tickets on the Apple Music website.
This week, Megan was nominated for two People’s Choice Awards: Female Artist of 2022 and Collaboration Song of 2022 for “Sweetie Pie” with Dua Lipa. She is also up for Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist at the American Music Awards.
Harry Styles‘ chaotic new music video takes a page from Katy Perry‘s “Bon Appétit” and The Little Mermaid. In it, he is a fish out of water — literally — and everyone wants to eat him.
Harry released the visual for “Music For a Sushi Restaurant” on Thursday, which depicts him as a half-squid and thickly-bearded merman that was washed ashore and into the clutches of three men who catch and serve seafood for a living.
The humans drag him back to their kitchen and pose for a trophy photo with Harry before tossing him onto a metal table. The singer watches in horror as his captors begin preparing various sea creatures for consumption — knowing full well that he’s next.
Harry escapes his fate by using his siren song to turn the men into his slaves. The three fall into a trance and begin happily tending to all of Harry’s needs — from massaging his tentacles to feeding him whole fish.
Harry is then revealed to be a huge diva, but his reign of terror is short lived. After turning the fishery into a music venue, he loses his singing voice and his hold over the three men.
He is then dragged back into the kitchen and cut up into little bits to be served at the newly rebranded sushi bar.
“Music For a Sushi” restaurant is the latest single off the Harry’s House album to get the music video treatment following “As It Was” and “Late Night Talking.”
“I’m a Mess” follows Lavigne’s album Love Sux, which dropped in February. It includes collaborations with Machine Gun Kelly, Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus and blackbear.
Yungblud, meanwhile, just dropped his new, self-titled album in September.
The MTV EMA Awards are fast approaching, and artists like Ava Max and Lewis Capaldi have been tapped as this year’s performers.
This year’s ceremony, which will be hosted by Taika Waititi and Rita Ora, kicks off on Sunday, November 13.
Ava has been nominated for Best Collaboration for teaming with DJ Tiësto on “The Motto.” In 2019, she was the ceremony’s winner for Best Push Artist.
As for Lewis, this year will mark his debut at the EMAs despite breaking onto the music scene three years ago with “Someone You Loved.” Unfortunately, he has not been nominated in a category this year.
Other acts mentioned in the first round of performing artists include “Meant to Be” singer Bebe Rexha and “Titanium” DJ David Guetta. The night will also welcome Gorillaz and Muse onto the stage.
Fans are now tasked to vote for who they think deserves to be this year’s winners on the official MTV EMAs website. Find out who wins when the ceremony airs November 13 on Pluto TV. Fans can also watch it the following day on the Paramount+ streaming service.
Megadeth and Parkway Drive will join Slipknot Down Under next year for the inaugural Knotfest Australia.
The festival lineup also includes Trivium, In Flames, Knocked Loose, Spiritbox, Story of the Year and Bad Omens.
Knotfest Australia will take place March 24-26. It’s the latest international edition of Slipknot’s namesake festival, which has previously expanded to Japan, Germany, Mexico, Finland, Colombia, Chile and Brazil.
Slipknot recently wrapped their fall Knotfest Roadshow U.S. tour earlier this month. The band released a new album, The End, So Far, in September.
The MTV EMA awards are fast approaching, and artists like Bebe Rexha, Ava Max and Lewis Capaldi have been tapped as this year’s performers.
The ceremony, which will be hosted by Taika Waititi and Rita Ora, kicks off on Sunday, November 13.
Bebe heads into the award show with a nod for Best Collaboration for her “I’m Good (Blue)” duet with DJ David Guetta, who will also take the stage as a performer this year.
As for Ava, she’s been nominated for Best Collaboration for teaming with DJ Tiësto on “The Motto.” In 2019, she was the ceremony’s winner for Best Push Artist.
Lewis will mark his debut at the EMAs this year despite breaking onto the music scene in 2019 with “Someone You Loved.” Unfortunately, he has not been nominated in any category this year.
Other acts mentioned in the first round of performing artists include Gorillaz and Muse.
Fans are now tasked to vote for who they think deserves to be this year’s winners on the official MTV EMAs website. Find out who wins when the ceremony airs November 13 on Pluto TV. Fans can also watch it the following day on the Paramount+ streaming service.
