Fresh off the release of her new album, Traumazine, Megan Thee Stallion has dropped the music video for her new house-inspired single, “Her.”
The black-and-white visual, directed by Colin Tilley, captures the rapper performing choreography with a group of dancers in matching outfits — when she’s not posing alongside replicas of herself.
“Her” is the fourth single off Traumazine following hits “Plan B,” “Pressurelicious” featuring Future and “Sweetest Pie” with Dua Lipa. Meg debuted the track Friday during her appearance on GMA‘s Summer Concert series.
As for the album itself, it’s projected to earn between 40,000 to 50,000 units in its first week, with a possible #2 debut on the Billboard 200.
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A suspect in XXXTentacion‘s tragic death has accepted a plea deal that could reduce his life sentence. According to Local 10 News, Robert Allen — who was previously charged with first-degree murder and robbery with a deadly firearm — pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder and robbery with a firearm.
XXXTentacion, born Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, was fatally shot on June 18, 2018, shortly after leaving the RIVA Motorsports in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Prosecutors say he was killed by attackers who sought the $50,000 he’d just withdrawn from the bank.
Allen is one of four suspects arrested in connection to the rapper’s murder. Per the terms of his plea deal, he will testify against the other three individuals — Michael Boatwright, Dedrick Williams and Trayvon Newsome.
“Mr. Allen’s role in this, it was much less than the other three,” his attorney, Jim Lewis, said. “More of an accessory after the fact than really part of the planning. Certainly, he never got out of the car, never had a gun, never shot anybody.”
Allen’s sentencing is scheduled to take place February 23.
Carrie Underwood is capturing the energy of game day in the new season of Sunday Night Football.
For the 10th consecutive year, the country superstar will perform the opening number of SNF, this time with an updated version of the longtime theme song, “Waiting All Day For Sunday Night,” which was filmed at The Resorts World in Las Vegas where Carrie hosts her residency, Reflection.
New this year, each episode of SNF will feature footage from various games, capturing activities before kickoff, including fans tailgating in the parking lot, to the players arriving at the venue, along with shots of the host cities.
“Performing the show open for Sunday Night Football for 10 years has been such a joy and privilege for me. It’s always a fun day when we shoot the new open — our amazing creative team somehow manages to top themselves year after year,” Carrie says in a statement.
The new season of SNF begins on September 11 when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face off against the Dallas Cowboys. It airs on NBC and will be available to stream on Peacock.
If you’re a Snoop Dogg fan who loves breakfast cereal, his newest product may be for you. The rapper is coming out with what looks like his take on Kellogg’s Froot Loops, and he’s decided to call it Snoop Loopz.
Set to be released under Snoop’s Broadus Food business, the rapper’s brand is a gluten-free multigrain cereal that has “more corn, more flavor and more marshmallows” than Froot Loops. Both Snoop and Master P, who previously dropped his own cereal, tease it’s “the best tasting cereal in the game.”
Snoop Loopz is the latest venture in the Broadus Food business, which already sells other breakfast foods like Mama Snoop’s cereal, oatmeal, grits, pancake mix and syrup.
Taylor Swift is being honored as the Songwriter-Artist of the Decade at this year’s Nashville Songwriter Awards.
The country-turned-pop superstar is being awarded for the consistent success of “Nashville-associated songs” that appeared on a variety of Billboard charts — including Country Airplay and Pop Songs — between 2010 and 2019. The Songwriter-Artist award requires that the songwriter is also the artist who recorded the songs.
While Taylor’s been working in pop for years now, some of her songs still appear on the country charts, such as “Betty,” “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” and “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version).” Her rerecorded albums Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version) have also recently topped the country album charts.
Taylor will officially receive her award at Nashville’s iconic Ryman Auditorium on September 20.
In a statement, Taylor’s pal Keith Urban says of Taylor’s songwriting skills, “A good songwriter can have you see the flowers in a song. A great songwriter can have you see and feel them. But, a truly gifted songwriter’s songwriter will have you see, feel and smell those roses in the window. That’s Taylor.”
He adds that Taylor is “constantly mining, digging, untethered, uncovering new forms of artistic expression and going at it in such a way that I’m not sure if she’s fearless, or just able to compartmentalize fear. What’s the difference anyway?”
Papa Roach‘s “Last Resort” has popped up in a couple unexpected places over the years, but getting covered by Silk Sonic may take the cake.
The “Leave the Door Open” duo, made up of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, debuted a rendition of the 2000 nu metal staple during a surprise club appearance amid their ongoing Las Vegas residency.
You can check out fan-shot footage of the performance posted by Twitter user @hannahsonic14.
Papa Roach, meanwhile, released a new album, Ego Trip, in April. Last year, they teamed up with TikTok musician Jeris Johnson for a new version of “Last Resort” dubbed “Last Resort (Reloaded).”
Jeff Beck recently lined up six concerts in the southern U.S. that will feature him supporting ZZ Top, and now the British guitar legend has announced a full North American headlining tour that will immediately follow those dates.
The newly added shows run from an October 1 concert in Atlanta through a November 12 performance in Reno, Nevada. The outing features over 20 dates and includes a pair of two-night engagements — October 7-8 in Port Chester, New York, and October 14-15 in Huntington, New York.
Tickets for the concerts go on sale to the general public this Friday, August 19, while presale tickets will be available starting Tuesday, August 16, at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.com (password: beck18).
Beck’s upcoming shows are in support of his new collaborative album with actor/rocker Johnny Depp, 18, which was released last month on CD and digital formats. A 180-gram black-vinyl version of the album will follow on September 30.
The 13-track collection features two Depp originals alongside an eclectic selection of covers, including songs by The Beach Boys, late Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, The Velvet Underground and The Everly Brothers.
“We were going to call the album ‘Kitchen Sink’ because we threw everything in it,” Beck explains about 18. “The only game plan we had was to play songs we like and see where they took us.”
Jeff will be accompanied on tour by bassist Rhonda Smith, drummer Anika Nilles and keyboardist Robert Stevenson.
Beck’s series of six dates opening for ZZ Top runs from a September 23 show in Del Valle, Texas, through a September 30 concert in Orange Beach, Alabama. Heart‘s Ann Wilson will be performing at the first three dates.
Måneskin is performing at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.
The Italian rockers will make their debut on the VMA stage with a rendition of their current single, “Supermodel.”
In addition to performing, Måneskin is a two-time VMA nominee this year. They’re up for Best New Artist and Best Alternative for “I Wanna Be Your Slave.”
The 2022 MTV VMAs take place August 28. As previously reported, Panic! at the Disco is also among the performers. Other artists on the lineup include Lizzo, Jack Harlow, BLACKPINK, Anitta, Marshmello, Khalid, J Balvin and Kane Brown, as well as Video Vanguard honoree Nicki Minaj.
Taylor Swift is being honored as the Songwriter-Artist of the Decade at the Nashville Songwriter Awards.
The country-turned-pop superstar is being awarded for her consistent songwriting success between 2010 and 2019 for Nashville-associated songs that appeared on a variety of Billboard charts, including Country Airplay and Pop Songs. The Songwriter-Artist award requires that the songwriter is also the artist who recorded the songs.
“She’s constantly mining, digging, untethered, uncovering new forms of artistic expression and going at it in such a way that I’m not sure if she’s fearless, or just able to compartmentalize fear,” Keith Urbanshares in a statement. “Answering your calling is not for the faint of heart, but when you do you forge new frontiers and inspire others to do the same. Congrats Taylor. Lead on!”
The “Love Story” singer follows in the footsteps of previous recipients Toby Keith and Vince Gill.
Additionally, Ashley Gorley has been named the Songwriter of the Decade for writing 62 #1 hits, including “Marry Me” by Thomas Rhett and Jon Pardi‘s “Dirt on My Boots.”
Luke Combs, Jordan Davis and Parmalee have been added to the list of performers who will pay tribute to their favorite songwriters, alongside previously announced performers Thomas, Walker Hayes, Hardy and more. Garth Brooks has also been tapped to receive the Kris KristoffersonLifetime Achievement Award.
The fifth annual event will be hosted at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on September 20.
In addition to reuniting on the stage, Porno for Pyros looks to be reuniting in the studio.
In a Facebook post, guitarist Peter DiStefano reveals that the Perry Farrell-led outfit is “writing and recording new music.” The post is accompanied by a photo of DiStefano and Farrell together.
The update follows a post DiStefano made in 2021, in which he wrote that he and Pyros drummer Stephen Perkins, who also plays in Jane’s Addiction with Farrell, were “Working on new Porno For Pyros songs.”
Porno for Pyros released their most recent album, Good God’s Urge, in 1996, two years before breaking up in 1998. The group got back together for their first full, public concert in 26 years during May’s Welcome to Rockville festival, and have played several one-off headlining and festival sets since, including at Farrell’s Lollapalooza.
