Music

Shortly after making his grand return to social media after a four-month hiatus, Lil Nas X is already teasing his next music chapter.  

On TikTok, he shared snippets of several songs that on first listen seem to be more serious than the collection found on his debut album, Montero. 

A track titled “LEAN ON ME” was among some of the songs he teased, Lil Nas X pretended to play a synth keyboard while walking on a treadmill and spat the bars, “I’m doing real s***/ Some never worried about a bill s*** / That build a house on the hills s***/ The money’s gravy/ It’s coming crazy/ My sister just had another baby.” He also rapped, “Yesterday, yesterday, everyday/ I’m on this planet turning lemons into lemonade!”

LNX also asked fans to vote on two tracks, titled “late to the party (ft. youngboy)” and “down souf h*** ft. saucy santana,” and asked them “which one y’all want first?”  It appears the music he used to tease his new tracks was also a sped-up version of a future single.

When fans asked if this means a deluxe version of Montero is on the horizon, the Grammy winner declared, “nah new album close to finished.”

Lil Nas X released his debut studio album on September 17, which is up for Album of the Year and more at this year’s Grammy Awards.

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Chino Moreno‘s Deftones side project Crosses has released two new songs, “Protection” and “Initiation.”

The tracks mark the first original music from the duo, which also includes producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez, to follow their 2014 self-titled debut album.

Since then, Crosses has released a number of covers, including a 2021 rendition of the Q Lazzarus track “Goodbye Horses,” aka the Silence of the Lambs song.

You can listen to “Protection” and “Initiation” now via digital outlets.

Deftones, meanwhile, is preparing to hit the road in April in support of the band’s 2020 album, Ohms. It’ll be their first live run following longtime bassist Sergio Vega‘s departure from the group due to a contract dispute.

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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are proud parents to three young adult daughters, all of whom are busy launching their own impressive careers. Yet their oldest, 24-year-old Gracie, still finds time to make fun of her dad.

Gracie impeccably trolled Tim on social media Thursday, posting a side-by-side photo of herself next to Tim’s album cover for his 1994 studio project, Not a Moment Too Soon. “Like father, like son,” she jokingly captions the image.

In the photo, Tim’s 27 years old, just a few years older than Gracie is now. He’s rocking a black cowboy hat and billowing black shirt, holding his fingertips up to what appears to be a window shutter in front of him as he glances meaningfully back toward the camera.

In her version, Gracie’s adopting the same pose, and the same intense eye contact with the camera lens. But what really puts the comparison over the top is a fake mustache that Gracie drew on herself to look like Tim’s real cowboy mustache from the album cover.

These days, Tim has ditched the mustache, but the cowboy hat is here to say. In addition to his music career, the singer currently stars with Faith in the Yellowstone prequel 1883.

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Mariah Carey is the self-proclaimed “Queen of Christmas,” but now she has a new title: queen of accidental texts.

Mariah confused Shawn Mendes with her cousin and shared the embarrassing mistake to Twitter.  To be fair, she did say the two have similar names.

“My cousin Shawn M and I have this silly joke where we tell each other Happy Thanksgiving on St. Patrick’s Day,” Mariah explained.  “@ShawnMendes found out about it today. Sorry Shawn!!”

The text exchange begins with Mariah writing, “Happy Thanksgiving [maple leaf emoji]!!!!” and then quickly following up with, “Wrong Shawn.  Sorry.  Also, I do realize it is NOT Thanksgiving.  Haha.”  

Mendes wasn’t upset he received an accidental text from the legendary singer, and texted back a genial, “hahahaha that’s okay i figured it was an inside joke.”  He also included two red heart emojis in his response.  Mariah used a laugh reaction to respond to his reply.

The “Fantasy” singer wasn’t the only one cracking up over the mistake — her fans had a field day in the comments by creating reaction images and memes to the unexpected exchange.  One such reaction was an image of Mariah doubled over in laughter along with the caption, “laughs in 5 octaves.”

Others noted there could have been worse people to accidentally text while some wondered why Mariah would need Shawn Mendes’ number to begin with and, thus, sparked speculation that a potential collab is underway.

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GAYLE may only be 17, but she’s already learned some hard lessons about love and friendship — which have inspired the songs on her new EP a study of the human experience volume one. And while the language and themes of songs like “sleeping with my friends,” “ur just horny” and “e-z” are pretty raw, GAYLE says it’s just a Gen Z thing.

“[In the past], people never talked about their problems, even like, depression, anxiety and mental health, and just, like, the world around us,” GAYLE tells ABC Audio. “And so when Gen Z specifically gets fed up with it, we can say more shocking things just to get people to pay attention — which seems so, like, shocking and daring to people.”

She continues, “It’s like, ‘No, these things have been happening for years! We just have to say such jarring things…either to get people’s attention on it or to acknowledge it.”

GAYLE notes, “I think for me, the easiest way…to process all of my emotions…when I’m just growing up and trying to figure out my life is [to] just write about it, ’cause it’s all confusing and overwhelming.”

The “abcdefu” singer just kicked off a headlining tour in support of the EP, and describes her live show as “just a lot of fun.”

“I do a Joan Jett cover…’Bad Reputation,’ and it’s like my favorite thing ever to perform,” she says, noting that the show features her and her two band mates swapping instruments and “just d***ing around on stage.”

And as for that volume one EP title…is volume two imminent?

“There’s definitely talks and…plans for it,” she reports, adding, “My goal is just to kind of keep continuing the sound of GAYLE, and..right now, I’m trying to figure out what that is.”

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If you think Kourtney Kardashian isn’t “metal enough” to wear a Cannibal Corpse shirt, then Travis Barker thinks you’re pretty lame.

Last fall, the Blink-182 drummer and his reality star fiancée were photographed while Kardashian was wearing a shirt featuring the artwork from Cannibal Corpse’s 1990 debut album, Eaten Back to Life. Upon seeing the photo, the death metal band’s original vocalist, Chris Barnes, deemed Barker and Kardashian “posers.”

In an interview with Revolver, Barker now calls comments like Barnes’ “the lamest s*** ever.”

“Obviously my fiancée doesn’t listen to Cannibal Corpse, but I do,” Barker says. “I grew up loving them. For [someone] to mention that in a negative light — f***ing lame, you know?”

“She’s wearing it because she’s cold,” the drummer continues. “She’s not claiming she knows every song. But I do! I bought every album, and I learned how to play every album.”

Barker adds that he’s had similar experiences in the punk world.

“Everything with punk rock — ‘I’m more punk than you’ — just f*** all that,” he says. “Be stoked that people are into music. Music is beautiful! It changes people’s lives. It creates the best memories. Just celebrate it, you know?”

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Normani has unveiled her new single, “Fair” — and she’s showing a whole new side of herself.

“This song really captures me in one of my most vulnerable moments,” the singer says in a statement. “Sharing this record makes me uncomfortable because you have never really seen me in this light.”

She adds, “Definitely aware that you might feel like you don’t know much about me but that’s only because it’s what makes me feel protected. I am really forcing myself to let go here. This is huge for me and hopefully this piece of art resonates. Love is beautiful yet so soooo terrifying. I adore you guys to the moon and back.”

Normani, who co-wrote the emotional track, sings on the chorus, “Is it fair that you moved on, ‘cause I swear that I haven’t.”

In celebration of the song’s release, Normani debuted “Fair” live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday night.

“Fair” is the follow-up to “Wild Side,” Normani’s sexy and confident 2021 collab with Cardi B.

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