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With Spotify in the news, Rivers Cuomo is launching his own streaming service.

The Weezer frontman has announced Weezify, featuring over 3,000 of Cuomo’s own demos. In a tweet sharing the news, Cuomo writes, “Tired of Spotify? Come on over to Weezify.”

“I made this app myself,” Cuomo says. “It took me all of 2021 to make. I hope you enjoy it.”

Weezify is available for download now via the Apple App Store and Google Play.

You may recall back in 2020 when Cuomo uploaded around 2,000 demos online as part of a web programming class.

Spotify, meanwhile, has come under fire recently after musicians including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell have removed their music from the service in response to its continuing hosting of Joe Rogan‘s podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, which has been criticized for spreading misinformation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines.

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Over the weekend, Blake Shelton was performing in his home state of Oklahoma at the Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant when he spotted a six-year-old fan, Wyatt McKee, in the crowd holding up a sign that read, “Your smallest biggest fan from Lake Texoma, 6 yo waiting on a [heart] transplant!!”

Blake made Wyatt’s dream come true when he invited him onstage to sing his favorite song, “God’s Country.” Kneeling down to Wyatt’s level, Blake incorporates his signature sense of humor into the interaction, asking the young fan if he wants to sing the chorus or the verses. “Just whatever? You didn’t think this all the way through. That’s okay, I never do either,” Blake jokes. 

All kidding aside, the superstar wraps his arm around Wyatt, who was wearing a backpack that contains his medication, the six-year-old adorably sticking his hands in his pockets as he sings with Blake, who ends the performance by wrapping Wyatt in a hug. 

“This little buddy made my night. Thank you for singing ‘God’s Country’ with me Wyatt!” Blake praises alongside the video of the special moment. 

Wyatt’s mother, Harley McKee, shared with Music Mayhem that her son was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome wherein part of his heart did not grow properly. After two surgeries by the time he was six months old, Wyatt has been placed on a transplant list and is waiting for a match.

“He was just walking on cloud 9 like he was the coolest kid there!” Harley says about her son’s reaction to performing with the superstar.

“God’s Country” is featured on Blake’s 2019 album, Fully Loaded: God’s Country. It became his 26th #1 single that same year.  

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Jermaine Dupri dated Janet Jackson from 2002-2009, and in the Janet Jackson documentary that aired over the weekend on A&E, the So So Def records founder admitted that he cheated on the five-time Grammy winner.

“One of the weird things about dating Janet is that dating Janet attracts other women,” Dupri said. “Girls wanted to talk to me more because I was dating her, which was really weird…and uhh, just you know…I was a man,” Dupri revealed before letting out a boisterous laugh.

In the documentary, Jackson said that during their relationship, JD failed to spend enough time with her.

“He was a workaholic and he was constantly working. I would not see him for like three weeks, a month,” the “That’s The Way Love Goes” singer commented. “As soon as he would come in, he would go to the club. And it’s like carve out just a little time for me…, and it was hard for him to do. His girlfriend was his work.”

Dupri, who composed and produced hits for Mariah Carey, Usher, and many more, worked as a producer on two of Janet’s solo albums: 20 Y.O. in 2006, and Discipline in 2008.

As Dupri’s comments were heard in the documentary, several fans ripped him on Twitter.

“Jermaine Dupri had Janet Jackson wanting to marry his lil Smurf self and was willing to give him multiple babies and he blew it by cheating on her?!,” one fan tweeted.

Another person wrote, “Jermaine Dupri had JANET. JACKSON…and STILL cheated. BECAUSE he was with Janet. STOP GIVING THESE SMEDIUM UGLIES CHANCES”

A third fan could not believe that Jermaine left Janet to go to a nightclub.

“You had the baddest and folded for a groupie in the club???

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Wolf Alice and beabadoobee are among the openers on Halsey‘s just-announced Love and Power U.S. tour.

The “Moaning Lisa Smile” rockers will provide support for a one-off Los Angeles date on June 21, while the “Care” artist will be on the bill for the full first leg of the tour, running from May 17 in West Palm Beach, Florida, to June 8 in Columbia, Maryland.

Tickets to the Love and Power tour go on sale this Friday, February 4, via LoveandPower.com. The tour takes its name from Halsey’s 2021 album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power, which was produced by Nine Inch Nails duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

By the way, both Wolf Alice and beabadoobee are also opening for select dates on the upcoming Bleachers North American tour. Wolf Alice’s schedule includes European dates supporting Harry Styles, as well.

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What wouldn’t Doja Cat do for her precious kitty?  To answer that burning question, the Grammy nominee takes fans on a ride through space with her brand new music video for “Get Into It (Yuh).”

The video centers on Doja, the captain of a sexually charged spaceship, who learns that her beloved pet has been kidnapped. She and her scantily-clad team try bargaining with the ugly space aliens, but it appears they only want one thing — a trade. They will only surrender the cat if Doja takes its place.

The “Kiss Me More” singer comes up with a ruse and suits up in an orange jumpsuit before jumping into the portal leading to the enemy’s ship.  She is escorted by a team of spear-wielding men — which she playfully uses as a metaphor for something else.

The big bad, who is menacingly stroking Doja’s cat, thinks the singer has fallen into his trap and orders his lackeys to start shooting.  But they are incapacitated by Doja’s twerking soldiers.  Meanwhile, the singer deflects their lasers using her bikini-like armor and some well-timed pelvic thrusts and kicks.

With no one left to protect the big bad, Doja is able to rescue her cat — but only after she knocks the villain out with a well-deserved fist.

“Get Into It (Yuh)” is the latest single off Doja’s Grammy-nominated Planet Her album after blowing up on TikTok.  The single pays tribute to Nicki Minaj, but despite being name dropped in the catchy song, the rapper does not cameo in the music short.

Nicki mentioned in September that she was asked to feature on the song, but declined because she felt she “couldn’t bring anything to it.”  The two have yet to collab.

(Note Language: Video contains uncensored profanity)

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When Walker Hayes took the stage at Arrowhead Stadium for the halftime show yesterday, things didn’t exactly go according to plan — but he’s finding the humor in the situation.  

The country star served as the headline performer at the Cincinnati Bengals versus Kansas City Chiefs game in St. Louis on Sunday. But things went a bit awry during his set, as the volume was on full blast as CBS Sports announcers James Brown, Bill Cowher, Boomer Esiason, Nate Burleson and Phil Simms were attempting to discuss the game. 

In a video shared by Walker, the singer can be heard performing his latest hit “AA” live while the team of announcers try their best to talk over the loud music and provide commentary from the field.

“@CBSSports thanks for having me,” Walker captions the clip with several crying laughing emojis.  

The Bengals claimed victory, solidifying their spot in the Super Bowl against the Los Angeles Rams on February 13.  

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Slash will be pulling double duty on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week.

The Guns N’ Roses icon and his solo band, Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators, are set to perform on the ABC talk show this Wednesday, February 2. Additionally, Slash is listed separately as one of the episode’s guests to be interviewed by host Jimmy Kimmel.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC.

Slash and the Conspirators are scheduled to drop a new album called 4, featuring the single “The River Is Rising,” on February 11. The group will launch a U.S. tour in support of the record February 8 in Portland.

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Great news for those wishing Lady Gaga returns to Sin City for a residency — the singer has unveiled a cluster of new intimate performances.

According to the official press release, the Grammy winner will host a nine-day residency in Vegas’ Dolby Live at Park MGM this spring.  Performances for Gaga’s Jazz & Piano Las Vegas Residency are set to begin on Thursday, April 14.  

Gaga will give jazz lovers something to talk about with her latest residency, with the release touting she will  “celebrate her love of the Great American Songbook” during her spring concert series.  In addition, she will also salute Tony Bennett by performing songs heard on their collaborative album, Love For Sale.

“Lady Gaga Jazz & Piano.  Returning to Las Vegas this Spring at @ParkMGM’s Dolby Live!” she tweeted out on Monday. 

While tickets for the general public go on sale starting Friday, February 4, at 10 a.m. PT, Lady Gaga is giving her Little Monsters a head start.  Those belonging to her fan community will be able to access an exclusive pre-sale starting Tuesday, February 1, at 10 a.m. PT, by signing into vegas.ladygaga.com to receive a special sign up code by email.

Lady Gaga previously took over Vegas in 2018 for her Enigma concert series.  She later returned to Sin City in January 2019 to start her successful Jazz & Piano residency, which returned in October 2021 after going on hiatus amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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LCD Soundsystem is set to perform on Saturday Night Live next month.

James Murphy and company will take the stage on the long-running NBC sketch series February 26. Comedian John Mulaney will host.

The episode will mark LCD’s second SNL performance, following their debut in 2017. 

LCD may have been manifesting their SNL return with their Holiday Special last year, featuring an original sitcom based on the band called All My Friends.

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