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Justin Bieber releases first look of his new collaboration with Vespa

April 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Justin Bieber released the first images of his new partnership with the Italian scooter company Vespa.

The Robb Report obtained the first-look photos of the luxury all-white scooter Justin designed for Vespa. Dubbed Justin Bieber x Vespa, it comes with a a multifunctional display that’s smartphone compatible, as well as a white leather seat, white-rimmed wheels and light gray flames painted on its chassis. You also get matching white gloves, helmet and a bag that all bear the same flames.

Justin says of his new creation in a statement, “The first time I rode a Vespa was somewhere in Europe, probably either London or Paris… I just remember seeing a Vespa and being like ‘I want to ride one of those.'”

If you’re hoping to get your hands on the Justin Bieber x Vespa, you can pre-order it now on Vespa’s website through April 20. The models will only be produced until the end of the year and retail between $4,999 and $6,549, depending on horsepower.

When it was announced last year, the Vespa partnership was hailed as “one of the most unexpected and exciting collaborations of 2022” that will celebrate “style and design.”

Justin said at the time, “My fans know how much I love sports: skateboarding, hockey, basketball, BMX. I’ve always been drawn to that mix of style, grace and speed. I’m excited to put my spin on the iconic Italian design of Vespa.”

Mariah Carey slips into a gown and into her hot tub to celebrate ‘The Emancipation of Mimi’ anniversary

April 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

It’s rare to see Mariah Carey not wearing a dramatic gown — even in a hot tub. The diva did just that when celebrating the anniversary of her album The Emancipation of Mimi, which was released on April 12, 2005.

Taking to Instagram live Tuesday night, Mariah donned a sparkling red gown and some chunky diamond bangles before slipping into her hot tub to talk about the super-successful release, which she called “one of my favorite albums, ever.”

“That album meant a lot to me… It was a really tough road,” Mariah said. As for the tracks she loves most on the album, she hinted toward “Fly Like a Bird” and “Circles.”

Mariah also asked fans to share their thoughts about her joining Latto for a new remix of the rapper’s hit “Big Energy.” The connection is that both Mariah’s 1995 hit “Fantasy” and Latto’s “Big Energy” sample the same song: 1981’s “Genius of Love,” by Tom Tom Club.

Mariah also celebrated the remix hitting number one on the Billboard Digital Sales chart, cheering, “Can I get a yay?”

As for her future plans, the “Obsessed” singer hinted, “Just been in the studio doing a lot of stuff and some other projects that I think you know about.”

“It’s rare that I take a break. I’m still working even while I’m here,” she teased. “Don’t get me started about Christmas. I am very excited about something major — a new accomplishment that I’m really excited about and I hope you guys like it.”

Mariah also spoke about her Black Irish brand of liquor and her plans for Pride, as well as her upcoming MasterClass, where she’ll teach her students how to use their voice as an instrument. She also hinted that the class will feature “an amazing special guest,” later revealed to be Brandy.

Guinness World Records confirm BTS smashed another Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards record

April 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

BTS made history again at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, confirms Guinness World Records.

According to the organization, the K-pop sensations defeated themselves as the act to win the most orange blimp trophies of all time. BTS took home the KCA for Favorite Music Group — their third straight win — bringing their total haul to six overall wins.

BTS also scored trophies in 2018 and 2021 for Favorite Global Music Star and, in 2021, they took home Favorite Song for “Dynamite.”

Not only that, BTS is officially the most-nominated act of all time in KCA history, with eight after securing their first nod in 2018.

Guinness adds this new victory is BTS’ overall fourth new record so far this year. In 2022 alone, the group managed to break records for “most followers on Instagram for a music group,” “most followers on Twitter for a music group” and “most followers on TikTok for a music group.”

Lucius calls out Harry Styles over not being credited in collaboration: “It hurt”

April 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Lucius is calling out Harry Styles over not properly crediting the duo after collaborating with the pop star on his 2019 song, “Treat People with Kindness.”

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, the “Born Again Teen” outfit — made up of Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig — broke down how the collaboration came to be, while asserting that they should have been properly credited as featured artists on the track.

Wolfe and Laessig said Styles asked them to sing on “Treat People with Kindness” as they were working on another song together.

“We were like, ‘Yeah, of course.’ If it’s just ‘oohs” and ‘aaahs,’ it’s not a big deal. And it’s a good opportunity for us,” Wolfe recalled. “But we started singing and we were singing the whole chorus.”

She continued, “Two weeks later, they sent us the track. And it was literally us. We start the song, we sing every chorus, just us. We trade off the bridge. It is us and Harry Styles.”

The singers are disappointed they didn’t receive significant credit and, furthermore, that Styles didn’t link their band when adding “Treat People with Kindness” to Spotify, which they say robbed them of critical exposure.

“It just hurt,” Wolfe said. “Here was an opportunity to spread the love a little bit, which he purports to do all the time. And it could’ve really helped us.”

The LA Times notes that when Styles sang “Treat People with Kindness” at The Forum in 2019, he told the crowd, “The fun part for me is that I don’t sing on the chorus.”

Styles has not yet publicly responded to Lucius’ claims. Lucius, meanwhile, just released a new album, Second Nature, last Friday.

Questlove’s Summer of Soul inspires re-imagined Harlem Cultural Festival, kicking off next year

April 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The treasured 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival – a series of events and music concerts held to celebrate Black culture – will make a triumphant return to its hometown next Summer, according to Billboard.

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson‘s Oscar- and Grammy-winning film Summer of Soul, about the 1969 festival, inspired the new annual Harlem Festival of Culture (HFC), which is founded by Harlem community leader Nikoa Evans, entrepreneur Yvonne McNair and Ambassador magazine editor Musa Jackson, who attended the original festival back in the day.

“Being rooted, watered, and grown in this village of Harlem, I believe HFC is our moment to show the world the vibrancy of today”s Harlem — the music, the food, the look, all of it! The original event was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience, one that I will never forget,” Jackson said in the announcement. “With this initiative, we want to create something that evokes that same sense of pride in our community that I felt on that special day in 1969. We want to authentically encapsulate the full scope: the energy, the music, the culture. We want people to understand that this festival is being built by the people who are from, live and work in this community.”

Like that of the past festival, HFC will host indoor and outdoor live music performances and events over the course of multiple days, doing so from Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park, formerly Mount Morris Park. HFC will also host events leading up to to the inaugural celebration next year, including A Harlem Jones open mic night at the Museum of the City of New York in tribute to the 1997 Black classic film, Love Jones.

HFC founders have also established the HFC Foundation, a nonprofit organization that will provide resources for Harlem’s next generation of leaders in music.

Classic songs by Queen, Journey inducted into Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry

April 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Classic rock songs by Queen and Journey are among the 25 recordings that have been added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry for 2022.

Each year, 25 recordings are chosen for induction into the National Recording Registry, based on their “cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.”

This year’s list includes Journey’s soaring 1981 power ballad “Don’t Stop Believin'” and Queen’s 1975 anthem “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Former Journey frontman Steve Perry, who co-wrote “Don’t Stop Believin,'” said, “That song, over the years, has become something that has a life of its own. It’s about the people who’ve embraced it and found the lyrics to be something they can relate to and hold onto and sing.”

Other recordings by notable artists from the rock world chosen for the registry include Bonnie Raitt‘s Grammy-winning 1989 comeback album Nick of Time and Linda Ronstadt‘s 1987 album of traditional Mexican music, Canciones de Mi Padre.

Also being inducted: The Four Tops‘ classic 1966 hit “Reach Out, I’ll Be There,” Alicia Keys‘ 2001 debut album Songs in A Minor, Ricky Martin‘s 1999 smash “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” Nat King Cole‘s 1961 recording of “The Christmas Song,” and two landmark hip hop albums: 1993’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest‘s 1991 release, The Low End Theory.

Playlists featuring this year’s inductees are available on most streaming services.

Here’s the full list of recordings selected for the National Recording Registry in 2022:

“Harlem Strut” — James P. Johnson (1921)
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Complete Presidential Speeches (1933-1945)
“Walking the Floor Over You” — Ernest Tubb (1941) (single)
“On a Note of Triumph” (May 8, 1945)
“Jesus Gave Me Water” — The Soul Stirrers (1950) (single)
Ellington at Newport — Duke Ellington (1956) (album)
We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite — Max Roach (1960) (album)
“The Christmas Song” — Nat King Cole (1961) (single)
Tonight’s the Night — The Shirelles (1961) (album)
“Moon River” — Andy Williams (1962) (single)
In C — Terry Riley (1968) (album)
“It’s a Small World” — The Disneyland Boys Choir (1964) (single)
“Reach Out, I’ll Be There” — The Four Tops (1966) (single)
Hank Aaron’s 715th Career Home Run (April 8, 1974)
“Bohemian Rhapsody” — Queen (1975) (single)
“Don’t Stop Believin'” — Journey (1981) (single)
Canciones de Mi Padre — Linda Ronstadt (1987) (album)
Nick of Time — Bonnie Raitt (1989) (album)
The Low End Theory — A Tribe Called Quest (1991) (album)
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) — Wu-Tang Clan (1993) (album)
Buena Vista Social Club (1997) (album)
“Livin’ La Vida Loca” — Ricky Martin (1999) (single)
Songs in A Minor — Alicia Keys (2001) (album)
WNYC broadcasts for the day of 9/11 (Sept. 11, 2001)
“WTF with Marc Maron” (Guest: Robin Williams) (April 26, 2010)

Recordings by Queen, Journey, Linda Ronstadt selected for Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry

April 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Classic rock songs by Queen and Journey and a Grammy-winning album of traditional music by Linda Ronstadt are among the 25 recordings that have been added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry for 2022.

Each year, 25 recordings are chosen for induction into the National Recording Registry, based on their “cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.”

This year’s list includes Journey’s soaring 1981 power ballad “Don’t Stop Believin’,” Queen’s 1975 anthem “Bohemian Rhapsody” and Ronstadt’s 1987 album of traditional Mexican music, Canciones de Mi Padre.

Other notable recordings by veteran artists chosen for the registry include Bonnie Raitt‘s Grammy-winning 1989 comeback album Nick of Time, The Four Tops‘ classic 1966 hit “Reach Out, I’ll Be There,” Ricky Martin‘s 1999 smash “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” The Shirelles‘ 1961 album Tonight’s the Night, Nat King Cole‘s 1961 recording of “The Christmas Song,” and Andy Williams‘ enduring 1962 rendition of “Moon River.”

Playlists featuring this year’s inductees are available on most streaming services.

Here’s the full list of recordings selected for the National Recording Registry in 2022:

Jennifer Lopez shares details on Ben Affleck’s romantic “bubble bath” proposal

April 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Jennifer Lopez is dishing more about her engagement to Ben Affleck.

In her On the JLo newsletter, the superstar shared an update, titled “How It Went Down,” detailing how the actor popped the question.

“Saturday night while at my favorite place on earth (in the bubble bath), my beautiful love got on one knee and proposed,” the Marry Me star wrote. “I was taken totally off guard and just looked in his eyes smiling and crying at the same time trying hard to get my head around the fact that after 20 years this was happening all over again, I was quite literally speechless and he said, ‘Is that a yes?’ I said YES of course that’s a YES.”

She went on, “I was smiling so big and tears were coming down my face, feeling so incredibly happy and whole. It was nothing fancy at all, but it was the most romantic thing I could’ve ever imagined … just a quiet Saturday night at home, two people promising to always be there for each other.”

Jennifer announced the news of her engagement to Affleck to her fans Friday evening in her newsletter. Leading up to the proposal, there were rumors that the couple planned to tie the knot after the singer was spotted wearing a green diamond engagement ring, which Jennifer said in her newsletter has always been her “lucky color.”

“Two very lucky people. Who got a second chance at true love,” she declared.

Jennifer and Ben first dated in 2002, sparking the name “Bennifer,” and announced their engagement later that year. They called off their wedding plans in January 2004 but rekindled their romance in 2021, making their relationship official on Instagram last year.

Bite the Big Apple: Restored 2003 Rolling Stones concert video, ‘Licked Live in NYC,’ to be released in June

April 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Rolling Stones will release a restored and remastered concert film and album titled Licked Live in NYC on June 10 that captures a January 2003 show the British rock legends played at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden.

The release will be available in several formats and configurations, including as a DVD/two-CD set, an SD (standard-definition) Blu-ray/two-CD set, and as a standalone two-CD package and a three-LP vinyl set.

The Madison Square Garden performance took place during the band’s 40th anniversary Licks World Tour, and featured The Stones playing a deep set that included classics from throughout their decades-long career. Sheryl Crow joined the band for a rendition of “Honky Tonk Women.”

The film of the concert originally premiered in 2003 as an HBO special, and also was featured on the multiple-disc Four Flicks DVD set that was issued that same year.

The Licked Live in NYC DVD and Blu-ray include four previously unreleased songs from the Madison Square Garden show, as well as three bonus performances from a concert that the band played in Amsterdam during the Licks trek, and footage from the group’s tour rehearsals in Toronto.

The CDs and LPs also feature the four unreleased tunes from the MSG concert.

Meanwhile, the SD Blu-ray also features a 51-minute documentary titled Tip of the Tongue that offers a look at the conception and preparation of the Licks tour, which saw The Rolling Stones playing at three different-sized venues at each metropolitan area they visited.

Licked Live in NYC can be pre-ordered now.

Here’s the release’s track list:

Intro
“Street Fighting Man”
“Start Me Up”*
“If You Can’t Rock Me”
“Don’t Stop”
“Monkey Man”
“Angie”
“Let It Bleed”
“Midnight Rambler”
“Tumbling Dice”*
“Thru and Thru”
“Happy”
“Gimme Shelter”*
“You Got Me Rocking”
“Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”
“Honky Tonk Women” — with Sheryl Crow
“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
“It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)”
“When the Whip Comes Down”
“Brown Sugar”
“Sympathy for the Devil”*
“Jumpin’ Jack Flash”

Bonus Content
Live in Amsterdam (DVD and SD Blu-ray only)
“Star Star”
“I Just Want to Make Love to You”
“Street Fighting Man”

Rehearsals (DVD and SD Blu-ray only)
“Well Well”
“Extreme Western Grip”

SD Blu-ray only
—Tip of the Tongue documentary
—Tip of the Tongue – Boston backstage

Hits by Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin, Journey inducted into Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry

April 13, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Each year, the Library of Congress inducts 25 recordings into the National Recording Registry, based on their “cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.” This year’s inductees span pop, Latin music, classic rock, hip hop and more.

Alicia Keys‘ debut album Songs In A Minor — featuring her hits “Fallin'” — as well as Journey‘s timeless song “Don’t Stop Believin'” and Ricky Martin‘s smash “Livin’ La Vida Loca” are among this year’s honorees, as are Queen‘s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Bonnie Raitt‘s Grammy-winning 1989 comeback album Nick of Time and Linda Ronstadt‘s 1987 album of traditional Mexican music, Canciones de Mi Padre.

“I’m so honored and grateful that Songs in A Minor, the entire album, gets to be recognized as such a powerful body of work that is just going to be timeless,” Alicia said of her honor.

Also being inducted: The Four Tops‘ classic 1966 hit “Reach Out, I’ll Be There,” Nat King Cole‘s 1961 recording of “The Christmas Song,” and two landmark hip hop albums: 1993’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest‘s 1991 release, The Low End Theory.

Playlists featuring this year’s inductees are available on most streaming services.

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