Of Mice & Men has announced a new album called Echo.
The seventh studio effort from the SoCal metal outfit — and their first since 2019’s EARTHANDSKY — will arrive on December 3. It consists of the songs from OM&M’s recent EPs Timeless and Bloom, as well as a third and final EP, Ad Infinitum.
“Echo is a snapshot of the last year-and-a-half of our lives,” OM&M says. “It covers loss and growth, life and impermanence, love, and the infinite — how the most wonderful and most tragic parts of the human experience are deeply intertwined.”
Along with the album announcement, Of Mice & Men has also shared another new song from the record, “Fighting Gravity.”
With the Timeless and Bloom EPs already out, along with the single “Mosaic” and now “Fighting Gravity,” there are actually only two songs left on Echo that have yet to be heard: the title track, and a cover of Crosby, Stills, and Nash‘s “Helplessly Hoping.”
Issa Rae is opening up about her wedding to Louis Diame and why she decided to share some of those moments with the world.
During an interview on the Tamron Hall Show, the Insecure creator and star revealed that the only reason she posted photos from her wedding day was to get ahead of the story.
“I worked with Vera Wang, who were really great, and they wanted to post the photo and at the time, I was like, ‘OK, yeah, no problem.’ And then later, you know, I was like, ‘Oh, they’re gonna post the photo before me.’ Let me tell it my way, in the best way I know how and that’s the only reason that I let it go,” she explained of the July Instagram post. “I wanted to release the photo my way first without having them release it.”
While Insecure star’s marriage may have come as a shock to fans, she shared that it wasn’t a surprise to friends and family. And the actress, writer and producer gushed that her wedding, overall, was “just a beautiful experience.”
“People tell you that it goes by fast, and they’re right,” Rae admitted. “But my thing was, it was a party. At the end of the day, it was just a big party. And it was a lot of fun. And I’m really blessed, I feel so blessed to be surrounded by people who took the time out to just come and celebrate and that’s something that I’ll cherish for the rest of my life.”
Carrie Underwood is exposing her husband’s bad habits in a hilarious new TikTok video centered around her latest single, a duet with Jason Aldean called “If I Didn’t Love You.”
As the song plays in the background, Carrie pans the camera to piles of laundry on the floor, taxidermied animals hanging on the walls and an out-of-control hat collection. “I must truly love him…Who can relate?” she wrote in the caption of her video.
The hit duet will feature on Jason’s upcoming album, Macon, which is due out November 12. Carrie recently revealed that she and Jason had planned to work together for years, explaining, “I feel like I always knew at some point I’d probably sing with him officially, and this just seemed like the stars were aligning and it just seemed like it was going to be the perfect fit.”
“If I Didn’t Love You” is currently nearing the top spot at country radio.
If you’re a female music star, it seems to be a rule that you have to release a signature fragrance. So, following in the footsteps of Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande, Christina Aguilera and more, Billie Eilish is getting into the perfume business, too.
Billie announced that her new fragrance, called Eilish, is “coming this fall.” She paired the announcement with a glam shot of herself holding a bottle of the perfume, along with a link to the website BillieEilishFragrances.com, where you can sign up for updates on when exactly you can buy the stuff.
On the website’s Instagram account, you can get a good look at the bottle. It’s bronze-colored and is in the shape of a female bust that’s been cut off underneath the breasts; the top of the head above the nose is also cut off, as are the arms.
The friendship between James Taylor and Carole King has lasted 50 years, and now it’s being examined in a new concert documentary that’s coming to CNN and HBO Max.
The movie is called Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name, and is being directed and produced by Frank Marshall. Marshall is pretty comfortable with projects involving superstars of the 1960s and ’70s: He directed HBO’s acclaimed Bee Gees documentary How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, and produced Hulu’s McCartney 3, 2, 1.
The documentary takes as its starting point the concert that Carole and James did together in 2007 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Los Angeles’ famous club The Troubadour, where they’d first played together in 1970. The ’07 show, which featured them collaborating on songs like “You’ve Got a Friend,” led to a 2010 arena tour.
The film documents the tour and also features interviews with the now-legendary session musicians who played with the duo in 1970, 2007 and 2010, including guitarist Danny Kortchmar, bass player Lee Sklar and drummer Russ Kunkel.
On October 30, King will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for the second time; she was previously inducted as a songwriter in 1990. Inducting her will be Taylor Swift, who, incidentally, was named after James Taylor.
Jason: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for JBL; Jena: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for MTV
Less than a month after shocking fans with their split, Jason Derulo and his ex-girlfriend Jena Frumes, who are the parents to infant son Jason King, were seen out and about together.
As E! reports, the “Savage Love” singer and Jena, a model and influencer, were seen having lunch together in West Hollywood this past Sunday. In fact, Jena was even seen helping herself to food off of Jason’s plate.
Back on September 23, Jason tweeted that he and Jena “feel being apart at this time will allow us to be the best versions of ourselves and the best parents we could be.” That tweet’s since been deleted.
The couple, who welcomed their baby in May, had been together since the start of the pandemic, and Jena has featured heavily in Jason’s TikToks and YouTube videos.
When Foo Fightersperformed on the MTV Video Music Awards last month, the cameras caught Olivia Rodrigo singing along to “Everlong.” Speaking with Rolling Stone, Grohl shares his reaction to learning the breakout star of 2021 is a Foos fan.
“My daughter told me,” Grohl says. “She was like, ‘Oh, my God. Olivia Rodrigo was singing your song!'”
He adds, “It’s very cool and it’s very flattering, for sure.”
With songs like “Brutal” and “Good 4 U,” Rodrigo is one of a few younger artists bringing guitars and pop-punk elements back into popular music. In fact, Grohl thinks that “the dial is starting to turn back to guitar-based music,” and points to viral drumming sensation Nandi Bushell as evidence that rock is still very much alive.
“If you want to see the true meaning of rock & roll, watch Nandi play the drums,” Grohl says. “That is as inspiring as any Beatles record, any Zeppelin record, any AC/DC record, any Stones record.”
Grohl and Bushell, of course, competed in an online drum battle last year. They finally got to jam in person at a Foo Fighters show over the summer.
“To watch [Bushell] play the drums and see her passion and belief in this music…if that doesn’t inspire you, I don’t know what will,” Grohl says.
Track-and-field star Usain Bolt has accomplished quite a bit in his 35 years. In addition to winning eight Olympic gold medals and holding world records in 100 meters, the 200 meters and the 4 × 100-meter relay, the Jamaican-born Bolt recently dropped an album, Country Yutes, which landed in the top 10 of Billboard’s reggae album charts.
Bolt, who’s partnered with the SprintRay Foundation to help offer critical dental care to those in Jamaica, says his interest in music has always been very “serious.”
“I’ve loved music all my life,” Bolt tells ABC Audio. “If you followed my career, you know that I was dancing [and] always having a good time…So now that I’ve put in the work, I think people have really seen that the quality of music that I put out with the album Country Yutes is good.”
In fact, Bolt says that the success of his album has even led to “people… reaching out” about potential collaborations. Yet even with the great feedback, the “fastest man in the world” says he already has a specific vision of what he wants to do.
“I definitely want to be like a DJ Khaled,” Bolt says, also noting that producer Swizz Beatz has served as a “massive” inspiration. “I enjoy seeing [Khaled] work and I follow him and I see the energy that he has — the passion that he works with and puts into his music.”
Although Bolt says he’s already met with Khaled in person, he hopes he can eventually “sit down with him and pick his brain, and [figure out what] it takes to get to the level…That’s something that I look forward to.”
To learn more about SprintRay and its partnership with Bolt, visit SprintRay.com.
Justin Bieber, who was the leading nominee for the MTV VMAs earlier this year, has now pulled off the same accomplishment for this year’s MTV EMAs, the MTV European Music Awards.
Justin landed eight nods, including two for Song of the Year for his hits “Peaches” and his Kid LAROI collab, “Stay.” Doja Cat and Lil Nas X have six nominations each, followed by The Kid LAROI, Olivia Rodrigo and Ed Sheeran, who each have five.
The Best Artist category includes Justin, Doja and Nas, plus Lady Gaga and The Weeknd.
The Best Video category includes the clips for Ed’s “Bad Habits,” Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” “Wild Side” by Normani and Cardi B, Taylor Swift‘s “Willow,” “Kiss Me More” by Doja and SZA, and Justin, for “Peaches.
The MTV EMAs will air live from Budapest, Hungary on November 14 at 3 p.m ET. You can vote at mtvema.com through November 10.
Here are the nominees:
Best artist
Doja Cat
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Lil Nas X
The Weeknd
Best song
Doja Cat ft. SZA — “Kiss Me More”
Ed Sheeran — “Bad Habits”
Justin Bieber — “Peaches” ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon
Lil Nas X — “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”
Olivia Rodrigo — “Drivers License”
The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber — “Stay”
Best video
Doja Cat ft. SZA — “Kiss Me More”
Ed Sheeran — “Bad Habits”
Justin Bieber — “Peaches” ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon
Lil Nas X — “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”
Normani ft. Cardi B — “Wild Side”
Taylor Swift — “willow”
Best collaboration
Black Eyed Peas, Shakira — “Girl Like Me”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) — “Leave the Door Open”
Doja Cat ft. SZA — “Kiss Me More”
Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow — “Industry Baby”
The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber — “Stay”
The Weeknd & Ariana Grande — “Save Your Tears” (remix)
Best U.S. act
Ariana Grande
Doja Cat
Lil Nas X
Olivia Rodrigo
Taylor Swift
Best pop
BTS
Doja Cat
Dua Lipa
Ed Sheeran
Justin Bieber
Olivia Rodrigo
Best group
BTS
Imagine Dragons
Jonas Brothers
Little Mix
Måneskin
Silk Sonic
Best new
Giveon
Griff
Olivia Rodrigo
Rauw Alejandro
Saweetie
The Kid Laroi
Best electronic
Calvin Harris
David Guetta
Joel Corry
Marshmello
Skrillex
Swedish House Mafia
Best rock
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Imagine Dragons
Kings Of Leon
Måneskin
The Killers
Best alternative
Halsey
Lorde
Machine Gun Kelly
Twenty One Pilots
Willow
Yungblud
Best Latin
Bad Bunny
J. Balvin
Maluma
Rauw Alejandro
Rosalía
Shakira
Best hip hop
Cardi B
DJ Khaled
Drake
Kanye West
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj
Best K-pop
BTS
LISA
Monsta X
NCT 127
ROSÉ
Twice
Biggest fans
Ariana Grande
Blackpink
BTS
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga
Taylor Swift
Video for good
Billie Eilish — “Your Power”
Demi Lovato — “Dancing With the Devil”
girl in red — “Serotonin”
H.E.R. — “Fight For You”
Harry Styles — “Treat People With Kindness”
Lil Nas X — “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”
Best push
24KGoldn
Fousheé
girl in red
Griff
JC Stewart
JXDN
Latto
Madison Beer
Olivia Rodrigo
Remi Wolf
SAINt JHN
The Kid Laroi
