Music – Page 944 – 105.7 WDNY

Music Notes: Coi Leray, Angela Simmons and Muni Long

June 19, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Coi Leray has welcomed her daughter, Miyoco, to the world, and she’s already sharing bits of her experience. “Breastfeeding ain’t no joke #pinksweatsuits,” she wrote on social platform X. “It Hurts!” She shares Miyoco with rapper Trippie Redd. Coi’s father, rapper Benzino, tells TMZ “it’s a blessing” to see her experience motherhood. “Miyoco is carrying on a beautiful tradition,” he says, adding he cannot wait to spoil her.

Angela Simmons is in her single era, as she and Yo Gotti have broken up. While on Angela Martinez’s IRL podcast, she said, “It’s not my choice but I respect him. It’s all love.”

“I wouldn’t have chose it,” she later added. “But it was what was best. … I’m a lover, I love love, I love relationships. … It was my decision.” After years of Yo Gotti expressing interest in Angela, the two confirmed their relationship in 2023.

Muni Long will be taking the stage at Megan Thee Stallion‘s first-ever Pete & Thomas Foundation Gala. It will take place July 16 at Gotham Hall in New York City.

Music Notes: Taylor Swift, mgk and more

June 19, 2025 by WDNY Radio

If you’re a fanatical Swiftie with a lot of money, have we got a piece of merch for you: A house on Cape Cod that Taylor Swift owned for eight months in 2012 is on the market. According to WCVB-TV, Taylor bought the Hyannis Port property during the time that she was rumored to be dating Conor Kennedy. The Kennedy Family Compound is across the street from the beachfront estate, which will set you back a mere $14.5 million.

Billboard reports that mgk will perform on the Kids’ Choice Awards, which will air Saturday at 8 p.m. ET. The artist will perform his latest hit, “cliché,” on the show, which is hosted by Tyla. The girl group KATSEYE will also perform on the show, where Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar are the top nominees.

Get ready for a mystical, magical dessert. Benson Boone is teaming up with Crumbl for the Moonbeam Ice Cream Cookie in celebration of his album American Heart. The cookie, described as “a dessert that will have you doing backflips,” is available June 23 to June 28, while supplies last.

Machine Gun Kelly performing on Saturday’s Kids’ Choice Awards

June 19, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Machine Gun Kelly will be performing on the 2025 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, taking place Saturday.

“Nothing cliché about @machinegunkelly performing at the Kids’ Choice Awards!” reads a post on the Kids’ Choice Awards Instagram. According to Billboard, mgk will be playing his new single “cliché” during the show.

Perhaps mgk was rehearsing for his KCA set when he was strumming a ukulele for his newborn daughter with Megan Fox, Saga Blade.

The 2025 Kids’ Choice Awards will air Saturday starting at 8 p.m. ET on channels including Nickelodeon and MTV2. Nominees include Linkin Park, blink-182, Imagine Dragons and Coldplay in the favorite music group category.

“Cliché” will appear on mgk’s upcoming album, Lost Americana, which was announced with a video seemingly narrated by Bob Dylan. The record’s due out Aug. 8.

Skilla Baby addresses being shot in newly released freestyle

June 19, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Skilla Baby released a freestyle breaking his silence after he was shot in Detroit in May. “Thank y’all for y’alls prayers and y’alls concerns,” he begins in a video shared to his Instagram. “All praise to the Most High, my Lord and savior for covering me while I was in a bad situation. I know he don’t make mistakes. So, I would never ask him why … I’m a soldier.”

He then launches into the freestyle, in which he addresses the incident: “I don’t fear n*****, I fear God/ Y’all n***** shot my truck up 20 times I never cried/ Them young n***** keep tapping in, they begging me to slide/ They pushed up on a millionaire, they having too much pride.”

In the caption of the post, Skilla reiterated his gratitude to the fans who prayed for his well-being and recovery.

“Thank you to everybody for yall prayers I’m good mentally and I know God wouldn’t put me through nothing I can’t handle,” he wrote. “Again thank you to my fans family and everybody else for all the support I’m nothing without yall! But yall know I’m a soldier.”

As WXYZ previously reported, Skilla Baby, born Trevon Gardner, was shot three times before crashing his car into a building in an apparent targeted attack. An unknown suspect in a dark-colored SUV had fired over 20 rounds at Skilla Baby, who was said to be alone at the time. A witness brought him to the hospital.

Bruce Springsteen planning to release new solo record in 2026

June 19, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Bruce Springsteen fans can look forward to a new album next year. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, The Boss gave an update on what he’s been working on, sharing, “I have a record finished.”

Although he didn’t offer up too many details, he says, “It’s a solo record … I would imagine it will come out in ’26 sometime.”

The Boss also reconfirmed previous reports that he’s recorded a follow-up to 2022’s Only the Strong Survive, which was filled with classic soul and R&B covers.

“It’s been finished for quite a while,” he says. “The covers records are things I make for my own amusement and entertainment when I’m not writing. It was just a project that I had a lot of fun doing. And I love all that music, I love all those songs and those singers.”

He adds, “So I do have another one, and there’s other covers things I’ve done that were not necessarily soul-related, so it’s another project.”

Springsteen also set the record straight about the long-rumored all-band version of his 1982 solo album Nebraska, first insisting to the mag “it doesn’t exist.”

“We tried to do a few songs with the band for a few minor electric versions of Nebraska, maybe something else, I’m not sure,” he says. “But that record simply doesn’t exist.”

But he later corrected himself, leaving a voice message for the journalist he talked to: “I checked our vault and there IS an electric Nebraska record, though it does not have the full album of songs.”

Miley Cyrus says dad Billy Ray Cyrus smoked pot on ‘Hannah Montana’ set

June 19, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Miley Cyrus appeared on her mom Tish Cyrus-Purcell and sister Brandi Cyrus’ Sorry We’re Cyrus podcast and exposed her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, for smoking pot while shooting Hannah Montana.

During a Q&A session, Tish asked, “What’s a core memory from the Hannah Montana days that still makes you laugh?”

“Dad smoking pot and everyone blaming me for it,” Miley replied. “It’s hilarious. He wasn’t sharing because mom wasn’t toking yet.”

Tish, who divorced Billy in 2022, says she remembers getting reports of Billy smoking pot but refused to believe it at the time.

“I was saying, ‘Absolutely not, he would never do that,’” she says.

Miley starred on the Disney Channel show along with her dad from 2006 to 2011.

ASIA signs new record deal, planning new album for 2026

June 19, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Looks like we can expect to hear some new music from ASIA soon.

The band – whose current lineup includes founding member Geoff Downes, drummer Virgil Donati, guitarist John Mitchell and vocalist and bassist Harry Whitley – has just signed a new record deal with Frontiers Music Srl.

“ASIA is thrilled to have recently signed a new deal with Frontiers Music Srl,” Downes shares, noting they are “now entering an exciting new chapter in the band’s 45-year history with a sequence of live albums, DVDs and a brand new studio album scheduled for a 2026 release.”

He adds of the label, “It’s very much a homecoming for the band, and so we are greatly looking forward to a long and fruitful partnership with them in the future. Watch this space!”

Formed in 1981, ASIA was made up of John Wetton, Steve Howe, Downes, and Carl Palmer, all members of well known prog rock groups. Their 1982 self-titled debut hit #1 in the U.S., thanks to songs like “Heat of the Moment” and “Only Time Will Tell.”

The band has gone through multiple lineup changes over the years, with the original four reuniting in 2006, until Howe retired from the band in 2013. Wetton passed away in 2016. Different lineups continued to tour over the years, with the new lineup launching their first tour in 2024.

ASIA released their last album, Gravitas, in 2014.

JENNIE faces the heat on ‘Hot Ones’

June 19, 2025 by WDNY Radio

JENNIE faces her spicy food fears on the latest episode of Hot Ones.

The BLACKPINK singer, who admitted she doesn’t have a high spice tolerance, took on the hot wings interview challenge, answering questions about her latest album, Korean skin care and more.

With her debut album, Ruby, JENNIE says she fought for a specific vision that may not have been what people are expecting.

“I had to fight for a few of the songs and honestly the whole core message to begin with,” she says. “We didn’t have to forcefully make the music easy for people to like this album.”

She adds, “Especially a song like ‘Zen.’ A song like ‘Starlight.’ Which I understand that it might not be the first thing that could pop up in people’s minds, but I knew that it would touch the people that I want to touch.”

JENNIE follows BLACKPINK bandmates ROSÉ and LISA on Hot Ones, and tells host Sean Evans she’ll convince JISOO to go on next.

“One-hundred percent because she is the one who taught me spicy and she’s the other you,” she says. “Like she made me eat spicy food with her. Ever since we were trainees. So, I think [JISOO] should come on this show.”

All energy, no ‘Baggage’: How Kelsea Ballerini’s keeping it all together

June 19, 2025 by WDNY Radio

Kelsea Ballerini‘s striving to be “360 healthy” as she begins her 30s.

“The goal now is like, can I run around on stage for 90 minutes and have that energy to do it?” the 31-year-old tells People. “Can I wake up and take both the dogs on a walk and make sure that Dibs is going to all of his doctor appointments, and I’m on Zooms in the middle of it?”

Kelsea revealed in 2024 that her beloved dog, who’s named for her 2015 hit, has heart cancer.

“Can I be present for everything that I need to?” she continues. “Can I make time for my friends, for my family, in the middle of all the chaos?”

For fitness, Kelsea’s a fan of walking and Pilates, which she’s been doing for the past five years.

Her People interview is part of her partnership with the energy drink Celsius, which she jokingly calls “Kelsius.”

Kelsea’s latest single, “Baggage,” has just begun its climb up the country chart.

The Dead Weather members reunite backstage at Queens of the Stone Age concert

June 19, 2025 by WDNY Radio

It’s been 10 years since The Dead Weather put out an album, and it’s been even longer since the Jack White-featuring band has toured. But they have all been in the same room together quite recently.

White has posted a photo on Instagram of him reuniting with his Dead Weather bandmates — The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart, The Raconteurs‘ Jack Lawrence and Queens of the Stone Age‘s Dean Fertita — backstage during QotSA’s concert in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday.

“Impromptu Dead Weather reunion backstage at the @queensofthestoneage and @thekills show in Cincinnati last night?” White writes in the caption. “Not a bad way to spend an evening.”

White also notes that the photo was taken by Queens frontman Josh Homme.

The Dead Weather’s most recent album is 2015’s Dodge and Burn, which the band elected not to tour behind. They played their last full show in 2010.

In the comments of White’s post, a fan writes, “What if there were more reunions…less impromptu…planned and announced ahead of time and taking place in different cities.” That seemed to tickle White, who replied, “hahahah.”

+ More