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PSY and BTS’ Suga release “That That” and its hilarious music video

April 29, 2022 by WDNY Radio

PSY‘s officially entered his comeback era and released his new song, “That That,” which features BTS‘ Suga.

The “Gangnam Style” rapper even addressed his extended absence from Western radio, with him saying both in English and Korean during the song’s opening, “2022! PSY coming back/ Long time no see, huh?/ It’s been a minute, huh?/ We’re back to laughing, crying, living, loving/ Let’s get loco!”

As we’ve come to expect from PSY, the music video for “That That” is over-the-top both in theme and in choreography. The rapper is transported to the Wild West and dances in cowboy attire around the town until Suga sidles up. The two combine forces and take over the small town, but not without pulling some additional shenanigans.

One particular scene sees PSY throwing it back to his “Gangnam Style” days by dressing in the same outfit and busting a few moves. That character is eventually beaten up by Suga, and the past PSY seemingly passes out in the BTS singer’s arms.

The catchy song, paired with its energetic music video, is a hit on YouTube, with the clip amassing over seven million views six hours after it was released.

Suga previously revealed he was originally approached to produce PSY’s music, not to feature on it. But things turned into a full-blown collaboration and Suga remarked, “I seriously didn’t expect to be dancing with PSY… I thought I was only writing the song!”

The two now describe themselves as “besties,” and their friendship is made apparent in the hilarious stunts seen in the music video.

“That That” is the second track off PSY’s new album, PSY 9th, which is out now.

Black Music Honors to recognize Mary Mary, Dru Hill, Keri Hilson and more

April 29, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The 7th annual Black Music Honors returns to Atlanta this year, with some of the biggest stars of today to be honored for their contributions to American music.

This year’s batch of remarkable honorees include award-winning group Dru Hill who rose to stardom in the 90s for number-one hits like “In My Bed” and “Never Make a Promise.” The group will receive the Urban Music Icon Award.

Five-time Grammy nominee Tevin Campbell will be honored with the R&B Icon Award, Grammy winning gospel duo Mary Mary will be presented with the Gospel Icon Award, and NAACP Image Award-Winner Karyn White will be recognized with the Soul Music Award. The Music and Songwriter Icon Award will go to Keri Hilson for her contributions as a writer on some of the biggest songs in music history, and the legendary R&B Group The Whispers will take home the Legends Award for their work over the last six decades.

“We are more than excited to return to in-person taping for the first time in nearly three years with a live studio audience,” founder and Executive Producer Don Jackson said. “The pandemic had an unprecedented impact on the music industry and we’re honored to celebrate, commemorate and honor music trailblazers who have paved the way for the next generation of music and culture.”

The two-hour live celebration will be hosted by singer LeToya Luckett along with comedian DeRay Davis and will air via national broadcast syndication from June 4 through July 3. It will also air on June 25 on Bounce TV, the same network that will present the 30th Annual Trumpet Awards a week prior, on Juneteenth.

Hayley Williams hosting ’Everything Is Emo’ program on BBC Sounds

April 29, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Hayley Williams is hosting a new audio program on BBC Sounds called Everything Is Emo.

Each episode will find the Paramore frontwoman running through “the very best emo music from the ’90s until now.”

“You can expect to hear classic tracks, new music from new artists, and personal stories from me,” Williams says.

The first episode’s playlist includes Panic! at the Disco‘s “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ “Maps,” Linkin Park‘s “Leave Out All the Rest,” and My Chemical Romance‘s “Helena.”

You can listen to Everything Is Emo now via BBC.co.uk/sounds.

Listen to acoustic version of Halestorm’s “The Steeple”

April 29, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Halestorm has released an acoustic version of “The Steeple,” a track off the band’s upcoming album, Back from the Dead.

The unplugged performance gives a twangy, Western feel to the hard-rocking original. You can listen to it now via digital outlets.

The electric “The Steeple” currently sits in the top 10 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. It follows the Back from the Dead lead single and title track, which hit number one on the ranking.

Back from the Dead the album will be released May 6.

Jan. 6 committee to hold public hearings in June

April 29, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, has promised the panel will tell the “story about what happened” when the first of at least eight public hearings starts on June 9, he told reporters Thursday.

“We’ll tell the story about what happened. We will use a combination of witnesses, exhibits, things that we have — to the tens of thousands of exhibits we’ve interviewed and looked at as well as the hundreds of witnesses we deposed or just talked to in general,” Thompson said, as the committee works to wrap up more witness interviews in the coming weeks.

“It will give the public the benefit of what more than a year’s worth of investigation has borne to the committee,” he added.

Thompson told reporters that the eight hearings on tap so far will be held in a “mixture” of daytime and prime-time programming. The committee has set a self-imposed fall deadline to share its findings with the American public — coinciding with the 2022 midterm elections which will determine the balance of power in Congress.

He also said the panel will re-invite House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans linked to the Jan. 6 conversations inside the Trump White House to cooperate with their investigation “before the week is out.”

“We’ve collected an awful lot of information. And some of that information has bearing on members. And we want to give those members an opportunity to tell their side,” he said, adding that senators will also be invited to cooperate.

Asked what the panel will do if lawmakers refuse, as they have in the past, Thompson said, “We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.”

Thompson was also asked Thursday about the tranche of text messages that former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows handed over to the committee late last year before he decided not to cooperate with the panel. The authenticity of the messages, first reported by CNN, was confirmed to ABC News by people who have seen them.

“It does not bode well for members of Congress,” Thompson said. “People send us here to be truthful. People send us here to make sure that we present the facts. People don’t send us here to lie.”

Meadows was held in contempt by the House in December for not complying with his subpoena, but has yet to face charges from the Justice Department.

The Jan. 6 committee held its first public hearing in July 2021 and featured emotional testimony from Capitol Police officers who protected the complex on Jan. 6, 2021.

The four officers testifying then — Capitol Police officers Aquilino Gonell and Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Department officers Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges — flatly rejected what they called attempts to rewrite history and downplay the attack as one that shouldn’t be investigated further, telling lawmakers they all feared for their lives on Jan. 6.

All four said they also wanted the panel to investigate whether those in power may have aided and abetted rioters.

Upcoming CCR documentary ‘Travelin’ Band’ to feature full footage of group’s 1970 Royal Albert Hall show

April 29, 2022 by WDNY Radio

A new archival Creedence Clearwater Revival documentary focusing on a historic April 1970 concert that the band played at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall us currently in production.

The movie, titled Travelin’ Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall, is narrated by Oscar-winning actor and CCR fan Jeff Bridges, and directed by Grammy-winning filmmaker Bob Smeaton, whose credits include The Beatles Anthology series and Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies.

Travelin’ Band will be the first movie ever to feature footage of a full concert by Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s classic lineup of John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford.

The film follows the band from their early years in their hometown of El Cerrito, California, to their emergence as one of the most popular rock groups in the world, performing at Woodstock and selling out the Oakland Coliseum before heading overseas for a European trek that included the Royal Albert Hall show.

Travelin’ Band offers a treasure trove of rare and unseen footage, including recently rediscovered 16-mm film of the concert, behind-the-scenes clip of the band members, and interviews from the archives of the Fantasy Records label. The movie also includes what is thought to be the earliest known footage of the group playing live.

Audio of the concert has been mixed and restored using the original multi-track tapes by Beatles reissue producer Giles Martin and his studio collaborator Sam Okell.

Smeaton says that while working on the film, “I was able to see and hear why [CCR] are worthy of their status as one of the greatest bands of all time. I knew they were good, I never knew they were that good.”

Adds Bridges, “What a band! Love listening to ’em, love playin’ Fogerty’s tunes.”

Pete Davidson bringing “fresh energy” as the face of new H&M campaign

April 29, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Pete Davidson takeover shows no signs of stopping, with the SNL player and stand-up now becoming the face of H&M.

The King of Staten Island star is apparently taking a page from current squeeze Kim Kardashian and getting into the fashion business, bringing his “fresh energy” to the retailer’s menswear campaign.

In the collab announcement, H&M says the line, “captures the fresh energy in men’s fashion, such as freedom of expression and self-confidence in personal style every single moment,” and calls it, “an invitation to turn up the volume, have fun, be bold and add fresh pieces to much-loved wardrobe favorites.”

Pete, whose new comedy series Bupkis was just picked up by streamer Peacock, called the partnership a “great experience,” adding, “The clothes are comfortable and feel great to wear which is what I love about H&M.”

Henrik Nordvall, Global Business Unit Director for Menswear at H&M, says Davidson “encapsulates everything H&M loves about the new menswear mood, with his self-confidence and play with personal style.”

Red Hot Chili Peppers to “play our hearts out” for Taylor Hawkins at New Orleans Jazz Fest

April 29, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ headlining performance at the New Orleans Jazz Fest this weekend will be a “celebration” of late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

“We’re going to play our hearts out,” drummer Chad Smith tells Billboard.

The Peppers joined the Jazz Fest lineup in place of Foo Fighters, who canceled all of their upcoming tour dates following Hawkins’ unexpected death on March 25.

“We’re taking Alison, [Hawkins’] wife, with us and it’s going to be a celebration,” Smith says. “That’s what she wants. She doesn’t want it to be anything other than, ‘Let’s celebrate music, let’s celebrate our friends, let’s celebrate Taylor. This is what he would want and he would be very happy that you guys are playing and he would want it be nothing but a positive experience.'”

Smith adds, “So we’re going to do all that and she’s going to be part of that and I’m very honored that we can do that with her.”

As previously reported, Nine Inch Nails will be replacing Foo Fighters at the Boston Calling and Welcome to Rockville festivals, while Arcade Fire will be stepping in for them at Osheaga. Arcade Fire’s Win Butler has said that his band will be dedicating their set to Hawkins.

Jane Fonda dishes on Dolly Parton’s “beyond perfect” cameo in the series finale of ‘Grace and Frankie’

April 29, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Dolly Parton’s Grace and Frankie cameo is getting closer, according to the Netflix show’s co-stars, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.

Jane, Lily and Dolly all co-starred in the classic workplace comedy 9 to 5 back in 1980, so it seems only fitting that they’d reunite on Grace and Frankie. Now that the show’s in its final season, time is running out for Dolly to make her appearance — but she’s showing up in the nick of time.

Jane and Lily offered some details on the reunion to ET Online recently, explaining that Dolly’s cameo will be in the series finale, and her story line is truly something special.

“It’s not just the fact that Dolly shows up. It’s how she shows up. What the story is that brings her on. It’s just beyond perfect,” Jane explained. “We were both just so moved when she turned that chair around and there she was.”

Grace and Frankie, Netflix’s longest-running original series, concludes this year after seven seasons. The final episodes will drop April 29.

And though Jane and Lily — frequent collaborators since the ‘70s — are sad to say goodbye to their characters, their time working together isn’t done yet.

“Over the last few months, we made a movie together, right after, and we are working on another movie right now,” Jane explains.

So who knows? Lily and Jane might get another shot at sharing the screen with Dolly in the years to come, even after the curtains close on Grace and Frankie.

Sam Smith releases uplifting new single and video, “Love Me More”

April 29, 2022 by WDNY Radio

After multiple teases, Sam Smith has finally dropped their new single and video, “Love Me More.”

In the song, Sam starts out full of self-doubt, singing, “Have you ever felt like being somebody else?/Feeling like the mirror isn’t good for your health?” but then, they turn a corner, singing, “Every day I’m trying not to hate myself/but lately it’s not hurting like it did before/Maybe I am learning how to love me more.”

The video opens with footage of Sam as a toddler, cuts to them alone in their house while a friend leaves a voice mail urging them to come out, and ends with them dancing with a crowd of people at a club and getting cozy with a guy on the dance floor.

“I wrote this song for anyone who feels different, anyone who has to stop themselves every day from saying unkind things to themselves, in their head, all the time,” Sam explains in a statement. “I felt like that for the longest time and slowly I’m learning how to just be nice to myself.”

“I wanted to share that because I captured it in this song,” they add. “Over the last two years, music has been my therapy more than ever. So I hope this song can be your friend.”

“Love Me More” is described as “the beginning of what will undoubtedly be yet another remarkable chapter for Sam.” No word yet on a new album, though.

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