The third full-length effort from the U.K. rocker will be self-titled and is set to arrive September 2.
“Everything up to this moment has been a complete explosion of uncensored expression, where I just told the truth and sang about what I felt in that exact moment,” Yungblud explains. “The difference here is that I have thought and felt this record so deeply.”
“I went to a part of myself that I didn’t know was there,” he adds. “I studied it, I bathed in the emotion, tried to solve the equation and come up with an answer (at least for now) from love to pain, adoration to abandonment, laughter to betrayal.”
The album will feature the previously released single “The Funeral” and the WILLOW collaboration “Memories.” The rest of the track list has yet to be revealed.
Yungblud’s most recent album is his 2020 sophomore effort, Weird!
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Jack Harlow better watch out!
His recent comments regarding his lack of knowledge about who Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Brandy is may have gotten him into some drama. But it’s all fun and games, especially for Brandy, who jokingly responded to the “First Class” rapper who said he didn’t know she and Ray J were siblings.
After watching the viral interview clip where Jack Harlow asks, “Who’s Ray J’s sister?” Brandy tweeted, “I will murk this dude in rap at 43 [years old] on his own beats and then sing [h]is a** to sleep.”
While the iconic singer could very well give Jack Harlow a run for his money, she posted a follow-up tweet saying, “See, I can have a little fun too hehe…all love.”
Jack Harlow’s revelation sparked lots of conversation over the internet last week. While many recognized his young age as the reason for the lack of knowledge, his comments were also met with backlash.
When Grammy-winning singer India Arie got wind on the video, she took to social media to express her feelings about it.
“Just because you make Black music doesn’t mean you know Black culture,” she wrote in a post shared by The Shade Room. “If U don’t know Brandy’s voice when you hear it … WHO EVEN ARE YOU?” she said.
She continued, “WHEN AN ACTUAL MUSICIAN! WHO MAKES BLACK MUSIC! Deduces one of the industries MOST IMPORTANT VOICES @Brandy to Ray J’s SISTER? who is famous (mostly) for his Proximity to Kim Kardashian.”
Responding to Brandy’s clapback on Tuesday, Jack Harlow posted an image of Brandy and Ray J accompanied by Kanye West‘s 2005 track, “Bring Me Down,” on which Brandy sings the chorus.
Bet Jack Harlow won’t ever forget Brandy’s name now.
Kane Brown may be busy readying a new album, but he’s never too busy to spend time with family.
The superstar hopped on social media this week to share a snap of his daughters, 2-year-old Kingsley and 4-month-old Kodi. Kane and his wife, Katelyn, have previously told fans that Kingsley loves being a big sister, and this photo is proof: the toddler’s got her arm around her baby sibling as the pair sit outside in a chair.
Kane and Katelyn welcomed baby Kodi in late December. They never announced the pregnancy publicly, making for quite the surprise when fans learned that they’d added a new bundle of joy to their household.
In musical news, Kane’s keeping busy: He put out his new song, “Like I Love Country Music,” earlier this month.
Amber Heard says that the ongoing defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp is now impacting her professional life.
In Heard’s latest testimony in court, she claims that her role in the upcoming Aquaman sequel, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, has been significantly cut down as a result of the trial. Heard was in the early stages of scheduling filming for the sequel when Depp sued her in 2019. His defamation suit was filed in response to an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post in December 2018 speaking out about the alleged domestic abuse she experienced.
Heard stars as Mera in the Aquaman series, the love interest to Jason Momoa‘s titular character. The actress says that “communications” with Warner Brothers, the studio producing the film, virtually “stopped” once news of the divorce broke.
“I was given a script and then given new versions of the script that had taken away scenes that had action in it, that depicted my character and another character, without giving any spoiler aways, two characters fighting with one another, and they basically took a bunch out of my role,” she explains in court, according to Variety. “They just removed a bunch out.”
Heard and Depp’s trial began on April 11 in Fairfax County, Virginia. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is slated to hit theaters in March 2023.
Back in January it was announced the acclaimed three-part Disney+ documentary The Beatles: Get Back would be released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 8, but the release was indefinitely delayed.
Now, Variety reports that the physical versions of the doc will finally get their release on July 12.
According to Variety, the delay was due to a defect that was discovered in the discs.
The DVD and Blu-ray sets will feature the entire 468-minute documentary across three discs, although the outlet reports that there are no bonus features. The foldout packaging includes four commemorative cards boasting pics of each Beatles member. Both editions will offer multiple audio options.
As previously reported, The Beatles: Get Back was directed by Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson and premiered on Disney+ in late November 2021.
The series was created from dozens of hours of previously unseen footage shot in January 1969 for what became the 1970 film Let It Be.
Besides showing the Fab Four working on the songs that eventually appeared on the Let It Be album, Get Back also captures the group jamming on covers and older Beatles tunes, playing songs that would be featured on Abbey Road and the bandmates’ future solo albums — joking, arguing, chatting and more.
The docuseries ends with footage of the entire surprise performance that The Beatles gave on the roof of their Apple company’s headquarters in London’s Savile Row, which turned to be the last time the band played together in public.
New York City and the landmark Empire State Building will beam red and white on May 21 in honor of legendary rapper Biggie Smalls on what would’ve been his 50th birthday this Saturday.
As part of the official celebration, a lighting ceremony will take place on Friday, May 20, that will include Biggie’s mother, Voletta Wallace; his children, CJ and T’yanna Wallace;longtime friend and fellow rapper Lil Kim; and other close friends and hip-hop luminaries.
In commemoration of the late rapper, the Barclays Center will feature a video montage of classic Biggie records which will be displayed on the oculus above the arena’s entrance. For those planning to travel to the venue by way of NYC public transportation, a special edition MetroCard featuring the Notorious B.I.G will be available exclusively at three subway stations near his old Brooklyn neighborhood: Lafayette Avenue, Clinton – Washington Avenue and Atlantic Avenue.
The celebration will continue into June’s Black Music Month with an orchestral tribute to Biggie at the Lincoln Center, which will feature a special musical guest. The black-tie event will be free to the public and will also be livestreamed on Amazon Music’s Twitch channel on June 10.
Also available on June 10 will be a 25th anniversary vinyl version of Life After Death, Biggie’s diamond-certified, Grammy-nominated second and final studio album.
After the success of his two-week number-one hit, “Til You Can’t,” Cody Johnson is following up that single with the title track off his HumanThe Double Album.
Part of the appeal of “Til You Can’t” was its powerful message, and with his new single “Human,” Cody once again relies on strong truth-telling and epic, anthemic relatability. The song is an anthem for today’s often divisive cultural climate, reminding listeners that ultimately, they’ve got more similarities than differences with their fellow humans.
“We’ve gone through a lot in this country the last two years. We are all doing this together. We all have struggles even though they are different,” Cody reflected during a recent live performance of the song, explaining why he chose “Human” to be his next single.
As he rides the momentum of some major career success over the past year, Cody is also extending his 2022 headlining tour with new shows. For a complete list of tour dates, visit the singer’s website.
Miley Cyrus is ready to talk about what happened when her plane was forced to make an emergency landing after being struck by lightning.
Miley previously revealed she was flying to the capital of Paraguay in March when her plane “was caught in a major unexpected storm.” She added, while sharing video and photo of the lightning strike, “My crew, band, friends and family who were all traveling with me are safe after an emergency landing.”
The Grammy nominee spoke about the terrifying incident on Late Night With Seth Meyersand admitted she thought she was going to die.
“It was really scary. I was in my mom’s lap because I was pretty sure it didn’t matter about the seat belts at this point,” she confessed. “I was scared and it was really very strange because it was unexpected weather.”
The “Midnight Sky” singer recalled how she felt when she “woke up that morning” and realized “something just kinda felt off and not quite right.” But, she powered through and boarded the plane to play at Paraguay’s Asunciónico festival.
“It was completely unexpected,” she said of the sudden storm. “We got struck by lightning, which then we had to do this emergency landing and we were in the middle of South America, and I was actually on my way to a show, which by that point had already been flooded and canceled.”
Her band tried to rally together and still make it to the event, but Miley recalled telling her enthusiastic team, “We’re in the middle of the forest in a broken-down airplane. There’s floods where we’re supposed to be going, the stage is sinking.”
On a lighter note, Miley revealed she communicates with godmother Dolly Parton through fax because, “She’s rarely on the phone.”
Justin Bieber is back at it again with Tim Hortons — pretty much the Canadian equivalent of Dunkin’ — for an all new partnership.
Last year, the “Ghost” singer teamed up with the chain to make his own Timbits, which is their name for doughnut holes, which were called Timbiebs. That partnership was a smash and even sparked some head-scratching headlines when ecstatic customers tried reselling them — plus associated Timbiebs merchandise — for thousands of dollars on eBay.
Now, Justin is taking a swing at Tim Horton’s other pride and joy — their coffee. According to a press release, the Grammy winner is coming out with his own cold brew, called Biebs Brew. Turns out Justin loves his coffee on ice and helped develop his new beverage.
Biebs Brew is made with “100 percent ethically sourced premium Arabica beans and is slowly cold steeped for 16 hours to enhance the bold and smooth flavor,” the release states. That’s not all; Justin also has “a slight sweet tooth,” so the cold brew comes with a limited-edition French vanilla flavoring.
“We couldn’t stop at Timbiebs, we needed a Biebs Brew too. And we are bringing both to Tims next month,” he said in a statement. “Doing a Tim Hortons collab had always been a dream of mine. I grew up on Tim Hortons and it’s always been something close to my heart.”
The cold brew launches June 6 in both the U.S. and Canada. If that wasn’t enough, fans who were burned in being able to score a box of Timbiebs will have a chance to get their hands on them. Also starting June 6, all three Timbieb flavors — Chocolate White Fudge, Sour Cream Chocolate Chip and Birthday Cake Waffle — will be back in store.
(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department special counsel investigating the origins of the probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election is facing his first major test in federal court this week, with the start of a criminal trial against a Democrat-linked lawyer charged with lying to the FBI.
Prosecutors are seeking to convince a jury that lawyer Michael Sussmann lied in bringing forth a tip to a senior FBI official in September 2016 about potential connections between then-presidential candidate Donald Trump’s company and a Russian bank, by allegedly telling the official that he was not working on behalf of any client at the time.
According to John Durham, who has been investigating the Russia probe for more than three years and was appointed special counsel by former Attorney General William Barr just before Barr’s resignation in 2020, Sussmann was in fact bringing the info to then-FBI general counsel James Baker as part of Sussmann’s work for Hillary Clinton’s political campaign and a technology company executive who had worked to assemble the data.
This “led the FBI General Counsel to understand that Sussmann was acting as a good citizen merely passing along information, not as a paid advocate or political operative,” Durham’s indictment alleges.
“Many people have strong feelings about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but we are not here because these involve allegations involved either,” Durham prosecutor Deborah Shaw said in opening arguments Tuesday. “We are here because the FBI is our institution. It should not be used as a political tool for anyone.”
The alleged lie by Sussmann had an impact on how the FBI ultimately investigated the allegations, Durham has claimed, which involved data showing a potential communications channel between computer servers for the Trump Organization and the Russian-owned Alfa Bank. The FBI eventually determined the data did not show anything nefarious.
A key piece of evidence Durham’s team has said supports their case was revealed only last month. Prosecutors will point the jury to a text message that Sussmann allegedly sent to Baker the night before they met in which Sussmann wrote, “I’m coming on my own — not on behalf of a client or company — want to help the Bureau.”
While the charge against Sussmann is narrow, through their 27-page indictment and hundreds of pages of court filings in the months since Sussmann was indicted, Durham’s prosecutors have sought to allege a broader potential conspiracy regarding efforts by Clinton’s campaign and other political operatives to spread unverified allegations about possible ties between Trump, his campaign and the Russian government.
“No one should be so privileged to have the ability to walk into the FBI and lie for political ends,” Shaw said Tuesday, adding “whether we hate Donald Trump or like him,” all have to agree lying to FBI is illegal.
Sussmann’s attorneys have disputed he told Baker at the meeting that he was not bringing the information forward on behalf of a specific client, and have argued that there’s no evidence such a statement had a measurable impact on how FBI agents eventually investigated the allegations.
In opening statements Tuesday, Sussmann’s attorney Michael Bosworth said while Sussmann was representing Clinton’s campaign “generally” in the fall of 2016 — and that representation included work on the Alfa Bank data that was brought to him by tech executive Rodney Joffe — his meeting with the FBI was not part of his work for the Clinton campaign.
On the contrary, according to Bosworth, Sussmann sought the meeting to give the bureau a heads up on a story the New York Times was working on about the Alfa Bank data at the time, so it wouldn’t be caught “flat-footed.”
While Durham’s team argues Sussmann was hoping the meeting would later result in an “October surprise” news story about the FBI opening an investigation on potential ties between Trump and Russia — Bosworth said that as a result of the meeting, the FBI was actually able to persuade the Times not to run the story.
In other words, according to Bosworth, Sussmann’s meeting generated the “opposite” result of what the Clinton campaign would have wanted at the time.
Sussmann’s attorneys have previously accused Durham’s prosecutors of trying to promote a “baseless narrative that the Clinton Campaign conspired with others to trick the federal government into investigating ties between President Trump and Russia,” and have successfully sought to limit some of the evidence that Durham’s team had hoped to present in the two-week trial.
Last week, the judge overseeing Sussmann’s case, Christopher Cooper, issued an order that will prevent Durham’s team from bringing forward evidence alleging what they have described as a “joint venture” between Sussmann, representatives for Clinton’s campaign and the technology executive Rodney Joffe to collect and spread opposition research about Trump.
In his ruling, Cooper said he would not oversee “a time-consuming and largely unnecessary mini-trial to determine the existence and scope of an uncharged conspiracy to develop and disseminate the Alfa Bank data.”
The witness lists for both Durham’s prosecutors and Sussmann’s team are extensive, and include an array of current and former law enforcement and intelligence officials, former Clinton campaign operatives and a former New York Times reporter who was in touch with Sussmann around the time he met with the FBI.
In the three years since Durham was initially assigned to look into the origins of the Russia investigation, he has secured only one guilty plea of a former lawyer with the FBI who admitted to doctoring an email that was used to support a surveillance application that targeted a former Trump campaign aide.
Durham’s only other indictment outside of Sussmann was against Igor Danchenko, a lead analyst who contributed to the now-infamous Steele Dossier, who was charged last year with five counts of lying to the FBI about who his sources were for claims in the dossier. Danchenko has pleaded not guilty to all counts.
While he has conducted his investigation largely out of public view the past three years, Durham has notably opted to attend the first days of Sussmann’s trial in person.
