One started on a TV talent competition and one started on TikTok. Today, Lauren Jauregui and Dixie, aka Dixie D’Amelio, have new songs for you.

Lauren has announced that her debut solo album, PRELUDE, will be out November 5, and she’s released a new song from the project, “Scattered,” featuring rapper Vic Mensa.  The former Fifth Harmony singer says of the jazzy, dreamy tune, “It’s essentially about my mind being scattered. Vic heard it and felt it. I loved the idea of having a male perspective on assessing mental health.” 

Vic adds, “The transparency and the vulnerability, that’s what drew me into the song…I’ve come to realize that when I speak about the myriad of mental issues I go through…not only is it a catharsis for me, it’s also valuable for the world because so many people are going through the same manifestations.”

Dixie, whose current single “Psycho” is climbing the charts, has dropped “The Real Thing,” a song that was featured on her Hulu series The D’Amelio Show, and in promo videos for Social Tourist, the brand she owns with her sister, Charlie.  “The Real Thing” is about the search for true love.

“I’m releasing ‘The Real Thing’ for the fans. The same fans that support me and motivate me to keep going when I’m feeling defeated,” Dixie says in a statement. “You requested this, so I’m delivering the full version to you. I’m so thankful for all of you and I’m really excited to be able to drop this!”

(“Scattered” video contains uncensored profanity.)

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Jordan Davis and Luke Bryan reunite this week for a new version of “Buy Dirt,” a duet that originally came out as the title track of Jordan’s May EP.

This time around, the two stars trade verses on a stripped-down, acoustic version that highlights the song’s message. A new video shows Jordan and Luke performing the song from two bar stools, putting an emphasis on the song’s advice for leading a simple, happy life.

When Jordan first released “Buy Dirt,” he explained that he wanted Luke on the track because the country superstar embodies the message behind the song.

“Luke isn’t just a great entertainer; he’s a great dad, a great husband, and a great friend, too,” Jordan explained. “That’s what ‘Buy Dirt’ embodies. When I wrote ‘Buy Dirt,’ I knew he could relate to the song’s message.”

“Buy Dirt” also lends its name to Jordan’s headlining tour, which kicked off in September. Beginning this month, the singer is also a supporting act on Kane Brown’s Blessed and Free Tour.

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As Pharrell Williams considers pulling his Something in the Water Festival from his native Virginia Beach following the fatal police shooting of a family member, fans are planning a peaceful protest to show support for him.

The all-star festival was scheduled for April 22-24, 2022, however the 13-time Grammy winner may move the event to another city because his cousin, Donovon Lynch, was shot and killed by a Virginia Beach police officer on March 26, 2021. Following his death, Pharrell called for a federal investigation.

Xiomara-Rosa Fernandez, who administers a Something in the Water Facebook page, told Norfolk ABC affiliate WVEC-TV that a sit-in will take place on Saturday, November 6 at the Virginia Beach waterfront.

“We sit down at the beach, where the stage was, the main stage,” Fernandez says. She added that she expects fans to attend from other cities.

As previously reported, Pharrell wrote a letter last week in response to city manager Patrick Duhaney, who had written to Pharrell saying he wanted to discuss having the event return.

Pharrell wrote that the goal of the festival was “to ease racial tension, to unify the region, bring about economic development opportunities, and broaden the horizons of the local business community. We achieved those things!”

“I wish the same energy I’ve felt from Virginia Beach leadership upon losing the festival would have been similarly channeled following the loss of my relative’s life,” Williams continued.

The Something in the Water festival debuted in 2019, featuring Travis Scott, Janelle Monae, SZA, Migos, Lil Uzi Vert and many more. In 2019, 25,000 tickets to the music festival sold out in 21 minutes, and the total economic impact was over $24 million. The event was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic.

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K.Flay has released a new single called “Nothing Can Kill Us.”

The track is the first single off the “Blood in the Cut” artist’s upcoming EP Outside Voices, the fittingly titled follow-up to this past June’s Inside Voices EP.

“‘Nothing Can Kill Us’ is about losing someone,” K.Flay says. “It’s about reflecting back on a relationship and the feeling of invincibility you have while you’re in it…but also embracing the immortality of your memories, and of someone’s impact on you.”

“A relationship might end or change, and it might hurt a lot, but nothing can destroy what it meant,” she adds. “Nothing can ever kill that.”

You can download “Nothing Can Kill Us” now via digital outlets. Outside Voices will be released November 19.

K.Flay will embark on her Inside Voices/Outside Voices U.S. tour in February 2022.

Here’s the Outside Voices track list:

“Nothing Can Kill Us”
“I’m Afraid of the Internet”
“Maybe There’s a Way”
“Weirdo”
“Caramel and Symphonies”

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Enough with the Disney songs: Get ready to sing along and rock.

The fourth installment of ABC’s Singalong franchise, airing November 4 at 8 p.m. ET, will spotlight the music of rock legends Queen.  Hosted by Darren Criss, The Queen Family Singalong will feature various stars singing hits by the iconic British band, including Adam Lambert, who’s currently Queen’s front man.

The show will feature Adam singing “The Show Music Go On,” OneRepublic taking on “We Are the Champions,” Pentatonix doing “Somebody to Love,” country singer Jimmie Allen and Miss Piggy doing “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” and more.

The casts of Disney’s The Lion King and Aladdin will also perform a group rendition of “Don’t Stop Me Now.”

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The late George Floyd would have turned 48 years old on Thursday, and Erykah Badu remembered him as she invited his family to her concert in Minneapolis.

Five family members, including Floyd’s sister, aunt and uncle, joined the four-time Grammy winner backstage following her show at the Minneapolis Armory Wednesday night, according to HipHopDX.

“People of planet Earth, we’re about four minutes away from George Floyd’s birthday,” Erykah said in an Instagram Story video. “He would’ve been 48 years old and I’m here with his family now. It seems like we have a moment of peace right now and we know that your life was not in vain.”

“Thank you for your spirit and your sacrifice,” Erykah added, “so that we can move on the way that we should, be where we supposed to as a people.”

Floyd died May 25, 2020 in that city after former police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck during an arrest. Chauvin was convicted of murder in April of this year and sentenced to 22 years in prison. Floyd’s death ignited Black Lives Matter protests around the world.

Badu’s next show is Friday night in Minneapolis. Her tour continues through November 13 in Orlando.

Erykah Badu backstage in Minneapolis with the late #GeorgeFloyd family on his birthday. 🙏🏾✊🏾🕊 pic.twitter.com/cT6j5sZw8q

— Riki P. (@itsrikip) October 14, 2021

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FINNEAS has premiered the video for “Love Is Pain,” a track off his just-released new album, Optimist.

The clip presents one continuing, unbroken shot of the “Let’s Fall in Love for the Night” singer sitting in the back of a car, presumably after a breakup.

“It’s about how painful and heartbreaking love is,” FINNEAS says of the song. “I wanted to write a song about an adult relationship. The more you love someone, the more they have the capacity to cause you heartbreak.”

You can watch the “Love Is Pain” video streaming now on YouTube.

Optimist, FINNEAS’ debut full-length effort, is out today. It also includes the single “What They’ll Say About Us.”

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Ozzy Osbourne has released a deluxe digital version of his 2001 solo album Down to Earth in honor of its 20th anniversary.

The expanded collection includes three bonus tracks which had been previously unavailable on streaming platforms: the B-side “No Place for Angels,” an acoustic recording of “Dreamer,” and the “Single Version” of the track “Gets Me Through.”

Down to Earth was Ozzy’s eighth solo effort, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. It was recorded with longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde, Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin, and a pre-Metallica Robert Trujillo on bass.

The digital Down to Earth reissue follows last month’s 30th anniversary re-release of 1991’s No More Tears.

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Miranda Lambert is kicking off a new musical chapter on Friday, with the release of her dreamy, mid-tempo new single, “If I Was a Cowboy.”

The track paints a picture of life out on the open plains in the West, chasing freedom on horseback and seeing the world from under the brim of a Stetson hat.

Miranda co-wrote the song with acclaimed Nashville producer Jesse Frasure, whom she met earlier this year while working on a very different kind of project: The dance remix of her song, “Tequila Does.”

Both creators behind “If I Was a Cowboy” had to dig into their imaginations to write the song, Miranda explains, as neither of them have much personal experience with the Wild West. “It’s funny, he’s a Detroit boy, and I’m an East Texan, but somehow we wrote a song about the Wild West together,” she notes.

“If I Was a Cowboy” hits radio next week. In addition to gearing up for new solo music, Miranda recently announced that her band The Pistol Annies — also featuring Angaleena Presley and Ashley Monroe — will have a new Christmas album out this year.

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