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The Kid LAROI teases new song: “When y’all want it?”

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Kid LAROI plans to kick off his first headlining tour on January 29, and it looks as though we may have some new music from him before then.

On Monday, the Australian artist posted a snippet of what appears to be a new song featuring Jacksonville, Florida rapper Nardo Wick, which may or may not be called “Rich Boy.” On his Instagram Story, LAROI wrote, “When y’all want it? Lemme know…”

Plus, just a few days ago, LAROI returned to Instagram after a break and wrote “ALBUM IS COMING. BEEN WORKIN DAY AND NIGHT FOR YOU ALL.” In the same post, he also thanked Houston rapper Don Toliver for “joining him.”

“Thank you for sticking with me through this break family,” the Grammy nominee tweeted last week. “I’m beyond blessed to be able to say I have the greatest supporters on planet earth. I love you all eternally, and I can’t wait to show you what I’ve been working on.. it’s almost time.”

LAROI’s debut album, when it arrives, will be the follow-up to his 2021 mixtape F*ck Love 3: Over You, which features his chart-topping Justin Bieber collaboration “Stay.”

T.I. seemingly declares he’s the best rapper

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

After Jay-Z boasted two weeks ago, “No one can stand on that stage with me” in a Verzuz battle, now T.I. is claiming that he’s the best MC.

“Ain’t nobody f***in with me, No one,” the three-time Grammy winner said in an Instagram video. “To the point, they don’t want to be on the same record with me because they know they can’t f*** with me.”

Jay-Z’s comments ignited a social media debate about who could challenge him. As previously reported, last week, Kodak Black offered a bet to Hova.

“I’ll do a [Verzuz] wit Jay Z,” the “Zeze” rapper tweeted with a smiling devil emoji. “‘IF’ he win he get 15% of my catalog I win he make me Vice President of roc nation.”

Tip named Jay-Z, as well as Nas, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Pusha T as stars who can’t compete with him.

“Ain’t nobody do this s*** better than me man. I was doing this s*** since I was 9 years old. You hear me. Nobody f***ing with me.” The “Live Your Life” rapper has been calling out 50 Cent for a Verzuz competition, and also said that he would love to battle Eminem.

T.I. dropped his eleventh and latest solo album, The L.I.B.R.A., in 2020 featuring Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, 21 Savage, Young Thug, John Legend, and more.

Britney Spears was “so sad” following Justin Timberlake breakup, says Jamie Lynn

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Jamie Lynn Spears provided an untold story of how her sister Britney Spears handled the highly publicized breakup from Justin Timberlake.

Britney and Justin dated from 1998 to 2002 and their breakup sent shockwaves across the globe. On a two-part episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast debuting Monday night, Jamie Lynn reveals how she and her sister dealt with the heartbreak.

“I think everyone thought it was forever,” she says, according to a preview of the episode obtained by People. “I was so sad, first off because my sister was so sad, but that, too, was the first time I saw [that] maybe I didn’t know everything about the relationship. Perhaps they were protecting me and obviously why would they talk to me about anything.”

Jamie Lynn, who was a pre-teen at the time, confesses she “truly” has no idea why Britney and Justin called it quits. She adds Justin’s 2002 hit “Cry Me a River” further complicated the delicate situation because the track ignited rumors that Britney had cheated on the *NSYNC singer.

Justin publicly apologized for his actions after last year’s Framing Britney Spears documentary revisited the damage his post-breakup behavior had on the “Toxic” singer.

“I thought how heartbreaking it must have been for my sister when ‘Cry Me a River’ came out…,” says Jamie Lynn, adding her sister’s response song made her feel “really sad” about her situation.

“My sister, she wrote that song ‘Everytime‘ and she’s beyond brilliant with anything creative and she picked that song out on the piano and she wrote it,” she says. “It still makes me cry because I think about how heartbroken she was, because that was her song and that was his song.”

Russell Dickerson is “beyond honored” to be featured on Thomas Rhett’s new album

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Russell Dickerson is “honored” to be featured on a song on Thomas Rhett‘s new album.

Russell and Florida Georgia Line‘s Tyler Hubbard sing with Thomas on “Death Row,” a tune inspired by their experience visiting inmates in a Tennessee prison. In a vulnerable Instagram post, Russell opens up about how meeting the prisoners impacted him, and explains that he’s humbled the experience was turned into a song co-written by Thomas, Ashley Gorley and Zach Crowell.

“I’ll always remember the day TR, T Hubb and I went to death row. We played a bunch a songs we thought they might know. But by the end we were all singing ‘Amazing Grace’ together. And in that moment you realize…we need that amazing grace just as much as they do,” Russell shares in the caption. “Beyond honored to be a part of this one @thomasrhettakins @tylerhubbard.”

“Death Row” is on Thomas’ new album, Where We Started, out on April 1.

Ghost performing this week on ABC’s ’Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Ghost will be haunting late night TV this week.

The Swedish metallers are set to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this Thursday, January 20, airing at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC.

We don’t know yet what Ghost will be playing on Kimmel, but we’d guess they’ll be rocking their current single “Hunter’s Moon,” which premiered last fall. The track, which hit number one on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, was recorded for Halloween Kills, the latest entry in the legendary Halloween horror film franchise.

If you like what you see on Kimmel, you can catch Ghost live on their co-headlining tour with Volbeat, launching January 25 in Reno, Nevada.

Police ask Astroworld attendees to submit photos and videos to assist investigation into the tragedy

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Houston Police Department is asking people who attended the Astroworld Festival on November 5, 2021, to submit photos and videos to an FBI website to assist in the investigation into the tragedy that left 10 people killed.

“Houston Police Detectives have already viewed countless hours of video evidence as part of our ongoing investigation into the Astroworld event,” a department spokesperson said in a statement, according to Billboard. “To ensure that we have captured all possible evidence for a complete investigation, we have partnered with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for additional technical assistance.”

Authorities are specifically interested in photos and videos taken between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. at the festival. Concertgoers can upload a maximum of four files.

As previously reported, Congress announced in December that it was studying the role of the event’s promoter, Live Nation, in the disaster. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino requesting information about the deadly November event, during which 10 people died of “compression asphyxia.”

Also, festival organizer and headliner Travis Scott has been meeting with mayors across the country in an effort to improve concert safety. The “Highest in the Room” rapper is working with the United States Conference of Mayors to implement new safety procedures at festivals. The plan to be developed is titled “Festival Safety,” and is expected to be compiled by June.

Snippet of new Lana Del Rey song featured in preview for next ’Euphoria’ episode

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Lana Del Rey is joining the world of Euphoria.

A snippet of a new song from the “Summertime Sadness” singer can be heard in a preview for the next episode of the Zendaya-starring teen drama series.

No official details for the track have been announced, but fans are hoping to hear the full tune this Sunday when the new episode premieres on HBO.

With a new song to kick off 2022, Del Rey is continuing to build on her prolific 2021, which included the release of two albums: Chemtrails Over the Country Club and Blue Banisters. Meanwhile, her breakout 2012 album Born to Die celebrates its 10th anniversary next Thursday, January 27.

Watch Heart singer Ann Wilson’s disturbing music video for her cover of Alice in Chains’ “Rooster”

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Heart‘s Ann Wilson has released a music video for her cover of Alice in Chains‘ 1993 grunge classic “Rooster” that you can watch now at her official YouTube channel.

The clip mixes visually distorted footage of Wilson singing the song with a variety of disturbing images and segments, including new and archival photos and film of soldiers, a baby doll set on fire, maggots feeding on a dead fly, a depressed looking older man drinking a bottle of liquor, a military drone and more.

Alice in Chains guitarist/singer Jerry Cantrell wrote “Rooster” about the psychological scars his father experienced while serving in the Vietnam War.

Wilson first released her version of “Rooster” in December 2020 as the B-side of a limited-edition vinyl single that also featured her rendition of the 2004 Steve Earle song “The Revolution Starts Now.”

A video of Ann performing “Rooster” also was shown during the virtual Founders Award tribute honoring Alice in Chains that was presented by Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, a.k.a. MoPOP, in December 2020.

On her social media pages, Wilson has posted a screen grab of a Seattle Times interview from December 2020 in which she explains that the “Rooster” music video originally was created to be shown at the Founders Award tribute to Alice in Chains, noting that the organizers decided not to use it because they preferred live footage of artists performing.

Ann added, “[S]ometime I’ll put that video out because it’s really cool. Just maggots and war stuff and darkness and insanity.”

Wilson’s “Rooster” cover also is available as part of a five-song EP compiling some of her recent solo recordings titled Sawheat 8 that she released last June.

(Video contains images that may disturb some viewers.)

Joss Whedon breaks silence on sexism and bullying, calls ‘Justice League’ accuser Ray Fisher “a bad actor”

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

A lengthy feature piece published Monday in New York magazine tracks the meteoric rise, and public fall, of Joss Whedon, who created the TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, and directed blockbusters including Avengers and its sequel Age of Ultron.

As previously reported, Whedon had been accused of bullying behavior on the sets of his former shows. His reshoots of Justice League, following the death by suicide of director Zack Snyder‘s daughter, resulted in a box office failure, and later, more accusations were leveled against Whedon.

Co-star Gal Gadot had accused Whedon of threatening her career and her life. To New York, he claimed his argument with the Israeli actress was lost in translation. “English is not her first language, and I tend to be annoyingly flowery in my speech,” he insisted.

“I understood perfectly,” Gadot replied to that comment.

Actor Ray Fisher played Cyborg in Justice League, and he blamed racism for his role being cut down significantly. Fisher had called Whedon’s behavior “gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable.”

To New York, Whedon said the Cyborg character was cut because test audiences hated it, and that the role — restored in the so-called Snyder Cut — “made no sense.”

He added that Fisher was a “malevolent force,” jumping on the bandwagon in part to bolster support for the eventual release of the Snyder Cut: “We’re talking about a bad actor in both senses.”

Joss admitted to multiple affairs that led his wife, Kai Cole, to divorce him — and publicly out him as a hypocrite — but he also added he “felt powerless” not to sleep with some of the people working under him.

Whedon told New York he felt he was “made a target” by his ex-wife, and claimed that people, in turn, used “every weaponizable word of the modern era to make it seem like I was an abusive monster.” He added, “I think I’m one of the nicer showrunners that’s ever been.”

The one-time critical and geek-sphere darling, noted, “The beginning of the internet raised me up, and the modern internet pulled me down. The perfect symmetry is not lost on me.”

Maren Morris on new album, ’Humble Quest’: “It’s the happiest music I’ve made”

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

In a Twitter Q&A with fans, Maren Morris offers new insight into her upcoming album, Humble Quest.

“It’s the happiest music I’ve made, in a very trying time,” Maren describes to one fan inquiring about the album. As for her favorite lyric, Maren reveals, “Now your heart beats in me.”

Things get interesting when the singer is challenged to explain Humble Quest with emojis, using symbols of an open road, water droplets, a pair of women dancing in leotards and bunny ears, and a mother holding a baby.

As for what song Maren thinks will become a fan favorite, she replies, “I never know. I was floored ‘The Bones’ did what it did so I clearly have zero compass. I will say, I love them all.” And while her favorite song off the album changes daily, she says her current favorite is “Nervous.”

This is Maren’s third studio album following 2019’s Girl that was named Album of the Year at the CMA Awards. “The Bones” was nominated for Best Country Song at the 2021 Grammy Awards.

Humble Quest is available on March 25. The lead single, “Circles Around This Town,” is quickly climbing up the charts, currently in the top 30 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart.

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