MUNA’s Katie Gavin has performed a stripped-back acoustic cowl of Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ – test it out beneath.
The singer appeared on SiriusXM radio on Friday (November 29) to play the traditional 1989 single, armed with simply an acoustic guitar and microphone.
Take a look at official footage of Gavin’s intimate efficiency of the music right here:
Gavin is selling her debut solo album ‘What A Aid’, which was launched on October 25 by way of Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Manufacturing facility Information. The album included the only ‘Aftertaste’ and the Mitski collaboration ‘As Good As It Will get’.
“This report spans numerous my life,” she added. ”It’s about having a extremely deep want for connection, but additionally encountering all of the obstacles that stood in my means to have the ability to obtain that, patterns of isolation and even boredom with the actual work of affection. ‘What A Aid’ explores and portrays it truthfully, with out disgrace.”
In September, MUNA performed a equally stripped again model of Chappell Roan’s ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ whereas filling in for her at All Issues Go. Roan had been on account of play on the New York Metropolis/Washington DC twin festivals, however withdrew after what she described as an “overwhelming” few weeks.
MUNA had been supportive of Roan’s public feedback concerning the “bizarre”, “creepy” and “predatory” behaviour of parts of her fanbase, going as far as to name out the “actually scary” behaviour of a few of their very own followers.
They went on to stipulate a few of the points they’ve encountered: “Cyberstalking, hackings, bullying different followers & our family members, plus spreading falsehoods about us and our family members for clout and a focus on-line.”
Gavin’s debut album comes two years after MUNA’s newest launch, 2022’s ‘MUNA‘. In a four-star assessment of the album, NME shared: “By now, it needs to be clear that this lot know how you can pen a whopper of a pop anthem – that is still obvious right here – however extra crucially ‘MUNA’ additionally serves as strong proof of a band with many extra chapters of evolution up their sleeves but.”
JADE has recalled feeling “scared” to open up about her Arab heritage when she was in Little Combine.
The singer, who launched her solo profession in 2024, has Egyptian and Yemeni ancestry from her mom’s aspect, and spoke earlier within the yr about how she was now studying Arabic to “faucet into my roots a bit extra”.
Now, in an interview with Rolling Stone UK, she has spoken about how her blended ethnicity has made her really feel alienated at numerous levels of her life.
“I’d solely ever seen unfavorable stereotypes of Arab folks within the press,” she mentioned, “so I used to be scared to advertise my heritage. I really feel unhappy for my youthful self that I may’ve been the illustration I wanted again then. I attempt to make up for that now.”
She went on to talk about the transition into being a solo artist and the friction she has skilled in doing so. “I didn’t know the right way to be a lady in my very own proper,” she defined. “Once we first stopped, I used to be misplaced as a result of I used to be like, ‘fuck, each choice I’ve revamped the previous decade hasn’t been my very own’. It took me a minute to get my independence again.”
JADE has launched two solo singles so far, within the type of ‘Angel Of My Goals’ and ‘Fantasy’.
The previous was described by the singer as “form of rags to riches”, and was written in Los Angeles alongside Steph Jones, who labored on Sabrina Carpenter‘s ‘Espresso’, Pablo Bowman (Calvin Harris) and producer Mike Sabbath (RAYE). The music later acquired a “S.A.D. model” (sluggish, angelic, dramatic), including a hauntingly poignant vibe.
JADE additionally revealed earlier this yr on the BBC’s Sidetracked podcast how her former Little Combine bandmates helped wing-woman her throughout an “embarrassing” encounter with Prince Harry on the 2015 Royal Selection Efficiency.
J. Cole has introduced a present at Madison Sq. Backyard to have fun the tenth anniversary of his album ‘2014 Forest Hills Drive’.
The rapper’s third album was launched in December 2014 and included the singles ‘Apparently’, ‘Moist Dreamz’ and ‘No Function Modelz’. It went on to be Grammy nominated, and picked up BET Hip Hop and Billboard Music awards.
Now, an anniversary present has been confirmed, which is able to happen on the New York Metropolis venue on December 16, almost a decade to the day because the authentic launch. Pre-sale begins at 10am EST on December 2, with basic sale going down at 10am EST on December 4. Discover your tickets here.
Cole can also be planning to put aside precisely 2014 tickets, which will likely be made out there for $1, with the on-sale particulars for these to be revealed on the day of the present.
The rapper has additionally been within the means of importing his early mixtapes onto streaming platforms in current weeks, with ‘The Come Up’ and ‘The Heat Up’ being joined this week (November 28) by 2010’s ‘Friday Night time Lights’, a significant breakthrough launch for the artist.
This week additionally noticed Cole previewing two unreleased songs that he labored on with Kendrick Lamar in the identical period as ‘Friday Night time Lights’. Showing on his recently-launched Inevitable podcast, on which he chronicles the evolution of his profession, he gave a style of the 2 songs, ‘Temptations’ and ‘Shock The World’.
Cole recalled how he and Lamar met at a canopy shoot for that 12 months’s XXL Freshman list that their mutual buddy Jay Rock appeared on.
He recounted: “I performed him ‘Temptation’ with my verse on it, I performed him a few different joints that had one verse on it. After I performed them for him, I used to be like, ‘Bro, you may have these if you need.’”
“I bear in mind he stated – and it all the time caught with me ’trigger I had by no means heard no one say this to me earlier than – he was like, ‘N***a, are you positive you wish to give me these?!’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, go forward, take them.’ He was like, ‘Bro, you sleeping on your self.’ It struck me as a result of it was really the stone chilly fact of my actuality at the moment. I used to be so targeted on getting this unicorn hit for my album that I used to be really sleeping on the shit that I did nicely.”
The Lottery Winners have clarified feedback made yesterday (November 29) about BRIT College and privately educated artists.
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Yesterday, the band took to X to voice their considerations about artists who attended the performing arts college or personal faculties making an attempt to talk on behalf of working class musicians.
“I don’t thoughts in the event you went to non-public college and Brit College, that’s cool, I’m comfortable for you. However when did you turn into the spokesperson for the ‘working class musician’. No thanks mate,” they wrote.
“If you wish to speak about how ‘damaged’ the music trade is, ought to we deal with that 8/10 greatest artist nominees on the Brit Awards final yr went to YOUR SCHOOL.”
The feedback adopted Kate Nash‘s latest Butts for Tour Buses marketing campaign, which noticed her be a part of OnlyFans to protest the music trade and assist elevate cash for her UK and European tour which started on November 21.
She then took her “bum on the again of a fireplace truck” protest to the London workplaces of Dwell Nation and Spotify in addition to the Homes of Parliament to spotlight the challenges going through artists and people working within the touring trade.
In an announcement to NME, Nash reasserted that “the price of presenting stay music has gone up by 30.3 per cent over the previous two years. There have been 125 venues that closed final yr within the UK. And, the worth of recorded music is extraordinarily low.” She went on to say: “The trade is in disaster, the music trade has failed artists, and is totally unsustainable, and my arse is shining a light-weight on that.”
Kate Nash, 2024 CREDIT: @emilymarcovecchio
Nash, like Adele, Amy Winehouse, FKA Twigs, Loyle Carner, did attend the BRIT college, and gained British Feminine Solo Artist of The Yr on the 2008 BRIT Awards following the discharge of her 2007 debut album ‘Made Of Bricks’.
Nonetheless, opposite to The Lottery Winners’ preliminary feedback, of the 10 nominees for Artist Of The Year in 2024 solely two, Olivia Dean and Raye, attended the BRIT College. In 2023 five artists were nominated: Harry Kinds, Central Cee, Fred Once more.., George Ezra and Stormzy – none of whom attended the varsity.
Now, the band have apologised for the error of their earlier posts and asserted that they weren’t taking goal at Nash, writing on X this morning (November 30): “Alright, I’ve mouthed off, made it into an NME article (which should imply I’m getting fairly well-known) and obtained my details incorrect.
“I’m sorry about that. I do wish to say that I’m not pointing the finger at anyone, and that tweet wasn’t about one individual, just like the article would lead you to consider. I used to be having a very unhealthy morning after having a dialog with any individual about my band and kicked out.”
They go on to make clear their remark about BRIT award winners, writing: “To right my level, greater than half of the nominees for final yr’s Finest Artists on the Brits had been educated in faculties that require charges to attend. But solely 5.9% of the inhabitants attend these faculties. An anomaly!”
It echoes analysis earlier this yr that confirmed solely 16 per cent of the music and performing arts workforce come from working class communities, versus virtually 65 per cent from center or higher class backgrounds.
“I want to add, I’ve no downside with folks which might be privately educated, I feel it’s a tremendous luxurious to be afforded, and if I had the selection, I actually would educate my youngsters that approach.”
They continued: “Nonetheless, if we’re elevating a dialog about ‘working class musicians’ and their struggles, it might be good if it was being represented by working class musicians.
“I’m under no circumstances which means to start out a beef with anyone! I really like all types of music made by all types of individuals. Solely love.”
Additionally they added that they’ve reached out to Nash privately.
Alright, I’ve mouthed off, made it into an NME article (which should imply I’m getting fairly well-known) and obtained my details incorrect.
I’m sorry about that. I do wish to say that I’m not pointing the finger at anyone, and that tweet wasn’t about one individual, just like the article would lead you…
In 2023, it was introduced {that a} new department of the BRIT College would open in Bradford in 2026/27.
Lottery Winners have beforehand been vocal concerning the challenges working class artists face within the music trade, opening as much as NME final yr concerning the lack of mainstream consideration they’ve obtained regardless of being a working class success story.
Thom Rylance informed us: “I feel it’s as a result of we’re simply not very cool, and I’ve obtained no intention of pretending to be cool. I’m not bitter, however what music execs assume is cool and what folks actually need? The one approach we’ll get mainstream consideration is by proving that is what folks need, by promoting all of the tickets we do and promoting all of the data we do.
“I at all times knew we’d do it the arduous approach. We’re from a working class mining city within the north west of England. We’re not from London, we don’t have well-known dads. We’re simply attempting our greatest, and if folks connect with our music, that’s genuine.”
Class inequality has been a serious speaking level within the artistic arts within the UK lately, with Rubbish’s Shirley Manson lately telling NME that music is at the moment dominated by artists who’re “independently rich”.
The Lottery Winners lately introduced their new album ‘KOKO’, out on February 21 subsequent yr, together with the only ‘You Once more’ that includes Reverend & The Makers frontman Jon McClure. They’ll even be heading on a UK tour quickly – you’ll be able to see a full checklist of dates beneath and purchase tickets here.
Lottery Winners’ UK headline tour dates are:
DECEMBER 2024 27 – Manchester – Academy 1 28 – Manchester – Academy 1 29 – Manchester – Academy 1
FEBRUARY 2025 20 – Bristol – O2 Academy 21 – Bournemouth – O2 Academy 23 – London – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 26 – Glasgow – St Luke’s 27 – Leeds – O2 Academy 28 – Liverpool – O2 Academy
Doja Cat seems to be teasing snippets of latest music that followers suppose is taken from her upcoming fifth album.
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In latest months the pop-rap star has fuelled hypothesis that her follow-up to 2023’s ‘Scarlet‘ is on its approach.
Teasing started in late October – when she wiped her X account and posted a singular phrase: “album”. Then, in the beginning of November, she took to the platform as soon as once more to share an inventory of music titles that gave the impression to be the album’s tracklist, earlier than shortly deleting the publish.
The checklist consisted of 13 tracks, together with 5 starred songs that Doja stated have been her favorite. These 5 songs are at the moment titled ‘Playing cards’, ‘Acts Of Service’, ‘Make It Up’, ‘Did I Lie’ and ‘Crack’. She later famous that the songs weren’t listed so as.
Now, in three movies shared to X this morning (November 30), she’s additional teased the potential album with temporary snippets of music.
Within the first video, captioned “Lets discuss it”, she begins to open her mouth to talk earlier than promptly chopping off the clip.
Shortly after, she shared a video captioned “my dangerous yall”, the place she says: “Okay, I’m sorry. I’ve simply been like fucking with you guys this whole time and I really feel prefer it’s impolite and I apologise for that. So, I do wanna discuss mainly,” earlier than ending the video once more.
Then, in a last 59-second video, she begins urgent play and pause on numerous tracks. In complete, she teases 9 clips, earlier than laughing and ending the video. Test it out under.
Doja’s final album, ‘Scarlet’, scored a three-star evaluation from NME: “All of it provides as much as an overlong, barely repetitive however in the end compelling album of two halves… Nonetheless, by this stage, there’s little doubt that Doja has made her level – that she doesn’t owe us something however to be herself.”
In different Doja Cat information, crypto hackers just lately took over her X account and tried to ignite a beef with Iggy Azalea. The try at igniting beef was shortly smothered by Azalea, who posted: “Don’t purchase this y’all. She’s hacked. Save your cash, the market’s down as it’s…”
In June, Doja additionally kicked off her European and UK tour, performing on the OVO Hydro in Glasgow. The gig scored a four-star evaluation from Janessa Williams, who wrote for NME: “What you get from her is a seamless present trimmed of all of the fats, one which goals to rejoice the lane of her personal creative satisfaction, unbothered by those that don’t see her talent. When it’s working this effectively, why shouldn’t she do issues her approach?”
The Wombats are to play their greatest ever hometown present at Liverpool’s On The Waterfront subsequent summer season.
The indie trio will headline the competition at Pier Head on June 19, with different evening’s lineups being topped by Irish insurgent music legends The Wolfe Tones, the 50-piece Classical Ibiza Kaleidoscope Orchestra and Sting.
Tickets for The Wombats’ day on the competition, which can even function performances from Pale Waves, Sawyer Hill and different acts to be confirmed, are on sale now and you will discover yours here.
Writing in regards to the present on Instagram, the band have stated: “Liverpool did you suppose we’d forgotten about you?!! As if! We’re so excited to announce that we’re taking part in an enormous hometown present, again the place all of it started, on the nineteenth June 2025 on the Pier Head!! It’s going to be a particular evening.”
The date joins the beforehand introduced UK enviornment tour the band might be taking part in in March subsequent yr, which incorporates dates in Nottingham, London’s O2, Cardiff, Manchester, Glasgow and Leeds. See full particulars of the exhibits right here and discover remaining tickets here.
The band are making ready to launch their sixth album ‘Oh! The Ocean’ on February 21, which they’ve previewed with the one ‘Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Need To Come’. It’s their first full launch since 2022’s chart-topping ‘Repair Your self, Not The World’.
The brand new report has been helmed by St Vincent and Demise Cab For Cutie producer John Congleton and was impressed by a revelatory expertise that frontman Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy had on a seashore throughout a household vacation this summer season.
“I’d had a very funky morning and didn’t sleep properly,” he instructed NME. “I took my household all the way down to the seashore round Orange County means, the youngsters had been off taking part in and I used to be simply stood there wanting on the ocean. It was a really mushroomy expertise.
“I noticed the ocean and the waves and the whole lot as if for the primary time. It was like I used to be an alien, I’d come from a unique planet and I used to be placed on a seashore and somebody took my blindfold off and confirmed me the ocean. I used to be like, ‘What the fuck is that? How did it get there?’ It was probably the most awestruck I’ve ever been, actually.”
Snoop Dogg has launched ‘One other A part of Me’, a track that options visitor vocals by Sting and likewise samples a traditional track by The Police. Hearken to it under.
The rap veteran is ready to launch ‘Missionary’ subsequent month (December 13), and it marks his first album absolutely produced by longtime affiliate Dr. Dre since 1993’s ‘Doggystyle’.
In ‘One other A part of Me’ – which follows the latest launch of ‘Outta Da Blue’ – Dre samples the enduring guitar lick from The Police’s 1979 hit single ‘Message In A Bottle’, with Snoop Dogg alternating between his traditional rap stream and an Auto-Tune croon modelled after the reggae-rock track.
Sting additionally flips expectations along with his look, taking over a rap cadence along with his verse: “Mmm, gotta stand up out of my means / Yeah, there’s no higher time than at present“.
“Me and Snoop made a recording of ‘Message In A Bottle’, which he’s referred to as one thing else,” Sting advised BBC Radio 2, per Rolling Stone.
“I performed the guitar and I sang on it, however Snoop additionally sings on this, which is kind of a revelation to me.” Hearken to the observe under.
The discharge date of ‘Missionary’ will even mark the thirtieth anniversary of ‘Doggystyle’. The brand new album will even function visitor appearances by Eminem, 50 Cent, Methodology Man, Jelly Roll, the late Tom Petty, and extra.
Dre had beforehand stated he hoped for a November launch date, and defined that ‘Missionary’ differs from ‘Doggystyle’ as a result of: “This one’s gonna present a special degree of maturity along with his lyrics and with my music. I really feel like that is among the finest music I’ve completed in my profession.”
Chatting with Entertainment Tonight earlier this 12 months, Dr. Dre revealed that his bond with Snoop goes a lot additional than simply recording music within the studio.
He revealed: “I don’t even really feel comfy performing with out Snoop. One thing in regards to the synergy that me and Snoop have is admittedly fascinating.” He went on so as to add, “Actually, Snoop, he’s the celebrity. I’m the co-star once we get on stage. It’s completely different once we’re within the studio, you already know? I’m the captain once we’re within the studio, however once we go exterior, Snoop is the man.”
Not too long ago, Snoop responded to a brand new Kendrick Lamar lyric on the track ‘wacced out murals’ about his assist of Drake in the course of the two rappers’ public feud this summer time.
Meghan Trainor has shared her expertise present process botox surgical procedure, revealing that she “can’t smile anymore”.
In a clip from Trainor’s podcast Workin’ On It, shared on Wednesday, Trainor shared a cautionary story to listeners who could also be fascinated about choosing beauty surgical procedure.
“To all my fellow girlies on the market who’re in your 30s on the market, hello. I received an excessive amount of Botox, and I need assistance,” she mentioned on the podcast. “I tousled.”
She added that she’s sought out Botox “a handful of occasions” through the years “simply on my brow”.
“Somebody satisfied me with my little lips that – in the event you did a lip flip [and] you place filler proper above your higher lip – you might have a phenomenal flip in your higher lip and I might have one for the primary time in my entire 30 years of residing,” Trainor defined. “It was not true.”
The results of the lip filler botox? “I can’t smile anymore,” she revealed. “All over the place I’m going, I can’t smile. My face hurts to smile.”
In the remainder of the episode, nevertheless, Trainor reveals that she is just not ruling out future beauty surgical procedure procedures. “You understand what this [taught] me? It taught me that my smile does gentle up a room. And when it’s not there, it’s a dim gentle,” she says, in jest, mustering a half-smile to the digicam.
Earlier this yr, Trainor launched her sixth studio album ‘Timeless’, which featured visitor appearances from T-Ache, pop-soul group Lawrence, and actress Niecy Nash.
Notably, its deluxe version featured the monitor ‘Criminals’, which was used for a flashmob-style dance sequence in latest Netflix sequence The Excellent Couple – it stars Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber.
At a press convention for the present, it was revealed Kidman created a WhatsApp group along with her co-stars to try to get out of filming the sequence.
Schreiber, nevertheless, was not a part of the supposed “mutiny”: “I used to be already in my trailer practising the dance strikes. I similar to dancing and I used to be kinda disenchanted when it got here out that I’m not in it extra as a result of I assumed I did it rather well.”
Kylie Minogue braved the rain on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this week to play a few of her largest hits.
The pop icon performed ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’, ‘Sluggish’ and ‘Padam Padam’ on the annual occasion, her first look there since 2010.
Persevering by means of opposed, drenched circumstances, she took to TikTok after the efficiency, saying, “Macy’s, what simply occurred! OK, that was full-on singing and dancing within the rain, however it was quite a lot of enjoyable! Thanks for having me. I’m gonna go dry off.”
Additionally at this yr’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Netflix oversaw a Wednesday-themed float during which the title character served her brother Pugsley’s head on a platter.
There was additionally a military of Wednesday lookalikes and a particular efficiency of The Rolling Stones‘ ‘Paint It Black’ by Bishop Briggs on the Macy’s Parade accompanying the float.
Elsewhere this vacation season, Bruce Willis’ household shared heartwarming photos with the actor celebrating together with his daughters Tallulah and Scout.
In different Kylie information, she not too long ago opened up about why she “misses virtually all the pieces concerning the ‘90s”.
“There have been no telephones, dance music was going nuts and I used to be in it and amongst it, going to the golf equipment, going to trend reveals, pounding the pavement, going to markets,” she stated. “I wasn’t losing time scrolling on socials or coping with, like, adulting. So there’s lots I miss. General simply freedom.”
Kylie Minogue (Picture by Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Just lately, Minogue launched ‘Rigidity II’. In a glowing five-star assessment of the LP, NME shared: “To not put a damper on the triumph that was ‘Rigidity’, however ‘Rigidity II’ surpasses it by mild years – and, in so doing, awkwardly places into query the necessity to join the 2 albums within the first place. This assortment of (largely) new songs stands sturdy by itself. The document is tighter but bolder, sexier but sadder, as icy, electropop siren Kylie as soon as once more leaves all of it on the dancefloor.”
Talking about ‘Rigidity II’ with NME whereas in Singapore, Minogue stated that the tracks on the LP are general, “a enjoyable group of buddies” and that the album was a “contemporary begin” for her.
“I really feel prefer it’ll be time for one thing – possibly not as singular as [‘Impossible Princess’] – however to deliver a few of that again in,” Minogue stated, revealing that she “already had just a few songwriting days within the studio with my closest [collaborators] for no matter’s to return”.
“I’m undecided how a lot of [what I’m working on] is as a result of [of] the place my output has been of late. We’ve been fairly strong on ‘What’s the hit, what’s the hit, what’s the hit’,” she stated. “So, it’s a few of that barely meatier sort of the opposite stuff that I’m actually drawn to.”
In different information, the pop icon may also be taking the album and its predecessor on tour subsequent yr. The Rigidity Tour consists of dates in Australia, the UK, US, Canada, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines. Within the current NME interview, she stated she desires to deliver again her “90s experimental facet” for the tour.
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