Jason Aldean removes Black Lives Matter protest footage from ‘Try That In A Small Town’ video


Jason Aldean has quietly removed Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest footage from the music video for his song ‘Try That In A Small Town’.

As reported by TMZ, the video for the country singer’s track is shorter by six seconds compared to its original upload. The short missing clip is footage from a BLM rally in Georgia, which is projected on a Tennessee courthouse where a Black teenager was lynched in 1927. The original clip was shot by Fox 5 Atlanta.

According to Consequence of Sound, Aldean had previously claimed that there wasn’t “a single video clip that isn’t real news footage” within the ‘Try That In A Small Town’ video. The music video and song have received backlash with many believing they are promoting racism and gun violence.

Lyrics such as:“You cross that line, it won’t take long/ For you to find out, I recommend you don’t / Try that in a small town,” and “Got a gun that my granddad gave me / They say one day they’re gonna round up / Well, that shit might fly in the city, good luck” are featured within the song, adding to concerns about the track’s true meaning.

Despite the backlash, ‘Try That In A Small Town’ has become the singer’s biggest song to date. At his show on Friday, July 21, at Cincinnati’s Riverbend Music Center in Ohio, Aldean claimed that the uproar around the song was due to cancel culture.

“It’s been a long week, and I’ve seen a lot of stuff. I’ve seen a lot of stuff suggesting I’m this, suggesting I’m that,” he told the crowd. “Here’s the thing, here’s one thing I feel: I feel like everybody’s entitled to their opinion. You can think something all you want to. It doesn’t mean it’s true, right?”

He added” “What I am is a proud American. I’m proud to be from here. I love our country. I want to see it restored to what it once was before all this bullshit started happening to us. I love my country, I love my family, and I will do anything to protect that, I can tell you that right now.”

Despite artists such as Sheryl Crow and Jason Isbell speaking out against the song and video, the track went onto achieve the biggest sales week for a country song in over 10 years. It earned the Number Two spot behind BTS’ JungKook’s first solo Number One ‘Seven’ on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.





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Truth x Lies Land on hau5trap With Latin Tech House Anthem, "Esta Vaina"

Truth x Lies have landed on deadmau5’s hau5trap label with “Esta Vaina,” a tech house anthem with a Latin twist.

The track is red lipstick and spicy peppers, a fiery house record that gets the heart racing like a warm shot of tequila. Truth x Lies pour gasoline on the arrangement at its drop, where frenetic vocal chops run roughshod through a bassline you can feel in your bones.

Interpolating sultry horns and smooth flamenco guitar riffs, the incandescent track should prove a weapon in DJ sets—and it arrives just in time to set dancefloors ablaze in the back half of the 2023 festival season.

“We’ve lived in Washington Heights in Uptown Manhattan for many years, so we hear tons of Latin music on a daily basis,” Truth x Lies said in a press release. “Once we found this sample we knew it was on.”

Check out “Esta Vaina” below and find the new track on streaming platforms here.

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Louis The Child Called on Their Fans to Name Their Bouncy New Anthem, "How High": Listen

Crowdsourced song titles are definitely the new wave.

Louis The Child are celebrating the release of one of their most requested unreleased tracks, which prominently samples “Jump to It,” a song released in 1982 by the legendary Aretha Franklin. The twist? They called on their fans to name it.

When trying to figure out how to title the song, the duo asked for help from those who know their music the best before landing on the overwhelming favorite, “How High.” And we must say, it’s a fitting name for the bouncy track, which boasts a euphoric drop where blissed-out synths flutter atop a thick low end.

Next month, Louis The Child will host the second edition of their curated “Alter Ego “event at the Brooklyn Mirage, where they’ll go B2B with What So Not. The show is also slated to feature performances from JOYRYDE, Snakehips, Pauline Herr and The Knocks, among others.

You can listen to “How High” below and find the new track on streaming platforms here.

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Matty Healy reacts to Muse removing song from Malaysia setlist


The 1975‘s Matty Healy has reacted to the news of Muse removing a song from their setlist for an upcoming concert in Malaysia.

The news comes after The 1975 and Matty Healy were banned from Kuala Lumpur last Friday (July 21) for criticising the Malaysian government for anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Healy, who was visibly drinking onstage, had also smashed a festival-owned drone, and kissed bassist Ross MacDonald onstage, before announcing just seven songs into their set that they had been banned from Malaysia and had to leave.

“I made a mistake. When we were booking shows, I wasn’t looking into it. I don’t see the fucking point, right, I do not see the point of inviting The 1975 to a country and then telling us who we can have sex with,” Healy said prior to the kiss.

The band were headlining the first day of the Good Vibes Festival. The following day (July 22), the country’s communications minister announced that he had ordered the rest of the festival cancelled.

Muse are the first major international band to perform in Malaysia since the incident, and according to an organiser of their upcoming concert, the band were proactive in ensuring that their performance fits into the country’s guidelines.

“They called us shortly after the incident went global. After discussions, they decided to pull one song out of the setlist due to the title of the song. It’s nice to know they’re eager to entertain while also respecting the guidelines,” Hello Universe founder Adam Ashraf said. He did not reveal which song was removed from the setlist.

Now, Matty Healy has reacted to Muse’s decision to remove a song from their Malaysia setlist via his personal Instagram Stories. He first shared a screenshot of a Muse pre-order message that reads “Join the Resistance”, before sharing the news of Muse removing a song from their setlist.

Credit: @trumanblack/Instagram

Credit: @trumanblack/Instagram

The Malaysian LBGTQ+ community has since condemned Healy’s actions, with many saying he has set back years of progress that the local community has made.

“If anything, what Matt Healy and The 1975 have done is discount and disrupted YEARS of work by local activists who have been pushing for change and understanding AND endangering our vulnerable minority communities,” Joe Lee wrote in a viral Twitter thread.

Another Twitter user added: “this is singlehandedly pushing back any progress queers in Malaysia could have made in the past century. this is purely performative activism and the 1975 have no idea that what they did is the worst thing that could happen to us”.

Malaysian artists and vendors are also readying a class action lawsuit against Matty Healy and The 1975. The class action lawsuit, which is being readied by Malaysian law firm Thomas Philip, will name all four members of The 1975 and seek compensation over losses suffered as a result of the incident, which the firm’s founder and managing partner Matthew Thomas Philip labelled a “deliberate reckless act done knowing well [sic] of the consequences”

The cancellation of Good Vibes also reportedly affected 28 food vendors who spent thousands in Malaysian ringgit to purchase stock for the festival – at least RM15,000 (£2,500), according to one vendor – on top of paying upfront to rent a stall on site, among other costs. Calls to support affected vendors have been circulating in local media.





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Kill The Noise Unleashes Two Earth-Shattering Singles Featuring HALIENE, Vulgatron, and P4VEN

Kill The Noise has unveiled the fourth and fifth singles from his forthcoming Ophelia Records album, HOLLOW WORLD.

“Give Out” features a stellar vocal performance from HALIENE, who leads us through a beautifully constructed introduction before a soaring drop befit for Ophelia. Kill The Noise then switches things up in the song’s coda with a huge dubstep drop to bring it all home.

“Broken Panes” sees P4VEN, a founding member of the critically acclaimed rap group Foreign Beggars, lend his musical expertise. His tenacious vocals march through a bass-fueled battlefield, leading to an unrelenting dubstep anthem on the B-side of this release.

Kill The Noise, who was recently injured after a run-in with a venomous stingray, has been on a tear in 2023 as he gears up for the release of HOLLOW WORLD, his third album. Last year, the virtuosic producer released his sophomore album, EMBRACE, as well as a heavy-hitting remix package featuring the likes of Moore Kismet, Ray Volpe, Xavi, AC Slater and longstoryshort, among others.

You can find both new singles on streaming platforms here.

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Sam Blacky releases Afro-house single ‘Munca’ – Dancing Astronaut


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Jul 26, 2023

Los Angeles DJ and music producer Sam Blacky returns with “Munca,” a captivating tribal/afrohouse piece that perfectly captures the vibe of her forthcoming EP. As a global traveler and worldly citizen, her music consistently showcases a powerful global influence, as evident in her 2021 release “Body,” followed by “Paradise” and 2022’s “Colombiana.” The track “Munca” captivates with dynamic basslines, worldly melodies, and enticing vocals, transporting you to a mystical African utopia. The stand out single of her new EP, she had this to say about the single’s genesis;

“‘Munca’ is actually my favorite record on the EP. When I was writing the melody, I immediately fell in love, and the tribal vocal I layered on top just worked perfectly and gave the song such a beautiful, almost ethereal tribal rhythm. I’ve been really inspired by Afro House and World Music, in general, the last couple of years – and my music, as well as my sets, are gearing more and more towards that vibe. It’s been a journey figuring out my sound in the public eye, as most artists do that far before they even launch their projects. Munca, as well as the other two songs, are another step closer in the direction of where I want to be.”

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tripleS 2023 ‘Authentic’ LOVElution in US tour: tickets and more


K-pop girl group tripleS have announced their 2023 ‘Authentic’ LOVElution in US tour, featuring shows in the New York, Chicago, Houston and more.

tripleS are set to head on their 2023 ‘Authentic’ US tour this September and October. This upcoming tour will feature members from the sub-unit LOVElution, which features the members Seoyeon, Hyerin, Yubin, Kaede, Dahyun, Nien, Sohyun and Xinyu.

LOVElution will play 10 shows across the US, kicking things off at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia on September 24. Later that month, the girl group will also hold concerts in Reading and Chicago.

In October, the K-pop act will play shows in both the East and West coasts, in New York and Los Angeles respectively. Other cities the girl group will perform in include, Kansas City, Houston, Akron and more.

According to the newly released poster for tripleS’ 2023 ‘Authentic’ US tour, tickets for the concert are set to go on sale July 31 (Monday) at 9am PDT via Ticketmaster.

The dates for tripleS’ 2023 ‘Authentic’ LOVElution in US tour are:

SEPTMEBER 2022
23 – Atlanta, Georgia, Tabernacle
24 – Reading, Pensylvania, Santander Performing Arts Center
28 – Chicago, Illinois, Riviera Theatre

OCTOBER 2023
01 – New York, New York, Town Hall
03 – Tysons, Virginia, Capital One Hall
05 – Akron, Ohio, Goodyear Theater
07 – Kansas City, Missouri, Uptown Theater
09 – Houston, Texas, Bayou Music Center
11 – Fort Worth, Texas, Will Rogers
14 – Los Angeles, California, Pasadena Civic Center

trpleS were recently features on NME‘s mid-year list of the 15 best K-pop songs of 2023 so far. The song ‘Rising’, from their February mini-album ‘Assemble’, was said to “harnesses the rookies’ appetite for success into a defiant and unwavering, if much too short, anthem”.

The girl group – whose final line-up will include 24 members – launched their first sub-unit Acid Angel from Asia last October.





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Ryan Shepherd Drops Eclectic Deep House Track “Feel So Good” Alongside Malou

Toronto-based DJ and producer Ryan Shepherd is back with a brand-new single, “Feels So Good,” serving as a strong testament to his production prowess.

Debuting on house music tastemaker Selected., Shepherd combines cinematic melodies and mesmerizing ambiances on the new track, which features an intimate vocal performance from Malou. The Hawaiian-born and Hamburg-based musician recently landed on the label with her stunning cover of Polarkreis 18’s classic “Allein Allein,” and is the perfect match for Shepherd’s intricate production.

Taking us on a pensive journey, “Feels So Good” is as anthemic as it is nostalgic, driven by warm atmospheres and minimalistic percussion as Malou’s vocals enchant throughout its entirety. The drop, on the other hand, quickly explodes with the help of washed-out brass stabs, groovy house drums and irresistible basslines.

Take a listen to “Feel So Good” below and stream the song here.

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Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike announce debut album with ‘She Knows’ feat. David Guetta, Afro Bros, and Akon – Dancing Astronaut


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Jul 28, 2023

The multi-platinum duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike kick off their upcoming debut studio album – “Rewind + Repeat,” with the first single “She Knows.” This explosive collaboration with David Guetta, Akon, and Afro Bros sets the stage for an album that throws back to the sonic aesthetics of the ’90s, borrowing from trance, techno, rave, and hardcore.

As EDM mainstays, the duo are no strangers to crafting anthemic main stage hits and they’re ensuring their debut album follows in the footsteps of their decade plus career of bangers. The album hits the ground running with the summer smash “She Knows,” a fusion of the best of that electronic and hip-hop has to offer. This isn’t the first time Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike have worked with Guetta and Akon — you may remember the hits “Sexy Bitch” and “Play Hard” — and “She Knows” follows in kind.

With lively melodies and harmonious bass lines, “She Knows” features Akon’s pop forward vocals, adding an extra layer of heat to summer dance playlists. The song appeals to dance music enthusiasts, fans of ’90s classics, and hip-hop lovers alike. With its big room-inspired lower ends and bombastic beats, “She Knows” has exactly what you’d expect from the Dutch duo.

Stay tuned for more releases leading up to the debut of “Rewind & Repeat.”

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Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Team Up with David Guetta and Akon for New Single, “She Knows”


Fresh off a massive performance at Tomorrowland’s mainstage, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are back with the first single, “She Knows”, from their upcoming debut studio album. “She Knows” is the perfect leadoff track for their upcoming album, Rewind + Repeat, as it’s a wonderful shot of nostalgia. DVLM teamed up with longtime collaborator and fellow superstar, David Guetta, as well as Akon. Guetta and Akon first teamed up back in 2009 for “Sexy Bitch” one of the first true crossover pop/EDM hits.

The production on the track is pretty minimal, there’s a light synth rhythm and a moderate buildup, but overall Akon’s vocals are allowed to really shine. Needless to say, this makes this a very radio/streaming friendly song. The final product is extremely pleasant to listen to; if you remember the TRL days like I do, Akon’s vocals are instantly satisfying. Again, simplicity; it’s just Akon crooning about a woman who knows how attractive she is. No matter how much things change, they always stay the same.

“It’s so great to team up with David again for this summer anthem – we’re also huge Akon fans, so to bring those two back together on our collaboration is next level for us.” DVLM say. “The sample from The Sunclub’s ‘Fiesta’ is part of our musical history and journey and sets the tone of what we want to achieve with our upcoming album: going back to our roots!”

Check out the latest from Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike x David Guetta x Afro Bros, “She Knows” with Akon, out now on Smash the House. Stay tuned for more singles from the upcoming album, other confirmed collaborators include Armin van Buuren and Lil Jon. You can also catch them on the Tomorrowland live stream this Saturday as well.



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