Vance Joy once walked out of a songwriting session with One Direction

Vance Joy once walked out of a songwriting session with One Direction

Don Arnold/WireImage”Riptide” singer Vance Joy revealed that he could have written a song with One Direction — had he not walked out of it. Speaking to Australia’s NOVA radio, the singer recalled the “funny story” where he hung out with Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne by pure accident. Vance said he had set off for a songwriting camp in Calabasas, California, and was told the people…Read More…

ABC Audio’s Wakanda Week: The music of ‘Black Panther’

ABC Audio’s Wakanda Week: The music of ‘Black Panther’

Roc Nation Records/Def Jam Recordings/Hollywood RecordsIn addition to its huge impact on the movie world, Marvel Studios’ Black Panther franchise has collided with the music world in a major way, too. The soundtrack to the first Black Panther movie, dubbed Black Panther: The Album, was curated by rap star Kendrick Lamar and featured artists including The Weeknd,…Read More…

Rihanna announces all-star lineup for ‘Savage X Fenty Vol. 4’

Rihanna announces all-star lineup for ‘Savage X Fenty Vol. 4’

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Bergdorf GoodmanThe all-star lineup for Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Vol. 4 show has finally been released. The highly anticipated fashion event promises to dazzle with major celebrity performances and appearances. Rihanna dropped a teaser for the show on Instagram, where she announced that global music stars Anitta, Burna Boy, Don Toliver…Read More…

Hot Girl ‘SNL’: Megan Thee Stallion hosts and performs

Hot Girl ‘SNL’: Megan Thee Stallion hosts and performs

Rosalind O’Connor/NBCMegan Thee Stallion made her hosting debut on SNL over the weekend. The rapper kicked things off with a monologue where she tried out a British accent and joked, “Put me in Bridgerton, b****.” She also addressed the “incident…on everybody’s mind,” telling the audience, “No, I do not know why Popeyes took the Hottie…Read More…

Chromeo teases new “grown and sexy” album, talks importance of staying authentic

Chromeo teases new “grown and sexy” album, talks importance of staying authentic

Mike Coppola/Getty Images for SamsungIf there’s one thing Chromeo is going to do, it’s be authentic and that’s exactly how they want to be remembered by fans.  “‘Those guys never changed… those guys really, really did their thing and they stayed the course,'” David “Dave 1” Macklovitch, one-half of the Canadian electro-funk duo, tells ABC Audio.  Describing his relationship with…Read More…

Meghan Trainor reveals “COVID really broke my confidence in my career”

Meghan Trainor reveals “COVID really broke my confidence in my career”

ABC/John FleenorMeghan Trainor says her new album, Takin’ It Back, symbolizes a rebirth of her music career after her confidence was shattered by the pandemic. The Grammy winner appeared on Smallzy’s Surgery to explain how going back to her doo-wop roots helped her out of her funk. She revealed she views her new album as an updated version of her debut…Read More…

Usher releasing 25th anniversary edition of breakthrough album ‘My Way’

Usher releasing 25th anniversary edition of breakthrough album ‘My Way’

LaFace Records/Legacy Recordings/SMEIt’s hard to believe it’s been a quarter century since Usher released his sophomore 1997 album My Way, which made him a star. Now, he’s marking that milestone with a special 25th anniversary edition of the release. The special edition features the original album, plus three “reimagined” versions of the album’s three monster…Read More…