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Bad Bunny has shared a new song with Puerto Rican singer Jhay Cortez called “Dakiti.” The single arrives with an aquatic visual. Watch Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez party on a boat, perform in a floating box, and pilot personal submarines in the video below. Earlier this month, Bad Bunny appeared on the 2020 Billboard

In the wake of Quibi shuttering, HBO Max has picked up Lil Yachty’s dramedy series Public Figures. The show will be re-developed by HBO along with Quality Films—the film and TV division of Yachty’s label home Quality Control records. This marks the first scripted project for Quality Films. Lil Yachty will star as himself in

UK producer Powell has surprise released his third record of 2020. As with the previous two—flash across the intervals_lp and multiply the sides_lp—the new album, on the feet of a wind, is released via “a ƒolder,” the multimedia platform Powell co-founded with the artists Michael Amstad and Marte Eknæs. It’s out on vinyl in January.

Kendrick Lamar is back. Tonight, Busta Rhymes released a new track titled “Look Over Your Shoulder,” which prominently features Kendrick in the first verse. The song also samples “I’ll Be There” by the Jackson 5. “Look Over Your Shoulder” appears on Busta Rhyme’s upcoming album Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God, which arrives

Crowded House, the Neil Finn-fronted group that rose to prominence in the mid 1980s and early ’90s, have released their first new single in over a decade. The song arrives with a Nina Ljeti-directed visual starring Mac DeMarco. DeMarco plays a man who wakes up hungover after a party. Though his flashbacks suggest he did

Brooklyn-based singer and producer KeiyaA has shared a new video for “I! Gits! Weary!”—a track off her excellent 2020 debut album Forever, Ya Girl. Directed by Ryosuke Tanzawa, the video follows KeiyaA in parks and in train stations. It features the Jazzy Jumpers Family—a professional double dutch jumprope crew from Brooklyn. She ends the video

Tonight marked the 15th annual BET Hip Hop Awards. During the ceremony, countless artists performed including Lil Baby, City Girls, Burna Boy and Chris Martin, and more. Beyond the performances and cyphers, very few actual awards were presented during the broadcast. Most of them—including Best Hip Hop Video, Hip Hop Album of the Year, Hip

Actress has released a short film to accompany his new album Karma & Desire. The visual, also called Karma & Desire, is directed, edited, and produced by Lee Bootee. The film features appearances from Zsela, Yves Tumor, Sampha, Aura T-09, and Actress himself. Watch below and scroll down for a text statement accompanying the film.

Vivien Goldman—the post-punk musician who’s also a music journalist, reggae scholar, and “Professor of Punk” at NYU—hasn’t released a new song as a solo artist in decades. With Election Day approaching, Goldman is breaking that silence. “I Have a Voice” is out this Friday (October 30) via Youth Sounds/Cadiz Music. Goldman’s “I Have a Voice”

Rina Sawayama appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (October 26). Making her U.S. television debut, she performed “XS,” the single from her debut album SAWAYAMA. Watch it happen below. Earlier this year, Sawayama opened up about being ineligible for the Mercury Prize and domestic categories of the BRIT Awards due to

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Angelo De Augustine has shared a new song, “Blue,” featuring Sufjan Stevens, who contributes vocals, piano, and guitar. The track will appear alongside their April collaboration “Santa Barbara” on a forthcoming double A-side 7″ single. Check out the video for “Blue,” directed and shot by De Augustine on Super 8 film, below

These New Puritans will reissue their second LP, Hidden, on vinyl and digitally on December 4, via Domino. To the original album, the cult Essex band have added a batch of unreleased songs from the sessions, along with live recordings and a concert film. Below, check out a digital-only version of original lead single “We

A Planned Parenthood virtual benefit festival called Village of Love is airing tonight from 9 p.m. to midnight Eastern. The festival will feature performances from Angel Olsen, Mac DeMarco, Kathleen Hanna, Bright Eyes, Phoebe Bridgers, Weyes Blood, Perfume Genius, Brittany Howard, Tenacious D, Kevin Morby, Margo Price, Devendra Banhart, and others. Eric Andre is also

Viola Smith, the trailblazing drummer once heralded as the “fastest girl drummer in the world,” has died, The Washington Post reports. She was 107 years old. According to the Post, Smith died October 21 at her home in Costa Mesa, California. The cause of death was revealed to be complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Smith grew

Though Adele stuck to her hosting duties on this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, she did sneak in a few of her hits in one sketch. While playing herself in a version of The Bachelor, she sang excerpts of her songs “Someone Like You,” “When We Were Young,” “Hello,” and “Rolling in the Deep.”

Adele hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time this weekend, returning to the show on October 24 for the first time since she performed in 2015. H.E.R. was the show’s musical guest, performing her new songs “Damage” and “Hold On.” Watch clips below. After an opening sketch recapping Thursday’s presidential debate, Adele began her

Ariana Grande has revealed the tracklist for her new album positions, which is out on Friday (October 30). It features guest appearances from The Weeknd, Doja Cat, and Ty Dolla $ign. She shared the song’s title track earlier this week with a presidential video. See the full track list below. Last year, Grande released her

HAIM guested on last night’s episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers in matching lacy wedding gowns. The sibling trio played “3 AM,” their riff on guys who leave women indiscreet late-night voicemails. In this instance, the “emotional vampire” was played by former vampire Robert Pattinson. Check out the full performance below, along with their

Sigur Rós have announced a new album, out at the end of the year. Titled Odin’s Raven Magic, the project is an orchestral work that the band premiered at the Reykjavik Arts Festival in 2002. It’s out December 4 via Krunk/Warner Classics. Listen to “Dvergmál” and see the tracklist below. Odin’s Raven Magic is the

Bright Eyes have shared a new song to benefit Planned Parenthood. “Miracle of Life” is available exclusively on Bandcamp until October 28. Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers sing on the track, which features electric piano and synthesizers from Nathaniel Walcott, electric guitar and pedal steel from Mike Mogis, bass from Flea, and drums by Jon

The National’s Matt Berninger was the musical guest on last night’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Berninger played “One More Second” from his debut solo album Serpentine Prison. Watch his full performance below. Serpentine Prison arrived this month. The National’s latest studio album is last year’s I Am Easy to Find, their

Stretch and Bobbito, whose New York radio show helped popularize a flood of hip-hop heavyweights in the 1990s, have released a new EP of remixed freestyles by some of their program’s guests. Freestyle EP 1 features Notorious B.I.G., Jay Z, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and Big L. The release celebrates the 30th anniversary of The

The Biden campaign recently ran an ad featuring Ann Arbor, Michigan venue the Blind Pig and its owner Joe Malcoun. The ad made its debut on Sunday, October 18, during an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Notably, the ad also featured “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys, who do not typically

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s new album Letter to You is out tomorrow (October 23), and, in anticipation of the new album and accompanying film’s release, Springsteen sat down for an interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Speaking with Colbert, Springsteen discussed the inspirations behind his new album. He also named

Quibi, the streaming service started by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, is shutting down six months after launching, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to WSJ, the decision to shutter the company was made in an attempt to return as much capital to investors as possible. Read WSJ’s full report here. Quibi cost $4.99 a

Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon has announced his first memoir, as Rolling Stone points out. The Story of Raekwon is slated for publication in 2021 via Gallery Books. The memoir was co-written by Raekwon and music journalist Anthony Bozza, who has written books on Eminem and AC/DC. In a statement viewed by Rolling Stone, Raekwon wrote

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced two new albums. The studio album K.G. (self-released) and Live in S.F. ’16 (via ATO) will both arrive on November 20. The prolific Melbourne collective has also shared a new track called “Automation.” King Gizzard have also made the song’s stems available at their website, so fans