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Vory has unleashed his debut studio album, Lost Souls.The Grammy-winning artist began teasing the project in summer 2021, under the original title Lost Angels. Since then, Vory has expanded the album from eight to 17 tracks, including the previously released single “Do Not Disturb,” featuring Yung Bleu and Nav; as well as the Kanye West-assisted “Daylight.” Vory spoke about the latter cut during a recent with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe, confirming the song was originally intended for Ye’s 2021 Donda album.“We had recorded…

Music is being delivered in a lot of different ways these days. From Kendrick Lamar disappearing for five years and returning to announce his new album with a Michael Jordan-esque press release, to Future using an image from a magazine photoshoot as his album artwork, the formula for rap album rollouts is wide-ranging in 2022.A good rollout builds hype for the music, feeds fans in creative ways, and teases just enough of the project to maximize its success. The approaches to accomplish this have changed over the past few…

During his concert on Tuesday, Pusha-T spoke about about his critically acclaimed No. 1 album, It’s Almost Dry.King Push is currently on tour in support of his latest record, which is his first to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The legendary Clipse rapper has clearly been feeling himself as of late, and during a show at the Novo in Los Angeles he declared his record the best rap album of 2022.“It’s Almost Dry; rap album of the motherfucking year,” he said to the crowd. “They can’t fuck with me!”When…

Blue – Simon Webbe, Lee Ryan, Antony Costa and Duncan James – were the leading UK boyband of the early noughties, with hits including ‘All Rise’, ‘Too Close’, ‘If You Come Back’ and ‘One Love’. In 2005 the band went on hiatus to pursue solo projects and they’ve returned sporadically since then representing the UK at Eurovision in 2011 and releasing the albums ‘Roulette’ in 2013 and ‘Colours’ in 2015. Seven years on from their last studio album, Blue is back and gearing up for the release of ‘Heart & Soul’ on…

ASAP Rocky’s follow-up to 2018’s Testing is in the works, but he’s seemingly still testing out what to call it.The new father chopped it up with Dazed for a new cover story, telling journalist Suzy Exposito that his new album is underway and is not going by the previously assumed titled All Smiles.“One thing I can tell you is that the name isn’t gonna be All Smiles—you know, I never publicly said that my album was called All Smiles,” Rocky said. (Indeed, the title was casually “announced” in late 2019 via a release by…

We last spoke to Mary Gauthier in 2018 on the release of her previous album ‘Rifles & Rosary Beads’. Recently, we enjoyed a catch-up to talk about her incredible new record, ‘Dark Enough to See the Stars’. We learned where the songs came from and how the experience of the last few years has provided a perspective of what’s important in life. Though as the contrasting emotions evoked by the music attest, they have not been without painful experiences of grief too. I spoke to Mary to discuss the inspiration for…

K-Pop Band Seventeen’s New Album Breaks A Record (Photo Credit–IANS) Boy group Seventeen returned with its fourth full-length album titled ‘Face the Sun’ on Friday, unveiling an ambition to become as “hot” as the sun in the K-pop scene. The album marks the band’s first since its last EP, ‘Attacca’, in October 2021 and the first studio album in two years and eight months. “I think it will be a meaningful album,” band leader S. Coups said at a press conference to mark the release, reports Yonhap News…

Mingyu said 'Face the Sun' candidly depicts the band's ambition to be an important presence like the sun and its strong will to squarely face all hardships on the journey with courage and move straight forwardBTS. Pic/AFPBoy group Seventeen returned with its fourth full-length album titled 'Face the Sun' on Friday, unveiling an ambition to become as "hot" as the sun in the K-pop scene. The album marks the band's first since its last EP, 'Attacca', in October 2021 and the first studio album in two years and eight months."I…

Two years and counting into the COVID pandemic, we’ve all seen plenty of misinformation and junk science, whether online, on cable news or even in person by those eager to share their (sigh) “alternative views.” Meanwhile, trust in public health experts and institutions is at a discouraging low. It’s easy for sensible folks to feel exhausted by trying to do the right thing for public health, or for their kids’ education, in the face of so much negativity directed toward science. So the self-titled debut album of the Sound…

UK rapper Jeshi’s debut album, Universal Credit, has finally arrived.The much-hyped 13-tracker—which features only Fredwave and Obongjayar—is an emotionally vulnerable offering that takes you on a journey through the rapper’s psyche. Emotional anguish in tracks like “Hit By A Train” is juxtaposed with love and appreciation on cuts like the sombre “Two Mums”. The LP also features the hit song “Protein” with Obongjayar, which amassed half a million streams prior to the release of the East London native’s debut.Universal…