Check New Tunes from Nicki Minaj, Diplo, Maroon 5 + More
We start with new hot tracks of Nick Minaj, Diplo, Moon Duo, the new album of Tegan and Sara, EP from John Newman and more.
Starring the new campaign of her collaboration with Fendi shot by Steven Klein, the theme song for Nicki’s collection with he brand “Fendi Prints On” — which will be released on October 14, 2019. Furthermore, the outfit Nicki Minaj is depicted wearing on cover art is also an outfit from her collection.
On “iPHONE” DaBaby teams with Nicki Minaj for a melodic banger where the two trade bars about their respective side pieces and the complications that arise from dealing with them.
The track is Nicki Minaj’s second featured performance since announcing her retirement on September 5, 2019. This track marks their first official collaboration, although Nicki Minaj did release a remix to DaBaby’s hit track, “Suge.”
This song makes fun of the fact that Diplo live-streamed Joe and Sophie’s intimate wedding in Las Vegas.
Moon Duo have always just sounded so cool. Theirs was a nihilistic, nocturnal brand of psychedelia: mechanistic krautrock rhythms, guitars overdriven into furiously combusting engines, a detached delivery that alternated between slithering and swaggering. Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada might’ve been influenced by the occult, but it sounded as if were writing the soundtrack to some near-future fiction of dystopian cityscapes prowled by biker gang outlaws, where it is always nighttime and there is always smoke in the air. From their early days, Moon Duo had their aesthetic down, and in some ways that can hinder a band. They know what they do and do it well; you know what they do and you either vibe with it or don’t.
Even if you’ve been a fan, it could be easy to take them for granted along the way, each album delivering a familiar formula and a few standout tracks. When they released Occult Architecture Vol. 1 in early 2017, “The Death Set” immediately introduced itself as one of the most refined expressions of the Moon Duo sound. On that album’s successor — Occult Architecture Vol. 2, also released in 2017 — they began to change ever so slightly, offering a softer, more washed-out head trip. (They are a prolific pair: Following their 2017 Moon Duo one-two, each released albums with other projects in 2018, Johnson in Wooden Shjips and Yamada with Vive La Void.) But now, with Stars Are The Light, Moon Duo have undertaken the most significant evolution of their career thus far.
With their latest album, Moon Duo were thinking about dance, and as such Stars Are The Light comes with surprising touchstones, with Johnson and Yamada looking back to ’70s funk and disco. The album sounds like neither, but it is striking how groove-oriented Moon Duo’s new songs are. Pulse has always been important to their work, but much of Stars Of The Light undulates or glides. You can hear traces of acid-house, you can hear traces of Madchester. The consistent element is Moon Duo’s zone-out melodic sensibility, but it’s far more blissful than ever before. It makes sense that they were considering dance, movement, communal spaces. There is a warmth and mellow euphoria to Stars Are The Light that create totally new shades for Moon Duo to play with.
Johnson and Yamada also partnered with a new collaborator to help achieve the album’s sound. Stars Are The Light was mixed by Sonic Boom, AKA Peter Kember, the former Spacemen 3 member whose name usually adds an intriguing layer to a project. While working with a guy who was once in Spacemen 3 already makes a lot of sense for a band like Moon Duo, Kember’s input as Sonic Boom often has a way of injecting different textures into an artist’s songwriting. He’s already helped artists like Beach House achieve a new emphasis or sense of dynamics and he did the same for Moon Duo here: Stars Are The Light sounds vivid throughout. The band credit their time in Portugal with Kember as being crucial to realizing their vision for the album.
For their ninth studio album and follow-up to 2016’s Love You to Death, twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin re-recorded songs that they wrote in high school. The duo kept almost all of the lyrics — written between the ages of 15 and 17 — and took turns singing songs the other wrote. The album was created with a team composed entirely of women, from production and engineering to mastering and drum and bass tracking.
John Newman whose 3 huge number 1 hit singles established the Yorkshire born singer songwriter as one of the UK’s most singular talents, follows his recently released track ‘Without You’, (featuring Nina Nesbitt) with the release of a new EP entitled ‘A.N.i.M.A.L.’.
The 4-track collection of new music features ‘A.N.i.M.A.L.’, ‘Heart Goes Deeper’, ‘The Hardest Word Is Goodbye’, plus lead track ‘Without You’, and is released ahead of John’s sold out October UK tour.
Speaking about the inspiration behind the EP John says:
“I have been going back and forth to these songs for a couple of years now and am finally ready to put them out there. These four very personal songs are really close to my heart and have carried me through some hard times. The EP deals with themes such as the unnecessary pressures we put ourselves under, struggles with mental health and the power of love to conquer all. The process also reminded me why I love writing and recording and releasing music and made me realise how lucky I am to have this creative outlet”.
“Memories” is a song by American pop-rock band Maroon 5, released as a single from Maroon 5’s upcoming untitled seventh studio album. The song is an evolution of the more acoustic sound put forth in Maroon 5’s sixth studio album, Red Pill Blues, and specifically their #1 hit, “Girls Like You”.
Lyrically, the song is a reflective look back at the past, while also paying homage to those in our lives who may no longer be with us.
“Chicken Noodle Soup” marks the first collab between Latin-American artist Becky G and j-hope, member of Korean boy group BTS.
Speculations of the collaboration started in late August, with evidence stemming from J-Hope’s Los Angeles visit, Becky G’s uploaded footage of Korean snacks on filming set shortly after, and many more.
The single was first teased and directly referred to on the 26th of September with a mysterious tweet from Becky, and BTS on Twitter. The collaboration was finally confirmed by BTS’ agency, Bighit via a tweet.
The track was promoted using the #CNSChallenge an exclusive TikTok app challenge released alongside the track featuring the song’s point choreography.
The song samples, popular hit song, “Chicken Noodle Soup” by Webstar and Young B (feat. AG aka The Voice of Harlem).
“In the Mix” is a song from Mariah Carey, which will be used as the theme song for the upcoming TV series Mixed-ish. The show is set to premiere on September 24th, 2019.
The song was released on 17th September on all digital platforms.
Pop newcomer Lova is challenging the cycle of toxic masculinity in the video for her new single “Daddy Issues,” unveiled Thursday (Sept. 12) exclusively via Billboard.
In the Simon Jung Krestesen-directed video clip, the rising Swedish star kicks off a critical dialogue by picking up the phone (literally) and delivering a message to dads about the importance of passing down healthy attitudes and perspectives on dating, female empowerment and the definition of manhood to the generation of boys they’re raising.
“You gotta be the one to set an example/ So he can be a greater man than I’ve ever had/ If you are not the one to teach them better/ We will get another boy that’s stuck in the past/ With daddy issues,” Lova croons on the track’s danceable chorus over melancholic pop production.
“I’m trying to start a conversation with the dads in the world, especially dads with sons,” the 21-year-old singer tells Billboard. “I want to remind them how important it is to set a good example for their children: to teach them not just how to treat, not just girls, but people in general. I’m hoping that this song can inspire dads to be more open with their sons and teach them the strength in being vulnerable, respectful and kind.”
