Kendrick Lamar re-records ‘Bad Blood’ verse for deluxe edition of ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’

Tyler, The Creator was joined by Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem last night (November 11) for the live debut of ‘The Hillbillies’.Earlier this year, Lamar and Baby Keem surprised their fans with ‘The Hillbillies’, a new drill-inspired song that sampled Bon Iver. The single was the pair’s tenth collaboration together, following the Grammy-winning ‘Family Ties’ and 2021’s ‘Range Brothers’ and ‘Vent’.In the video for the song, there was also a cameo from Tyler, The Creator, who flashes a button to the camera at one point that reads “Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2023” – the first unofficial announcement that Lamar and Keem would appear Tyler’s annual LA festival.That proved true last night when all three arrived on stage for a rendition of the track.

a disgruntled Eagles lover tweeted on the X platform.Swift, 71, was spotted sporting the Chiefs gear in a VIP tent at his daughter’s sold-out Buenos Aires show at River Plate Stadium alongside Kelce, 34, a Chiefs tight end, in a photo obtained by the Daily Mail.Some eagle-eyed fans are wondering if Papa Swift is so over the moon about his daughter’s new beau that he has abandoned his allegiance to the Eagles — or if he’s just playing nice.“Scott Swift must adore this man, to join in on the claps at the restaurant and now be wearing a Chiefs lanyard when his team is Eagles all the way,” sighed one person on X.Another joked that there would be a “welcome home cheater” sign on his front door upon his return home.The Swift family has vocally supported the Eagles for years, so the switch-up has football fans taken aback — especially given the Chiefs and Eagles rivalry that played out in the Super Bowl in February.The Chiefs beat the Eagles 38 to 35.“The Chiefs took the Super Bowl and Taylor Swift away from the Eagles. Philly big mad,” another posted on X.Kelce’s older brother, Jason, plays for the Eagles — with fans joking that the Swift family changing teams has probably ruffled his feathers.“Oh Jason’s gonna be maaaaaad’,” tweeted one person.Some are even speculating that the “New Heights” podcast the Kelce brothers host is going to become heated.“Legit can’t wait to [hear] Jason question this on the podcast,” tweeted another.

which kicked off in Buenos Aires last night (November 9). Fans have reportedly been camping out for the show since June.But today, Swift took to X/Twitter to say her show tonight (November 10) had been cancelled.

PinkPantheress accidentally missed an important text from Kendrick Lamar while she was on a movie date. In a recent cover interview with i-D, the U.K.

PinkPantheress has revealed that she missed a chance to feature on a Kendrick Lamar track because her phone was on silent.The UK singer-songwriter was speaking in a new interview when she explained that she missed out on a studio session with the ‘Humble’ rapper because she was on a date in the cinema, so she missed the notification.“I’m not trying to date, even though I love dating,” she told iD magazine. She went on to share how she “nearly” featured on a track with Lamar, but missed the studio session after her date had asked that she put her phone in silent during the film.“Oh fuck, I can’t even think about it,” she said.

Kendrick Lamar has been announced as the headliner of a new festival called Move Afrika: Rwanda.The US rapper and singer will headline the event on December 6 BK Arena in the capital of Kigali, as part of a new touring series organised by Global Citizen and Lamar and Dave Free’s company, pgLang.According to Global Citizen, the debut event is the opening of a “first-of-its-kind music tour across the continent of Africa”, with more regional artists set to be announced on the bill. The event is the first in a “five-year effort that aims to promote health and equity, defend our planet, and create jobs and economic opportunity”.A limited number of tickets are available to purchase here.Can’t talk, still in shock from the news that @kendricklamar will be headlining Move Afrika: Rwanda on Dec.

1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ has outsold the original in sales for debut release weeks, making it her best first week for an album ever.The new album has topped the Billboard 200 with 1.653million equivalent album units, according to Billboard, which puts it in the lead ahead of her previous personal best, last year’s ‘Midnights‘ at 1.578million.The original ‘1989’ sold 1.297million units in its first week in 2014, meaning this is the first ‘Taylor’s Version‘ re-recording to surpass the original in its opening week in sales alone.As per the publication, the achievement marks the largest week for any album by units earned since Adele‘s ‘25‘, which debuted at 3.482million album units.Sales of ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ were also boosted by its availability in 15 collectible physical formats, including vinyl, CDs and cassette tapes.The news comes after it was reported that ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ earned the biggest opening week on the UK Albums chart this year.This makes ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ her eleventh album to hit Number One in the UK charts. Previous chart-topping albums include ‘Red’ (2012), ‘1989‘ (2014), ‘reputation‘ (2017), ‘Lover‘ (2019), ‘folklore‘ (2020), ‘evermore‘ (2020), ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)‘ (2021), ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)‘ (2021), ‘Midnights‘ (2022) and Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (2023).The re-recording of ‘1989’ also broke two Spotify records, with Taylor Swift becoming the most-streamed artist on a single day in the platform’s history.In a five-star review of ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’, NME wrote: “As we’re witnessing the biggest year of Swift’s career so far, the artist’s ability to reinvent herself while honouring her core blueprint is only becoming more impressive.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift‘s “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” has now gone down on the books as giving the singer her best first week tally for an album ever. The release tops the Billboard 200 with 1.653 million equivalent album units. That puts it ahead of her previous personal best, which was 1.578 million for “Midnights,” released just over a year ago.

1989 is a watershed. It gave us some of her most enduringly popular tracks and marked a major stylistic pivot that began with Red, away from the world of country towards a noticeably more adventurous synth-pop sound.

PinkPantheress is opening up about the time she missed out on a huge opportunity!

Taylor Swift‘s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ has reportedly earned the biggest opening week on the UK Albums chart this year.Swift originally released ‘1989’ in 2014, when the album scored 90,000 sales in its opening week. In 2023, she has sold more than double that amount with her re-recording.

For almost as long as Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole have had major record deals, a very vocal and persistent portion of their fanbases have been asking them to collaborate on a full-length album. During an appearance on Lil Yachty's very funny podcast A Safe Place, Cole once and for all let the world know: it doesn't exist and probably won't ever be made, since the two artists "put it to bed years ago." Cole says that the prospect of the album was real "for a second" very early on Lamar's career.

Kendrick Lamar's company pgLang is working with Global Citizen to establish a touring circuit across Africa. pgLang has committed to curating annual Move Afrika shows for the next five years, starting with a Lamar headline show in Rwanda on December 6. When major U.S.

J. Cole has revealed that his rumoured Kendrick Lamar collab album was in fact “real”.A joint album between the pair had been reported since 2010, and managed to join forces on 2013 track ‘Forbidden Fruit’. However, in 2018, J.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The philanthropic organization Global Citizen is teaming up with Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free’s company, pgLang, in an ambitious effort to establish a major music touring circuit across Africa. A kickoff event, “Move Afrika: Rwanda,” will take place Dec. 6 with the hip-hop superstar as the headliner.

Kendrick Lamar has announced a limited edition pgLang mobile phone.The new device has been developed through Lamar and Dave Free’s company, pgLang, and comes in collaboration with the technology company Light.News of the device arrived yesterday (October 30), when the company dropped a new teaser for the launch online.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. There’s a reason Taylor Swift is a billionaire. After closing out her record-breaking Eras Tour earlier this month, save a few additional dates she recently added, she’s now released the “Taylor’s Version” of “1989,” her fourth re-recorded album, complete with five never-before-heard vault tracks.

Imogen Heap has shared images taken during the recording sessions for Taylor Swift’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’.Heap first worked with Swift back in 2014 when the pop star was working on the original release of her ‘1989’ album – co-writing and co-producing the track ‘Clean’ with the singer.Now, to celebrate Swift re-releasing the album as ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ – in a bid to regain control of her master recordings – the British musician has shared images from the studio sessions last year, where the two rejoined forces to re-record the song.“Today marks the release of ‘Taylor’s version’ of 1989 …the album originally released in 2014,” she wrote on Instagram on Friday (Oct. 27), sharing photos from the studio.

Spotify has revealed that Taylor Swift has broken two new records on the streaming platform.The singer released her re-recording of ‘1989’ on Friday (October 27), the fourth album in a series of re-recordings. It follows an ongoing dispute between the superstar and Scooter Braun, former owner of her previous label Big Machine Records – read here for a refresher of the situation.Since ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ was released, Spotify has said that Swift broke two new records.

Taylor Swift continues to prove that she is in a class of her own!