Damian Lewis is happy and in love again, 15 months after the death of his wife Helen McCrory.
20.06.2022 - 11:35 / nme.com
MAMAMOO are preparing to make a comeback later this year with a new album.On June 20, RBW Entertainment announced that the girl group are in the middle of preparations for a brand-new album, along with plans to hold a concert later this year. Notably, the group had just marked their eighth year together one day prior.“To commemorate the eighth anniversary of their debut, the four members are currently preparing to release a new full-group album and hold a concert of their own,” the agency told Sports Kyunghyang, as translated by Soompi.“They are aiming for sometime in the second half of this year,” it said, adding that further details regarding the release and concert would be revealed at a later date.The as-yet-unnamed release will their first of 2022, and the follow-up to their September 2021 compilation album ‘I Say MAMAMOO: The Best’.
In the meantime, all four members of the group had dropped a number of solo releases, the latest being rapper Moonbyul’s April single album ‘C.I.T.T (Cheese in the Trap)’.Back in March, following the release of her debut EP ‘容: Face’, leader Solar shared that a MAMAMOO comeback was “not going to be immediate”. At the time, she said that a group return was “something that we’re continuing to work hard towards, but maybe not right now,” later adding: “I will very, very carefully say maybe this year, but, again, it’s not definite!”In an interview with NME, Solar revealed that she had found it difficult to process the group’s popularity over their career.
“We were so busy just trying to live and focused on working hard that back then, I wasn’t able to process the feelings,” she said. “Now, thinking back on it all, I’m so grateful for all those times and I’m thankful for everything now.”
.Damian Lewis is happy and in love again, 15 months after the death of his wife Helen McCrory.
DOMi & JD Beck have announced details of new album ‘NOT TiGHT’, featuring their label boss Anderson .Paak alongside Mac DeMarco, Snoop Dogg and more.The jazz duo will release their new album on July 29 via .Paak’s new label APESHIT, and they collaborate with their label boss on first single ‘TAKE A CHANCE’, out today (July 6).Elsewhere on the 15-track album, DOMi & JD Beck will collaborate with Thundercat, Herbie Hancock, Busta Rhymes and more.Watch the video for Anderson .Paak collaboration ‘TAKE A CHANCE’ and see the album’s full tracklist below.1. ‘LOUNA’S Intro’ 2. ‘WHATUP’ 3. ‘SMiLE’ 4. ‘BOWLiNG’ (feat. Thundercat) 5. ‘NOT TiGHT’ 6. ‘TWO SHRiMPS’ (feat. Mac DeMarco) 7. ‘U DON’T HAVE TO ROB ME’ 8. ‘MOON’ (feat. Herbie Hancock) 9. ‘DUKE’ 10. ‘TAKE A CHANCE’ (feat. Anderson .Paak) 11. ‘SPACE MOUNTAiN’ 12. ‘PiLOT’ (feat. Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Anderson .Paak) 13. ‘WHOA’ (feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel) 14. ‘SniFF’ 15. ‘THANK U’In a recent Radar interview with NME, the pair discussed how they met Anderson .Paak and ended up signing to his label.“We discovered each other on Instagram and then finally met in New Orleans in 2019 when we were touring in Thundercat‘s band,” DOMi explained.
The 1975‘s frontman Matty Healy has rejoined Reddit and shared details about the band’s new album with fans.Last week, the band revealed the title and tracklist for fifth album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, which will be previewed this Friday (July 7) with first single ‘Part Of The Band’.A sax-flecked snippet of the track was shared on Instagram by Matty Healy last week, and lyrics to ‘Part Of The Band’ appeared on billboards. “She was part of the airforce / I was part of the band,” the song begins, with other lyrics including: “Am I ironically woke? The butt of my joke? Or I am just some post-coke, average, skinny bloke calling his ego imagination?”Commenting on a Reddit post about the band’s new album, Healy told fans: “Hey guys I’ve just started doing interviews where I explain the record and it’s context.”He went on to explain that ‘New York’, a song believed to be a new 1975 track that he performed live in Los Angeles while supporting Phoebe Bridgers last year, is actually by Dirty Hit labelmate Benjamin Francis Leftwich.“I love the song and it didn’t have a bridge.
Love Island 's Gemma Owen has admitted that she already knows new boy Billy Brown. Billy, 23, has entered the Casa Amor villa as one of six new boys and Gemma, 19, was quick to share her thoughts about the bombshell as she claimed he's a "player". Speaking to the girls as the boys entered the second villa, Gemma confessed: "I know one of them, the one in the grey top." Later as all the Islanders met, Gemma admitted: "I know Billy, I feel like me and Billy have got mutual friends..." To which Billy joked: "Alright, stir it up a bit!" Gemma then later told the girls that Billy is one of her best boy mate's friends and claimed that he is a bit of a "player".
Spark up a conversation with Subjxct 5 about anything and you’ll be left wondering if you accidentally walked into a heated barber shop debate. The Elizabeth, New Jersey producer has opinions about everything he’s into, and he isn’t afraid to let any of them fly. No Limit? Way too funky for his Cash Money-dominated childhood, but he’s recently started to appreciate No Limit Top Dogg and Beats by the Pound’s thumping basslines.
Kelly Clarkson has broken away from her marriage, but new music on that chapter of her life is proving to be another challenge. The daytime talk show host, who filed for divorce from Brandon Blackstock in June 2020 after nearly seven years of marriage, opened up about the struggle she's having figuring out what to put on her next album. «It's been the hardest thing to navigate. I've never had this difficult of a project,» she told Brooke Reese on Apple Music's .
Calvin Harris has confirmed the release date of his new album, ‘Funk Wav Bounces Volume 2’.Back in April, Harris announced that he’ll be releasing a new album “this summer” but didn’t elaborate further on the release date at the time.Now, Harris has confirmed the release date on his website as August 2.His forthcoming sixth studio album will be his first in five years – his last one being the first volume of ‘Funk Wav Bounces’, which arrived in 2017.That album included the singles ‘Slide’, ‘Heatstroke’, ‘Rollin’, ‘Faking It’, and the chart-topping ‘Feels’ featuring Pharrell, Katy Perry and Big Sean.https://t.co/lsLZjPtcZ5— Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) June 29, 2022Earlier this year Harris shared a new track called ‘Lonely’, using his Love Regenerator alias.It’s the latest in a group of records the DJ has shared since launching the alias back in January 2020.
Declan McKenna spoke to NME backstage at Glastonbury 2022 about a “crazy” unreleased song he wrote with Sigrid a couple of months ago. Watch our video interview above.Earlier this year, the pair hit the studio with producer and vocalist Sam Tsang – who works under the moniker Congee – to work on material for McKenna’s forthcoming third album.
Selena Gomez has new music in the works! ET's Will Marfuggi spoke to Gomez and her co-stars, Steve Martin and Martin Short, at the show's season 2 premiere in Los Angeles Monday night, where she revealed that she's back in the studio.«I am actually working on it right now,» Gomez shared when asked if she has new music on the way. «It's just been a little hectic with this, but um I am in the studio. I'm excited.»While Gomez didn't say when she'd be releasing new music, it would be the first new tune from the 29-year-old singer-actress since her Spanish-speaking album, , which she dropped in March 2021.While she's making time for music, has been keeping Gomez busy, with season 2 of the hit Hulu series premiering June 28.Gomez, who stars in, and executive produces the series, told ET that this time around, she feels like she can relate to her character, Mabel, a bit more.«In a way, but I think it's also a little bit of me actually feeling like I've walked through those moments, some in my life, so yeah, I've had that,» Gomez shared.The cast not only feels more comfortable in their respective characters after season 2, but as friends too, with Short sharing that trio have bonded over the last two years.«I think it's like anything, friendship grows, trust grows and we have a great, happy, loose time on the set,» Short said.
Ozzy Osbourne has announced his new album ‘Patient Number 9’ with the release of its title track ahead of the record’s release this September.The album’s title track also features guitar work from Jeff Beck, who joins an A-list cast of musicians guest-starring on the track including Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Metallica’s Robert Trujillo, Zakk Wylde, and producer Andrew Watt.A music video has also been released alongside the single that sees Ozzy portraying the titular patient, hunched over in what appears to be a room in a mental asylum before he falls into a comic-book-esque world of madness. Lights project bats all over the room as Ozzy’s iconic voice sings “When they call your name / Better run and hide / Tell you you’re insane / You believe their lies”.Watch the music video for Ozzy Osbourne’s seven-minute single ‘Patient Number 9’ below.Set to be released on September 3, the album also includes contributions from Eric Clapton, Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi and Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready.
Liraz has announced her third album ‘Roya’ and released new single ‘Azizam’. The record again sees her working with Iranian musicians, who remain anonymous for safety reasons, although on this occasion they managed to work face to face, rather than remotely.Raised in Israel, Liraz used her debut album ‘Naz’ as a way to connect with her Persian roots – mixing tradition and more modern music and singing entirely in Farsi. After the album was released, she found that Iranian musicians, working under the radar of Tehran’s secret police, began getting in touch.Eventually, she and some of those musicians began working together online on what would become her second album, ‘Zan’, which was released in 2020.
Tove Lo has released a new single ‘True Romance’ and announced her fifth album ‘Dirt Femme’. Listen to the song below, and watch our video interview with the Swedish star above.The Swedish singer-songwriter recently performed two tracks from her yet-to-be-released record – ‘No One Dies From Love’ and ‘True Romance’ – live at both New York City’s Governors Ball and during her sold-out show at Irving Plaza.Speaking to NME backstage after her festival performance, Tove described ‘True Romance’ as “the one ballad I threw in there”, adding: “I’m very excited to see how my fans feel about that one.”When asked about fan reactions to hearing her new tracks live, she replied: “It was magical, I was holding back tears a little bit.
Calum Scott has released his sophomore album Bridges!
Kendrick Lamar has discussed new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers for the first time in a mini-documentary produced by Spotify. Lamar travelled to Ghana as part of the doc, stopping off at the Freedom Skatepark in the capital city Accra.
Drake‘s new album is out!
We don't know exactly when Brent Faiyaz will share his second solo studio album, but on Monday, the R&B star shared a big hint that it could be coming soon. On Twitter, Faiyaz posted a new trailer detailing the featured artists and producers on his upcoming full-length, a project Faiyaz said in 2021 was titled Make It Our Alive but may now be titled Wasteland.
Dixie D’Amelio hits the stage for a private performance and meet and greet at the PUMA Flagship store in New York City on Friday (June 10).