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06.10.2023 - 14:07 / nme.com
Mike Shinoda has shared details of his new solo single ‘Already Over’ with NME, and revealed whether he is open to revisiting his work with Linkin Park in the future.Shared today (October 6), the surprise track follows on from his 2023 single ‘In My Head‘ and 2020 ‘Dropped Frames’ trilogy. “I was doing a lot of writing and producing for other people and I was actively staying off the microphone.
It was really inspiring, I was really excited, but it got to a point where I realised I missed making stuff for myself,” he told NME, discussing what made him start work on more solo material.“From the beginning it felt like it had a lot of Linkin Park DNA in it, and it occurred to me: ‘Should I edit that out? ‘Should I move away from that?’ But it didn’t feel good to do that. It felt better to just embrace it and make the song what it wanted to be.”While acknowledging that working alongside many famous faces recently has made a “subtle” impact on his own music, Shinoda revealed that the main thing he noticed is how the experiences allowed him to evolve as a songwriter, and see his earlier work with Linkin Park through a fresh lens.“We’re not going to sit and let an instrument tell us what melody to sing,” he explained, opening up about the songwriting process with the likes Demi Lovato, PVRIS, Grandson and more.
“We come in with an understanding of what’s on our mind. What do we feel like talking about? What do we feel like singing about?”He continued: “When Linkin Park was a baby band, that had never even occurred to me.
I was just making shit that sounded cool and forcing words on top of it. When I look back to some of those lyrics, I go ‘Yeah, that’s a young person’, but in our process we stumbled into some really great stuff
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The Kills have shared a new single titled ‘Wasterpiece’ and revealed details of a 2024 US tour. Find out more below.Released today (October 24), the new single is the latest to be released from the rock duo’s forthcoming album, ‘God Games’.
Green Day have shared details of a new album ‘Saviors’, and dropped a new single titled ‘The American Dream Is Killing Me’. Check it out below.Announced today (October 24), the forthcoming album will mark the 14th studio LP by the pop-punk trio, and their first full-length release since 2020’s ‘Father Of All Motherfuckers’.
Jana Kramer is getting ready for the release of her new book “The Next Chapter” and she’s opening up about fights with ex-husband Mike Caussin.
Two months after Chase Sui Wonders and Pete Davidson called off their relationship, it appears that she has moved on.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Shawn Levy, whose limited series “All The Light We Cannot See” is premiering on Netflix on Nov. 2, was supposed to have a packed year, between the filming “Deadpool 3” and Season 5 of “Stranger Things” of which he’s an executive producer and director. With both productions paused due to the SAG-AFTRA strikes, Levy has instead been busy promoting “All the Light We Cannot See,” an adaptation of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Caroline Polachek has dropped the bold new single, ‘Dang’. Check it out below.The new track marks the pop star’s first piece of music since her recent album ‘Desire, I Want To Turn Into You’, which arrived back in February.Described by the singer as one of the “catchiest songs” in her catalogue, ‘Dang’ features production from Cecile Believe (SOPHIE, Shygirl), Danny L Harle (Charli XCX, Pinkpantheress) and Polachek herself.It also sees the singer-songwriter incorporate impressionistic lyrics and pounding instrumentals similar to that seen in her song ‘Bunny Is A Rider’, which arrived in 2021.To mark the new release, Polachek debuted the track live with a special performance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, although the host was not at the performance as he has COVID.In the performance, she delivered the song in the style of a surreal Ted Talk, using a bewildering PowerPoint performance to set the tone.
title track which arrived in August. Speaking of ‘I Don’t Know You’ in a press release, the band said: “This is simply a song about having a crush. About the excitement and playful fantasy that can come from meeting someone unexpectedly at a festival, or on the street, or in line at the grocery store.”They continued: “You don’t know when you’ll see them again but the rush of their possibility lingers, making you yearn to know more about them.” Directed by Mason Mercer and Anthony Miralles, the song’s accompanying video features the band performing in a barn.
Sløtface have collaborated with The Buoys for a new song – listen to ‘Fight Back Time’ below.The Norwegian act – as of last year now a solo project under Haley Shea – and the Australian indie rockers The Buoys linked up digitally to make the song, which is about the nagging feeling of always having to be switched-on.Sløtface’s Shea said in a statement: “‘Fight Back Time’ for me is about feeling way too caught up in everything you’re doing when you have too much going on, and desperately trying to grab some pieces of your life back so that you feel in control.“It’s about staying up late when you should get a good night’s sleep just to feel like you have some free time and feeling like there must be a fix to how you’re feeling out there somewhere. I love how the chorus has stacks of vocals egging me on to indulge in my bad habits, it feels very much like the voices in my head.”The Buoys vocalist and guitarist Zoe Catterall added: “Words started pouring out of me when I sat down to write my parts.
Al Murray is back in historian mode for Why Does Everyone Hate The British Empire? – his third Sky documentary series looking at the UK’s patchy past. And he’s bracing himself for online abuse from the patriots and politicians. “During the first series, Why Does Everyone Hate The English?, I had quite prominent political people saying, ‘You hate our country!’” the 55-year-old reveals.
She’s appeared in iconic shows like Goodness Gracious Me, EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing but now Nina Wadia is turning her hand to children’s TV. Nina, 54, narrates the brand-new series, Tweedy and Fluff, a heartwarming children’s show about two tiny animated characters. “When I first saw the show, I fell in love with it,” says Nina.
Marta Balaga Spanish star Miguel Bernardeau can relate to “Zorro.” “He has to grow up really fast. He has to decide who he wants to be and he has to do it when still very young. Which also happened to me,” he tells Variety in Cannes before the market premiere of his new show.
The Last Dinner Party have shared their third and latest single ‘My Lady Of Mercy’ – check out the video below.The track marks the third single the band have released so far. It sees the band lean toward a darker route, differing from their previous releases ‘Nothing Matters‘ and ‘Sinner’.
The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) Executive Board of Directors has elected B&B Theatres President & CEO Bob Bagby as the new NATO Executive Board Chair. He’ll be taking over for previous chair, Rolando B. Rodriguez, who is exiting; his retirement as the top executive at Marcus Theatres announced last year.
Palace have announced a new EP, ‘Part II – Nightmares & Ice Cream’, and have shared a new single titled ‘Rabid Dog’.The single serves as the opening track on the EP. ‘Part II – Nightmares & Ice Cream’ follows ‘Part I – When Everything Was Lost’ which was released earlier this year.
PinkPantheress has shared new single ‘Mosquito’ and has dropped an accompanying music video. Check it out below.The Bath-raised star – real name Victoria Walker – follows up from recent singles including ‘Boy’s A Liar’ and collaborations with the likes of Destroy Lonely, Skrillex and Troye Sivan, as well as contributing the dream-pop song ‘Angel’ to the Barbie soundtrack.Now, PinkPantheress has shared ‘Mosquito’ and its glitzy, Y2K-inspired music video.
Singer Taylor Swift stepped out with glamorous friends Blake Lively and Sophie Turner for a much-needed girls night on Saturday.The stunning trio were photographed holding hands and arriving to Italian restaurant Emilio’s Ballato in Soho, New York.Taylor, 33, opted for a black mini dress with a matching handbag and black strappy heels, while Blake wore a beige crop top and a multicolored striped skirt. She paired it with a tweed blazer thrown over her shoulders and tan suede boots.
Shed Seven have shared their anthemic new single ‘In Ecstasy’ featuring Happy Mondays powerhouse Rowetta, and spoken to NME about how they also recruited Pete Doherty and Reverend And The Makers’ Laura McClure for their sixth studio album ‘A Matter Of Time’. Check out the new video on NME first below, along with our interview with frontman Rick Witter.The rousing track, sees Witter and the Mondays’ singer trading vocals, over a driving, motorik beat and soaring guitars.
Hackney Diamonds. “Sweet Sounds Of Heaven” showcases the iconic lineup of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Steve Jordan, with the added brilliance of Stevie Wonder’s piano accompaniment.
The Streets have shared a new single called ‘Each Day Gives’ – listen below.The track is the latest preview of Mike Skinner and co’s sixth studio album ‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’, which will arrive on October 20 alongside an accompanying film.“The way the album was written was very much with the film in mind. The songs weave around the scenes and the dialogue to give a bigger picture of what’s going on – sometimes really acting as the narrator,” Skinner explained.“‘Each Day Gives’ comes as the main characters are facing a dilemma and working out what to do after their plans go awry – the song talks about overcoming little (and big) adversities and waking up each morning and treating it as a fresh start – until the next dilemma kicks in!”The single follows on from ‘Troubled Waters’ and ‘Too Much Yayo’, the latter of which arrived last month.‘The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light’ marks Skinner’s first full-length release as The Streets since 2011’s ‘Computers And Blues’.The frontman recently spoke about how the LP’s accompanying film was both a “nightmare” and an “obsession” to make.