Ed Sheeran has been announced as the most-played artist of 2021 in the UK, with Bad Habits as the most-played song.
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Rina Sawayama has discussed how she was inspired by the “fake stories” on Taylor Swift‘s ‘Folklore’ for her new album ‘Hold The Girl’.The singer’s follow-up to 2020 debut album ‘SAWAYAMA’ is due out on September 2, via Dirty Hit, and was previewed last month with the single ‘This Hell’.In a new interview with Rolling Stone UK about the album, Sawayama spoke of being struck by the way Swift told stories of other people on her 2020 lockdown album, moving away from the autobiographical work of her past.“I remember when Taylor Swift released Folklore, I was like, ‘This bitch is writing about fake stories and she just wrote a whole album. If she can do it, I need to do it,’” Sawayama said, revealing that it was too painful to write songs about her own experiences while going through therapy.Discussing how she wants to keep her personal issues out of her songs for the time being, the singer added: “For me, it’s important that the listener is able to listen to it as a pop record first without that background, [and] make their own feelings about it.
And then, when I’m ready, I think I will be able to talk about what it’s actually about.”Later this year, Sawayama is set to head out on a new UK and Ireland tour which kicks off in October with two nights at Glasgow’s SW3 before calling at Dublin, Nottingham, Manchester, Birmingham, and Brighton. It finishes up at the O2 Academy Brixton in London on October 26.Tickets are available to purchase here, and you can see the full list of dates below.OCTOBER 202212 – Glasgow, SWG313 – Glasgow, SWG315 – Dublin, Olympia Theatre18 – Nottingham, Rock City20 – Manchester Academy21 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 23 – Brighton Dome26 – London, O2 Academy Brixton
.Ed Sheeran has been announced as the most-played artist of 2021 in the UK, with Bad Habits as the most-played song.
Ed Sheeran has been crowned as the most-played artist from the UK in 2021, with ‘Bad Habits’ also the most-played single of last year.The singer-songwriter claimed the same double in 2017 with the album ‘÷’ and song ‘Shape Of You’. 2022 marks his fourth time in fifth years to be the most-played artist in the country, only beaten by Dua Lipa in 2020.Figures from the Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) show the top 10 singles of the year, which also features songs by The Weeknd, Coldplay and Years & Years.Joining Sheeran in the top 10 artists list are Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift. You can see both lists below.1.
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Rina Sawayama has dropped a glitzy video for the track, ‘This Hell’.The visual, directed by Ali Kaur, depicts the singer getting married in a lavish wedding, all while drinking, line-dancing, and playing air guitar. “We’re burning up together, baby, that makes two / Cause the devil’s wearing Prada and loves a little drama / This hell is better with you,” she sings on the track’s euphoric chorus.‘This Hell’ was first shared last month as the lead single to her new album, ‘Hold The Girl’.
BST Hyde Park has announced details of their Open House series for 2022, featuring workshops, film screenings and more.This year, the London gig series will feature headline shows from The Rolling Stones, Eagles, Adele, Duran Duran, Elton John, Pearl Jam and more.Across two weeks (June 27-30 and July 4-7), the free Open House series will feature open air screenings, live music and entertainment, pop-up bars and street food, workshops from Joe Wicks and much more.From Monday to Thursday on both weeks, film screenings will include Mamma Mia, Spice World, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Batman and many more.See the full list of screenings and times below, and get more details on the Open House series here.Monday June 27 7PM – Spice WorldTuesday June 28 6PM – Encanto 8:30PM – Mamma MiaWednesday June 29 6PM – Moana 8:30PM – GreaseThursday June 30 6PM – The Lion King (1994) 8:30PM – Back to the FutureMonday July 4 7PM – SoulTuesday July 5 5PM – Never Ending Story 7:30PM – The Batman (2022)Wednesday July 6 5:30PM – Mary Poppins Returns 8PM – Bohemian RhapsodyThursday July 7 6PM – The Greatest Showman 8:30PM – Dirty DancingEarlier this month, Elton John announced the curated support bill for his BST Hyde Park show, featuring Rina Sawayama, BERWYN and more.The show on June 24 comes as part of the legendary songwriter’s ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour – his final ever series of live shows. It means that the gig could be his final ever London tour date.Pearl Jam also recently announced a number of new additions to their BST Hyde Park shows next month.The gigs on July 8 and 9 will be the band’s biggest ever London shows.
This Bank Holiday weekend, the biggest names in pop will descend upon London's Brockwell Park for Mighty Hoopla festival. Across Friday 3 and Saturday 4 June, everyone from Steps and Sugababes to Self Esteem and actual Samantha Fox will perform to 25,000 folk at the capital's most inclusive festival.
Harry Styles has beaten the one-week vinyl sales record previously held by Taylor Swift for her ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ in the US last year with his third solo album, ‘Harry’s House‘.The pop star has made the biggest debut (521,500 equivalent album units in its first week) since Adele’s ’30’ racked up 839,000 units last November. In the process, he’s also set the record for the biggest vinyl sales week of the modern era [via Billboard].‘Harry’s House’ includes 330,000 in sales without streaming and individual track sales factored in.
Harry Styles is feeling 22! During the 28-year-old singer's One Night Only concert in London, Styles delighted the crowd when he sang part of Taylor Swift's 2012 track, «22.» The singers dated between 2012 and 2013.The moment happened when a fan in the crowd told Styles that she was at the concert celebrating her 22nd birthday.
Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Harry Styles continues to fly on vinyl.The pop star’s third solo album, the eponymously-titled “Harry’s House,” has set a record for the largest sales week for a vinyl album in the U.S. The LP sold more than 146,000 copies within three days of its May 20 release.
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Rina Sawayama has performed her latest single ‘This Hell’ on a recent episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.The Japanese-British singer appeared on the show last night (May 19) to perform the song, lifted from her forthcoming album ‘Hold The Girl’. The single was released earlier in the week, and described by Sawayama in a press release as a “euphoric and tongue in cheek country pop song”.Her staging for The Tonight Show stayed true to the country theme, complete with hay bales, cowboy boots and line dancing.
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Rina Sawayama has released ‘This Hell’, the first single from her new album ‘Hold The Girl’, which she announced earlier this week. She has also announced UK and Ireland tour dates for the autumn.“I had so much fun writing ‘This Hell”, she says of the Paul Epworth produced track.
Taylor Swift made New York University’s 2022 commencement ceremony the hottest ticket in town on Wednesday when she rocked the podium at Yankee Stadium to address the graduating class.The 32-year-old singer-songwriter was the guest of honor wearing a purple robe and black velvet cap punctuated with her signature red lip, accepting an honorary fine arts doctorate and sharing 20 minutes of pop-star wisdom. “Let me just say: Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you,” Swift kicked off the address with a smirk and lyrics from her 2014 hit, joking that the last time she was in a stadium “this size I was dancing in heels and wearing a glittery leotard.” “I’m … 90% sure the main reason I’m here is because I have a song called ‘22,’” she quipped, lamenting on how she “never got the normal college experience, per se,” though she did film her music video “Love Story” in a college dorm. “But I really can’t complain … because you went to NYU during a global pandemic,” she said.Then Swift gave some earnest advice about letting go of grudges, exes and any toxic relationship to make room for the new chapters while learning to “live alongside cringe.” (Jake Gyllenhaal might question how successfully Swift has done this in her own life.) “No matter how hard you try to avoid being cringe, you will look back on your life and cringe retrospectively.
Taylor Swift achieved her “Wildest Dreams” on Wednesday (May 18), receiving an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from New York University and walking onstage in a cap and gown for graduation at Yankee Stadium to deliver an inspiring speech to the Class of 2022. “I’d like to thank NYU for making me technically, on paper at least, a doctor,” she said. “Not the type of doctor you would want around in the case of an emergency, unless your specific emergency was that you desperately needed to hear a song with a catchy hook and an intensely cathartic bridge section.” On her social media, she posted a video of herself getting ready for the commencement.
Rina Sawayama has shared the first single from her forthcoming album ‘Hold The Girl’.Produced by Paul Epworth, ‘This Hell’ is described as a “joyous and roaring slice of pop-meets-country” which is “awash with glam rock riffs and lyrics that are peppered with tongue-in-cheek one-liners shouting out a pantheon of gay icons – Britney [Spears], Whitney [Houston] and Princess Di,” in a press release.“I had so much fun writing ‘This Hell,’ said Sawayama. “The past couple of years I’ve been listening to lots of female country singers and wanted to write a euphoric and tongue in cheek country pop song.
Taylor Swift is feeling the Class of 2022! On Wednesday, the 32-year-old singer slipped on a cap and gown «for the very first time,» and received a honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree from New York University. Swift also gave a commencement speech at the graduation ceremony, which was held at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Needless to say, the GRAMMY winner referenced more than one of her own song lyrics.«I’m…90% sure the main reason I’m here is because I have a song called ‘22.' And let me just say, I am elated to be here with you today as we celebrate and graduate New York University’s Class of 2022,» she told the packed stadium. Swift also couldn't help calling out her song about New York! «Let me say to you now: Welcome to New York.