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Troye Sivan's new EP — and today, they got another surprise taste of the singer's new music.On Wednesday morning (Aug. 5), Sivan dropped his latest single "Rager Teenager," a moody song that sees Troye wistfully remembering his younger days of angst, hormones and bad behavior.In the one-shot video for his song, audiences see Sivan sitting in an empty bathtub as he sings along to the track.

Tainy and J Balvin made it work.“Agua,” released in July by Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon, and NEON16, laces the iconic SpongeBob intro with a party-starting reggaeton, bass, and flute melody, making it the go-to summer song for the entire family.

Katy Perry graced the cover of People's latest issue on Wednesday (Aug. 5), opening up about her journey to motherhood and creating her upcoming album Smile.

Spencer Lee to the added role of Asia Pacific President.In his current position, Lee oversees territories including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India and The Philippines. With the addition of his new role, he will also oversee South Korea, which is the sixth largest music market in the world, according to the IFPI, and which peermusic says is now its third largest territory in terms of revenue.Peermusic has long had its eye on the South Korean market.

The Weeknd is teasing a posthumous collaboration with Juice WRLD that will bring a long-sought team-up to life. "Me and The Weeknd would make a diamond record..." The Weeknd tweeted on Tuesday night (Aug. 4), adding three prayer hands emoji to the throwback comment from Sept. 10, 2019, who died less than four months later of an accidental overdose at age 21.

Maddie & Tae unveiled a pair of Spotify Singles on Wednesday (Aug. 5), including a genre-bending cover of Harry Styles' "Watermelon Sugar."

Taylor Swift has spent over a decade giving us indelible singles across a variety of styles -- first in country music, next in a sugary brand of country-pop, then in radio-conquering pop, and most recently in an indie-rock mode that upended fan expectations. With the recent debut of Folklore yielding yet another No.

Chicago Sun-Times confirmed that "Slide" rapper FBG Duck (born Carlton Weekly), 26, was hit multiple times and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later from gunshot wounds in the chest, groin and neck.An unnamed 36-year-old man was taken to the same hospital in serious condition with gunshots wounds to his back and side and a 26-year-old woman sitting in a parked car was shot in the hand.

Tessa Lyons-Laing, "offers anybody the chance to become a creator and break out on a global stage, reaching the entire Instagram audience."Instagram first launched in 2010 as a place to share photos but expanded into video in 2014. Since then, it has launched Stories as a portal for more ephemeral posts and IGTV as a home for longer videos.Instagram users have long had the ability to post short videos.

Miley Cyrus is (finally) coming, y'all! On Tuesday (Aug. 4), the superstar took to social media to tease the forthcoming release of her long-awaited album She Is Miley Cyrus."Meet Miley Cyrus.....

Cyrano, a musical adaption of Edmond Rostand's 1897 verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac that will see Peter Dinklage reprise the role he played onstage in 2019.Joe Wright is set to direct a cast that also includes Haley Bennett, Brian Tyree Henry and Ben Mendelsohn. Erica Schmidt wrote the screenplay.

John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero, which told the life story of the Georgia lawmaker.

Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers on Amazon Music HD.“My father’s music has moved and inspired legions of fans around the word, and we’re thrilled Amazon Music has developed a campaign that celebrates the rediscovery of his classics while introducing new favorites to the next generation,” notes Cedella Marley in a statement.

Dua Lipa is bringing the heat on her upcoming Club Future Nostalgia: The Remix Album, which she revealed is coming out on Aug. 21. The singer dropped the news on Tuesday night (Aug. 4), also confirming that a remix of "Levitating" remixed by The Blessed Madonna and featuring Missy Elliott and Madonna will come out on Aug. 14.

The Tonight Show. If she was freaking out on the inside, she sure wasn't showing it.Armed with a keyboard and a microphone, the 20-year-old folk singer and songwriter Zoomed in from her bedroom for a virtual performance of "I Miss You, I'm Sorry."The emotional track is lifted from her debut EP Minor.The Los Angeles newcomer is, of course, the daughter of movie director J.J.

Wayne Connolly, the celebrated Australian producer, engineer and artist who has collected eight ARIA Awards -- and counting -- for his work, has launched his first label, Scenic Drive.

The 10-year anniversary celebrations for One Direction were a lightning rod for the pop band’s sales and streams in the U.K., new data reveals.

Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs continues its spending spree with the acquisition of Blondie’s catalog.

Macy Gray is ramping up her nonprofit My Good.The organization, founded quietly earlier this year, seeks to help families and loved ones of victims of police violence with financial, emotional and mental health support.

When Taylor Swift’s surprise album Folklore blasted in atop the Billboard 200 chart with the biggest week of the year for any album, she not only did it without the benefit of any pre-release promotion, but also while taking a sonic left-turn away from pure pop and into a more alternative soundscape.

Taylor Swift’s new album Folklore would put her back in the album of the year finals at the Grammys for the first time since she won for 1989.

Alessia Cara says that her latest project, a live covers EP of her own material, This Summer: Live Off the Floor, “brought a whole new life” to her songs.

With the $600 weekly federal pandemic assistance program now expired, and any new stimulus package still in limbo, Garza found some contract work but is worried for the rest of the touring industry.

Anne Hankins' Willamette Country Music Concerts in 2018, keeping Harkins as an employee to produce its three festivals in Oregon -- the Willamette Country Music Festival in Linn County, the Country Crossings Music Festival in Central Point and the Cape Blanco Country Music Festival -- as well as the Mountain Home Country Music Festival in Idaho.But after the Country Crossings festival experienced low turnout in 2018 due to extreme heat and a nearby wildfire, and the company's main Willamette

One Direction celebrating its 10th-anniversary last month to the Jonas Brothers having an epic reunion year in 2019, anytime is the right time to remember our favorite boy bands. But which boy band hit still rules to this day?Boyz II Men previously held and tied the record for longest-running No.

Halsey, Bette Midler, Sara Bareilles, Gloria Estefan and more stars shared their thoughts on the massive explosion in Lebanon's capital of Beirut Tuesday (Aug. 4) that has killed nearly 80 people and injured 4,000.

“Alexa, are we paying music royalties?"

Marco Rubio (R-FL) -- who sponsored the Continuing Small Business Recovery and Paycheck Protection Program Act as chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship -- the trade organizations voiced their support for the legislation, which has been integrated into the $1 trillion Senate stimulus package known as the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act.Under the proposed legislation, no company with more than 300 employee across

Late Show With Stephen Colbert has been fired following allegations of sexual harassment made against him by a musician.Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that Giovanni Cianci, who had been The Late Show's music booker since late 2017, is no longer employed by the show.Cianci's dismissal came about a week after musician Paige Stark alleged in an Instagram post that Cianci "harassed and attempted to assault me" at a music festival in 2010.

Bruno Mars is seeking to monetize his 24K good looks.The "That's What I Like" crooner took to Twitter to share a hilarious string of tweets after experiencing some musical writer's block.