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New Music Friday! It's every audiophile's favorite day of the week, and some of our favorite artists from all different genres have blessed us with new tunes.Benny Blanco teamed up with BTS and Snoop Dogg on his new single, «Bad Decisions,» with a hilarious music video that features him as a loyal member of the BTS ARMY. DJ Khaled threw it back with Drake and Lil Baby on the -inspired single «STAYING ALIVE.» And John Legend recruited Saweetie for his latest track, «All She Wanna Do.»In new music videos this week, ODESZA featured star Simone Ashley in their new vid for «Love Letter,» Anitta dropped her fierce, feline-inspired video for «Gata,» and Maluma brought the «Tsunami» on his collab with De La Ghetto and Arcangel.NIKI also dropped her latest track, «High School in Jakarta,» ahead of her anticipated performance at 88rising’s Head In The Clouds Festival which returns to Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Aug. 20-21.

Christopher Small For the tenth time in 11 years, the Locarno Film Festival is hosting 10 international film critics from various stages of development during the 10 days of the A-list Swiss festival.Coming from places as far from the Swiss resort town as Bangalore, Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro and Jakarta, and from an even more varied matrix of backgrounds, disciplines, writing styles, and interests, participants in the anniversary edition of the Critics Academy will have the chance to interact face-to-face with a wealth of major critics, programmers, and filmmakers in attendance at Locarno.Returning after one aborted edition in the first year of the pandemic and another for which there was no public call for applications, Locarno’s incubator for aspiring professional critics takes place once again in the midst of an extraordinarily trying moment both for the art and commerce of cinema but also, perhaps even more acutely, for writing about it.

SM Entertainment has announced the launch of a new global audition programme in search of new members for boyband NCT.Today (June 10), the South Korean entertainment company announced the forthcoming launch of the ‘Welcome to the NeoCiTy’ audition programme, which will search for new NCT members. It dropped alongside a teaser featuring snippets from various NCT music videos.According to the official application form, SM Entertainment looks set to hold in-person auditions in a total of 14 cities around the world, including Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, Seoul, Ho Chi Minh, Bangkok, Jakarta, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Beijing, Osaka, Fukuoka and Tokyo.SM Entertainment is currently looking for male applicants born between 2001 and 2008, in all three categories of vocals, rap and dance.

THE BOYZ have delayed the remainder of their US tour after three members of the boyband test positive for COVID-19.The K-pop boyband had kicked off the North American leg of their ‘THE B-ZONE’ last week on May 29, and have already performed in four of the initial six US cities previously announced for the tour.However, yesterday (June 8), THE BOYZ’s agency IST Entertainment announced in a statement posted on the boyband’s fancafe page that the tour’s two remaining stops – Dallas (June 8) and San Jose (June 10) – have been postponed after members Juyeon, Kevin and Q had tested positive for the coronavirus.“Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are deeply regretful to announce that the rest of the ‘THE BOYZ WORLD TOUR : THE B-ZONE IN USA’ (Dallas and San Jose) shows must be postponed,” IST Entertainment said. The company also added that they are currently in the middle of finalising rescheduled dates for the two shows.“We hope you understand that there are multiple parties involved in a tour including artist management, production, venues, etc,” IST continued.

TikTok challenges are back — and the high price of obtaining online infamy is again endangering the lives of young people.Teens are now jumping in front of oncoming trucks in an attempt to make outrageous online content — but suffering fatal consequences.Two Indonesian teens have died already due to the “angel of death” truck challenge, including one 18-year-old who was mowed down in the city of Tangerang, local news outlet Coconuts Jakarta reported. The city’s official Twitter account posted a disturbing, semicensored video of the horrific incident, warning that the “reckless action of teenagers to stop the truck” caused a death.As many as 14 minors who were suspected of participating in the same behavior were detained that day in the city, per Indonesia’s Sindo News.

While most travel to Mexico in search of Cancún or Cabo San Lucas, my trip was a little different than most.The mission? 48 hours in the country for the Formula E, and what a 48 hours it was. For a long time, Formula 1 has dominated the tracks as a top tier sport that many know, but The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is hot on its heels, with a fresh look at motorsports using electric cars.The eighth season of the high-energy ABB FIA Formula E World Championship saw me visit Mexico City, in a bid to get a taste of this futuristic sport.The races all take place on city centre tracks, allowing drivers and fans to sample world travel, in places such as Jakarta, Vancouver, Rome, New York, and other beautiful locations around the globe.

Nick Cave collaborator and Bad Seeds member Warren Ellis has announced he’s opening a new wildlife sanctuary for animals with special needs in Sumatra, Indonesia.Ellis Park will, according to its namesake, serve as “a forever home for animals who are unable to be released back into the wild due to their injuries sustained from maltreatment by humans”.The park is strategically located on the adjoining land next to the Sumatra Wildlife Centre.

direct to your inboxA Boeing 737 passenger plane lost contact and disappeared shortly after take off.Indonesian officials say the Sriwijaya Air jet lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Jakarta for Pontianak in West Kalimantan province this morning.A search and rescue operation is now under way.There were 62 people on board - including 56 passengers and six crew.The Sriwijaya Air took off from Jakarta at about 1.56pm and lost contact with the control tower at 2.40pm.

The Deadline Team The notorious scam artist known as the Hollywood Con Queen has preyed upon aspiring members of the Hollywood community who’ve been drawn to Jakarta where they are separated from their savings. The scammer who has used the identities of respected Hollywood executives might not be able to operate under the cloak of deception much longer.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefDisney is to launch the Disney Plus Hotstar version of its subscription video platform in Indonesia from September.The news was revealed Tuesday on an earnings conference call by Disney CEO Bob Chapek. That was confirmed locally, with Indonesian media sent invitations for an Aug.

Richard Kuipers Prolific hitmaker Joko Anwar (“Satan’s Slaves,” “Impetigore”) further cements his reputation as one of the non-English-speaking world’s foremost fantasy filmmakers with “Gundala,” an action-packed and emotionally satisfying adaptation of the treasured Indonesian comicbook created by Harya “Hasmi” Suraminata.

What’s your band called, mate?Band’s called FUR, mate.What do you sound like?As far away from talking over a lifted Gang of Four riff as we can get.Are you any good (honestly)?The tunes are good and we’re working on the instruments bit.What’s your best song?The best is definitely yet to come.What’s been your most memorable gig so far?Flying out to Jakarta to play for 5000 people and then flying home again within a few days was a bit ridiculous.Tell us something really interesting about you that

Releasing music about love on Valentine’s Day isn’t anything that will break the mold, but Stephanie Poetri’s new duo of songs “Do You Love Me?” and “Touch” aren’t necessarily about reinventing the 21st century pop wheel: for the 19-year-old hailing from Jakarta, music is all about making people feel good, and a way to make the world a better place.

Indonesia’s human rights commission has condemned plans to launch raids on the LGBTQI community in Jakarta on Tuesday after a local man was convicted in the UK of assaulting 48 men.