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Maddie and Tae Talk New ‘Concept Album’
When Maddie Marlow and Taylor Dye burst onto the scene in 2014 with “Girl in a Country Song,” the duo were often highlighted as part of the next chapter for country music. That breakout hit, along with the biting “Shut Up and Fish,” helped to get them placed in the same category as Miranda Lambert, the Dixie Chicks and Carrie Underwood; namely, women who don’t take any shit. But with their latest project, Maddie and Tae wanted to show fans the other dimensions of themselves.
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“‘Girl in a Country Song’ is definitely the side of us that’s confident, just like balls to the wall, fearless. We’re just going for it,” Taylor Dye tells Rolling Stone Country. “But there’s days where we feel totally weak, not confident. We don’t feel beautiful.”
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Courtney Love, Melissa Auf der Maur
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“Courtney’s a pioneer,” Auf der Maur said of Love in a statement that accompanied the tribute’s announcement. “Her legacy is vital to the voice of women in our culture. The passion she brings to her life and art fuels the long-fought battle for the empowerment of alternative voices as they take center stage at last! There’s no one as punk and fearless as Courtney, and she deserves a creative bouquet of honoring. Her power onstage is a massive force to be reckoned with. She broke new ground, combining raw and powerful rock music and lyrics of a singular feminist perspective, with her escapades as a Hollywood actress. Her legacy cannot be erased or confused by sexist or fearful critics. We are really excited to honor her.”
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City Girls Announce Album ‘Girl Code’
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Miami duo City Girls revealed their sophomore album Girl Code will be out on November 16th. City Girls formed last year, releasing songs for fun online before getting discovered by Coach K and Pierre “Pee” Thomas of Quality Control Music (Migos, Lil Yachty). The pair released their debut album, Period, to acclaim in April. In June, they appeared on Drake’s Scorpion hit “In My Feelings,” which eventually went Number One.
City Girls’ JT went began a two-year sentence for credit card fraud on the same day Drake’s Scorpion was released. Her sentence was due to begin earlier than that, but it was delayed so she can complete her work commitments, like an appearance at the BET Awards and, potentially, the final touches of recording this new project.
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Grammy Nomination ‘Is a Win for all Women Producers and Engineers’
It’s been a wild week for Linda Perry, the veteran writer and producer behind hits for Alicia Keys, P!nk, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani and more. On Thursday, she received a Golden Globe nomination for “Girl in the Movies,” a track she co-wrote with Dolly Parton. The following day, she woke to find out that she had been nominated for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical at the 2019 Grammys for her work on the soundtrack to the documentary Served Like a Girl, Dorothy’s album 28 Days in the Valley and Willa Amai’s cover of Daft Punk’s “Harder Better Faster Stronger.”
Perry’s second nomination in as many days put her in rare position: The last woman to be nominated for Producer of the Year award was Lauren Christy in 2004 as a member of the production group the Matrix.
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Cardi B’s set at Rolling Loud Festival
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Cardi B’s headlining set at Rolling Loud Festival on Saturday didn’t go quite as planned as her estranged husband Offset attempted to win her back in front of the audience.
Just hours before he appeared at the festival, the Migos rapper had posted a public apology to Cardi in an Instagram video.
During Saturday night’s show, Offset appeared with a bouquet of white roses with signage that read “Take Me Back, Cardi.” As he continued to profess his love to her, Cardi looked uncomfortable before the couple exchanged words privately.
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Lady Gaga at Enigma Las Vegas
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Lady Gaga staged the opening night of her career-spanning Enigma Las Vegas residency Friday at Park MGM, with the singer delivering a pair of live debuts during the performance: A cover of David Bowie‘s “I’m Afraid of Americans” and Gaga’s first live rendition of the A Star Is Born hit “Shallow.”
Enigma serves as a retrospective of sorts at Gaga’s career thus far, and the shape-shifting Bowie was as a huge inspiration to the singer, from her “Poker Face”/Aladdin Sane iconography to the 10-song Bowie medley that Gaga performed for the Grammy’s tribute to the late singer. The Enigma show marked the first time Gaga tackled Bowie’s paranoiac Earthling track onstage, with Gaga weaving the 1997 track into the Born This Way portion of her Enigma setlist.
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Ariana Grande unveiled the track list for her forthcoming album
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Ariana Grande unveiled the track list for her forthcoming album, Thank U, Next.
The pop star posted a snapshot fo the track list on her Instagram story and linked to a different account, @sweetener, where it was also posted (Grande used the @sweetener account last fall to reveal details about her 2018 album of the same name). Per the track list, Thank U, Next will include the album’s previously-released title-track, as well as other recent songs “7 Rings” and “Imagine.”
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Tina Turner Musical: Adrienne Warren
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After a hugely successful run in London's West End, Tina, the Tina Turner Musical will make its Broadway debut this fall. To get fans excited, the producers announced on Tuesday that Adrienne Warren will reprise her critically lauded portrayal of the rock legend. They also released a video of the performer singing the iconic “River Deep, Mountain High,” which is also available on the cast album.
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Grimes Details New Album ‘Miss_Anthropocene’
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Grimes has announced her follow-up album to 2015’s Art Angels. Entitled Miss_Anthropocene, the singer took to social media on Tuesday to unveil details about the forthcoming LP.
“It’s a concept album about the anthropomorphic Goddess of climate change: A psychedelic, space dwelling demon/ beauty-Queen, who relishes the end of the world,” she explained in a Twitter post. “She’s composed of Ivory and Oil” she added and said that she has crafted illustrations of the goddess and shared them on Instagram.
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Lil Kim Announces First Album in 14 Years
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Lil Kim will drop a new album on May 17. The rapper announced via Twitter that her latest full-length, which will be her fifth LP and first in 14 years, is titled 9. The music video for the album’s single, “Go Awff,” is expected Friday.
Lil Kim’s last album, The Naked Truth, came out in 2005 and she has continued releasing mixtapes in the years since. Her most recent, Lil Kim Season, arrived in 2016. “Go Awff,” which featured a sample of The xx’s “Dangerous,” dropped last month. The new album was originally expected last year after the rapper kicked off the release with a called “Nasty One.”
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Missy Elliott offered her support when Lil Kim announced 9. “Congratulations sis,” her fellow rapper wrote on Twitter. “Can't wait.” There’s no news on the album’s tracklist or potential collaborations yet.
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