What was expected to be a roaring summer comeback for live music has turned into a season of precarious doubt, thanks to vaccine hesitancy and the delta spread of Covid-19. And a financial tech company is giving would-be concertgoers a chance to cash in on the uncertainty. Kalshi, a startup, …
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Virtual-concert startup Wave is entering a partnership with major gaming developer Riot Games, the creator of League of Legends and Valorant, to create a virtual concert for Pentakill, a fictional heavy metal band Riot created, the two companies announced Wednesday morning. Riot Games dreamed up the idea of Pentakill in …
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Want to eat like the kings of K-pop? On Wednesday (May 26th) morning, McDonald’s started serving the “BTS Meal” — 10 chicken nuggets, medium fries, a medium Coke, and sweet chili and cajun dipping sauces inspired by recipes from McDonald’s South Korea. The meal release will be followed at 7 …
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Multiple music advocacy groups — including the Music Artists Coalition, the Black Music Action Coalition, Songwriters of North America, and the union SAG-AFTRA — threw their support behind California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez’s newly introduced FAIR Act on Friday. The Free Artists from Industry Restrictions Act (also known as bill …
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In just a couple months, Olivia Rodrigo has shattered multiple records with her breakout hit, “Driver’s License,” from scoring the biggest debut in Rolling Stone 100 chart history to netting the greatest first-day streams of any artist. So it’s fitting that “Driver’s License,” whose Canvas art on Spotify also garnered …
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Just around 10 million people speak isiZulu, a language out of South Africa. So how did a song in the little-known dialect become a hit with billions of people around the world? The song in question is “Jerusalema,” created by 24-year-old Limpopo native Master KG with the vocals of singer …
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Napster, the company that cultivated an era of music piracy and pushed the music industry into the digital era before becoming a paid streaming service, is once again entering a new era. London-based virtual reality concert streamer MelodyVR announced a surprise $70 million acquisition of the company on Tuesday, creating …
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Phil Collins‘ “In the Air Tonight” saw a noticeable sales bump over the weekend thanks to a viral video from Twins React, where 22-year-olds Tim and Fred Williams filmed their reaction to hearing the song for the first time. In the video, Tim and Fred start off acutely tuned in …
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The third season of Netflix‘sElite, a Spanish-language drama centered around the secret machinations of teens at a private high school, kicks off with a scene overlaid by Chvrches‘ synth-pop song “Forever.” As plot lines unfurl across eight episodes, the song rears its head again, and again — and again, marking …
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While it took the folks in the room at Sunday night’s Oscars a moment to register the fact that Eminem was actually there, performing his 2002 hit “Lose Yourself” — particularly Idina Menzel — his performance ended with an uproarious standing ovation. The reaction among music fans was similar: Sales …
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