Hozier stopped by the New York City subway this weekend to sing some tunes for the “Big Apple” commuters. There isn’t much else to say, other than the fact that he crushed it. He sang a rendition of his hit song “Take Me To Church” and sounds just as good, if not better than the studio version. It’s really an incredible video to watch and if you haven’t heard the original version I implore you to go check it out before watching this video. Shoutout to NYC, this stuff doesn’t happen anywhere else.
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Drake is making the rounds on his European tour and has dropped his song “Don’t Matter To Me” from his setlist. The song features vocals from Michael Jackson who has recently received some damaging claims about sexual misconduct with minors.
Jackson has been the subject of criticism in the new HBO Docuseries “Leaving Neverland” and there has been some serious backlash against the late pop star. Radio stations have stopped playing his music and an episode of “The Simpsons” was removed from the archives due to an appearance from Jackson.
Drake Drops Michael Jackson Song from UK Tour in Wake of 'Leaving Neverland' https://t.co/raxcnJtse4
Drake is arguably the biggest artist to come forth and actually make a decision against Jackson based off of the claims, so it will be interesting to see if anymore people speak out against the “King of Pop.”
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The city of Pittsburgh payed homage to Mac Miller by re-naming one of their local parks after him. The late rapper named his debut studio album after Blue Slide Park, and now the city is showing their respect for Miller, his family, and his fans by giving the park his namesake.
Blue Slide Park has been renamed “Mac Miller’s Blue Slide Park” in honor of the late rapper 🌊 pic.twitter.com/JAJJMJIlwE
Miller’s debut album cover Photo courtesy of Rostrum Records
Back in September, Miller tragically passed away from an accidental drug overdoes inside his California home. He was just 26 years old and had just released his Grammy nominated record “Swimming.” Miller was slated to go on tour within the next few weeks before his passing.
Mac’s fans gathered at Blue Slide Park a few days after his passing to honor his legacy and listen to his music together. The site will now forever bare the name of the Pittsburgh native and be a landmark site for Mac Miller fans everywhere. Mac may be gone from the world, but his music will live on forever.
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This week is a little light on new releases, but there are still some projects coming that you need to keep an eye on. Last week was loaded, so that should be able to carry you into this weekend too if you haven’t caught up. Here’s the music you need to know about that’s coming this weekend.
Juice WRLD- “Death Race For Love” 3/8
The “Lucid Dreams” rapper is set to release his second studio album Friday. It’s a follow up to his incredibly successful debut “Goodbye & Good Riddance.” The Chicago artist looks to double down on his success with this album release coming just 10 months after his first record.
Gessaffelstein- “Hyperion” 3/8
This might be the big surprise of the weekend, with French DJ Gessaffelstein dropping his second studio album, and first one since 2013. The Frenchman has linked up with The Weeknd and Pharrell on two singles for the album with the former amassing over 75 million streams on Spotify. Keep an eye out for this project.
Maren Morris- “Girl” 3/8
In a weekend filled with sophomore albums, Maren Morris caps off the list this week with her album “Girl.” Morris is most recognized for the mega-hit and Grammy award winning song “The Middle” by Zedd, but her solo work should not go unnoticed. She is billed as a country artist, but her stuff is way more on the side of indie pop/rock. She’s had one radio smash hit, so don’t be surprised if something catches from her new album.
That finishes up the list for this week. It’s a short list, but there is still stuff from last week that can be caught up on and the chance for some surprise drops. This list should be on your radar, though. All three of these artists have a chance to drop a hit this weekend and you don’t want to miss it.
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Kehlani’s new album ‘While We Wait‘ debuts at No. 1 on top R&B Albums Chart. The record has made 34,000 in album units during the week ending on February 28th according to Billboard. In 2017, the singer led the chart with ‘Sweet Sexy Savage.’ which took over for one week in February 2017.” Also, her two chart-topping sets, she’s banked a third entry: 2015’s You Should Be Here, which peaked at No. 2 that May” (Billboard, 2019).
Billboard
The album debuts at No. 5 on the top R&B /Hip-Hop albums chart. Recently, her album is No. 9 on the all-genre Billboard 200 according to Billboard. In her new album, she collaborated with different artists including Dom Kennedy, Ty Dolla $ign, and 6Lack. In the Hot R&B songs, the track Nunya (feat. DOM Kennedy) take place in No.13.
Radio stations around the world banned Michael Jackson’s music. The decision was made after HBO released ‘Leaving Neverland’ documentary. His music is ban from Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. As a right now, more radio stations over the world are taking the same steps to stop playing his music. However, some stations are fighting back because they don’t want to pull the late singer’s music from the lineups.
Leaving Neverland/ HBO
In Montreal, three major stations stopped playing the artist’s music as a result of child abuse. The documentary aired Sunday in HBO, and it starts with the victims talking about how Jackson portrayed himself. The film includes the victim’s parents talking about all the factors that contributed to this tragedy. A lot of stations pulled Jackson’s music Monday morning.
Leaving Neverland/ HBO
Leaving Neverland first premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival. The film gives details the abuse allegations of the kids ‘who had previously denied Jackson molested them when the two were children’ (CBC, 2019).
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