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Summer Walker Announces ‘Over It Radio’ With Apple Music Ahead Of The Singer’s Album Release

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Summer Walker is a notorious recluse. However, the “Heart Of A Woman” singer found the perfect middle ground to discuss her new musical era. With her Finally Over It album in the tuck, Summer Walker is ready to mingle with fans.

Today (December 9), Summer Walker announced Over It Radio, a show exclusively available on Apple Music. The forthcoming six-episode series is slated to debut its first episode on this Friday, December 13. In the series’ promotional teaser (viewable here), Summer has a chat with each of her musical eras (Over It and Still Over It).

Although Summer is sure to provide Easter eggs about her upcoming studio album, the show isn’t just limited to her discography. Over It Radio will dive into other topics including relationships, motherhood, and friendship.

“My vision for ‘Over It Radio’ is to create a safe space where I can own my own narrative and provide a platform for the women I admire in the entertainment industry to do the same,” said Summer in a statement. “We discuss the topics that matter to them, without any hidden agendas. Listeners can look forward to hearing powerful, accomplished women celebrating their successes, sharing their frustrations about what they’re ready to move on from and keeping it real about the challenges they face as women, mothers and entrepreneurs.”

For the inaugural episode, Summer’s “I Might” collaborator Sexyy Red, will drop in to set the tone for what’s to come.

Over It Radio with Summer Walker on Apple Music will launch on December 13. Find more information here.

Latto Announces Her Apple Music Radio Show With A High-Flying Video Teaser And Fans’ Feelings Are Varied

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After absolutely dominating 2022 with her Mariah Carey-sampling dance hit “Big Energy,” Latto looks to expand her burgeoning empire in 2023. Her latest move (which looks… familiar) is partnering with Apple Music Radio for her own show, 777 Radio. Latto announced the show’s impending debut with a slick video trailer depicting her as a flight attendant giving an announcement. “Welcome aboard 777 Air,” she says. “Make sure to put the BS on airplane mode and leave all your baggage at home.”

The similarity of concepts between Latto’s show — which has been in development for a year, according to one contributor’s tweet — and another former Apple Music production quickly caught fans’ eyes, leading to a flurry of comments comparing and contrasting the two (if anything, it might explain the roots of their conflict given the timeline). Meanwhile, some others attributed Latto’s flight attendant look to Saweetie’s “Closer” video with HER (which, if those fans were being honest, they kinda let flop. Funny to get angry about it now, especially after they cooked Saweetie for doing the same alleged thing to Rico Nasty just like two years ago).

Still, other fans noted that Lil Kim preceded many of her successors into the radio space, trying to short-circuit the inevitable stan war brewing on the horizon. It didn’t work — when have stans ever been convinced by piddling things like facts? — but you have to appreciate the effort.

The first episode of 777 Radio will debut Thursday, March 30 at 11 AM PT on Apple Music with guest Chloe Bailey — another frequent target of controversy from Stan Twitter. Tune in.