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Jon Batiste Delivers Simple Advice In His Buoyant ‘Drink Water’ Single Featuring Jon Bellion And Fireboy DML

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We’re just weeks removed from Jon Batiste announcing World Music Radio, his forthcoming album with a world-beating tracklist featuring the likes of Fireboy DML, Kenny G, Lana Del Rey, Lil Wayne, Jon Bellion, JID, and NewJeans. Batiste punctuated the news by releasing “Calling Your Name.” On Wednesday, July 12, the five-time Grammy winner waded further into his World Music Radio world, with “Drink Water” featuring Bellion and Fireboy DML.

“Traveling with my wife, leaning into the culturally diverse group of friends and family that make up my inner circle birthed the foundations for what is now World Music Radio – much of which was recorded in transit, hotel rooms, basements and on smartphones either abroad or near big bodies of water,” Batiste said in a statement.

The track delivers concise, valuable life advice atop an infectiously buoyant soundscape: “So take a deep breath, drink water / You know that these streets just now calm down / So take a deep breath, drink water / You know that these streets just now / Calm down or calm down or calm down / Whenever you feel like you might drown or calm down or calm down / You know that these streets just loud.”

Upon announcing World Music Radio in June, Batiste posted a lengthy Instagram caption explaining its origins and intended purpose:

“World Music Radio is a concept album that takes place in the interstellar regions of the universe. The listener is led through the album by an interstellar traveling griot named Billy Bob Bo Bob, who takes you sonically all around the world at the speed of light.

I created this album with a feeling of liberation in my life and a renewed sense of exploration of my personhood, my craft and of the world around me unlike anything I ever felt before.

This new album will fill your soul, open your heart and stretch your mind while expanding your vision of popular art. We really wanted to re-examine and redefine terms like world music as they exist in the culture…(more on the later)

A range of collaborations in locations all across the globe made this vision a reality.

There was a lot of joy in making this and it definitely translates to the listening experience, and now to you.

Exec produced this with my friends Jon Bellion and Ryan Lynn. More surprises to come so stay tuned. Welcome to World Music Radio.”

Listen to “Drink Water” above.

World Music Radio is out 8/18 via Verve/Interscope. Find more information here.

Here Are The Afro Nation Miami Set Times For 2023

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Burna Boy Coachella 2023 Weekend Two
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Afrobeats’ footing in the United States is as strong as ever, as became apparent in January. Afro Nation will host its inaugural stateside festival at LoanDepot Park in Miami this weekend, May 27-28, with Burna Boy and Wizkid as its headliners. (The festival will hit Detroit in August.)

Afro Nation revealed the full schedule on Wednesday, May 24.

Burna Boy’s headlining set on Saturday, May 27, is scheduled from 10:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on the Main Stage. He’ll be preceded by Asake (9:30-10 p.m.), also on the Main Stage, while Uncle Waffles is scheduled to perform on the Piano People Stage from 9-10:30 p.m. Other acts slated for Saturday include Mavado (8:30-9 p.m.), Dadju (7:45-8:15 p.m.), and CKay (7-7:30 p.m.).

On Sunday, May 28, Wizkid will take on the Main Stage from 10:30-11:30 p.m. after the likes of Rema (9:15-10 p.m.), Fireboy DML (8:15-8:45 p.m.), and Beenie Man (7:15-7:45 p.m.). The Piano People Stage will be occupied on Sunday by Major League Djz (9:30-10:30 p.m.), Kamo Mphela (9-9:30 p.m.), TXC (8-9 p.m.), DBN Gogo (7-8 p.m.), Kelvin Momo (6-7 p.m.), and DJ Walgee (5-6 p.m.).

See the full Afro Nation schedule and the site map below, and find more information about the festival here.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Fireboy DML Brings A Special ‘Someone’ On Tour For A Whirlwind Love In His New Video

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Fireboy DML teamed with Ed Sheeran for a “Peru” remix to close out 2021 and carried those vibes into 2022 with another “Peru” remix alongside 21 Savage and Blxst. He got a little bit later of a start on 2023, but it’s worth the wait.

“Thank you for your patience, always,” Fireboy DML wrote to Instagram on Wednesday, May 3. “My first single this year, ‘Someone’ audio and video out now! Let’s go [four rocket emojis].”

The pulsating track is accompanied by an intimate video directed by Bruno Marin.

The five-minute video opens by setting the scene in Warsaw, Poland. Fireboy is preparing to be met by countless excited fans on stage. The faces in the crowd have nothing on the woman he’s kicking it with backstage. We see vignettes of the perks of tour life — from Hamburg, Germany to Berlin, Germany — but nobody nor nothing makes Fireboy light up like one-on-one time with her.

“But if you leave / What happens to me?” Fireboy DML softly sings. “Where do I find someone, someone / Someone to love me?”

And midway through the video, Fireboy’s fears come to fruition. They hit a snag. She interrupts one of Fireboy’s rehearsals and asks, “What’s going on?” He’s confused, but she doesn’t let up: “What the hell are you doing? You’re an a**hole. Why did you make me come here? I don’t even know why I’m here.”

She bolts out, and he’s left baffled before chasing after her. He asks her what’s going on, and she’s incredulous that he can’t figure out for himself why she’s upset.

“You flew me from Italy to join you on tour, and this is the treatment I’m receiving,” she says.

Fireboy DML tries to apologize, sort of, but it’s not warmly received. He’s tired of making sacrifices, which predictably is also not received well. But by the end, they’ve worked through it and resume their honeymoon phase.

The fast-paced, tour-themed video juxtaposes what Fireboy DML described as his natural demeanor to Rolling Stone last year.

“I’ve always been reclusive, placing priority on solitude, having alone time, and I’ve never really been the going-out person,” he said. “Growing as a person and into the industry, seeing things, I realized how important it is to hold on to that part of me that always seeks solitude after a long period of time of exchanging energy out there.”

Watch the “Someone” video above.

Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid, Tems & More to Headline Lost In Riddim 2022

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Lost In Riddim 2022 Music Lineup

Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido, Ella Mai, and Skepta are scheduled to headline Lost In Riddim 2022. The two-day celebration of music, culture and community officially returns October 1-2 at Lake Cunningham Park in San Jose, California.

 The Lost In Riddim line up released below features performances from Wale, Capella Grey, Fireboy DML, Tiwa Savage, Sean Paul, Stefflon Don, Tems and more. It’s set to be a cultural celebration offering fans a larger curated selection of worldly sounds, according to an official statement. 

READ MORE: Burna Boy Teams with Ed Sheeran for New “For My Hand” Video

“As proud children of immigrant parents, we created Lost In Riddim because we wanted to offer a festival experience more authentic to ourselves and our culture. Something that speaks to us not only as music fans, but who we are as people,” said Fornati Kumeh, festival co-founder and talent buyer. “With a new and larger location, not to mention this incredible lineup of international artists locked in to perform, I’m expecting this to be a weekend for the record books. We really hope fans worldwide will come show out at Lost In Riddim this October.”

For more info visit here

Lost In Riddim 2022 Music Lineup

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Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido, Ella Mai & Skepta to Headline Lost In Riddim 2022

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Lost In Riddim 2022 Music Lineup

Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido, Ella Mai, and Skepta are scheduled to headline Lost In Riddim 2022. The two-day celebration of music, culture and community officially returns October 1-2 at Lake Cunningham Park in San Jose, California.

 The Lost In Riddim line up released below features performances from Wale, Capella Grey, Fireboy DML, Tiwa Savage, Sean Paul, Stefflon Don, Tems and more. It’s set to be a cultural celebration offering fans a larger curated selection of worldly sounds, according to an official statement. 

READ MORE: Burna Boy Teams with Ed Sheeran for New “For My Hand” Video

“As proud children of immigrant parents, we created Lost In Riddim because we wanted to offer a festival experience more authentic to ourselves and our culture. Something that speaks to us not only as music fans, but who we are as people,” said Fornati Kumeh, festival co-founder and talent buyer. “With a new and larger location, not to mention this incredible lineup of international artists locked in to perform, I’m expecting this to be a weekend for the record books. We really hope fans worldwide will come show out at Lost In Riddim this October.”

For more info visit here

Lost In Riddim 2022 Music Lineup

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