Over the years, FKA Twigs has positioned herself to be one of the most innovative and unique artists of her generation. From martial arts to dancing, there’s not much that she can’t do. Today, the alternative singer-songwriter dropped her new single “Tears In The Club” featuring The Weeknd. The new track is also coupled with a music video.
“Tears in the Club” is a follow-up to her November single “Measure of a Man”. Produced by Cirkut, Arka, and El Guincho, FKA Twigs floats over an electronic instrumental, layered with synths and deep 808s. An ode to heartbreak, FKA Twigs leans on subtle vocals from The Weeknd. While the song itself is relatively sad, the body-rocking bass seems to drown out the woes of a lost relationship. The Amber Grace Johnson-directed video finds FKA Twigs seamlessly dancing and contorting through scenes with every light flicker – and of course, a lot of crying. The Weeknd can be seen crying in a trance as he watches her dance in a fish tank. Due to the flashing images, the video does provide a warning to viewers. Between the song and the music video, it’s apparent that she has mastered the disciplines of true artistry.
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Since her 2019 album MAGDALENE, FKA Twigs has been working relentlessly at her craft. Releasing a few songs since 2020 including, “Don’t Judge Me” and “Measure of a Man”, she is gearing up for a new mixtape release. Expected to drop on Jan. 14th, 2022, the project will mark an evolution of her music.
Quotable Lyrics:
When my song come on Give you chills, get you cryin’ in the club, babe So many tears ’cause you try to fight the love, babe You move your body to the synths and the drums, babe You move your body ’til the rise of the sun
Tyler The Creator doesn’t call himself “Bellhop” for nothing. His fascination with bags and luggage has been at the forefront of his Call Me If You Get Lost rollout. However, while he loves to show off his designer trunks — just check out the video for “Lumberjack” to see an example — from this point forward it seems likely that those trunks will include some from his own brand, Golf Le Fleur.
After introducing a line of nail polish — also something he showcased during the rollout — and a fragrance — maybe someone who’s spent some time in his proximity can confirm if this one was part of the album promotion — Tyler has unveiled the latest Golf product and in all honesty, it really might be his best to date. The Golf bags come in three sizes: the 9″ London Square handbag ($1,395), the 14″ Mini Attache ($1,695), and the 20″ Trolley trunk ($2,095). All are made from Vulcanized Fibreboard with leather corners and handles featuring neutral colors with Golf’s signature pops of pastel. They are kind of gorgeous.
In typical Tyler fashion, he introduced the new products with yet another self-directed short film titled “Globetrotter.” It’s semi-inspired by French New Wave cinema and has a quirky, tongue-in-cheek plotline that gives his bag a goofy origin story that seems like a bit of a satirical, daydream-y nod to his own absentee pops.
In addition to the bags themselves, the latest drop also includes stickers, a luggage tag, and a leather passport case. All are also luxury prices but then again, they also come in luxury quality. You can check out the full drop here.
There was quite a stir on the internet when British singer Adele “debuted” her new beau Rich Paul after months of low-key “hanging out” (as he put it in an interview in The New Yorker in May), with fans flabbergasted (or outright confused, for the singer’s fans who don’t watch the sportsball) by the seemingly unlikely pairing. Paul, of course, is the agent of NBA superstar LeBron James, who it turns out isn’t above teasing his friend’s PDA with the “Easy On Me” singer, as he did on Twitter last night during the Thursday night football game between the Los Angeles Chargers (still feels weird to type) and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Adele, Paul, and LeBron’s other right-hand man Maverick Carter were all caught on the broadcast along with James’ mentor and favorite rapper Jay-Z, and he couldn’t resist taking the opportunity to troll his friends for being less famous than their companions. “Who the heck are Jay-Z and Adele’s +1s????” he tweeted, adding a monocle emoji for extra effect.
Of course, Mav and Rich are likely used to drawing just a little less attention after growing up with LeBron in Cleveland and helping to manage his career since he was drafted straight out of high school in 2003. Nearly 20 years later, it seems they’re as tight as ever — and enjoying the benefits of it, hanging out not just with LeBron, but with two of the biggest names in entertainment as well.
From the epic opening strains of “Introvert,” the introductory track on Little Simz’s sweeping, eclectic new album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, you know you’re in for something special. The album is equal parts fantasy storybook and intimate journal marked all the way through by the London native’s wit and vulnerability. It’s no wonder that it has been so highly regarded, perching neatly near the top of so many publications’ 2021 year-end lists. Her broad-ranging and nigh universal critical acclaim could be the first step toward her gaining and maintaining a toehold on the public’s attention stateside.
Such a feat would put her in rare company; while there have been several British rappers to develop cult followings in the US, few of them ever did so while maintaining such a stark, British outlook on the art form. Going back to the 1980s, rappers like Monie Love and Slick Rick switched up their accents to fit in — you’d hardly know they weren’t from New York’s concrete jungle hearing them rap alongside contemporaries like Queen Latifah and Doug E. Fresh. In the ’90s and 2000s, MF DOOM earned a stranglehold on the city’s underground scene, but again, there were many who were unaware of his origins until his visa issues in 2010.
Hell, even 21 Savage was unaware of his own British citizenship until recently, and his struggles to remain in the country in which he grew up have highlighted this nation’s archaic and byzantine approach to immigration policy. For all intents and purposes, he’s an Atlantan at heart and sounds like it. And while there was a minor grime explosion here in the US, it was largely spearheaded by another immigrant, Drake, who made a point of collaborating with artists like Skepta and Headie One. However, their popularity on their own feels limited to their joint works with artists who already hold a certain degree of social capital.
Simz is different. Her growing popularity on this side of the pond has come organically, without the help of flashy local features, which she has mostly eschewed since her signature 2017 project Stillness In Wonderland, on which the first inklings of her fantastical flourishes began to sprout. 2019’s Grey Area continued in much the same vein, showcasing the Brit’s verbal virtuosity and singular approach to left-of-center production. Unlike many of her countrymen, she seems distinctly disinterested in integrating popular local sounds — there’s no trap and nothing that could be counted as classic boom-bap either.
Nor does she employ the glitchy, sometimes off-putting digital sounds that have distinguished grime and drill, the two main British exports in rap-focused music, although she has dabbled in them from time to time. Instead, the production on SIMBI (it’s her name, see) is organic, pulsing with the living energy of the score from an epic, swords-and-sorcerers film series like Lord Of The Rings or Game Of Thrones. There is that regal-sounding intro, the Blaxploitation big band feel of the soul-baring “I Love You, I Hate You,” the militant funk of “Standing Ovation,” and the moody ballad, “How Did You Get Here.”
She also sticks close to her roots, incorporating West African rhythms into tracks like “Point And Kill” and “Fear No Man.” And despite the similarity of their titles, Simz’s approach to the praise of her gender on “Woman” is a far cry from Doja Cat’s, backed by a slinky beat and loungey instrumentation supported by Cleo Sol’s lilting chorus. Through it all, Simz’s poised flow anchors the wide-ranging production, drawing listeners in with its conspiratorial quiet. Though she rarely raises her voice, she still wields it like a dagger, whirling and flashing in dextrous patterns with the cool of concrete at twilight.
While hip-hop and rock-and-roll are cousins with unsurprisingly similar origins and parallel trajectories over the course of their respective eras of dominance in global pop culture, there’s one area in which they diverge. After rock swept the globe, the US was visited upon by the acts it had inspired, like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, who were met with an equally fervent enthusiasm to the one that brought these acts to our shores seeking their fortunes here. While rap has been met with just as much excitement around the world, that love has rarely been reciprocated by Americans who’ve kept international hip-hop acts at arm’s length.
Ironically, as I write this, the Disney+ streaming service hosts a documentary about The Beatles, their process, and their popularity called The Beatles: Get Back which stitches together close to eight hours of footage of the Liverpool band noodling around and creating some of their beloved works. It’s hard to say whether we’ll be watching a similar show about any British hip-hop acts in 50 years — after all, times, they have a-changed — but right now, Little Simz is at the cusp of starting her own British Invasion, one that could prove to be every bit as fascinating and influential as the original.
Who says rappers aren’t role models? Megan Thee Stallion, who recently celebrated her graduation from Texas Southern University, has apparently inspired a wave of enrollments at her alma mater, according to TMZ and the school’s Health Administration program director Dr. Monica Rasmus. According to Dr. Rasmus, since 2020, an influx of onetime dropouts from the program has reached out to her about returning to school. While she says she hasn’t taken a headcount, there’s been a noticeable uptick in the number of former students — and even current ones — contacting her with inquiries about joining the program.
Megan hasn’t exactly been shy about letting fans know about her twin ambitions. In addition to pursuing rap stardom, she used the downtime afforded by the pandemic to finish up her studies at TSU, accumulating enough credits to complete her bachelor’s degree in health administration. While she wouldn’t be the first superstar to go back to school while juggling a flourishing career (rappers 03 Greedo and Quavo both earned their GEDs in recent years, and even Drake passed his high-school equivalence exam back in 2012), she’s certainly been the most visible about it, posting bootylicious grad pics and inviting fans to a party celebrating her achievement.
Ironically, her next moves seem to be a far cry from her degree; she recently signed a first-look production deal with Netflix which could see her adding television creator to her already impressive resume.
Over the past week or so, Jake Paul has been very honest about his history with concussions. Paul played football in high school and he ended up sustaining various blows to the head. Now that he is a boxer, he is getting punched a lot more, and it isn’t good for his health.
His speech has been slurred at times and he also feels like he doesn’t remember things as well anymore. These are all signs that Jake could be developing CTE which is perhaps the scariest brain disease out there, as you can only detect it once someone has passed away.
In a report from The Sun, Jake explained how the blood circulation in his brain is off, however, he has been told that psychedelic drugs and even licking toads can help him with his brain trauma.
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“I got my brain scanned right before I started boxing and the doctor told me there’s lack of blood flow from the concussions I had playing football to certain areas on my brain,” Paul said. “After my first year of boxing, I went back and it was worse… [The doctors] advice is don’t do that sport. That’s all they can advise as a doctor, I think before it was affecting me at a rapid pace because I never took it easy. […] “I’ve talked to tons and tons of people about it and there’s new research and science to combat against it, things like psychedelics and toad.”
While this may seem like a stretch as well as a skit out of Family Guy, it appears as though Paul is confident that he will be okay. Regardless, brain health is nothing to mess around with and at 24 years old, you don’t want to ruin your life before it has already begun.
This black-on-black Custom Rolls Royce is nothing short of extra just like Drake himself. The Canadian rapper agreed to loan the luxurious SUV to the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami earlier this summer until May 15th. The Chrome Hearts Cullinan has quilted black leather everywhere. This includes the center console, dashboard, and inner door panels. […]
Donald Parham Jr. of the Los Angeles Chargers received the support of the entire football community last night as he went down with a horrific injury against the Kansas City Chiefs. While going for a touchdown, Parham went to the ground while catching the ball and it led to an awkward moment in which his head hit the turf. Once his head snapped up, it was clear that he was unconscious, and it was made even worse as his hands began to tremble.
Parham was eventually secured on a stretcher, however, his hands and arms continued to shake, which had fans scared that he might be in very bad shape. As you can imagine, he was taken to the hospital, where they did imaging on his head to see what kind of injury he had sustained.
According to Yahoo! Sports, it has been confirmed that Parham Jr. is suffering from a concussion. The Chargers are saying that the tight end stayed overnight at the hospital although today, he is doing quite well and is currently in the midst of resting comfortably. This is the best possible outcome considering what happened last night.
Parham’s condition is a developing story, so stay tuned to HNHH for all of the latest details and updates.
Christmas is eight days away, but that’s not stopping YK Osiris from getting into the holiday spirit a little early. Following the singer’s recent viral moments with Lil Baby and Drake, he has returned with what may just be his next hit — a fresh take on the classic holiday anthem, “This Christmas.”
The song was originally written and performed by the late, great Donny Hathaway, and since its release in 1970, “This Christmas” has gone on to be reimagined by artists such as The Temptations, Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera, Cee-Lo Green, Seal, Eric Bellinger, and Pink Sweat$, among several others.
Now, YK Osiris adds his name to the pantheon of “This Christmas” covers, and his new single follows the style established in Chris Brown’s 2007 version, in which the intro to the song is performed slower with minimal instrumentation before the pace picks up in the second half.
Listen to YK Osiris’ new holiday single, and let us know in the comments if it’s making any of your Christmas playlists this holiday season.
Quotable Lyrics
Hang all the mistletoe I’m gonna get to know you better This Christmas And as we trim the tree How much fun it’s gonna be together This Christmas
