Tag: New Music

Ariana Grande has announced plans to release her first album since 2020

Ariana Grande has announced plans to release her first album since 2020

Since the release of her last album in 2020, Ariana Grande has been depriving her fans of any new music. After the release of her newest song, “yes, and?”, in 2023, Ariana posted a somewhat hidden message for her fans, uploading a picture with the caption reading, “see you next year.” After the release of […]

Everything We Know so far about Taylor Swift’s New Album Midnights

Everything We Know so far about Taylor Swift’s New Album Midnights

After Taylor Swift’s Instagram grid became aligned (a move all Swifties have been trained to recognize as a signal of a new album), Swift’s fans have long been speculating about the potential release of a new re-recorded album. Yet, fans were shocked when Taylor Swift announced the release of a brand new album in an acceptance speech Sunday night at the VMAs. The album, named Midnights, is set to be released on October 21st this fall. Here is what we know so far.

Nicki Minaj’s ‘Super Freaky Girl’ Tops The Charts As Song Of The Summer

Nicki Minaj’s ‘Super Freaky Girl’ Tops The Charts As Song Of The Summer

As one of the largest social media platforms at the moment, TikTok is revolutionizing the music industry, with the most recent smash hit being Nicki Minaj’s new single ‘Super Freaky Girl,’ which samples Rick James’s ‘Super Freak’ from the 80s. On July 12th, Nicki posted a risqué video on TikTok with a snippet of her new song, which skyrocketed it to popularity on the app as creators choreographed a dance to it. While most musicians will release teasers of new music in order to build excitement from fans, the ‘Super Freaky Girl’ sound on TikTok has almost 200,000 videos featuring the song, resulting in an insane amount of streams after the official release on August 12th.

Selena Quintanilla’s Family Announces Release Of New Music

Selena Quintanilla’s Family Announces Release Of New Music

In an interview with ABC News, the family of Selena Quintanilla-Perez announced the release of ‘Moonchild Mixes,’ a collection of songs featuring digital alternations of vocals the late singer recorded as a teenager. The album is set to come out Aug. 26 through Warner Music Latina. The first single is a new version of “Como Te Quiero Yo A Ti” which has already been released on music streaming platforms.

Blackpink is Making a Comeback with New Music and Their Largest Tour Yet

Blackpink is Making a Comeback with New Music and Their Largest Tour Yet

Blackpink is making a long-awaited comeback with new music and their largest tour yet! Blackpink is back in your area after their record label YG Entertainment announced the girl group’s latest comeback this Wednesday. Since they are in the “final stages of recording a new album,” new music should be expected in August. According to the press release, the band has been working on “a continuous large-scale project which will extend through the second half of the year.” YG Entertainment also announced that “Blackpink will also go on the largest world tour in the history of a K-pop girl group by the end of the year to expand their rapport with fans worldwide.”

Fan Opinions On Drake’s New Album,
“Honestly, Nevermind”

Fan Opinions On Drake’s New Album,
“Honestly, Nevermind”

Although Drake’s New Album, “Honestly, Nevermind” was highly anticipated and talked about, after its release it got hit with a wave of negative backlash. For most of his musical career, Drake has been known to try out different genres of music and add his own ‘flavor’ to them. Most of the time it has worked out, but it seems like this time fan’s aren’t having it. The 14-track album presents a new sound for the rapper, who decided to tap into the house music genre…and fan’s aren’t loving it.

Camila Cabello Announces her Virtual Performance on TikTok to Debut her New Album, Familia

Camila Cabello Announces her Virtual Performance on TikTok to Debut her New Album, Familia

Earlier this month, Camilla Cabello shared a new collaboration with Ed Sheeran in their single called “Bam Bam” that will be featured in her upcoming album Familia. Ever since the release of this single, along with her other previously released track, “Don’t Go Yet,” fans have been awaiting the release of her new album, Familia, set to drop early March.

New Music Friday!

New Music Friday!

I know we all look forward to ‘New Music Friday’, a weekly conglomerate of every artist’s most recent discography. Personally, I’m not sure when the industry decided to release hours’ worth of hits, but I will not be the first to complain. For this New Music Friday, our writer Alysen Saballos, has compiled the newest songs into three main categories: ‘upbeat sad songs’, songs I can only describe as ‘bops’, and, finally ‘Mitski’.

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