Earlier this summer, NPR Music named Nilüfer Yanya’s debut album Miss Universe one of the Best Albums of 2019 (So Far), while listeners voted her the #3 Best New Artist of 2019, behind only Billie Eilish and Maggie Rogers. Today, NPR shares Yanya’s incredible Tiny Desk concert, where she played stripped-down versions of her songs “Baby Luv,” “Angels,” and “The Unordained.” Watch and share the session HERE. Since its March release, Miss Universe has since seen widespread acclaim from a vast number of publications, including an NPR First Listen, Pitchfork Best New Music, and Rolling Stone Artist You Need to Know accolades. Miss Universe has been named one of 2019’s best albums so far by Billboard, The Guardian, The…
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Breakout artist KennyHoopla’s new song “Sore Loser//” premieres as Zane Lowe’s “World First” on Beats 1 while the video for the track debuts on FLOOD Magazine. The new music follows the release of “Lost Cause,” which received critical praise—Pigeons & Planes featured him among their “Best New Artists of the Month” in July proclaiming, “His most recent few songs are his best yet, and the evolving sound is starting to lay the foundation for a genre-agnostic artist with ambitions beyond following the latest trends,” while Ones To Watch added, “KennyHoopla is a perfectly indescribable enigma that we simply cannot get enough of.” Both songs will appear on his debut EP due early…
Visionary French director Loïc Andrieu teams up with forward-thinking production company Soldats Films once again to direct electronic producer Agoria music video for ‘Call of the Wild’ feat. rapper STS, out now on YouTube and Vimeo. Throughout the cinematic video, award-winner director Loïc Andrieu introduces us to a new female hero high concept; Jane, played by Fleur Geffrier (Elle, The Chalet)—an enigmatic L.A.P.D rookie, is trapped into a scary police hazing ritual and forced to face her power to dive into death. Whilst American actor Carl Crudup (ER, Agent Carter) features as her father figure field training officer. The script is based on Loïc Andrieu’s feature movie project currently developed by Soldats Films. Talking about his concept, Loïc Andrieu explains, “Call of the wild is…
Gon — singer/songwriter Gon Halevi — will release his debut full-length album, Diagonal Fields, on October 25 via CEN/The Orchard. Today he premieres a cinematic video for the track “Alive” at Substream Magazine ahead of the track’s release on all DSPs this Friday. The visual demonstrates different ways of dealing with everything that prevents us from happiness and success. WATCH “ALIVE” “Gon’s music is grand and epic, and I wanted to make sure the visual aspect matches and empowers that,” director Sivan Chirqui explains. “I created a music video in which we see a man stuck in his own routine and old, unnecessary habits that oppress his spirit. The four dancers…
Today, Common and Vevo share two new live performances for “Hercules” and “Fancy Free Future Love” as part of Vevo’s new original series, Ctrl, from his new album Let Love, “a very personal exploration of Common’s relationship with love” (KCRW). In the videos, Common seems one with the music, delivering his signature incisive wordplay as he envelopes himself entirely into the message and movement of the music. WATCH THE “HERCULES” VEVO CTRL SESSION WATCH THE “FANCY FREE FUTURE LOVE” VEVO CTRL SESSION Recently, the GRAMMY-, Emmy-, and Oscar-winning rapper, actor, and activist announced a special one-night only show at the legendary…