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J-Pop Singer LiSA Shares New ‘Akeboshi’ Music Video

LiSA shared a music video accompanying “Akeboshi” (“Morning Star”), her new track being featured as the opening theme of the Mugen Train story arc of the Japanese anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Directed by Masakazu Fukatsu — the visual artist responsible for the videos for LiSA’s long-running hit songs “Gurenge” and “Homura,” as […]

Music’s Latest Supergroup Is an NFT Project With Cartoon Apes

Universal Music Group’s 10:22PM label has created a new virtual supergroup, KINGSHIP, comprised of four characters from the Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible token (NFT) project. Billed as the first group of its kind, KINGSHIP marks a potentially important step forward in the music industry’s adoption of NFTs. Bored Ape Yacht Club is one of […]

BE:FIRST’s ‘Gifted.’ Wins Close Race to Top Japan Hot 100

BE:FIRST’s “Gifted.” bows at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Nov. 1 to 7, coming out on top after one of the closest races between two songs since the inception of the chart. “Gifted.” ruled four metrics of the chart’s methodology this week — radio airplay, downloads, streaming, and video views […]

Spotify to Acquire Audiobook Platform Findaway

Spotify will acquire the audiobook distribution company Findaway as the audio giant seeks to scale its catalog and creator tools in a similar fashion to its podcast offerings, the company said on Thursday. Findaway has both a full-service and self-service audiobook production platform for authors, narrators and publishers. The self-service option connects independent authors to […]

Mickey Guyton Teaches Black Girls Everywhere How to ‘Love My Hair’ During Potent 2021 CMAs Performance

Mickey Guyton embraced her natural hair for an emotional performance of “Love My Hair” at the 2021 Country Music Association (CMA) Awards Wednesday evening (Nov. 10) live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Faith Fennidy, who was removed from her Catholic school at age 11 for wearing braids, presented the performance by opening up about how she personally […]