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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu shared the new music video accompanying her latest single called “Gentenkaihi,” which dropped Aug. 17.
The video produced by the creative team N2B+peledona depicts Kyary’s efforts to shake off the lingering public image of her being an icon of Harajuku “kawaii” culture donning a big ribbon in her hair. The 28-year-old artist actually runs away from a huge — about 6.5 ft high, 8.2 ft wide — custom-made red ribbon throughout the video while also expressing her evolving style.
Kyary shares that the day of the shoot was hot and the scene in the forest was tough to do, but that she’s proud of the result. “I’m being chased by a huge ribbon, which is my ‘genten’ (origin, roots), and also dance with a big ribbon on my head,” she says. “The day we shot it was really hot so the scene where I run through the forest was difficult, but it’s a great work so I hope you’ll check it out.”
The title, “Gentenkaihi,” is a play on the Japanese phrase “gentenkaiki,” which means “to go back to basics,” with “kaihi” meaning to avoid or dodge something.
Check out Kyary’s video below:
Kiss announced late Thursday night (Aug. 26) that their concert scheduled just outside Pittsburgh had been canceled after lead vocalist Paul Stanley tested positive for COVID. While a new date is yet to be announced, the band said the show has been postponed.
“Tonight’s #KISS show at The Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown, PA is unfortunately postponed due to Paul Stanley testing positive for COVID,” the band tweeted alongside a full statement. “More information about show dates will be made available ASAP.”
The statement also clarified that “everyone on the entire tour, both band and crew, are fully vaccinated.”
Ahead of the band’s announcement, Stanley took to Twitter to shoot down rumors about how severe his symptoms were. “PEOPLE!!! I am fine! I am not in ICU!” Stantey tweeted. “My heart allows me to do 26 miles a day on my bike! I don’t know where this came from but it’s absolute nonsense.” In a subsequent tweet, he wrote, “I had been sick with flu-like symptoms and was tested repeatedly and was negative. As of late this afternoon I tested positive. The crew, staff and band have all tested negative once again. More to follow.”
The glam rockers are currently on their End of the Road Tour, billed as their final trek ever, which kicked off in January 2019 and then had to reschedule dozens of 2020 dates due to the coronavirus pandemic. They resumed touring just last week in Massachusetts and have U.S. dates scheduled through October in Florida, followed by a December stint in Las Vegas and international dates booked through July 2022.
See Kiss’ and Stanley’s messages below:
After releasing her first Spanish-language EP Revelación in March — with which she became the first woman to debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart since 2017 — Selena Gomez is placing all her bets once again on a new Spanish song, “999.” This time, it’s in collaboration with Colombian singer-songwriter Camilo.
Produced by Edgar Barrera and penned by Camilo, “999” — a rhythmic pop song that is a ballad at its core — marks the first collaboration between the Mexican-American artist and the Colombian singer/songwriter. The track, which drops alongside a music video directed by Sophie Muller, finds the two artists trading verses about true love over a sparse drumbeat. “I don’t want to go slow. I know you think of me … If you want to go at 1,000, I’m at 999,” they sing.
“Camilo is a fantastic songwriter and singer who proudly wears his heart on his sleeve which is something we connected on immediately,” Gomez said about Camilo. “I couldn’t have been more excited to collaborate with him.”
“Working with Selena Gomez is a huge honor. From the beginning, ‘999’ was written with the sound of her voice in mind and would not exist if it were not created dreaming of this collaboration,” Camilo added. “I’m so excited about the opportunity it represents for me and my career, a song as precious as this, with an artist whom I respect and have followed for so long. I couldn’t believe it because just two or three years ago they asked me in an interview with whom I dreamed of making a song and my answer was, ‘with Selena Gomez’ and now it’s a reality.”
“999” follows Gomez’s seven-track Revelación released March 12 via Interscope/IGA that marked the biggest week for a Latin album by a woman since 2017. The EP featured collabs with rising Latin acts Myke Towers and Rauw Alejandro.
“I was the most nervous I have been in a long time because my heritage means so much to me and I have been talking about doing this for over 10 years,” Gomez previously told Billboard about Revelación. “I wanted it to be perfect. I am thrilled to see the response from my fans and also from people who might not have listened to my other music.”
Most recently, Camilo collaborated with Shawn Mendes on a remix for his ultra tropical love anthem “Kesi.” He’s currently on tour in Spain.
Tomorrowland, the global festival brand based in Belgium, is branching out by creating a new dance music label in partnership with Universal Music Germany.
The Tomorrowland Music label will allow the company, which is known for its annual namesake festival in Boom, Belgium, to release music and sign artists through UMG’s global distribution network, the companies said in a joint release.
The label’s first release will be the single “You Got The Love” from Never Sleeps, a new project from Afrojack featuring Chico Rose, which will be available Friday on all streaming platforms worldwide.
Through the partnership, Tomorrowland will enjoy direct access to a collective pool of UMG’s international label divisions, including Virgin Records and Astralwerks in the U.S. Leading the partnership will be Berlin-based Virgin Records executives Alexander Neipp, Daniel Schmidt and Magnus Textor, and Tina Adams at Virgin Music Label & Artist Services.
“Over the past 15 years Tomorrowland has built a reputation as one of the world’s leading festivals and electronic music brands by consistently expanding and evolving their relationship with music fans,” Frank Briegmann, chairman and CEO, Universal Music Central Europe and Deutsche Grammophon, said in a press release. He added that the partners had created a “uniquely flexible model” that will “help drive success and create global hits for Tomorrowland.”
This is not the first time an EDM festival brand has extended into the label business. Los Angeles-based Insomniac, the creators of Electric Daisy Carnival and Beyond Wonderland, created Insomniac Records in 2014. Initially a partnership with Interscope Geffen A&M, Insomniac took its A&R and distribution operations in-house in 2018 and formed Insomniac Music Group. The label’s initial signings included Arty, Bingo Players and Chris Lake.
(Although they share similar names, Ultra Music Festival in Miami and Ultra Music Records, an electronic music label in New York City, are not directly tied together. They announced a global alliance in 2012 that allows them to collaborate on cross-promotion and marketing.)
The label partnership comes as Tomorrowland is having a tough two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. Government-imposed virus restriction forced the cancelations of the 2020 and 2021 flagship Tomorrowland festivals in Belgium, which normally draw more than 400,000 people over two weekends in the summer, as well as Tomorrowland Winter in the French Alps. To partially compensate for the lost revenue, organizers created virtual pay-per-view events in July of both years, and a New Year’s Eve event, all featuring DJs performing in green-screen studios. (The first livestream fell short of turning a profit, despite selling just under 140,000 tickets.)
“We have taken the extra time to focus on projects that were on our list for a long time and one of them was definitely launching our own Tomorrowland Music label,” Michiel Beers, Tomorrowland’s CEO and co-founder, said in a press release.
Beyond live events and digital livestreams, Tomorrowland has grown into a global and lifestyle brand, with its own fashion label TML by Tomorrowland and the radio station One World Radio.
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Back to School season is here and Amazon is offering up some big discounts and offers for students. Right now, students can get a six-month free trial to Amazon Prime — the longest free trial that Amazon has ever offered (for comparison, non-students get a 30-day free trial to Prime). After that, students can continue with Amazon Prime for 50% off.
Amazon Prime Student Discounts
Here are some of the other Amazon deals and discounts for students for 2021.
1. Music Streaming
New to Amazon’s Prime Student program is the ability to access Amazon Music Unlimited for just $0.99/month which includes free access to Amazon Music HD — the highest-quality streaming audio you can currently find online.
2. TV and Movie Streaming
Your Prime membership already gets you access to all of Amazon Prime Video, which includes shows like The Boys, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Making the Cut and hundreds of other shows and movies. Want to upgrade your streaming channels? Prime Student members can also add Prime Video channels for just $0.99/month (normally $3.99 to $10.99/month). Channels available at the 99-cent price-point include SHOWTIME, Epix, Sundance Now, Lifetime Movie Club, Acorn TV and more. Lock in the $0.99/month price for up to 12 months.
3. Free Access to Calm
Prime Student has a number of offers with outside partners as well. Right now, Prime Students can get premium access to Calm – the popular meditation app for meditation and sleep. Use your Amazon account to access Calm’s content, including the app’s popular “Sleep Stories,” narrated by celebrities like Harry Styles, Nick Offerman and — just announced — a bedtime story reading from Bridgerton star, Regé-Jean Page.
4. Free Grubhub Membership
You can order groceries from Whole Foods through Amazon Prime, but your Prime Student account now includes a free Grubhub+ Student monthly membership too, which gets you unlimited food delivery for on off-campus orders over $12, special perks, donation matching and more.
5. Discounts on Tech, Electronics and Entertainment
Amazon Prime subscribers already get access to free, two-day shipping and access to thousands of daily deals. And Amazon Prime members are the only ones who can shop Prime Day deals.
Prime Student subscribers have access to a ton of discounts too, on everything from speakers and TVs, to home decor, kitchen gadgets and more. See the full list of savings at amazon.com/offtocollege. A recent study by e-commerce analytics firm Profitero found that Amazon offers the lowest prices on back-to-school products and college supplies, with at least an average 10% savings over other retailers.
See all the Prime Student perks and student discounts you can get right now by heading over to Amazon.com.
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