Lil Nas X celebrated the release of his debut album Montero by re-inventing Dolly Parton‘s signature song “Jolene” during a recent performance for BBC Radio One’s Live Lounge.Singing in a deep baritone over a sparse rock arrangement, Lil Nas X delivered an intense, gender-flipping rendition of Parton’s 1973 hit about …
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Oh, what a world: TikTok is now embracing the decentralized Wild West that is Web3. On Thursday, September 30th, the social platform that just surpassed a billion monthly active users announced its first NFT collection, called TikTok Top Moments. The collection’s goal, according to press materials, is to let music …
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When Trent Reznor first heard “Old Town Road,” he was surprised. The song used a short section of banjo from “34 Ghosts IV,”a track off of Nine Inch Nails’ mostly instrumental 2008 album Ghosts I–IVthat Lil Nas X and producer YoungKio had souped up with trap beats and an unforgettable …
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Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road” maintained its hold on the top of the Rolling Stone 100 this week. The track was streamed 23.7 million times. The Top Ten was controlled mostly by the usual suspects — Lil Nas X, Shawn Mendes and Billie Eilish. The one new entry came …
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“Old Town Road” is so much more than a hit at this point — it’s like centuries of American music were all building up to these 113 seconds of genius. Lil Nas X’s yeehaw manifesto has been the great national obsession ever since it blew up in March, which feels …
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Drake claimed the top spot on Rolling Stone‘s inaugural Artists 500 chart, notching a whopping 109.6 million streams during the week of June 21st through June 27th. Drake ruled the ranking thanks to the success of his first two new songs of 2019, “Money in the Grave” and “Omertà,” which …
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