Today's Hit Music For Eastern Iowa
Demi Lovato has dropped a surprise new song, titled “You Still Have Me.” Lovato debuted the track via her social media accounts. In the breakup anthem, which expresses the love and belief in herself, Lovato sings about having herself—which is all that matters at the end of the day.
“Still Have Me” follows her collaboration with Marshmello on “OK Not to Be OK.”
Take a listen to “Still Have Me” on Demi’s Instagram: here.
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To mark her 26th birthday, singer Halsey has released a deluxe edition of her album ‘Manic.’ The expanded LP features the new songs ‘wipe your tears’ and ‘I’m Not Mad’ as well as stripped-back renditions of some of the album’s other tracks.
Halsey also released a music video for ‘929’, which features home movies, fan videos, tour footage and more. She captioned a teaser clip of the promo on Twitter: “honoring the tradition of presents for you on my birthday. here’s a special music video for “929” you guys have made me who I am today”
Take a look at the video for ‘929’ at the link: here.
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Dua Lipa has confirmed that she and DaBaby will be collaborating on an all new version of ‘Levitating’ set to be released on Friday, October 2.
DaBaby had previously hinted on social media that he and Lipa had a project coming out, saying, “Dua got some big things coming too. I can’t spoil the surprise.” As to when their potential collaboration would come out, he added: “What if I said within the next two weeks?”
Lipa previously teamed with Missy Elliot, Blessed Madonna, and Madonna for a remix to ‘Levitating’ for her ‘Club Future Nostalgia’ album.
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BTS took to social media to announce that they’ll be teaming up with Jason Derulo and Jawsh 685 on their upcoming “Savage Love (Laxed — Siren Beat)” remix.
“#SavageLoveRemix This Friday @Jawsh_685 x @jasonderulo x #BTS,” the K-pop group captioned their video of the news on Twitter, which features the three acts performing the track’s viral, arm-waving TikTok dance via split screen. (In the clip, numerous members of BTS are seen wearing face masks as they do their choreography.)
Savage Love (Laxed — Siren Beat) was originally released back in June following a dispute over sample clearances and Derulo using the producer’s instrumental beat without permission in his version of the song. The track peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The “Savage Love (Laxed — Siren Beat)” remix is set to drop Friday (Oct. 2).
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South Korean girl group Blackpink teased the new video for their single, Lovesick Girls, which will be included on their first full-length album to be released later this week.
The K-pop group tweeted in a poster previewing it as the main track on their album, premiering at midnight Friday. The video teaser shows the group members — Jennie, Rose, Jisoo and Lisa — leaning on each other.
Blackpink also announced on Instagram that they will host a livestream event ahead of The Album release, called “Comeback Live,” The event will be shown on the South Korean video streaming service VLive at 9 p.m. EST Thursday. In addition a new documentary about the group, Blackpink: Light Up the Sky, will premiere on Oct. 14 on Netflix.
The first trailer for the documentary titled Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry, directed by R.J. Cutler, has been released. You can check out the trailer at the link: here.
The World’s A Little Blurry will be released in theaters and on Apple TV+ on February 21, 2021.
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BTS’ new album BE (Deluxe Edition) is set for release on November 20. A message from the group along with the new album’s announcement reads: “Even in the face of this new normality, our life goes on. Each day this week, BTS will appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. For this album in particular, the septet took a step further and was involved not only in the music making process, but also in the overall production: concept, composition, design, etc.…This new project offers an even richer musical spectrum experience as well as the most ‘BTS-ish’ music yet.”
BTS will appear on The Tonight Show every night from September 28th until October 2nd; a week later, the group will stage their Map of the Soul online concerts on October 10th and 11th. They also appeared on the long-running NPR “Tiny Desk Concert” series. “Dynamite” made BTS the first all–South Korean group ever to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Zayn Malik just released the video for his latest single “Better.” The new single comes just days after he announced the birth of his first child with Gigi Hadid, a baby girl.
Better marks the first solo release from the former One Direction member in two years. Malik’s last official single was in 2018 with “No Candle No Light” featuring Nicki Minaj. Last year, he released a remix of Shaed’s “Trampoline” and collaborated with R3hab and Jungleboi on “Flames” along with recording an updated version of Aladdin’s “A Whole New World” alongside Zhavia Ward.
Check out the official video for Better at the link: here.
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Jennifer Lopez and Maluma dropped their two-part music video collaboration, “Pa’ Ti” and “Lonely” on TikTok, followed by a live discussion that revealed behind-the-scenes details on the making of the tunes. Charlie D’Amelio, Natasha Rodriguez and Nick Silva also made appearances in the visual.
Lopez and Maluma co-star in the upcoming rom-com Marry Me, set to be released on Valentine’s Day weekend, Feb. 12, 2021. The film follows follows Lopez, a pop star, who, moments before marrying her rock star fiancé (played by Maluma) at Madison Square Garden, finds out he was cheating with her assistant and spontaneously picks a random math teacher (Owen Wilson) out of the crowd to marry instead.
Check out the video for “Pa’ Ti” and “Lonely” at the link: here.
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Travis Scott is releasing his new single “Franchise” today. “Franchise” is the follow-up to “The Plan,” Scott’s theme song for Christopher Nolan’s latest epic Tenet, which was released late last month.
Franchise is accompanied by original artwork by George Condo, the renowned contemporary artist behind the paintings that accompanied Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and can be preordered digitally or on cassette and CD now via Scott’s website.
It’s been a busy few weeks for Scott; he launched a collaboration with McDonalds — a version of the Quarter Pounder bearing his name — as well as a limited edition merchandise line.
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