First Stream: Taylor Swift, Doja Cat & SZA and More | Billboard
Taylor Swift poses in the press room at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14, 2021.
Billboard's First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday's most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
This week, Taylor Swift dives into her version of Fearless , Doja Cat and SZA combine for a summer jam, and J Balvin and Khalid yearn in different languages. Check out all of this week's First Stream picks below:
Taylor Swift's journey to re-record her first six studio albums has kicked off with 2008's Fearless , a project that earned the album of the year Grammy, sold millions of copies, scored multiple top 10 hits on the Hot 100 chart, and still holds up as a heartfelt snapshot of a brilliant songwriter coming of age. Diehard fans will love exploring how Swift reworked the songs they know and love, while casual Swifties should embrace the six "From The Vault" tracks that provide a new blast from Swift's country-pop past.
As the weather heats up, vaccines roll out and public gatherings gradually become more commonplace, so will public displays of affection -- and Doja Cat and SZA have teamed up to provide the soundtrack for such occasions. "Kiss Me More" revisits the disco-pop thump of Doja's breakthrough smash "Say So" with a romantic, slightly subtle touch: the pair keep their rhymes tight and chorus vocals breathy, but don't mince words while declaring, "All on my tongue, I want it!"
A slew of bilingual tracks have impacted the charts over the past half-decade, with Spanish-language and English-language stars teaming up to collapse borders and target different demographics; J Balvin and Khalid follow this formula on "Otra Noche Sin Ti," yet the pairing sounds especially dynamic. Balvin and Khalid both understand the power of a lovelorn croon, and as they sing about ruing "another night without you" in separate languages, their loneliness effectively transcends dialects.
Although "Shy Away" sounds like it was created by a completely different band than the duo who made hits like "Stressed Out" and "Heathens," those who have been paying attention to Twenty One Pilots over the past few years, particularly their happy-go-lucky quarantine jam "Level Of Concern," shouldn't be shocked by the sunny bounce of their latest single. "Shy Away" rips into its hook with one eye fixed on alternative radio, and another on the arena shows that will no doubt be awaiting the group when the touring world opens back up.
"Every day a battle, I'm exhausted and I'm weary," Chicago great Polo G admits on "Rapstar," and he sounds like he means it, plowing through his similes and experiences with a head that hangs heavy thanks to newfound fame. Polo G remains one of the strongest storytellers in modern hip-hop, and even when his money-counting can't provide a sense of peace, the results are often captivating for his listeners.
With "Set Him Up," Queen Naija and Ari Lennox have combined and unleashed a gender-flipped "Same Girl" for a new generation. As they slowly realize that their boasts about their romantic exploits boil down to a shared man, Naija and Lennox gleefully allow the R&B song to morph around them, joining forces to get back at their guy and displaying their singular personas in the process.
Do Addison Rae and Doja Cat have beef? Debunking the rumours!
Rumours are flooding the internet that Addison Rae and Doja Cat have beef, but is it true? Let's find out.
With over 79 million followers on TikTok and 37 million on Instagram, Addison Rae is one of the most popular celebrities out their right now.
The 21-year-old is rarely involved with any drama, so when rumours emerged that she is feuding with rapper Doja Cat, many fans were shocked.
Let's debunk the fake rumours once and for all because as far as we know, Addison Rae and Doja Cat don't have any beef.
They've never had a public feud, and to public knowledge, they've never actually even messaged or spoken to each other.
At the start of 2020, Doja Cat's Say So went viral on TikTok, and it remains one of the app's most popular dances.
However, the pair certainly never had any beef over Addison's dances, and as far as we know, Doja loved the fact that her song was popular on TikTok.
Internet users certainly love to cause unnecessary drama, and it's probably all just a social media hoax.
Doja Cat Teases 'Kiss Me More' Collab With SZA Coming Friday | Billboard News |
New Music Friday - New Singles From Polo G, Doja Cat & SZA + More | HipHopDX
April is just starting to heat up and this week’s edition of HipHopDX’s New Music Friday coverage is sizzling with fiery singles to carry us through into the weekend.
Catch all of the releases from DX’s New Music Friday Singles coverage from the week ending Friday (April 9), below.
In 2019, YRN Murk was on a different type of wave following his appearance on the Quality Control single “Hit” and the release of his Cranberry Porch album — which housed features from Playboi Carti, Duke Deuce and more. YRN Murk is gearing up to pick back up where he left off with assistance from Offset on their combative collab “Get Back.”
In 2020, City Morgue rapper Zillakami put in considerable work alongside his partner SosMula — which resulted in two albums, including Toxic Boogaloo. Kicked off by his “Chains” single, Zillakami prepares to make a solo impression on the world and Lil Uzi Vert assists him on “Badass” to start things off.
Los Angeles based multi-hypenate David Sabastian has been on the scene for a while but he blew up in a major way in 2020 after selling his debut album We Are God on Instagram. Off the strength of his February “Revolutionary” single, David Sabastian delivers his polarizing anti-establishment epic “America On Fire.”
Lizzo Wearing Doja Cat's PrettyLittleThing Collection | POPSUGAR Fashion
Shenseea Steps Out Effortlessly Chic For Dinner With Doja Cat, French Montana In Los Angeles –
Dancehall's ShengYeng princess Shenseea showed up effortlessly chic for a star-studded dinner with American rap stars Doja Cat and French Montana and others at a Los Angeles restaurant this week.
The Blessed artist's latest Instagram Stories showed her surrounded by the two Hip-Hop elites and a crew of others as they all dined and had cocktails yesterday, April 7. The gathering appeared to be a birthday dinner for Palestinian-Canadian rapper Belly, but with much funnies and chatter in between.
There's no telling if something is in the works with Doja Cat or French Montana (or both). Their dinner date seemed to be less about work and more about just having a fun time.
Taylor Swift Drops 'Breathe' Lyric Video with Colbie Caillat | Billboard
Taylor Swift performs in concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in San Antonio, Texas on June 22, 2008.
The song, on which the two singers seamlessly meld their voices over the string-laden arrangement, reaches a crescendo around the 2:30 mark, as the camera breaks through the surf and rises into the stratosphere. "It's 2 a.m./ Feeling like I just lost a friend/ Hope yo know it's not easy, easy for me," Swift sings as the viewer takes flight through the puffy clouds, finally hitting cruising speed far above it all as the lyrics literally spread out to find space on their own, alone.
In addition to the spruced-up versions of the original songs, there are also six new "From the Vault" tracks: "Mr. Perfectly Fine," "Don't You," "Bye Bye Baby," "You All Over Me," "We Were Happy" and "That's When (featuring Keith Urban)." Before releasing the new version of "Breathe," Swift posted a Tumblr pic of herself on stage playing guitar from the original Fearless era as a tease for the new version of the song on Thursday night.
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