There’s a saying that you have your whole life to make your first album and six months or a year to make the second — did you feel any pressure like that?As long as you’re being honest, putting your heart and soul into it, it doesn’t matter. It’s like when you go to therapy and they say, “How you’re feeling, write it down, so you can get a clearer picture.” So you bang it all down and you read it, and you’re like, “Oh fucking hell.” And I feel like making music’s the same way. You just have to get it out. And if you’re not being honest, you’re not gonna feel it; but if it’s your truth, you can’t really go wrong. You can sit there and go, “Let me re-write it.” But then you’re taking the rawness out of it. Just keep it moving, keep making songs. I would rather be a David Bowie or a Daniel Johnston than a polished rapper. … [Read more...] about Shoetown’s Hero: Slowthai on How Community and Contradictions Shaped ‘Tyron’
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With greetings in a multitude of languages, a suited and booted Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon kicked off the multi-network One World: Together at Home concert from their respective homes on different sides of the country. But, even with a joint “overwhelming gratitude” appearance by former First Ladies Laura Bush and Michelle Obama, it was the words of Beyoncé and the music of the Rolling Stones that were truly up front on the show for the World Health Organization and frontline health care workers … [Read more...] about ‘One World’ Concert Review: Rolling Stones & Beyoncé Hit High Notes At Multi-Network Show For COVID-19 Frontline Workers
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Related Story How To Watch New Year's Eve Ball Drop: Livestream & TV Lineups On a night when President Donald Trump appeared in a reality-mocking political ad touting his apparent solving of the border crisis and depicting him as a hero of separated families, the performance of Lopez and Shakira was, to put in mildly, freighted. “Two Latinas doing this at this time in this country, it’s just very empowering for us,” Lopez had said at a news conference days ago. “I’m very proud to be able to help set and push for that message.” … [Read more...] about Super Bowl Halftime Review: Jennifer Lopez & Shakira Say It Loud, Proud And Loaded With Dazzle