Rina Sawayama has released a new version of her song “Chosen Family,” performed as a duet with Elton John. Sawayama unveiled the ballad and tribute to the LGBTQ community on Wednesday, accompanied by a video of her and John singing “Chosen Family” as John plays the piano. “It was such …
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Elton John’s AIDS Foundation and TikTok have teamed up for a campaign based around World AIDS Day. The collaboration aims to educate millions on the TikTok platform about the disease, working toward the AIDS Foundation’s goal of eliminating the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The campaign kicks of November 25th with …
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Baton Rouge rapper Fredo Bang tops the May edition of Rolling Stone’s Breakthrough 25 chart, pulling in nearly 23 million on-demand audio streams in April and topping his March total by nearly 13 million streams. Two years after his breakout single “Oouuh,” the 24-year-old has seen his biggest monthly streams …
Read More »Rina Sawayama Announces Debut Album, Shares Pulsing Club Track 'Comme Des Garçons'
London-based pop star Rina Sawayama announced on Friday that her debut album,SAWAYAMA, will arrive April 17th via Dirty Hit. She also shared a new single from the LP, “Comme Des Garçons (Like the Boys),” a club track that celebrates gay men and their rejection of traditional masculinity. “When I was …
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