Cardi B was the latest guest on James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke last night (17th December), which saw her throw bars alongside Cordon on standout tracks from her ‘Invasion of Privacy’ record. Rapping ‘Bodak Yellow’, ‘Drop’ and ‘Bartier Cardi’, the segment also saw Cardi receive a driving lesson from James, plus a surprise performance to a group of OAPs.
Watch it all unfold below:
MNEK has shared his new Christmas single, ‘Stopped Believing In Santa’.
Quietly sharing the track on platforms in the early hours, ‘Stopped Believing In Santa’ marks the Londoner’s first piece of new music since September’s ‘Language’, his debut record which spanned singles ‘Tongue’, ‘Colour’ and ‘Correct’.
Listen to the heartfelt ballad below; it’s definitely a Christmas track with a twist!
Ariana Grande has announced the European leg of her Sweetener World Tour, including several shows in the UK.
Initially announcing appearances in London, Birmingham, Glasgow and Sheffield, Ariana has also confirmed she’ll be returning to Manchester. “Manchester is not on this initial list because we are planning a special show,” she wrote on Instagram. “We need a bit more time getting things together before we can announce that date but we are of course coming and we love you.”
Check the dates below; tickets are on sale now:
General release: find tickets for Ariana Grande’s 2019 UK Tour
Ariana Grande 2019 UK Tour Dates
17 August 2019 – The O2, London
19 August 2019 – The O2, London
20 August 2019 – The O2, London *NEW*
14 September 2019 – Birmingham Arena, Birmingham
15 September 2019 – Birmingham Arena, Birmingham *NEW*
17 September 2019 – SSE Hydro, Glasgow
19 September 2019 – FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
EUROPE 🖤 pic.twitter.com/aNrKr9hnTi
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) December 14, 2018
Boomtown Fair organisers have shared their first major announcement for its 2019 return, revealing their all-new dance district, Area 404.
Positioned with a focus on electronica and techno, Area 404 will be headlined by Carl Cox, Four Tet and Amelie Lens across the 9-11th August weekend. Additional appearances will also come from Erol Alkan, Boyz Noize, Joy Orbison and Eats Everything. Former Radio 1 DJ B.Traits will be going b2b with La Fleur, and Skream will share the booth with newcomer SAMA.
Check the Area 404 promo video below; the full line-up appears underneath. Boomtown 2019 tickets are available now.
Cardi B is set to become the latest entrant into James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke segment next week, following in the footsteps of Adele, Mariah Carey and Sia.
Ahead of the full clip, which will land next Monday (17th December), The Late Late Show have shared a teaser clip which you can see below.
Cop Cardi and James bumping ‘Bodak Yellow’ after the jump:
After teasing the track earlier in the week, Ariana Grande has come through with her mid-tempo new ballad, ‘Imagine‘.
Set to appear on her upcoming album ‘thank u, next’, ‘Imagine’ follows on from the project’s title-track which has already broken viewing records on YouTube.
Listen below:
Zayn Malik has released his second studio album, ‘Icarus Falls’.
The project, announced at the back-end of last month, spans 27 songs, with Malik responsible for co-writing the majority. ‘Icarus Falls’ has already been preceded by six singles, ‘Let Me’, ‘Entertainer’, ‘Sour Diesel’, ‘Too Much’, ‘Fingers’ and the Nicki Minaj-featuring ‘No Candle No Light’. Meanwhile, last year’s ‘Still Got Time’ and ‘Dusk Til’ Dawn’ (which featured PartyNextDoor and Sia respectively) will appear as bonus songs on the Japanese edition of the record.
Stream ‘Icarus Falls’ in its entirety below:
Ariana Grande has shared a brief teaser of her forthcoming new song ‘Imagine‘.
Set for release later today (13th December), the track follows on from her hugely-successful ‘thank u, next’, which is widely-expected to be the title of her next album.
Listen below:
.@ArianaGrande has released a snippet of her new song, "imagine" on her latest Instagram story. 🖤pic.twitter.com/vaAbiYKVru
— Pop Crave (@PopCraveNet) December 12, 2018
Janelle Monáe has celebrated her recent Grammy Award nomination by releasing the official video for ‘Crazy, Classic, Life’.
Lifted from her recent record ‘Dirty Computer’ (which is up for Album Of The Year), the standalone clip has been trimmed down from its initial appearance as the intro to Monáe’s supplementary movie project, ‘Dirty Computer – An Emotion Picture’. You can watch the video in full below.
In related news, the singer recently announced her return to the UK with a July 2019 show at London’s Wembley Arena. Tickets go onsale on 14th December:
Elton John has become the latest inductee into the ‘Spotify Singles’ series, teaming up with the streaming service to give two exclusive songs for fans across the globe.
Featuring a rework of his iconic ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ single ‘Bennie and the Jets’, the two-song collection also hears Elton connect with Khalid to cover the latter’s ‘Young Dumb & Broke’.
Grab a listen below: