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    Billie Eilish Deems Her 2020 Oscars Performance 'Trash'

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    Aside from talking about her ‘Yesterday’ cover in an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, the ‘Bad Guy’ hitmaker admits she felt somewhat out of place at the coveted awards ceremony.
    Feb 15, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Billie Eilish wasn’t a fan of her performance at the Oscars last weekend (February 09), calling it “trash.”
    The 18-year-old singer performed a cover of The Beatles’ “Yesterday” during the In Memoriam segment, when pictures of people the entertainment world has lost during the past year were shown on a screen.
    However, during an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, set to air on Friday, Billie revealed she was poorly for the awards ceremony, and doesn’t think her rendition of the tune was one of her best.
    “I was sick for all of the Oscars, I bombed that performance,” she said. “That was trash.”
    Billie went on to admit she felt somewhat out of place during the Oscars, because she didn’t know many of the famous faces who were there.
    “I’m not used to that,” she said. “At least the Grammys wasn’t as scary because it was, like, artists,” she explained. “And it felt like my people, it felt like, ‘Oh, look, a bunch of artists!’ And I knew a lot of them already and I’d met them and they knew of me.”
    The teenager was speaking to promote her new song from the film “No Time to Die”. She penned the tune with brother FINNEAS in just three days, and said having the chance to work with her sibling on something so massive as a Bond theme was a lifelong dream.

    “You know what’s funny about it, like two years ago, we were like, wouldn’t it be crazy to make a song for the Bond movies, and, like, wouldn’t that be dope?” she explained. “And so, kind of for two years-ish, we’ve been subconsciously trying to… in our own way. And, like, we’ve written songs that have never come out that are, like, oh, this sounds like Bond, like, this would be dope, like, it would never happen, whatever. And then this offer came up and we were like, ‘Ahhhh!’ ”

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    Justin Timberlake Labeled a 'Monster' by Anna Kendrick Over 'Trolls World Tour' Soundtrack

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    When stopping by ‘The Graham Norton Show’ to promote the ‘Trolls’ sequel, the ‘SexyBack’ hitmaker also talks about the possibility of him making music comeback in the near future.
    Feb 15, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Justin Timberlake’s “Trolls World Tour” co-star Anna Kendrick described him as a “monster” to work with on the soundtrack to the new movie.
    The pair appear in the animated sequel, which sees Trolls Poppy (Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake) discover that they are from one of six different tribes, each devoted to a different form of music.
    The musical film also features appearances from Ozzy Osbourne, Gwen Stefani, and James Corden, but speaking on Britain’s “The Graham Norton Show” on Friday, February 14, Kendrick confessed the “Mirrors” hitmaker was tough to work with in the studio.
    “He was a monster to work with on the music,” she said. “He’d be behind the glass saying, ‘Do it again, but better!’.”
    However, she added: “I really had fun and I knew I was in good hands. He’s my parachute.”
    Timberlake went on to explain: “You’re given parameters to be creative within. It was my mission to create music that is for everyone, not just the kids.”
    And the star teased his own future musical output, adding he’s “always in the studio so maybe soon.”
    “I have so much (unreleased music),” he confessed.
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    “Trolls World Tour” hits theatres from 11 March.

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    Sam Smith Releases Valentine's Day Song and Announces New Album

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    The ‘Writing’s on the Wall’ crooner celebrates Valentine’s Day with the release of his new single ‘To Die for’ and announces the upcoming arrival of his album of the same name.
    Feb 15, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Sam Smith released their new single, “To Die for”, and its accompanying video on Friday, February 14, 2020 – after announcing their third album of the same name.
    The 27-year-old singer debuted the track alongside a visual, which opens with a sample from the 2001 cult film “Donnie Darko”, on Valentine’s Day, after teasing the release all week with a pop up store in London’s Soho district.
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    “I poured my heart and soul into this song,” Sam wrote on Instagram. “So happy ‘To Die For’ is yours now and I can’t express how excited I am to sing this live one day soon. You can watch the official video on YouTube now, I hope you love it xx.”
    The star also revealed their third studio album, “To Die For”, will be released on May 1, 2020, with the collection available to pre-order now.
    “My THIRD album TO DIE FOR is yours May 1st!!!! You can preorder tomorrow,” they tweeted along with the cover art. “I’m more proud of this album than anything I’ve ever done.”
    They added, “I’ve really set myself free the last two years whilst writing this & I hope you can dance and relate to these stories. It’s all for you, always xx.”

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    Elton John, Nirvana and Sheryl Crow Confirmed to Have Masters Lost or Damaged in Universal Fire

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    Universal Music Group makes public the names of the 19 artists affected by the 2008 blaze, which ripped through one of its warehouses, as part of a class action lawsuit against the company.
    Feb 14, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Master recordings by artists including Elton John, Nirvana and Sheryl Crow are among those confirmed as “lost or damaged” by Universal Music Group (UMG) following a 2008 fire.
    While the fire was believed to have affected the recordings, the extent of the damage was unknown. However, as part of a class action lawsuit against the company, UMG publicly confirmed the names of the 19 artists affected.
    The list included Soundgarden, Beck, R.E.M., …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Bryan Adams, David Baerwald, Jimmy Eat World, Les Paul, Peter Frampton, Michael McDonald, Slayer, Sonic Youth, Suzanne Vega, The Surfaris, White Zombie and Y&T.
    The names were confirmed by UMG during a discovery query in the lawsuit, with lawyers for the artists suing the musical organisation asking for a detailed breakdown of exactly what was affected by the fire.
    The blaze ripped through one of the UMG’s warehouses, used for the storage of music and film reels dating back to the 1940s, in 2008, with news of the huge loss made public following an investigative report published in the New York Times last June (2019).
    While UMG claim to have backups and copies of some of the recordings, they didn’t go into detail about what they did or didn’t have.
    And Howard King, a lawyer for the artists behind the class action suit, was unimpressed by UMG’s reluctance to come clean with the exact figure of how many artists were affected.
    “Universal claimed 17,000 artists were affected by the fire when they were suing for damages. Now that they face a lawsuit by their artists, they claim a mere 19 artists were affected. This discrepancy is inexplicable.”
    Representatives for UMG and the 19 artists mentioned in the filing have yet to respond to the development.

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    The Weeknd Unveils Title of New Album Through Trippy Trailer

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    Prior to announcing the title of his upcoming album, the Canadian singer has released two singles, ‘Heartless’ and ‘Blinding Lights’, which are performing well on music charts.
    Feb 14, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The Weeknd has officially announced the title of his upcoming fourth album. On Thursday, February 13, the Canadian singer made use of his Instagram account to let out a trippy trailer wherein he unveiled that his latest work will be known as “After Hours”.
    The CGI effect-filled video saw the 29-year-old driving through a tunnel into a city in a flashy convertible. The cityscape around him turned upside down as he sped down a long highway. His famous R&B sound played in the background. The album title was spelled out in red and blue letters slowly after the city lights got blurred and a storm raged.
    The teaser has successfully driven fans wild with anticipation. One gushed, “I can’t imagine how this fandom will go if he drops the album tmr.” Another admitted, “I literally got goosebumps all over my body no joke.” A third raved, “HOLY S**T YEE I AM SO EXCITED OH MY GOD,” and a fourth exclaimed, “THE WAY I JUST DIED AND CAME BACK TO LIFE.”
    It is still unclear when “After Hours” will be released, but the follow-up record to 2016’s “Starboy” is led by two singles, “Heartless” and “Blinding Lights”. Both songs have performed well on music charts. “Heartless” debuted at No. 32 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in early December. It went on to top the music chart on its second week, making it The Weeknd’s fourth U.S. No. 1 song.
    “Blinding Lights”, in the meantime, has given The Weeknd his first ever chart-topping single in the British pop charts. It dethroned Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” on February 7, and showed domination over Lewis Capaldi’s “Before You Go”, Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now”, and Eminem and Juice WRLD’s “Godzilla”.
    Outside of music, The Weeknd made an appearance in “Uncut Gems”, which stars Adam Sandler. Speaking of the singer’s brief presence in the crime thriller film, co-director Josh Sadie told Variety, “He’s a friend of ours, and he’s a real cinephile. Real cinephile. Like, one of his favorite filmmakers is (David) Cronenberg, and that makes sense, because he’s from Toronto. But he watches a lot of movies.”

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    Billie Eilish's Brother Finneas O'Connell Says They are 'Embarrassed' by Grammys Wins

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    The 22-year-old record producer admits in a recent interview that they are ‘kind of embarrassed to win so much’ and hope the wins will be ‘equal’ between other nominees.
    Feb 14, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Billie Eilish and her record producer brother are apparently conflicted about their big win at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. The pair took home a total of five trophies each, including four major accolades, during the January 26 ceremony, but Finneas O’Connell admitted they were rather “embarrassed” by it.
    The 22-year-old musician shared his thought on the matter in a new interview with Vogue magazine. Asked if he and his sister were prepared for the possibility of sweeping the awards show, he responded, “We were both kind of embarrassed to win so much; you hope that it will be kind of equal, but after the third in a row…well, we love all of our fellow nominees.”
    On how his sister took in her multiple wins, the former “Glee” star spilled, “She was very grateful, obviously, and a lot of her friends were there. She has more ‘go with the flow’ than I do.” He additionally confessed, “We were hoping…between the two of us, we had 11 nominations, so we were brave enough to hope that maybe we’d get one. I would have been thrilled with that.”
    The songwriter, who helped produce Selena Gomez’s “Lose You to Love Me”, went on to reveal he actually rooted for fellow nominees Lizzo and Lil Nas X. “I thought ‘Truth Hurts’ would win record of the year, and I thought ‘Old Town Road’ would win song of the year, because it was,” he shared. “I was hopeful about album of the year, and that’s one that I’m really proud of, because I love listening to that album front to back. That was the only one that I was like, ‘Maybe!’ ”
    Elsewhere in the interview, Finneas recounted how he and Billie celebrated their big wins. “We were forced to party, which I hate doing,” he stated. “If we’d lost, at least I wouldn’t have had to party.” When pressed about he would rather have done, he replied, “Anything. People say that, and really milk it as something that they brag about, but I would never do that. I just have no interest in being at a party.”
    Finneas and Billie shared three kudos at the 2020 Grammys. Together they won Song of the Year and Record of the Year for “Bad Guy” in addition to Album of the Year for “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”. Individually, he nailed Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical and Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, while she scored Best Pop Vocal Album and Best New Artist.

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    Billie Eilish Drives Internet Wild With 'No Time to Die' Theme Song – Listen!

    Proving her haters wrong, the Grammy-winning songstress showcases her high notes on the moody track she produces alongside her brother and longtime collaborator Finneas.
    Feb 14, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Back when Billie Eilish was announced as “No Time to Die” theme song singer, many cast doubts that she would do as good as Adele or Sam Smith due to her musical style. However, the Grammy-winning singer proved the critics wrong when she released the song on Thursday evening, February 13, setting Internet abuzz.
    Co-written by her and her brother Finneas, the haunting ballad finds Billie showcasing her raw, soulful vocalization over piano-driven melodies. Proving those who expected it to be a “whisper” song wrong, she even flexes her high notes towards the end of the song, before she continues singing, “Fool me once, fool me twice/ Are you death or paradise?/ Now you’ll never see me cry/ There’s just no time to die.”
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    Following the release of the song, Billie’s name soon started trending on social media with a lot of people heaping praises for her. “Everyone who says ‘bIlLie EiLiSh cAnT sInG sHe WhIsPeRs’ needs to re-evaluate immediately,” one says. “Just died listening to Billie eilish new song even tho the title is no time to die,” another quipped.
    “Beautiful. Billie Eilish puts her raw emotion into her music and that’s why I love it so much,” someone else gushed, as another praised Billie, “Her voice is totally made for this song! She’s taken a lot of stick and proven so many wrong. Well done Billie.” There was also one who said, “LOL I SAID TO MYSELF, this sounds like its from james bond lmao, looked at the screen again and saw oo7 at the top. Wow she really did empower her theme correctly. Good work Billie.”
    Billie is the youngest artist to ever write and record a James Bond theme. She’s set to perform the song for the first time at the Brit Awards in London on February 18. In a statement to Variety, she said of her participation, “It feels crazy to be a part of this in every way. To be able to score the theme song to a film that is part of such a legendary series is a huge honor. James Bond is the coolest film franchise ever to exist. I’m still in shock.”
    “No Time to Die” is set for an April 10 release in the United States.

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    Billie Eilish to Debut James Bond Song at Brit Awards

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    The ‘Bury a Friend’ hitmaker is expected to perform the soundtrack of the latest 007 movie ‘No Time to Die’ for the very first time at the upcoming awards show in London.
    Feb 14, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Billie Eilish will debut her new James Bond theme in full at the Brit Awards in London next week.
    The “bad guy” singer will be backed by an orchestra conducted by film composer Hans Zimmer as she returns to the city where she recorded the latest 007 anthem last month, January 2020.
    The 25th Bond theme, which Eilish wrote with her songwriting partner and brother Finneas, will be released on Thursday, February 13, 2020, but Billie released a tease on Wednesday night.

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