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    Taylor Swift Feels 'Great Amount of Gratitude' as She Looks Back at Her Musical Evolution

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    The ‘Willow’ singer is filled with gratitude for ‘people giving [her] the ability to grow up creatively’ as she reflects on her musical growth over the years.

    Feb 13, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Taylor Swift is “really proud” of how her music has developed over the years.
    The “Evermore” star reflected on her songs to date since she first released “Fearless”, admitting it was really special to be recording her new album at the same time she was working on re-recording her 2008 record.
    “I was allowed to start rerecording my music in November. By then we had a great deal of Evermore done. I had shot a music video for Willow, but I was still writing and I was still recording,” she explained during an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music.

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    “So there would be days where I’d be recording You Belong With Me and then I’d be recording a song like Happiness, which is on Evermore. And it made me feel really proud of sort of the scope of things.”
    And the 31-year-old singer – who is dating Joe Alwyn – feels a “great amount of gratitude” that she can re-record her teenage music again.
    “And looking back when I was a teenager and I would write about my troubles in high school and the drama and the pining away and all that stuff, that was all so valid to me at that time in my life,” she mused. “Just as much as Evermore is so valid to my happiness at this time in my life. So I’ve really felt very grateful lately for people giving me the ability to grow up creatively. And I know there have been snags and there’ve been times where people have been like, ‘I don’t like her.’ ”
    “Several times, but for the most part, I feel a great amount of gratitude that I was able to make music from the time I was a teenager to the time that I’m 31.”

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    Cardi B Stuns Jimmy Fallon With Real Meaning Behind 'Up' Lyrics

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    The ‘Bodak Yellow’ hitmaker has left the ‘Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ host speechless during TV interview as she explains the real meaning behind her new song lyrics.

    Feb 13, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Cardi B left U.S. talk show host Jimmy Fallon lost for words after explaining the unexpected meaning behind a line in her new single “Up”.
    The “WAP” hitmaker is known for her raunchy lyrics, but she caught comedian Fallon off-guard on Thursday (11Feb21) as she revealed one part of the song originally referred to an uncomfortable constipation situation.
    The line in question, which she had actually borrowed from her husband, Migos rapper Offset, is, “If it’s up, then it’s stuck.”
    During “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” interview, Cardi admitted she initially thought it was a “Georgia thing” as Offset, who is from the state, says it “a lot,” but she soon learned fans from other Southern U.S. states are also familiar with the phrase, so she was inspired to use it too.
    “Um, so have you ever taken a poop, right, and it don’t come out?” Cardi began to explain as the stunned funnyman looked down at his desk. “It’s just up and it’s stuck. Yeah (sic).”

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    After an awkward silence, Fallon uttered, “Wow,” while Cardi simply nodded.
    “I mean, I guess you can take from it whatever you want. There’s other ways to look at it, I guess,” Fallon reasoned, as Cardi agreed, “It’s a metaphorical quote.”
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    The release of “Up” which she claimed was inspired by the Chicago Drill music scene was marred by plagiarism accusations.
    The femcee was accused of ripping off New Jersey rap duo Mir Fontane and Mir Pesos over similarities between the hooks on her song and theirs.
    She, however, vehemently denied the allegations.

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    Robin Thicke Insists He Had 'No Negative Intentions' When Making 'Rapey' Song 'Blurred Lines'

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    While insisting his 2013 hit single was made with ‘no negative intentions,’ the ‘Sex Therapy’ singer understands the controversy surrounding the lyrics and racy music video.

    Feb 13, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Robin Thicke would never make a video like “Blurred Lines” again.
    The singer and his collaborator Pharrell Williams enjoyed huge success with the 2013 single but it also attracted controversy, with its lyrics branded “rapey” and its accompanying video – which featured Emily Ratajkowski dancing topless – branded degrading to women.
    And while Robin insisted there were “no negative intentions” around the track, he understands the backlash.
    “We had no negative intentions when we made the record, when we made the video,” he told the New York Post newspaper. “But then it did open up a conversation that needed to be had. And it doesn’t matter what your intentions were when you wrote the song … the people were being negatively affected by it.”

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    “And I think now, obviously, culture, society has moved into a completely different place. You won’t see me making any videos like that ever again!”
    The “Lost Without U” singer admitted he lost “perspective” on what was “appropriate” at that point in his career.
    “I had lost perspective on my personal life and my music and what was appropriate… and why I was doing it,” he added. “I’d lost the intention, you know what I mean? I needed to regain my perspective and my positive intention of what my music was for – and what my life was for.”
    Robin has now released a new album “On Earth, and in Heaven”, and hopes the record will offer fans some positivity.
    “I wanted to put out something that was very healing and loving and helped people get through their hard times and see the light at the end of the tunnel,” he smiled.

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    Tory Lanez Reacts to Being Called Out by Yung Bleu Over Remix

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    ‘If u liked my song enough to remix it at least @ a n***a coming up In the same lane,’ the ‘Unappreciate’ rapper blasts the Canadian star after he posted his own remix to ‘You’re Mines Still’.

    Feb 12, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Yung Bleu wasn’t thrilled over Tory Lanez uploading a remix to his track “You’re Mines Still” featuring Drake. In addition to blocking Tory’s remix on YouTube, Bleu publicly called out the Canadian rapper for not tagging him on his own version of the remix.
    “Remixes cool but show love ! Y’all n***as weird !” the “Miss It” rapper wrote on Instagram on Thursday, February 11. “@torylanez I reached out to u on some let’s work s**t. U never responded that’s cool ! Never gone get mad at that ! but u wanna remix my song and dnt even acknowledge a young n***a tryna come up.”
    He went on venting, “U rap n***as be on some h** s**t. Ain’t no more biting my tongue with you n***as ! If u liked my song enough to remix it at least @ a n***a coming up In the same lane. Show love ! N***as be acting scary ima come direct ain fenna subtweet s**t.” Not stopping there, Bleu wrote on Twitter, “How u gone remix a n***a song but act like I don’t exist and dnt show no love when u do it. Make it make sense.”

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    Additionally, Bleu shared his piece of mind regarding the “Quarantine Radio” host in a video he posted on the photo-sharing platform. “I hope it ain’t take you long to record that song,” he quipped. “I hope you ain’t spent no lotta money, twelve hours in the studio recording that song,” Bleu said. ” ‘Cause as soon as you upload that b***h on YouTube, that b***h finna come straight down. So, go get ya money back, go get ya refund, go get a receipt. You didn’t tag me, you didn’t show love. That s**t comin’ down.”
    Tory caught wind of the callout and responded in a tweet. Tagging Blue, Tory penned, “… crazy thing is … I love your music and your song , that’s why I remixed it .. your an incredible artist .. and I’ve been listening to yu since ‘Unappreciated’ .. but if you feel some sorta way, we can just talk like men over a phone and not social media .Love bro.”

    Prior to this, Tory revealed that he accidentally “uploaded the SHORTER version of MINE STILL FREESTYLE on my YouTube.” He added, “DONT WRRY IM SWAPPING IT OUT 4 THE EXTENDED BETTER VERSION NOW.”

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    Dave Grohl and Killer Mike Team Up With Quincy Jones to Lead Pandemic Support Group

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    The Foo Fighters founder and the Run The Jewels rapper have been added to the advisory board of National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) that support artists hit by the COVID-19 crisis.

    Feb 12, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Dave Grohl, Run The Jewels rapper Killer Mike, and Quincy Jones have joined forces to lead a new advisory board to help support U.S. artists hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
    The National Independent Venue Association’s leaders will share knowledge and expertise to help members navigate through the remainder of the pandemic.
    NIVA formed in March, 2020, shortly after the coronavirus crisis shuttered venues and forced the cancellation of concerts and festivals.

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    “When the pandemic first hit it was clear the independent live music community would need to come together and rally for relief,” Boris Patronoff, Chair of the NIVA Advisory Board, said in a statement. “Doing just that, a dedicated group of promoters set out to form NIVA and we proudly stepped up to support them. The accomplishments to date have been remarkable and I’m thrilled to serve what I believe will be an important organization for years to come.”
    Over 800 venues have since banded together to join the coalition, which has spearheaded the #SaveOurStages campaign.
    In other news, Dave addressed Foo Fighters Grohl being nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fam during an appearance on “The Howard Stern Show”. “I thought maybe if I give someone a cassette and they think it’s a band, then they’ll be surprised when they find out that it’s just one person, and that it was me,” he said. “And, you know, coming out of Nirvana, it was like, I didn’t want to say, ‘Hey! I’ve got a solo project,’ so I called it Foo Fighters.”

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    Ozzy Osbourne and Post Malone Hosting Watch Party for New Music Video

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    The Back Sabbath rocker and the ‘Congratulations’ hitmaker are scheduled to premiere their music video for latest collaboration ‘It’s a Raid’ during an online watch party.

    Feb 12, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Ozzy Osbourne and Post Malone are to host a watch party of their brand new “It’s a Raid” video on Thursday evening (11Feb21).
    The pair teamed up to record the track for Ozzy’s hit 2020 album “Ordinary Man” and now an animated promo is set to be released, with the stars introducing the debut on Ozzy’s YouTube channel at 7pm ET.
    The song and video were inspired by an incident at Ozzy’s Bel Air, California home after the rocker set off the security alarm while recording Black Sabbath’s “Vol. 4” album.
    Paranoid Osbourne hid in a bathroom after convincing himself the police officers who arrived to check on his welfare were there to raid the home and arrest him for drug possession.

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    “I had piles of marijuana and cocaine and I’m shouting, ‘It’s a f**king raid!’ before hiding the drugs and ingesting cocaine while hiding in one of the home’s bathrooms,” Ozzy recalls.
    In the video, directed by Tomas Lenert, the rock icon and Post Malone lead police through the streets of Los Angeles.
    “Understandably COVID-19 made it difficult to get together to shoot a music video for It’s a Raid, so we opted for this wildly imagined animated video for the final single from the Ordinary Man album,” Ozzy explains.
    The song marks Osbourne’s second duet with Malone – they previously teamed up for “Take What You Want” from the rapper’s “Hollywood’s Bleeding” album. The odd couple performed the track at last year’s (20) American Music Awards.

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    Diplo Apologizes for Playing Morgan Wallen Song at Super Bowl After-Party

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    The Major Lazer star is sorry for playing ‘Heartless’ which features the country music singer at his recent set and pledges to donate proceeds from the song to NAACP.

    Feb 12, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Diplo is following Jason Isbell’s lead and making a donation to the NAACP after expressing remorse for including a Morgan Wallen tune in his Super Bowl after-party DJ set.
    The country singer has been blacklisted in the music industry ever since he was caught on camera using the N-word with friends following a drunken night out on 31 January (21).
    He quickly apologised, but the backlash was swift and on Wednesday (10Feb21), Isbell announced he was directing all songwriting royalties he would be receiving for his track “Cover Me Up”, which Wallen remade for his hit project, “Dangerous: The Double Album”, to officials at the civil rights organisation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
    Hours later, Diplo revealed he would be doing the same for his 2019 track “Heartless”, which features Wallen, after spinning the song at a post-Super Bowl bash on Sunday.

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    Taking to Twitter, the DJ wrote, “Heartless is a old song of mine thats been in my live set for years.”
    “Im sorry, I didn’t mean to make anyone mad or offended by playing a song featuring Morgan. It was by no means a Political statement or a message. Jason’s doin the right thing, Im also donating my proceeds (sic).”
    Wallen has since also returned to social media to urge fans not to defend his actions because he knows he “let so many people down” with his use of the racial slur, which he realises “can truly hurt a person.”
    “I appreciate those who still see something in me and have defended me,” he added. “But for today, please don’t. I was wrong. It’s on me. I take ownership for this and I fully accept any penalties I’m facing.”
    Wallen’s music was removed from a host of radio stations and playlists across the U.S. in the wake of the scandal while his recording contract has also been put on hold.

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    Robin Thicke Lost Confidence in His Own Music as He 'Chased' Fame During Early Career

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    The ‘Blurred Lines’ hitmaker talks about his early career, admitting he was left feeling empty as he lost his faith in himself as a musician while chasing success.

    Feb 12, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Robin Thicke was “chasing” fame and success in the early years of his career.
    The “Blurred Lines” hitmaker has admitted to “losing” himself in the process of seeking fame and that, ultimately, it left him feeling a bit empty.
    “I started to chase it more and need it more and think that that was what was going to make me happy,” he told Zane Lowe on Apple Music. “Ultimately, of course, it never does. It didn’t. I lost myself in the process chasing something that I never had and never needed, but then once I got some of it, I thought I needed it.”
    Robin – who has Julian, 10, with ex-wife Paula Patton, and three children with girlfriend April Love Geary – thinks his life has become more fulfilled since he decided to “slow down.”

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    “For me, it wasn’t until I actually went to Malibu, slowed down, focused on my son, and then my father passed and I focused on having more kids and more of a family and taking my time with the writing, because I was writing so much, but nothing was really saying anything that mattered to me as a whole,” he mused.
    “Bits and pieces. Then I just kind of started to realise that I always wanted to be an artist’s artist, a singer-songwriter, and all I cared about was my catalogue, was the songs. Then I got into all this other stuff that you just get caught up in, man. Then I wasn’t happy. I wasn’t happy. I had bad routines, and I lost myself.”
    Robin even admitted to losing faith in himself as a musician.
    “Then, even worse, I lost the music. I lost my trust and my confidence in my own music,” he recalled.

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