#via latin grammys

[shakira-fan-page]

Univision via Instagram Stories. (Sep 17, 2024)

[oh-hush-its-perfect]

INVALID reasons to dislike Taylor Swift as a person:

You don't like her music

You think her fans are obnoxious/annoying

You believe she is not being genuine about liking/appreciating her fanbase or the awards she has received

You didn't fact-check that "study" that claimed she emitted 8,000 tons of carbon via her private jet (I read the article by Yard— not only do they not source their methodology, but other climate experts have come up with completely different estimates, averaging around 1,000 tons)

You believe Taylor Swift (the person) is guilty of queerbaiting

You don't think non-Black people have any place at all in hip-hop

She has friends who are mostly also rich white people

She has had a lot of boyfriends in the past and seems to have moved on from her partner of six years very quickly

She sometimes plays the victim

You think heartbreak is all she writes about

VALID reasons to dislike Taylor Swift as a person:

You believe Taylor Swift (the brand) is guilty of queerbaiting and that Taylor Swift (the person) is content with this business strategy

1,000 tons of carbon is still A LOT to emit and Swift should be more responsible with her footprint, ESPECIALLY now that she's touring

The music video for "Shake it Off" features what many people consider racially insensitive material, disputably using traditionally Black and Latine styles of dance as the butt of the joke and Black and Latine women as props

Swift was politically quiet for years, allowing white supremacists and nationalists to claim her as one of their own and declare her their "Aryan goddess" (though this could be blamed on her marketing team, considering they did not allow her to be politically active until 2018— and she did denounce racists in interviews prior to making her Democratic opinions public)

She is currently dating white singer/songwriter Matt Healy, who has been accused of a) saying the n-word, b) doing a Nazi salute on stage "ironically—" and there is video evidence of this, though it's difficult to tell if it's actually a Nazi salute or just a regular gesture to which he didn't give much thought, c) making fun of fat people, and d) making fun of black women. And probably more of which I'm not aware.

The music video for "You Need to Calm Down" portrays a very naive view of bigotry as angry people holding signs (and a somewhat classist view of bigotry as well, considering the appearance of the "homophobes") and uses queer people as props

She's a rich white liberal and is guilty of many of the sins typical of most rich white liberals

She has played the victim as a white woman and vilified black men (specifically Kanye West) in the process

You believe her releasing new songs like "Mr. Perfectly Fine" and the 10 minute version of "All Too Well" has encouraged harassment of men she dated over a decade ago and there was no need to rehash this hurt.

You believe that the academies (i.e. the Grammys, the VMAs, etc.) are biased towards her as a white woman and she has not done enough to combat or even acknowledge this racism

She has engaged in LGBTQ+ erasure by having one of her brand's official accounts call straight couples "lavender," even though that is a queer phrase, following the announcement of her song "Lavender Haze" and by using the queer dog whistle "hairpin drop" in a song even though she is assumed to be straight, reducing the saying's meaning.

You just don't like her vibes (NOTE: this is a valid reason to dislike her in your personal life, but NOT to diss her)

More can be added to both lists. Please note that many people acknowledge all of the flaws above listed and like her anyway because, as it is important to understand, she is human and will often make mistakes. Doing any one of these things do not make her a "bad person," and dividing people into "good" and "bad" categories— especially people who you don't know— is very binary and unnuanced; however, they do make her a flawed person, and people, Swifties and non-Swifties, have a right to make of that what they will.

[narcobarbies]

danna paola for latin grammys via instagram (10/19/2023)

[cleverhottubmiracle]

In Camera Roll, musicians offer InStyle an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse at a weekend in the life of an artist, from rehearsing for a major gig to choosing their favorite onstage look. Here, Damiano David takes us to the photoshoot for his solo world tour announcement. Damiano David is just 26 years old. He’s yet to release a debut album, much less tour the globe solo, or skyrocket to household name status. Yet, in those short 26 years, the Italian singer-songwriter has performed at the VMAs (in nothing but a leather thong and chaps, mind you), dropped a capsule collection with Diesel, amassed more than 6 million Instagram followers, and hit the Met Gala red carpet with his glamazon girlfriend, Dove Cameron. Cool cool cool.  David, sweet, respectful, chiseled, is best known as the frontman of Måneskin, the Roman rock band that won Eurovision in 2021, earned a Best New Artist Grammy nomination in 2022, and released chart-hopping earworms like “Beggin’,” “Supermodel,” and “Honey.” On camera, via Zoom, from home in Los Angeles, David’s cool, calm, collected energy is a far cry from what you'd expect a super-tatted rock-and-roller to be: obnoxious, scattered, maybe sloppy. “She’s a little crazy,” he tells me, apologizing for Peanut Butter, his cat who intermittently interrupts David mid-sentence to side-eye me during our interview. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Now, with the release of classic rock–esque, stadium-worthy singles “Silverlines” and “Born With a Broken Heart" (the latter having amassed more than 50 million global streams and broken into the U.S. radio Top 20 since its October release), and the spring 2025 arrival of his debut album, David is in his solo era—one he’s always dreamed of experiencing. “I was just waiting for the right moment for it to become true, and it just felt right right now,” he says, reflecting on pursuing work without his bandmates. “I grew up. I’m matured. So, it felt like the right thing to do. It’s going well—I’m having fun, I’m excited.” Ahead, he teases what’s next. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle How did “Silverlines” come to life, and why'd you choose it as the first single? The most beautiful thing for me about the song is that when I look back at the process of making the record, with “Silverlines,” it felt like I was leaving a message for my future self. That played a huge role in it being the first song I released. Having [producer] Labrinth and [songwriter] Sarah Hudson on it is what played the biggest role into this being my first song—having these two people truly believing in me to put my own signature and sentiment on it.How quickly did this song come together? It's very fast. I work on a song a day when I have the right music. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Tell me about your all-time favorite musical influences, and also the influences that shaped your solo debut. I have so many different influences. I listen to Italian music, English-spoken music. I listen to a lot of Latin music, Spanish-speaking music. I’ve always been extremely interested in different sounds—I don’t have a genre or something that I can point to. My playlist is pretty weird. There’s Queen, musical theater soundtracks, and Karol G. It’s hard for me to define my style. I’m a pop singer in the wider sense of pop. I try to make successful songs, if that’s what pop means. But I don’t try to make successful songs through mathematics, because that’s all bullshit. If that sounds good to you and you feel good singing it, it's more likely to work than something carved out and forced. When we wrote “Born With a Broken Heart,” that was the third song of the process. I thought, This is the sound I’m interested in, so I started digging into music that sounded like that, that had elements of that. I listened to a lot of Queen, Elton John, Billy Joel, and early Killers; more recently, Stephen Sanchez, Benson Boone.  “Born With a Broken Heart” is quite melancholic, so I’m curious about the headspace you were in when writing it. Many songs I've previewed from the album are love songs. The biggest push to make the record was stuff happening in my life that made me realize how fragile I really was. I had a very long relationship in my life that everybody knows about, and that came to an end. And then I had another one that nobody knows about, and that came to an end as well. In a very short amount of time, this repeating of the same things happening over and over again, making me really sad over the fact itself and my insecurities and my flaws, that made me think, This is the moment for the album. I was in this new city with a new environment, everything was fresh, new, and I met the person that today is my partner. I was so scared of not being able to let myself go and to actually trust this person, that I was feeling guilty. I was feeling like, I'm going to break somebody's heart. And it's not because this person is not worth it, it's the most worth-it person I've ever met. It's because I'm not able to do it. So, I'm the one broken, I'm the one defected. I'm the one born with a broken heart. And I was holding back, trying to preserve both of our sanity, but by doing this, of course, I was doing worse, because I was really not letting this person in, and it was very hard for me to wrap my head around it. That’s the process that my brain indirectly did when I wrote the song. And now, looking back at the song, I can connect the dots and say, I said this because I was thinking that and da-da-da. The record [explores] two very distinguished phases of my life: There was a part about healing, and I'm very still into the moment and I truly believe what I'm singing, and then there's a second part that it's more like, today, me, looking back at what happened and kind of giving a commentary about it. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Barbara Oizmud / InStyle How have audiences reacted to your solo work? As I was expecting, there's a split. There's many people that were fans of the band that are hating me for this and hate whatever I do without even really looking at or listening to it—it’s just automatic hate. And then there are a lot of people that are actually understanding it. And I would say that the ones that are getting it are truly getting it. It's not just like, Oh, cool song. I vibe with it. I feel like people are truly getting why I am doing this, what's my intention, what's the message. The level of honesty that I'm putting in it. And I'm very glad about it.Who is on your mood board right now and what's inspiring you? There’s a lot of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly. There were some shoots that Willem Dafoe did when he was younger. A lot of Old Hollywood, Marlon Brando, all that stuff.  I used to dress very slutty, I would say, because that's what my energy was at the moment, and then things in my life changed, and I feel like I want to project a different image of myself because I'm actually having different thoughts and different priorities. So, now in my everyday life, my most usual outfit is slacks and a very fitted polo or shirt. So it makes sense for me that my stage persona now is all about suits and tailoring, because it's what makes me feel comfortable in my everyday life. And so for me, it's really just the most expensive version. Not everyday life, not expensive, but luxurious. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Barbara Oizmud / InStyle How would you describe your current era? My Italian tailoring era.Let’s talk about your mustache. Any grooming tips? It's hard. It takes practice. You’ve got to learn how to really find a beautiful line over the lip, and you don't have to let them overgrow, because it looks bad—you have to shave all around, but not there. It's a huge load of anxiety because you can't make mistakes. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Your visuals are so bold. What do you seek to project through them? When I write songs in general, I always have images and video clips in my mind. The goal is to really create a world—think of Gotham in superhero movies. I want to create a world where I can be in a blue suit dancing and one second later, the lights get super dark and I’m crying and it has to feel organic and it has to make sense. The goal is to create a very theatrical world where all these things are allowed.  Barbara Oizmud / InStyle What are you most looking forward to as a solo artist? I don't know. Performing live...it’s the cherry on top, where all the little things come to life; every picture, every video clip. It’s where you make them feel real and not digital anymore. It’s the moment of truth. You have a chance to change your songs and play it live and have the audience sing back at you. Connecting is fun, one of the most fun parts.  Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Favorite tattoo? All my tattoos are one big tattoo. It's like I lost count. I don't really know where one finishes and another one starts. So no, it's one big one. Source link

[ellajme0]

In Camera Roll, musicians offer InStyle an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse at a weekend in the life of an artist, from rehearsing for a major gig to choosing their favorite onstage look. Here, Damiano David takes us to the photoshoot for his solo world tour announcement. Damiano David is just 26 years old. He’s yet to release a debut album, much less tour the globe solo, or skyrocket to household name status. Yet, in those short 26 years, the Italian singer-songwriter has performed at the VMAs (in nothing but a leather thong and chaps, mind you), dropped a capsule collection with Diesel, amassed more than 6 million Instagram followers, and hit the Met Gala red carpet with his glamazon girlfriend, Dove Cameron. Cool cool cool.  David, sweet, respectful, chiseled, is best known as the frontman of Måneskin, the Roman rock band that won Eurovision in 2021, earned a Best New Artist Grammy nomination in 2022, and released chart-hopping earworms like “Beggin’,” “Supermodel,” and “Honey.” On camera, via Zoom, from home in Los Angeles, David’s cool, calm, collected energy is a far cry from what you'd expect a super-tatted rock-and-roller to be: obnoxious, scattered, maybe sloppy. “She’s a little crazy,” he tells me, apologizing for Peanut Butter, his cat who intermittently interrupts David mid-sentence to side-eye me during our interview. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Now, with the release of classic rock–esque, stadium-worthy singles “Silverlines” and “Born With a Broken Heart" (the latter having amassed more than 50 million global streams and broken into the U.S. radio Top 20 since its October release), and the spring 2025 arrival of his debut album, David is in his solo era—one he’s always dreamed of experiencing. “I was just waiting for the right moment for it to become true, and it just felt right right now,” he says, reflecting on pursuing work without his bandmates. “I grew up. I’m matured. So, it felt like the right thing to do. It’s going well—I’m having fun, I’m excited.” Ahead, he teases what’s next. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle How did “Silverlines” come to life, and why'd you choose it as the first single? The most beautiful thing for me about the song is that when I look back at the process of making the record, with “Silverlines,” it felt like I was leaving a message for my future self. That played a huge role in it being the first song I released. Having [producer] Labrinth and [songwriter] Sarah Hudson on it is what played the biggest role into this being my first song—having these two people truly believing in me to put my own signature and sentiment on it.How quickly did this song come together? It's very fast. I work on a song a day when I have the right music. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Tell me about your all-time favorite musical influences, and also the influences that shaped your solo debut. I have so many different influences. I listen to Italian music, English-spoken music. I listen to a lot of Latin music, Spanish-speaking music. I’ve always been extremely interested in different sounds—I don’t have a genre or something that I can point to. My playlist is pretty weird. There’s Queen, musical theater soundtracks, and Karol G. It’s hard for me to define my style. I’m a pop singer in the wider sense of pop. I try to make successful songs, if that’s what pop means. But I don’t try to make successful songs through mathematics, because that’s all bullshit. If that sounds good to you and you feel good singing it, it's more likely to work than something carved out and forced. When we wrote “Born With a Broken Heart,” that was the third song of the process. I thought, This is the sound I’m interested in, so I started digging into music that sounded like that, that had elements of that. I listened to a lot of Queen, Elton John, Billy Joel, and early Killers; more recently, Stephen Sanchez, Benson Boone.  “Born With a Broken Heart” is quite melancholic, so I’m curious about the headspace you were in when writing it. Many songs I've previewed from the album are love songs. The biggest push to make the record was stuff happening in my life that made me realize how fragile I really was. I had a very long relationship in my life that everybody knows about, and that came to an end. And then I had another one that nobody knows about, and that came to an end as well. In a very short amount of time, this repeating of the same things happening over and over again, making me really sad over the fact itself and my insecurities and my flaws, that made me think, This is the moment for the album. I was in this new city with a new environment, everything was fresh, new, and I met the person that today is my partner. I was so scared of not being able to let myself go and to actually trust this person, that I was feeling guilty. I was feeling like, I'm going to break somebody's heart. And it's not because this person is not worth it, it's the most worth-it person I've ever met. It's because I'm not able to do it. So, I'm the one broken, I'm the one defected. I'm the one born with a broken heart. And I was holding back, trying to preserve both of our sanity, but by doing this, of course, I was doing worse, because I was really not letting this person in, and it was very hard for me to wrap my head around it. That’s the process that my brain indirectly did when I wrote the song. And now, looking back at the song, I can connect the dots and say, I said this because I was thinking that and da-da-da. The record [explores] two very distinguished phases of my life: There was a part about healing, and I'm very still into the moment and I truly believe what I'm singing, and then there's a second part that it's more like, today, me, looking back at what happened and kind of giving a commentary about it. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Barbara Oizmud / InStyle How have audiences reacted to your solo work? As I was expecting, there's a split. There's many people that were fans of the band that are hating me for this and hate whatever I do without even really looking at or listening to it—it’s just automatic hate. And then there are a lot of people that are actually understanding it. And I would say that the ones that are getting it are truly getting it. It's not just like, Oh, cool song. I vibe with it. I feel like people are truly getting why I am doing this, what's my intention, what's the message. The level of honesty that I'm putting in it. And I'm very glad about it.Who is on your mood board right now and what's inspiring you? There’s a lot of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly. There were some shoots that Willem Dafoe did when he was younger. A lot of Old Hollywood, Marlon Brando, all that stuff.  I used to dress very slutty, I would say, because that's what my energy was at the moment, and then things in my life changed, and I feel like I want to project a different image of myself because I'm actually having different thoughts and different priorities. So, now in my everyday life, my most usual outfit is slacks and a very fitted polo or shirt. So it makes sense for me that my stage persona now is all about suits and tailoring, because it's what makes me feel comfortable in my everyday life. And so for me, it's really just the most expensive version. Not everyday life, not expensive, but luxurious. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Barbara Oizmud / InStyle How would you describe your current era? My Italian tailoring era.Let’s talk about your mustache. Any grooming tips? It's hard. It takes practice. You’ve got to learn how to really find a beautiful line over the lip, and you don't have to let them overgrow, because it looks bad—you have to shave all around, but not there. It's a huge load of anxiety because you can't make mistakes. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Your visuals are so bold. What do you seek to project through them? When I write songs in general, I always have images and video clips in my mind. The goal is to really create a world—think of Gotham in superhero movies. I want to create a world where I can be in a blue suit dancing and one second later, the lights get super dark and I’m crying and it has to feel organic and it has to make sense. The goal is to create a very theatrical world where all these things are allowed.  Barbara Oizmud / InStyle What are you most looking forward to as a solo artist? I don't know. Performing live...it’s the cherry on top, where all the little things come to life; every picture, every video clip. It’s where you make them feel real and not digital anymore. It’s the moment of truth. You have a chance to change your songs and play it live and have the audience sing back at you. Connecting is fun, one of the most fun parts.  Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Favorite tattoo? All my tattoos are one big tattoo. It's like I lost count. I don't really know where one finishes and another one starts. So no, it's one big one. Source link

[chilimili212]

In Camera Roll, musicians offer InStyle an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse at a weekend in the life of an artist, from rehearsing for a major gig to choosing their favorite onstage look. Here, Damiano David takes us to the photoshoot for his solo world tour announcement. Damiano David is just 26 years old. He’s yet to release a debut album, much less tour the globe solo, or skyrocket to household name status. Yet, in those short 26 years, the Italian singer-songwriter has performed at the VMAs (in nothing but a leather thong and chaps, mind you), dropped a capsule collection with Diesel, amassed more than 6 million Instagram followers, and hit the Met Gala red carpet with his glamazon girlfriend, Dove Cameron. Cool cool cool.  David, sweet, respectful, chiseled, is best known as the frontman of Måneskin, the Roman rock band that won Eurovision in 2021, earned a Best New Artist Grammy nomination in 2022, and released chart-hopping earworms like “Beggin’,” “Supermodel,” and “Honey.” On camera, via Zoom, from home in Los Angeles, David’s cool, calm, collected energy is a far cry from what you'd expect a super-tatted rock-and-roller to be: obnoxious, scattered, maybe sloppy. “She’s a little crazy,” he tells me, apologizing for Peanut Butter, his cat who intermittently interrupts David mid-sentence to side-eye me during our interview. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Now, with the release of classic rock–esque, stadium-worthy singles “Silverlines” and “Born With a Broken Heart" (the latter having amassed more than 50 million global streams and broken into the U.S. radio Top 20 since its October release), and the spring 2025 arrival of his debut album, David is in his solo era—one he’s always dreamed of experiencing. “I was just waiting for the right moment for it to become true, and it just felt right right now,” he says, reflecting on pursuing work without his bandmates. “I grew up. I’m matured. So, it felt like the right thing to do. It’s going well—I’m having fun, I’m excited.” Ahead, he teases what’s next. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle How did “Silverlines” come to life, and why'd you choose it as the first single? The most beautiful thing for me about the song is that when I look back at the process of making the record, with “Silverlines,” it felt like I was leaving a message for my future self. That played a huge role in it being the first song I released. Having [producer] Labrinth and [songwriter] Sarah Hudson on it is what played the biggest role into this being my first song—having these two people truly believing in me to put my own signature and sentiment on it.How quickly did this song come together? It's very fast. I work on a song a day when I have the right music. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Tell me about your all-time favorite musical influences, and also the influences that shaped your solo debut. I have so many different influences. I listen to Italian music, English-spoken music. I listen to a lot of Latin music, Spanish-speaking music. I’ve always been extremely interested in different sounds—I don’t have a genre or something that I can point to. My playlist is pretty weird. There’s Queen, musical theater soundtracks, and Karol G. It’s hard for me to define my style. I’m a pop singer in the wider sense of pop. I try to make successful songs, if that’s what pop means. But I don’t try to make successful songs through mathematics, because that’s all bullshit. If that sounds good to you and you feel good singing it, it's more likely to work than something carved out and forced. When we wrote “Born With a Broken Heart,” that was the third song of the process. I thought, This is the sound I’m interested in, so I started digging into music that sounded like that, that had elements of that. I listened to a lot of Queen, Elton John, Billy Joel, and early Killers; more recently, Stephen Sanchez, Benson Boone.  “Born With a Broken Heart” is quite melancholic, so I’m curious about the headspace you were in when writing it. Many songs I've previewed from the album are love songs. The biggest push to make the record was stuff happening in my life that made me realize how fragile I really was. I had a very long relationship in my life that everybody knows about, and that came to an end. And then I had another one that nobody knows about, and that came to an end as well. In a very short amount of time, this repeating of the same things happening over and over again, making me really sad over the fact itself and my insecurities and my flaws, that made me think, This is the moment for the album. I was in this new city with a new environment, everything was fresh, new, and I met the person that today is my partner. I was so scared of not being able to let myself go and to actually trust this person, that I was feeling guilty. I was feeling like, I'm going to break somebody's heart. And it's not because this person is not worth it, it's the most worth-it person I've ever met. It's because I'm not able to do it. So, I'm the one broken, I'm the one defected. I'm the one born with a broken heart. And I was holding back, trying to preserve both of our sanity, but by doing this, of course, I was doing worse, because I was really not letting this person in, and it was very hard for me to wrap my head around it. That’s the process that my brain indirectly did when I wrote the song. And now, looking back at the song, I can connect the dots and say, I said this because I was thinking that and da-da-da. The record [explores] two very distinguished phases of my life: There was a part about healing, and I'm very still into the moment and I truly believe what I'm singing, and then there's a second part that it's more like, today, me, looking back at what happened and kind of giving a commentary about it. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Barbara Oizmud / InStyle How have audiences reacted to your solo work? As I was expecting, there's a split. There's many people that were fans of the band that are hating me for this and hate whatever I do without even really looking at or listening to it—it’s just automatic hate. And then there are a lot of people that are actually understanding it. And I would say that the ones that are getting it are truly getting it. It's not just like, Oh, cool song. I vibe with it. I feel like people are truly getting why I am doing this, what's my intention, what's the message. The level of honesty that I'm putting in it. And I'm very glad about it.Who is on your mood board right now and what's inspiring you? There’s a lot of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly. There were some shoots that Willem Dafoe did when he was younger. A lot of Old Hollywood, Marlon Brando, all that stuff.  I used to dress very slutty, I would say, because that's what my energy was at the moment, and then things in my life changed, and I feel like I want to project a different image of myself because I'm actually having different thoughts and different priorities. So, now in my everyday life, my most usual outfit is slacks and a very fitted polo or shirt. So it makes sense for me that my stage persona now is all about suits and tailoring, because it's what makes me feel comfortable in my everyday life. And so for me, it's really just the most expensive version. Not everyday life, not expensive, but luxurious. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Barbara Oizmud / InStyle How would you describe your current era? My Italian tailoring era.Let’s talk about your mustache. Any grooming tips? It's hard. It takes practice. You’ve got to learn how to really find a beautiful line over the lip, and you don't have to let them overgrow, because it looks bad—you have to shave all around, but not there. It's a huge load of anxiety because you can't make mistakes. Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Your visuals are so bold. What do you seek to project through them? When I write songs in general, I always have images and video clips in my mind. The goal is to really create a world—think of Gotham in superhero movies. I want to create a world where I can be in a blue suit dancing and one second later, the lights get super dark and I’m crying and it has to feel organic and it has to make sense. The goal is to create a very theatrical world where all these things are allowed.  Barbara Oizmud / InStyle What are you most looking forward to as a solo artist? I don't know. Performing live...it’s the cherry on top, where all the little things come to life; every picture, every video clip. It’s where you make them feel real and not digital anymore. It’s the moment of truth. You have a chance to change your songs and play it live and have the audience sing back at you. Connecting is fun, one of the most fun parts.  Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Barbara Oizmud / InStyle Favorite tattoo? All my tattoos are one big tattoo. It's like I lost count. I don't really know where one finishes and another one starts. So no, it's one big one. Source link

[shakira-fan-page]

[narcobarbies]

DANNA PAOLA via instagram stories at the 2023 Latin Pre-Grammy Event

[influencermagazineuk]

The 2025 Grammys are going to be a night to remember, as two of pop music's biggest stars, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, have been confirmed to attend the much-anticipated ceremony. The 68th Annual Grammy Awards will take place on February 2, 2025, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, gathering a star-studded lineup of performers and nominees. Trevor Noah will again emcee the ceremony this year, which marks his fifth year hosting the event. In addition to hosting, Noah will also be a producer for the ceremony. The show will be broadcast live on CBS, while a stream will be available via Paramount+ at 8 p.m. ET and 5 p.m. PT. The hype surrounding the event has reached a fever pitch with the latest news that both Beyoncé and Taylor Swift will be coming, making them two of the most prominent figures in the music world today. Joining the pop superstars are confirmed attendees Benson Boone, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter. The list of performers also touts a "very special guest" that will make the evening even more mystical. For Beyoncé, this particular Grammys marking history again makes her appearance relevant. iHeartRadioCA, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Beyoncé is sitting at 11 nominations for the eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter; she sits as the artist with the highest number of noms in Grammys history. Some of the categories include prestigious ones like Album of the Year and Best Country Album, along with nods for her hit single "Texas Hold 'Em," earning her Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Her 11 nominations have now placed her at a career total of 99, eclipsing the old record she previously shared with husband Jay-Z. The year before, Beyoncé made news for becoming the artist to break the record of most Grammy wins ever in a single night with 32 awards. Other artists who are in contention for a few of the most lucrative awards tonight include Swift. The singer-songwriter, besides Record of the Year and Song of the Year, has been nominated in Song of the Year for her performance with Post Malone on the track "Fortnight." She also has the potential to take home one of two prestigious albums: Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for her Tortured Poets Department. In addition to the A-list names of people attending, a host of talented performers have been announced for the night. The most impressive list of names includes Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Doechii, RAYE, Shakira, Teddy Swims, and Benson Boone. These performers, along with Beyoncé and Swift, shall be on stage to put on unforgettable performances that will leave spectators attending glued to the screens. In addition, Eilish, Roan, XCX, and Carpenter are up for Album of the Year. Doechii will perform at the ceremony and has been nominated for Best Rap Performance, Best New Artist, Best Rap Album, and Best Remixed Recording.Other acts performing are RAYE with two nominations under Best New Artist and Songwriter of the Year. Shakira, Teddy Swims, and Boone have been nominated for different awards, with Shakira being nominated in the Best Latin Album category. Teddy Swims and Boone are competing in the category for Best New Artist. Amid all the buzz about the event, the awards show will achieve more than it justifies: the celebration of artists. In light of the devastating fires that have ravaged Los Angeles this month, forcing over 180,000 people to evacuate, the Recording Academy and MusiCares have launched the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort. The Grammy Awards will serve as a fundraising event to help provide immediate relief and long-term support for individuals and families within the music industry who have been affected by the disaster. A generous $1 million donation will go towards aiding those facing displacement and loss due to the fires. As night falls, the excitement mounts for what promises to be an unforgettable night. With Beyoncé and Taylor Swift at the helm, the 2025 Grammys are shaping up to be a landmark event in both music and philanthropy, demonstrating the power of the industry to come together in times of crisis while celebrating the achievements of some of its brightest stars. Read the full article

[thelensofyashunews]

JP SAXE WANTS TO MAKE YOU FEEL “SAFE” - NEW SINGLE OUT NOW

Today, multi-platinum master storyteller JP Saxe releases “Safe,” a sweetly quiet but subtly sticky new single out via Arista Records. The R&B-kissed pop track is the multi-platinum GRAMMY®-nominated singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist’s first new solo song in more than a year, since Saxe hit the road in late 2023 in support of John Mayer’s arena tour then kept going deep into 2024 on his own sold-out, globe-spanning, headlining run. This past week, JP premiered the song live at what would have been a single release show at New York’s Bowery Ballroom that he instead transformed into a NY For LA benefit show raising money for those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires. He was joined by friends Allison Ponthier, Ally Salort, Elliot Skinner and Kristiane. Coverage of that was featured in  Billboard & Rolling Stone.

His first release “Safe” is more beat-based than Saxe’s most recent singles, creating a mellow mood out of a reversed soul sample, bent synth tones, shimmering keys, and crunchy drums. But our host delivers his signature mix of personal reflection and humorous wit all the same: “Never needed a sword, never needed a shield / Never stormed a castle on a battlefield / Haven’t needed a fist since since third period gym / Jeremy Copeland, honestly f--- that kid.” Soon, it’s clear that the battle he faces is a more subtle one: learning to make his partner feel emotionally protected.

On his first release since 2023, JP shares:

It’s a strange feeling to be dropping a song about what it means to protect the people we love on this particular week. I guess we don’t really get to decide what our songs are about. I thought it was about emotional safety — about the masculine urge to protect with fighting before listening, and relearning what it really means to make the people we love feel secure around us. Right now it feels like  "hey checking on you" texts and donations to the gofundme's of our friends who've lost their homes and voting for environmental protection policies and against the leaders who oppose them. “I want to make you feel safe” feels like, “come over stay as long as you’d like.” I have a love/hate relationship with the way songs intertwine their way into the scariest parts of our lives. I just hope this one can lovingly contribute to our conversations about how we’re all looking out for each other. 

The comforting cut reunites Saxe with GRAMMY®-winning songwriter/producer Malay (Frank Ocean, FLECTHER, Lorde). The pair worked together closely on Saxe’s last album, 2023’s A Gray Area, which included the groove-steeped, John Mayer-featuring “I Don’t Miss You,” plus collaborations with the likes of five-time Latin GRAMMY® winning Colombian musician Camilo, folk-pop trio Tiny Habits, and singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine. The set garnered praise from Billboard, People, Forbes, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, and more. By openly exploring his deepest thoughts, anxieties, and emotions, Saxe shared his most relatable song set to date.

Last year, after canvassing North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia on his A Grey Area World Tour, Saxe shared a pair of performance albums: A Grey Area (Live Sessions) — featuring acclaimed guest instrumentalists like Cory Henry and Tal Wilkenfeld — and Live on Stage, recordings from his recent tours that included a moving solo version of his late 2019 blockbuster, “If the World Was Ending.” Stay tuned for more music from JP Saxe in 2025.

[livioacerbo]

Breaking News Highlights: Middle East, UFOs, and the Latin Grammys 2024! 11.15.24 #BreakingNews by Livio Andrea Acerbo (lacer2k) Breaking News Highlights: Middle East, UFOs, and the Latin Grammys 2024! 11.15.24 #BreakingNews, #MiddleEastCrisis, #UFOsighting, #Bluesky, #ManchesterUnited, #NFLUpdates, #LatinGrammys, #GlobalNews, #CurrentEvents, #StayInformed 1. Middle East Conflict • Ongoing airstrikes in Lebanon and Gaza impacting civilians and humanitarian efforts. • Calls for a ceasefire and urgent aid access by global leaders, including a draft UN Security Council resolution. 2. UFO Incident Near New York • A commercial plane narrowly avoids a collision with an unidentified flying object near New York. • Pentagon’s investigation reveals no extraterrestrial activity, though UFO reports continue to intrigue. 3. Bluesky’s Rise in Social Media • Bluesky sees a surge in users, emerging as a competitor to platforms like Threads and X. • Highlights shifting user preferences for decentralized and innovative social platforms. 4. CVC Capital Partners’ Business Expansion • Plans to launch new infrastructure and private wealth funds in 2025. • Notable financial performance and increased investments across various sectors. 5. Manchester United Updates • Controversial budget cuts to disabled supporters’ programs amidst broader cost-saving measures. • Announcement of plans for a £2 billion, state-of-the-art stadium by 2030. 6. NFL News – Dak Prescott Injury • Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott to undergo season-ending surgery for a torn hamstring. • Impact on the team’s performance and playoff hopes. 7. Latin Grammys 2024 • Celebration of the best in Latin music, showcasing talent across diverse genres. • Event spotlighting the unifying power of music and cultural expression. via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwNfilNNkf4

[maximuswolf]

The Grammy's should change

The Grammy's should change The Grammy's announced its nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards. And again I'm annoyed by the way things turned out. Again its general fields are only about popularity (sales, money). And the genre categories are very unevenly spread. Rap alone has as many categories as all rock genres for example. And the Grammy's, again, don't reflect the world of music. Although they claim to be the biggest night in music in the world and have some "excuse" awards for African and World music. How can the Grammy's become fairer and better reflect what's going on in music?I'd like to see less categories (two per genre only, one album, one song) or the show being split up. I would like specialised voters, only voting for their fields of expertise (or at least voters that really listened to the work they vote for). And make up the general fields of work that has won the genre categories. And, most wanted: More work and artists from Asia, Australia, mainland Europe, Africa and Latin America in regular categories.What would you guys like to see changed? And which artists and work would you have liked to seen nominated? Submitted November 13, 2024 at 04:29AM by CaseForMusic https://ift.tt/Dod3UEb via /r/Music

[lboogie1906]

Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (September 19, 1952) is a record producer, guitarist, and composer. The co-founder of Chic has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide. He is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, and the recipient of six Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement/Special Merit Award. Known for his chucking guitar style.

Formed as the Big Apple Band in 1972 with bassist Bernard Edwards, Chic released their self-titled debut album in 1977, including the hit singles “Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)” and “Everybody Dance”. The 1978 album C’est Chic produced the hits “I Want Your Love” and “Le Freak”, with the latter selling more than seven million singles worldwide. The song “Good Times” from the 1979 album Risqué was a #1 single on the pop and soul charts, and became one of the most-sampled songs of all time, “ushering in” hip-hop via the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight”.

He co-wrote and produced music for other artists, including the songs “He’s the Greatest Dancer” and “We Are Family” for Sister Sledge and “I’m Coming Out” and “Upside Down”. After Chic’s breakup in 1983, he produced several major albums and singles for other artists, including Let’s Dance, “Original Sin”, “The Reflex” and “Notorious”, and “Like a Virgin”. He worked with artists including The B-52s, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Grace Jones, The Vaughan Brothers, Bryan Ferry, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, and Daft Punk, winning three Grammy Awards in 2014 for his work on their album Random Access Memories.

He co-founded the Hipgnosis Songs Fund.

He was born in New York City to Beverly Goodman and Nile Rodgers Sr. – a traveling percussionist.

He played the flute and the clarinet. He played guitar with African, Persian, Latin, jazz and Boogaloo bands. He became a subsection leader of the Lower Manhattan branch of the New York Black Panther Party as a teenager. His cousin, trumpeter Robert “Spike” Mickens was a member of hitmakers Kool and the Gang from (1964-86). He was raised Catholic. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[whileiamdying]

Sergio Mendes, 83, Dies; Brought Brazilian Rhythms to the Pop Charts

Sergio Mendes at his home in Los Angeles in 2021. He released more than 30 albums, won three Grammys and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2012. Credit...Chris Pizzello/Invision, via Associated Press

By Barry Singer Published Sept. 6, 2024 Updated Sept. 7, 2024 1:49 a.m. ET

Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian-born pianist, composer and arranger who brought bossa nova music to a global audience in the 1960s through his ensemble, Brasil ’66, and remained a force in popular music for more than six decades, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 83.

His family said in a statement that his death, in a hospital, was caused by long Covid.

Mr. Mendes released more than 30 albums, won three Grammys and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2012 for best original song (as co-writer of “Real in Rio,” from the animated film “Rio”).

His career in America took flight in 1966 with Brasil ’66 and the single “Mas Que Nada,” written by the Brazilian singer-songwriter Jorge Ben. The Mendes sound was deceptively sophisticated rhythmically but gentle on the ears, suavely amplifying the original guitar-centered murmur of bossa nova with expansive keyboard-driven arrangements and cooing vocal lines that usually included Mr. Mendes himself chiming in alongside a front line of two female singers.

Signed by Herb Alpert, Mr. Mendes’s group, Brasil ’66, scored a gold record with its first release on his label, A&M Records.Credit...A&M

The group’s lilting, sensual pulse came to embody an adult contemporary cool in the 1960s that contrasted pointedly with the ascendant youth culture dominating the pop charts in the wake of the Beatles.

“It was completely different from anything, and definitely completely different from rock ’n’ roll,” the Latin music scholar Leila Cobo observed in the 2020 HBO documentary “Sergio Mendes in the Key of Joy.” “But that speaks to how certain Sergio was of that sound. He didn’t try to imitate what was going on.”

After venturing to the United States for the first time in 1962 to perform at a bossa nova concert at Carnegie Hall on a bill with many of the music’s innovators — including his mentor, the composer Antonio Carlos Jobim — Mr. Mendes ultimately returned to Brazil, only to flee in 1964 in the wake of a violent military coup that witnessed his own brief arrest.

He then recorded and toured America with a new ensemble, Brasil ’65, but he was generating only tepid audience response when the other members of his band decided to head home to Brazil. Mr. Mendes stayed behind; he wanted to try one more time for American success.

His last gig with the group was in Chicago at a club called Mother Blues. In the HBO documentary, he recalled coming through the doors that night and seeing a young woman onstage playing the guitar and singing. “Wow, what an incredible voice,” he remembered thinking. “Very different.” He introduced himself to her, learned that her name was Lani Hall, and invited her to become the lead singer of his new group. “Well,” she said, “you’ll have to ask my father.” Ms. Hall was 19 at the time.

After securing her father’s reluctant permission, Ms. Hall flew with Mr. Mendes to Los Angeles and went to work. Mr. Mendes later brought in a second singer, the Brazilian-born Bibi Vogel. “When I heard the two girls singing together,” he said, “I thought, ‘Man, I really like this sound.’ The more we rehearsed, the more I thought, ‘This is so good!’”

Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 performing in 1970 on “The Engelbert Humperdinck Show” on ABC.Credit...ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content, via Getty Images

The group, newly named Brasil ’66, made its debut at a resort in the Bahamas — and was paid to stop playing by the management after patrons complained that they could not dance to their music.

A chastened Mr. Mendes brought the band back to Los Angeles. Almost immediately, he received an invitation to audition Brasil ’66 for the trumpeter Herb Alpert’s new record label, A&M. Mr. Alpert signed them on the spot. The album that ensued, “Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66,” quickly went gold on the strength of “Mas Que Nada” and other tracks that would become staples of the band’s repertoire, including “Going Out of My Head,”and “One-Note Samba.”

In 2011, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

“Their sound was captivating,” Mr. Alpert reflected in the documentary, “a hybrid of Brazilian music, a little bit of jazz, folk, African, blues. It had all of those elements. And then, to top it off, it had this fabulous singer, Lani Hall. I just fell in love with the sound. It was very, very, unusually special.”

Mr. Mendes and the singer Lani Hall of Brasil ’66 in a Los Angeles recording studio in 1967. She was 19 when he invited her to sing with his band. Credit...via Getty Images

Sergio Santos Mendes was born in Niterói, Brazil, on Feb. 11, 1941, the son of a physician. Diagnosed with osteomyelitis, an inflammation of bone tissue, when he was 3, he spent the next three years in a cast until his father was able to obtain the newly discovered “wonder drug,” penicillin, for him. Young Sergio became one of the first to take it in Brazil, and he was cured.

Still prohibited from physical recreation, he was given a piano and music lessons by his mother, which led to studies at the Conservatory of Music in Niterói, across Guanabara Bay from Rio de Janeiro. One afternoon in 1956, at a friend’s house, he heard the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s record “Take Five” and was smitten with jazz.

He began playing with a local dance band at 17, and he continued to play jazz in every sort of venue around Niterói before finally venturing across the bay to Rio by ferry, to substitute for a friend at a new club, Bottles Bar, in the city’s infamous Flying Bottles Lane, a strip of tiny nightclubs in the Copacabana entertainment district that was known for its rough crowds but was also where some of the best bossa nova could be heard.

Audiences at a nearby club, Lojas Murray, sometimes took up collections to pay young Sergio’s ferry fare home. Soon he was hosting influential Sunday afternoon jam sessions at another Bottles Lane venue, the Little Club. This led to the formation of the Bossa Rio Sextet, a jazz unit that very quickly became popular across Brazil and recorded the album “Você Ainda Não Iuviu Nada!” (“You Haven’t Heard Anything Yet!”), released in 1962. With arrangements by Mr. Jobim and Mr. Mendes, it was one of the first albums to mix bossa nova with a jazz ensemble.

Mr. Mendes, on piano, performed with his band the Bossa Rio Sextet at Carnegie Hall in 1962. With him, from left, are Octávio Bailey, Durval Ferreira, Pedro Paulo and Paulo Moura. The drummer, Dom Um Romão, is not visible.Credit...via Antônio Carlos Jobim Institute

In November of that year, both men went to the U.S. for the first time to perform at Carnegie Hall. The next night, at Birdland, New York’s pre-eminent jazz club, Mr. Mendes met the celebrated alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, who invited him to stick around and not go right back to Brazil so that they could record together. The resulting album, “Cannonball’s Bossa Nova” released in 1963 brought Mr. Mendes to the attention of Nesuhi Ertegun, vice president in charge of jazz at Atlantic Records, who signed Mr. Mendes to a contract and produced his first American release under his own name, “The Swinger From Rio,” recorded in late 1964 and released in 1966.

The first American album under Mr. Mendes’s own name was released on the Atlantic label in 1966.Credit...Atlantic

The subsequent signing of Brasil ’66 with A&M left a contractual tangle that Mr. Ertegun equably resolved by retaining rights to Mr. Mendes’s instrumental records only. Of the dozen or so albums Mr. Mendes went on to make with Brasil ’66 for A&M, from 1966 to 1972, nearly all went gold or platinum. The title track of the group’s biggest seller, their version of the Beatles’ “The Fool on the Hill,”released in 1968, sold four million copies as a single. Mr. Mendes later received a letter from Paul McCartney thanking him for his arrangement of the song.

That same year, an appearance on the Academy Awards broadcast performing Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s “The Look of Love” boosted Mr. Mendes and Brasil ’66 to international attention. Ms. Hall left the band in 1970, having fallen in love with Mr. Alpert, whom she would marry three years later.

Mr. Mendes continued to record, with and without his ensemble, for more than 50 years. He performed at the White House, toured with Frank Sinatra and, after a late-1970s lull, scored a Top 10 hit in 1983 with “Never Gonna Let You Go,” a pop song written by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann and sung on Mr. Mendes’s recording by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller. He also reconnected with Lani Hall that year, acting as producer of her vocals on the title song for the James Bond film “Never Say Never Again.”

Finding himself dismissed in the 1990s as a relic who had made “elevator music” in the 1960s, Mr. Mendes returned to his Brazilian roots with the 1992 album “Brasileiro,” which won a Grammy for best world music album. In the 21st century, he reignited his career once more through collaborations with a host of young artists, including the Black Eyed Peas, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, India.Arie, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Q-Tip and Pharrell Williams.

Mr. Mendes performing in 2011. He reignited his career in the 21st century through collaborations with a host of young pop artists.Credit...Mark Venema/WireImage, via Getty Images

Mr. Mendes received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2005 and won another competitive Grammy in 2010 for the album “Bom Tempo” as best Brazilian contemporary pop album — a category he himself had virtually invented.

Mr. Mendes is survived by his wife of 50 years, Gracinha Leporace, who had replaced Lani Hall in Brazil ’66; their two children, Tiago and Gustavo; three children from a first marriage that ended in divorce: Bernardo, Rodrigo and Isabella; and seven grandchildren.

Mr. Mendes could never escape the limpid allure of his Brasil ’66 sound — nor did he ever try to — but his long recording career was a journey of exploration. “He doesn’t go backward,” Ms. Hall once insisted, in summing him up. “He goes forward. All the time.”

Describing his music, Mr. Mendes once said: “The word is ‘joy.’ ‘Alegria.’ The next party. I’m ready.”

Bernard Mokam contributed reporting.

A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 7, 2024, Section B, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: Sergio Mendes, 83, Dies; Brought Brazilian Rhythms to U.S. Charts. 

[shakira-fan-page]

Shakira via Instagram Stories. (Nov 14, 2024)

[abwwia]

Linda Ronstadt

Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer who performed and recorded in diverse genres including rock, country, light opera, the Great American Songbook, and Latin music. Ronstadt has earned 11 Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, and an ALMA Award. Many of her albums have been certified gold, platinum or multiplatinum in the United States and internationally. She has also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award. She was awarded the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Latin Recording Academy in 2011 and also awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award by the Recording Academy in 2016. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014. via Wikipedia