Deafheaven Surprise Release New EP At Work in the Fields of the Bomb
The three-tracker comes with a short film for “Hunter”
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Grimes Shares First Song From AI-Inspired Album Psy Opera
The album promises to cover everything the singer “witnessed as a woman of history during her hiatus from pop music”
Kakao Entertainment strikes K-pop partnership with Warner’s Atlantic Music Group to develop artists ‘from the earliest stages’
The two companies will work together on global strategy, music production, distribution, marketing, and promotion for K-pop artists. Source
Tim McGraw Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Faith Hill: ‘She Is the Center of Gravity to My Life’
The country super couple were married on Oct. 6, 1996 in Rayville, La.
With a new CFO, three licensing deals, and $775M+ raised, what’s stopping $5.4B-valued Suno from an IPO?
The signals pointing to the firm's potential stock market ambitions and the barriers it faces in getting there. Source
RIAA CEO Mitch Glazier on AI, Copyright & Congress | On the Record
As the music industry faces a new era of AI, the fight over artists’ rights is playing out in Washington D.C.. On this week’s episode of Billboard On The Record, host Kristin Robinson is joined by Mitch Glazier, Chairman/CEO of the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), to discuss the intersection of music and politics, […]
Travis Barker Happy To Have His ‘Beautiful Wife By My Side’ In Pre-Op Hospital Pics
At press time, it was unknown what procedure the Blink-182 drummer was undergoing.
HumanCulture bags first clients for its predictive intelligence tech
Earlier this year we reported on a startup founded by former Defected Records and AWAL execs developing tech to predict how well content would perform on social media before it was posted. The post is from Music Ally.
David Bowie’s 80th birthday gets a year-long Bowie80 celebration
David Bowie died shortly after his 69th birthday, in 2016. The tenth anniversary of that was marked by tributes earlier this year, but now attention is turning to 8 January 2027, which would have been his 80th birthday. The post is from Music Ally.
Spotify expands Music Quiz and preps São Paulo ‘Superfans Experience’
Back in 2022, Spotify seemed to be making a move into gaming with the acquisition of Wordle-inspired music quiz Heardle – only to shut it down less than a year later. The post is from Music Ally.
DiMA hopes for ‘timely resolution’ of Phonorecords V proceeding
Fans of the US music-publishing industry and streaming services exploding into bitter recriminations have had this week red-pen-circled in their calendars for some time. The post is from Music Ally.
Italy’s competition watchdog probes Suno over ‘unfair terms’
Suno’s legal headaches expanded beyond the US some time ago, with lawsuits filed by collecting societies in Europe and Scandinavia. Now Italy is getting in on the act – although this isn’t about copyright infringement. Well, not directly. The post is from Music Ally.
Watch Tom DeLonge Get Teary-Eyed When Padres Playoff Game Crowd Sing Classic Blink-182 Song in Unison
The pop-punk veteran couldn't hold back his emotion when 42,000-plus fans paid tribute during game three between his beloved Padres and the Milwaukee Brewers.
Tencent Music integrated DeepSeek into its streaming service. Now parent company Tencent is among the biggest backers of the AI company’s $12B+ funding round (report)
DeepSeek has been built into TME's AI songwriting tool, AI assistant, comment sections, and more Source
Music-streaming fraudster Michael Smith gets 18-month jail sentence
American producer Michael Smith has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his infamous AI-powered streaming scam that netted him more than $8m in royalties. The post is from Music Ally.
Majors and BMG tell US Supreme Court not to let appeals court decision ‘radically disrupt copyright worldwide’ in songwriter termination rights case
January 12 ruling held that termination under US law returns an author's rights across the world, and not only in the US Source
Kakao Entertainment plots K-Pop growth with Atlantic Music Group
K-Pop isn’t exactly struggling to reach global listeners at the moment, through streaming and stadium tours alike. But now South Korean firm Kakao Entertainment has inked a deal with WMG’s Atlantic Music Group to continue the momentum. The post is from Music Ally.
ARIA boss tells Australian lawmakers OpenAI and Anthropic are ‘asking Government for a free ride’ on copyright
Annabelle Herd warned that changing Australian copyright law to accommodate the two AI companies could make the country "the Trojan horse for Big AI." Source
Sam Smith Made a ‘Nightmare’ Mistake With New Album Title ‘Hazel Eyes’
The Grammy Award-winning British artist performed "Oh Mother" and discussed their fifth studio album on late night TV.
TikTok brings its global ad network to the US and unveils agentic AI tools
The ad network, called TikTok Ad Network (TTAN), lets advertisers extend their TikTok campaigns to third-party apps. Source