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World Window: Five Countries, Ten Headlines — September 22, 2026

Five countries. Two headlines each. A few minutes to look beyond our own feed. The world does not begin and end with the argument taking over our phones. Welcome to World Window, our daily look at reporting from different corners of the planet. We bring you the essentials in English, give the original journalists their […]

OutKast Sues Ovrkast. for Having Similar Rap Name

OutKast sues Ovrkast. for copyright infringement for having a similar rap name and Ovrkast. feels hurt by the lawsuit. On Sept. 16, High Schoolers LLC, a trademark holding company owned by the legendary rap duo, filed the complaint against Ovrkast. (born Silas Wilson), according to court documents obtained by XXL on Tuesday (Sept. 22). The […]

SHATTERPULSE Premiere New Music Video

SHATTERPULSE Premiere New Music Video For “Paper Crown” Tokyo, Japan-based deathcore/moshcore band SHATTERPULSE premiere a new music video for “Paper Crown”, streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. Toshiki (Mirrors, Hostile Eyes) guests on this particular track, which is taken from their current new EP “Sisyphus”. Source link

At the soul awards, veterans took the room from the newcomers — Singersroom.com

The trophies went mostly to artists under thirty. The night belonged to three singers who have been working since before streaming existed. One of them performed with a nine-piece band and no click track, held a note for what felt like an unreasonable length of time, and walked off to a standing room. Producers of […]

Ye Unveils Street Renaming for Mother Donda West in Chicago

Ye returns to his hometown of Chicago to unveil a street renaming in honor of his mother, Dr. Donda West. At a street-renaming ceremony on Tuesday (Sept. 22), the Grammy-winning artist honored his late mother by renaming part of 78th Street, located near her former South Shore home, to “Dr. Donda West Way.” In a […]

Bret Michaels Announces First New Shows Since Postponing Tour

Bret Michaels has announced a handful of new shows, his first since postponing his tour earlier this year. Back in July, the Poison frontman was rushed to hospital where he was diagnosed with a complicated obstructing kidney stone requiring emergency surgery. This came after the rocker had performed several shows in a row while suffering through […]

Petra Fagerström’s “Swedish Summer” Has Some Bite

Featured image: Petra Fagerström, Spring/Summer 2027. Courtesy of Petra Fagerström, via PAUSE. Florals have apparently stopped asking permission to behave themselves. Looking through Petra Fagerström’s Spring/Summer 2027 collection, we keep coming back to the contrast: flowers with a little severity, pretty surfaces with a sharper outline. There is room for both. The London-based Swedish designer […]

Slow songs are outperforming uptempo singles on repeat listens — Singersroom.com

Uptempo singles still win the opening week. Over ninety days, ballads are being replayed roughly forty percent more per listener. That gap matters because catalog value is built on repeat listening, not launch spikes. Several labels have started paying advances against ninety-day curves instead of first-week counts. Radio is reacting faster than streaming editorial. Adult […]