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Willow shares five things you didn’t know about her new single, “Big Feelings,” including the inspiration and personal connection behind it. Willow:Hey, this is Willow, and these are five things that you didn’t know about my new single, “Big Feelings.” No. 1: I shot the visual at the same place that I shot “Transparent Soul,” […]
Country star Keith Urban shares 5 things you didn’t know about his new song “Straight Line.” Keith UrbanHey, Billboard, it’s Keith Urban here. These are five things you didn’t know about my new song “Straight Line.” Keith UrbanThis song was originally recorded with just drum machine and no real drums and we finished out the […]
Chicano Batman reveals five things you didn’t know about the track “Fly” and the creative behind its music video.
Chicano Batman: Hey, this is Chicano Batman, and these are five things you might not know about our song “Fly.”
One thing about “Fly” that you don’t know is that it was actually meant to be really slow — a lot slower than it is. In the studio, we ended up making it a lot faster. Our producer and also Eduardo were like, “Oh, we should speed it up.” And that’s what it is now, but we was just talking to them about, maybe, putting out a version that’s slower because it’s actually really dope.
No. 2: The dove in the music video is not CGI. This guy is a bird whisperer. It’s birds in his family — runs through his Salvadorian blood and he has a calling with animals.
Another thing that you might not know about “Fly” the music video: It was directed by these Argentinian sisters called the Giraffe Sisters. And they approached us with this amazing mood board that just had basically, like, Prince’s second album cover and was like, “Let’s make this album cover look into, like, a music video.” And it was just paying homage to artists like Funkadelic, Prince, Rick James. Yeah, we had a lot of fun with it, you know, very tongue in cheek and silly and it was a lot of fun to be on set for.
And then when we were in the studio actually making … after we tracked everything and it sounded, you know, banging and it was just huge coming from the speakers after we recorded it. I heard big background vocals kind of, like, very kind of just, you know, Funkadelic ’80s, you know, funk and that’s when I heard those big backup vocals. And shout out to Maya, who sang on it, and her crew, they killed it.
The bass has a reverb. Check any other Chicano Batman song. No other song has reverb on the bass but “Fly” because why not? There are no rules.Watch the full video above!
Singer-songwriter and actress Brandy shares her three favorite holiday traditions. Brandy:That was good? But that’s tradition? My favorite holiday traditions are spending quality time with my family. We get together and we celebrate memories and dance and play spades and just do a lot for Christmas together as a family. Quality time is key. Christmas […]
E-40 reveals his five favorite recipes from his new cookbook Goon With the Spoon presented by Snoop Dogg. E-40:Hey what’s up y’all? This is Earl “E-40” Stevens, tycoon known as “The Goon with The Spoon.” Right now I have a recipe book out, presented by Snoop Dogg and these are my five favorite recipes out […]
Jharrel Jerome reveals five things you didn’t know about him! Jharrel Jerome: Hey, what’s up? I’m Jharrel Jerome and these are five things you might not know about me. One, I grew up in a house of ten people. So I grew up with my mom, my dad, my sister, my aunt, my uncle, my […]
Eric Nam reveals five things you didn’t know about him to Billboard! Eric Nam:Hey, this is Eric Nam, and here are five things that you probably don’t know about me. No. 1: My jersey number in high school for soccer was the number 18. I just like that number. No. 2: Here’s a random story […]
Tiwa Savage reveals five things you didn’t know about her to Billboard! Tiwa Savage:Hey, what’s up, everyone? This is Tiwa Savage, and these are five things you may or may not know about me. I hate wearing heels. I love performing barefoot. My favorite food is bread. I know, bad carbs. I know. I know. […]
PinkPantheress reveals five things you didn’t know about her! PinkPantheress: Hi, I’m PinkPantheress and this is five things that you do not know about me. Number one, I’m deathly afraid of planes. And by that, I mean sometimes when I mid-flight, I consider finding a reason to make the plane do an emergency stop. But […]
Manuel Turizo reveals five things you didn’t know about him to Billboard. Manuel Turizo: Hi, everyone! My name is Manuel Turizo, and these are five things you didn’t know about me. The first one is I am highly, seriously allergic to dust, to cold weather, to whatever! The second thing you didn’t know about me […]
