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BTS’ Jin has officially embarked on his solo journey with the release of Happy, his debut album, out today (Nov. 15).
Featuring six tracks, the album taps into a blend of musical styles and collaborations that make it a standout addition to this year’s new releases. The K-pop sensation didn’t hold back on collaborations in his EP. The lead track, “Running Wild,” comes with star power, co-produced by Take That’s Gary Barlow.
“Heart on the Window” pairs him with Wendy of Red Velvet for an emotionally charged duet, while “Until It Reaches You” teams him up with Taka and Toru from Japanese rock band One Ok Rock, adding a rock edge to the mix. Renowned South Korean producers Pdogg and GHSTLOOP lend their expertise to the album’s polished production.
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It comes after fans were treated to the pre-release single, “I’ll Be There,” on Oct. 25, featuring American artist MAX, a track that has already sparked excitement across ARMY circles. The bi-lingual tune fuses 1960s bubblegum rock and modern dance-pop, with Jin singing, “I swear that I will always sing for you/ Sing for you, oh-oh-oh/ I’ll be there for you.”
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In a recent interview, Jin said of the project, “I have a very clear idea of what kind of emotions I want to share with our fans … I want our fans, our ARMY, to be happy.”
The release comes ahead of his solo debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Nov. 20, where he’ll perform live as part of his promotional rollout. The news was announced by Jimmy Fallon in a video posted on Nov. 12.
The upcoming Fallon appearance will come six years after BTS made its full-band debut on Fallon’s show. In 2018, the group — which is also comprised of SUGA, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jung Kook — performed Billboard Hot 100 No. 11 hit “Idol” and “I’m Fine,” as well as tried out that year’s “Fortnite” dance trend.
Jin’s solo era is unfolding as several BTS members complete their mandatory service in the South Korean military, which the “Abyss” artist became the first to complete in June. J-Hope is the only other member of the group to have completed his since then; full-band activities are on pause until next year.
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Coldplay’s Moon Music has landed to No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart this week, rocketing from last week’s No. 6 position.
Initially debuting at No. 2 upon its release in October, the album’s resurgence reflects the impact of the band’s sold-out Australian leg of their Music of the Spheres World Tour. The tour marked Coldplay’s first in Australia since 2016, though they performed two shows in Perth in 2023 due to an exclusive agreement with the state’s tourism board.
This week’s ARIA achievement marks Coldplay’s eighth No. 1 album in Australia, a streak that began with A Rush of Blood to the Head in 2002 and includes chart-toppers like X&Y, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, Ghost Stories, Everyday Life, and Music of the Spheres.
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The band’s ongoing tour has been nothing short of a phenomenon. Their recent four-night stint at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3 shattered attendance records for a band, with 227,000 fans flocking to the shows.
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“Coldplay have officially broken our all-time largest attendance record for a band at Marvel Stadium, with 227k people attending across the four Music of The Spheres World Tour shows held at the Stadium,” the venue wrote on Instagram on Nov. 4.
According to the venue’s own history, the current record for highest-attended concert belongs to fellow English musician Adele, whose performance on March 19, 2017 was attended by a total of 77,327. Just shy of one year later, Ed Sheeran broke the record for the largest attendance for a concert series by a single artist, bringing in a total audience of 257,751 across four shows in March 2018.
Elsewhere on the ARIA Album Chart, Perth’s South Summit made an impressive debut with their album The Bliss landing at No. 25, while Make Them Suffer’s self-titled effort entered at No. 38.
On the Singles Chart, Gracie Abrams dethroned Rosé and Bruno Mars to claim her first-ever No. 1 with “That’s So True,” while the duo’s “APT.” slips to No. 2. Abrams’ hit is her third charting single this year, following “Close to You” (No. 34) and “I Love You, I’m Sorry” (No. 7).
The excitement began on the plane: a half-dozen girls and young women exchanging notes on outfits (“You’re doing Lover?” “I’m doing Midnights!” “I’m going as Miss Americana”), making and trading friendship bracelets and even a few headed to the country without tickets, hoping for a day-of miracle. It continued at the bars and restaurants the […]
For years, the idea of a Linkin Park without Chester Bennington seemed unfathomable. When the singer with the titanic voice and breathtaking emotional range passed away in 2017 at the age of 41, the band had just released their seventh studio album, One More Light, two months earlier, and the sorrowful pop album became what amounted to a swan song for one of the best-selling rock acts of the 21st century. Years passed, early albums were reissued, cutting-room-floor tracks were scavenged — but for all intents and purposes, Linkin Park had finished.
And then in September 2024, they roared back with stunning vitality.
With new co-vocalist Emily Armstrong and drummer/co-producer Colin Brittain in the fold, guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, turntablist/producer Joseph Hahn and singer/rapper/producer/sonic architect Mike Shinoda revived their once-mighty band, with arena shows that included their many hit singles and hints at what a next era could become. While longtime supporters will likely (understandably) approach new album From Zero with hesitancy and a range of feelings, Linkin Park have proven time and again that they deserve to have their creative instincts trusted.
Throughout their run with Bennington, the band changed its sound from its rap-rock beginnings, explored new sonic ideas and often presented rewarding full-lengths that harnessed the boundaries of their aesthetic. Now with Armstrong’s voice front and center, Linkin Park use From Zero (a play on their pre-Linkin Park band, Xero) to press the restart button and let their artistry roam into new, often thrilling territory.
This was always the upside of bringing in a new vocalist that wasn’t simply a Bennington impersonator: Armstrong, formerly the singer of Dead Sara, can scream with towering fury and croon with fragile beauty in a way that recalls Bennington at times, but she brings different musical sensibilities and a singular point of view to the band’s palette, her wrath more pronounced and her melancholy finely drawn. Shinoda, who’s spent the past half-decade developing his voice as a solo artist and producer, sounds reinvigorated working in a band setting once again, and raps, sings and occasionally yells with an urgency that suggests that he understands how unique this new chance can be.
Fans of different eras of Linkin Park will find favorite moments on From Zero — A Thousand Suns supporters will adore the woozy “Overflow,” for instance, while Meteora diehards will wrap their arms around the breakneck speeds of “Heavy is the Crown” and “Two Faced.” Yet on the whole, From Zero imagines a new beginning for one of the biggest bands of the past few decades in a way that any fan can appreciate. Most of us never thought we’d be pressing play on a new Linkin Park album. In that sense, From Zero is a gift that sounds as special as it deserves to be.
While there may be no skippable tracks on the new album, here is a humble, preliminary opinion on the best songs on Linkin Park’s From Zero.
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Shawn Mendes’ new album has finally arrived, as he dropped his newest full-length project Shawn on Friday (Nov. 15). The self-titled album features the previously released singles “Why Why Why,” “Isn’t That Enough,” “Nobody Knows” and “Heart of Gold.” Mendes initially shared the album trailer back in July via social media, and the clip features […]
“All Girls are the Same” served as Juice WRLD’s introduction into the rap game as his debut commercial single, and six years later, his team is posthumously serving up the sequel. Nicki Minaj and Halsey joined Juice WLRD — who died in December 2019 — on “All Girls are the Same 2 (Insecure),” which hit streaming services on Friday (Nov. 15).
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“This is a brand new song,” Minaj revealed on Instagram while promoting the single’s cover art. She provides a guest verse, while Halsey lends backing vocals to Juice’s track.
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Fans were excited to hear about the trio joining forces. “I already know this gonna be one of those songs that I won’t be able to put down,” one Barb wrote in Nicki’s comment section on IG.
Produced by Nick Mira, “All Girls are the Same” arrived in April 2018 and reached No. 92 on the Billboard Hot 100. The emotive anthem eventually eclipsed 1 billion streams on Spotify.
It’s still unclear is “All Girls are the Same 2 (Insecure)” will land on Juice’s final posthumous album The Party Never Ends.
The Chicago native teamed up with Halsey when hopping on her “Without Me” anthem, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2019 to give Halsey her first chart-topper. She returned the favor to join Juice on Legends Never Die‘s “Life’s a Mess.”
Juice and Nicki both guested on Young Thug’s “Money” from his Business Is Business album, which was released in 2023 while Thugger was still behind bars. She also popped up on “Transformer” from Juice WRLD and Future’s WRLD On Drugs joint effort.
The “Lucid Dreams” rhymer opened up for Minaj on her Nicki Wrld Tour in February and March 2019, which consisted of 19 shows overseas, but a few were canceled due to technical and production matters.
“That s–t was lit,” Juice said in April 2019 of the European trek on The Breakfast Club before they pressed him about the cancellations. “It was deeper than that. Some of the venues that we went to didn’t have the capacity to deal with the production… F–k was we gonna do have a dark show? … It was a learning experience. That was my first time doing consistent stadiums night after night.”
While teasing a Pink Friday 2 deluxe, Minaj also previewed a snippet of a Juice WRLD track. “So, the question is do you guys think I should put the Juice World song on the deluxe?” she reportedly said in August. “It would be incredible for me I think to have Juice WRLD on this album.”
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As our current political discourse gets especially dark, Lil Nas X is going out of his way to find the “Light Again” with his latest song. On Friday (Nov. 15), the rapper unveiled his new single “Light Again,” which comes off of his recently announced sophomore album, Dreamboy. Throughout the pounding, house-inspired new song, Lil […]
In 2023, Dolly Parton released her first rock music album, Rockstar, teaming with a lengthy list of luminaries including Elton John and Paul McCartney. On her latest album (out Nov. 15), the globally-known artist and East Tennessee native delivers one of her most intimate projects yet, working with members of her family to celebrate their familial legacy and Tennessee roots on the new album Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA – Family, Faith & Fables.
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“I cannot believe that it has been 60 years this month since I graduated from Sevier County High School and moved to Nashville to pursue my dreams,” Parton said in a statement. “My Uncle Bill Owens was by my side for many years helping me develop my music. I owe so much to him and all the family members past and present who have inspired me along this journey. I am honored to spotlight our families’ musical legacy that is my Smoky Mountain DNA.”
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Parton’s family has been an integral part of her success through the years. Owens helped Parton get her first job on the local Cas Walker Show, and supported Parton throughout her career. Owens and Parton also started their own music publishing company, Owe-Par, in the 1960s. Parton and Owens co-wrote “Put It Off Until Tomorrow,” which became a top 10 Billboard Hot Country Singles chart hit for Bill Phillips in 1966 (Owens also wrote songs for other artists including Loretta Lynn and Porter Wagoner).
The new album delves into both Parton’s paternal family, and also her mother’s family, the Owens, chronicling the family’s journey from the United Kingdom in the 1600s to their home in East Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains.
Parton’s cousin Richie Owens produced the album, which includes over three dozen songs, featuring many members of Parton’s immediate and extended family, resulting in a multi-generational project.
Among them, Parton’s niece Heidi Parton joins on the song “A Rose Won’t Fix It,” while the voice of Parton’s mother, Avie Lee Parton, is heard on “Rosewood Casket.” Parton’s sister Stella joins on “Heart Don’t Fail Me Now.”
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Shel Talmy, a prolific and influential producer who oversaw some of the most iconic songs in rock history, has died at the age of 87.
Talmy’s publicist confirmed the news, announcing that he passed away on Wednesday (Nov. 13) at his Los Angeles due to complications from a stroke.
Born Sheldon Talmy in Chicago in 1937, an early love of music saw him embark upon a career as a television recording engineer at Los Angeles’ Conway Studios. “Three or four days later I was an engineer,” he told Mix magazine in 1990. “I had always liked technical things, and I just took to it.”
Working with artists such as Gary Paxton, The Castells, and legendary The Wrecking Crew, Talmy moved to the U.K. in the early 1960s where he established himself as one of the more prominent producers in the rock genre thanks to his involvement with some of the more influential groups of the era.
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Talmy’s credits include classic singles from The Kinks (including “You Really Got Me”, “All Day and All of the Night”, and “Waterloo Sunet”), The Who (“My Generation”, “I Can’t Explain”, “The Kids Are Alright”), and Australian expats The Easybeats, helming their track “Friday on My Mind”.
Talmy’s discography also included “I Pity the Fool”, recorded by the Manish Boys, which featured an 18-year-old singer names David Jones – who would later become known better as David Bowie. Other credits include singles and albums for Manfred Mann, Roy Harper, Pentangle, Small Faces, and punk veterans The Damned.
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In 1963, Talmy also employed legendary producer Glyn Johns as an engineer, and worked with Jimmy Page as a session engineer before Page joined The Yardbirds in 1966 and co-founded Led Zeppelin in 1968.
In a statement, Talmy’s archivist and historian Alec Palao claimed he “was truly a one-off”.
“Even the briefest survey of the most essential pop and rock recordings of the 1960s would need to include something Shel produced, and that in itself is an incredibly meaningful legacy,” Palao said.
Jack White has announcing an extensive touring schedule, plotting a global run of shows that will keep him occupied for most of the next six months.
White’s current run of shows have been running relatively consistently since the surprise release of his No Name record in July. In addition to shows in Europe and the U.K., White has been performing club shows throughout the US over the past few months, with a show at Mexico City’s Corona Capital scheduled for Sunday (Nov. 17).
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From there, he’ll visit Hong Kong and Vietnam ahead of an Australian and New Zealand tour throughout December. He’ll hit the road again in February for dates in Canada and the north-eastern U.S, before visiting Japan for five shows in March. From early April until late May, White will remain in North America with shows set for the U.S. and western Canada. All told, 51 dates are currently on his schedule.
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This carefully-planned itinerary does somewhat fly in the face of his previous comments where he noted that many upcoming dates would be announced with little advance notice.
“Hello, and love to all the peoples of the world out there. Lotta folk asking about when we are going to announce ‘tour dates,’ well, we don’t know what to tell you but the tour already started at the Legion a couple of weeks ago,” White wrote in August in response to fans asking for a formal tour announce
“People keep saying that these are ‘Pop up shows’ we’ve been playing, well, you can call them whatever you want, but we are on tour right now. These are the ‘shows.’”
Alongside the announcement of the tour dates, White has also shared the release of new track “You Got Me Searching”, which serves as the B-side to “That’s How I’m Feeling” from his No Name record. Though not issued as an official single, response to the tune has been overwhelmingly positive, with White receiving his first solo placement atop Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart.
Jack White 2024-2025 World Tour Dates
November 17 – Corona Capital, Mexico City, MexicoDecember 01 – Clockenflap Music & Arts Festival, Central Harbourfront, Hong KongDecember 02 – Capital Theatre, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamDecember 05 – Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, AustraliaDecember 06 – Civic Hall, Ballarat, AustraliaDecember 07 – Corner Hotel, Melbourne, AustraliaDecember 09 – Forum Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaDecember 11 – Odeon Theatre, Hobart, AustraliaDecember 13 – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, AustraliaDecember 17 – Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New ZealandFebruary 06 – History, Toronto, OntarioFebruary 07 – Massey Hall, Toronto, OntarioFebruary 08 – Massey Hall, Toronto, OntarioFebruary 11 – Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, NYFebruary 12 – Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn, NYFebruary 17 – Roadrunner, Boston, MAFebruary 18 – Roadrunner, Boston, MAMarch 10 – Blue Live Hiroshima, Hiroshima, JapanMarch 12 – Gorilla Hall, Osaka, JapanMarch 13 – Diamond Hall, Nagoya, JapanMarch 15 – Toyosu Pit, Tokyo, JapanMarch 17 – Toyosu Pit, Tokyo, JapanApril 03 – The Factory, St. Louis, MOApril 04 – Uptown Theater, Kansas City, MOApril 05 – Steelhouse Omaha, Omaha, NEApril 07 – Palace Theatre, Saint Paul, MNApril 08 – Palace Theatre, Saint Paul, MNApril 10 – The Salt Shed, Chicago, ILApril 11 – The Salt Shed, Chicago, ILApril 12 – Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MIApril 13 – Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MIApril 15 – GLC Live at 20 Monroe, Grand Rapids, MIApril 16 – Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OHApril 18 – The Pinnacle, Nashville, TNApril 19 – The Pinnacle, Nashville, TNMay 04 – ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TXMay 05 – ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TXMay 06 – South Side Ballroom, Dallas, TXMay 08 – Mission Ballroom, Denver, COMay 09 – Mission Ballroom, Denver, COMay 10 – Union Event Center, Salt Lake City, UTMay 12 – Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CAMay 13 – Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CAMay 15 – Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CAMay 16 – Fox Theater, Oakland, CAMay 17 – The Masonic, San Francisco, CAMay 19 – Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WAMay 20 – Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WAMay 22 – Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, British ColumbiaMay 23 – Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, British ColumbiaMay 24 – Edgefield Concerts on the Lawn, Troutdale, OR
