ZipLINES – The Week in Entertainment News from Around the Web – 12/11/20
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The Week Ending DECEMBER 11, 2020
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Ingrooves Music Group Names Liz Morentin Head of Marketing and Communications
Music industry veteran Liz Morentin has been named head of marketing and communications for independent music marketing services and distribution company Ingrooves Music Group. In the newly created role, Morentin will oversee brand marketing and communications as well as internal, external and B2B communications for the company.
Spotify says you can watch music videos and documentaries on its platform (you can’t). Are they on the way? – Music Business Worldwide
Official music videos were added to Facebook in the United States in July, while Apple launched a free 24-hour Music TV channel called Apple Music TV in the US in October.
Watch 2020 Billboard Women in Music Live
Three of this year’s Women in Music recipients will also perform on the livestream: Dua Lipa with the powerful message of her Future Nostalgia closing track “Boys Will Be Boys”; Parton with her 1980 hit song “9 to 5”; and Chloe x Halle with “Baby Girl” from their debut album Ungodly Hour.
King Von Tells ‘Wayne’s Story’ in Powerful Posthumous Music Video
“He think that he famous, he be on the news / He don’t give a damn, he be skippin’ school / Breakin’ all the rules, givin’ n—-s blues / School or the streets, shorty gotta choose / He picked the wrong one, shorty finna lose,” he flows.
K-Pop Is Only Half the Story of Korean Pop Music
Back in 2009, eager to share my love of K-pop with pretty much anyone who would listen, I showed a grad school classmate the music video for “Lollipop” by BIGBANG and 2NE1. He laughed and told me the video looked as if it was made on another planet, with its bubblegum colors and over-the-top costumes.
K. Michelle says it “hurts” to make music without the help of R. Kelly
K. Michelle is facing a lot of backlash after she sent out a series of tweets about her former mentor, R. Kelly. Early Wednesday morning (Dec. 9), the “Can’t Raise A Man” singer tweeted that she missed Kelly’s musical advice in her life.
Jhené Aiko explains why she no longer uses N-word in her music
Jhené Aiko has addressed why she stopped using the N-word in her music. The singer was responding to someone who asked her earlier this week to detail her ethnicity. “Whispers, cat hair, slauson asphalt and sand from venice beach,” Aiko replied on Monday (December 7).
Streaming payments ‘threaten the future of music,’ says Elbow’s Guy Garvey
Elbow frontman Guy Garvey says the way artists are paid for audio streams is “threatening the future of music”. “That sounds very dramatic,” he told MPs, “but if musicians can’t afford to pay the rent… we haven’t got tomorrow’s music in place.” The musician was giving evidence to a DCMS Committee inquiry into the streaming music market.
The 100 Best Songs Of 2020
Welcome to a whopper of a mixtape. If you’ve been living under the rock 2020 dropped on all of us back in March and spent the last nine months finding comfort in the sounds of your childhood (hell, even 2019), we have some good news for you: As crappy as this year has been for anyone with a shred of empathy, the jams were ample.
Neil Young drops lawsuit against Donald Trump over use of his music at campaign events
Neil Young seems to have dropped his legal suit against Donald Trump for using his music at campaign events. In August, the singer and songwriter finally sued the Trump 2020 campaign for copyright infringement after the president repeatedly ignored calls from the rocker to stop using his music at events, which he said gave people the incorrect idea that he supports the Republican’s agenda.
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ZipLINES for the Week Ending December 11, 2020.
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