Today, Lady Gaga announced that her highly anticipated sixth studio album Chromatica will be released on May 29th, 2020 via Interscope Records.

The album features collaborations with Ariana Grande, Elton John and Blackpink. The album is executive produced by BloodPop and Lady Gaga.

Chromatica will be available in a variety of physical formats including standard CD, vinyl in various colors, and cassettes in various colors. In addition, Lady Gaga has launched an array of new merchandise and an exclusive vinyl color at her official website.

The first single from the album, “Stupid Love,” which debuted at #1 on iTunes in 58 countries, has 300 million streams worldwide since release and marks Lady Gaga’s 16th Billboard Top 10.

The video, which was shot entirely on an iPhone 11 Pro, skyrocketed to number #1 trending on YouTube worldwide upon release and currently has more than 70 million views.

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Two-time Grammy Award-nominated Night Street / Interscope Records artist K.Flay reveals the title, track-listing and release date for her highly-anticipated third studio full-length album, ‘Solutions’ due on July 12, 2019.

Teasing the new album is her latest single, co-penned by Dan Reynolds, “This Baby Don’t Cry” out now.

Catalyzed by a three-year whirlwind of world touring and prolific output, K.Flay translates the simple pleasures into ten genre-blurring bangers, explaining:  “When I got home from tour, I was in a dark place,” she admits. “Eventually, I made a decision to focus on the things that actually make me happy: walking around my neighborhood, drawing in notebooks with markers, talking to my mom on the phone. I thought, ‘What did I do as a kid to be happy?’ As a child, you don’t have access to alcohol, drugs, sex, caffeine. I looked back, when I had fun just by making music. I remembered the first time I wrote a song, burned a CD, and played it in my car. It’s the closest thing I’ve ever had to a religious experience. I reconnected with that spirit and stopped taking shit so seriously.” The resulting output in turn showcases K.Flay widening the scope of her signature style by incorporating a variety of analog synths along with live bass and guitar, all the while, bobbing and weaving her way between pop, rock, hip-hop, and electronic moods.

Talking about the title of the album, K.Flay reveals, “The title SOLUTIONS came to me really early in the process,” she continues. “The solution to almost every problem is usually really simple. For me, it’s so basic: staying connected to the people I love, taking care of myself the way I’d want my friends to take care of themselves, and doing things I know are going to make me happy – not what social media or strangers or society tells me. So many of my past records were about problems. Right now I’m in a place where I’m looking for some light. Balance is important. Life doesn’t have to be chaotic in order to be meaningful.”

Earlier this spring, K.Flay made a welcomed return with “Bad Vibes” which was hailed by PAPER Magazine as “a fizzy blend of jock-jam worthy rock and sugary pop”, and likening the song to Kendrick Lamar, if “’Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe,’ got a rockstar’s facelift.”

‘Solutions’ follows K.Flay’s critically acclaimed major label debut ‘Every Where Is Some Where,’ which garnered two nods at the 2018 GRAMMY Awards in the categories of “Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical” and “Best Rock Song” for “Blood in the Cut.”  Between album releases, she also collaborated with legendary Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello, Linkin Park co-frontman Mike Shinoda and FIDLAR.

“This Baby Don’t Cry” is available everywhere now.

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Madonna’s highly-anticipated 14th studio album Madame X will be released on June the 14th, 2019 globally from Live Nation, Interscope Records and Maverick. The first track from the album ‘Medellín,’ with Colombian superstar Maluma, will be Zane Lowe’s World Record today on Apple Music’s Beats 1. Madame X is now available for pre-order. Album pre-orders include a download of the first track which is available across Apple, Spotify (pre-save), Amazon and all DSPs. Select additional tracks will become available before the album release.

Madonna will exclusively unveil the world premiere of her video and single ‘Medellín’ with Maluma, during a globally televised MTV music event, “MTV Presents Madonna Live & Exclusive: ‘Medellín’ Video World Premiere,” on Wednesday, April the 24th, 2019 at 9:00 pm BST / 4:00pm ET/ 1:00pm PT. Madonna will join British DJ Trevor Nelson and fans live from London for a conversation about the influences of her new album, and the creative forces behind her transcendent career.

‘Medellín’ collaborator and Colombian pop star Maluma will join live from Miami. Madonna will also take questions during the global event via satellite from MTV’s Sway Calloway and fans in New York City, with additional MTV-hosted events in Milan and São Paulo.

Influenced creatively by living in Lisbon, Portugal over the past several years, Madame X is a collection of 15 new songs that celebrate Madonna’s career-long affair with Latin music and culture as well as other global influences.  Singing in Portuguese, Spanish and English, highlights on the album include ‘Medellín,’ which was co-produced by Mirwais and captures the spirit of Maluma’s hometown, the anthemic song “I Rise,” the Jamaican dancehall vibes of “Future” featuring Quavo, and co-produced by Diplo, as well as the sonically innovative Mirwais produced “Dark Ballet.”

Recorded over 18 months in Portugal, London, New York and Los Angeles, Madonna collaborated on Madame X with longtime producer Mirwais, as well as with producers Mike Dean and Diplo, among others.

“Lisbon is where my record was born,” Madonna says. “I found my tribe there and a magical world of incredible musicians that reinforced my belief that music across the world is truly all connected and is the soul of the universe.”

Madame X will come in a standard and deluxe version of the album. A Target CD version will feature the deluxe version of Madame X plus an additional two tracks.  Pre-order the Target deluxe at Target stores or online. A variety of special bundles of Madame X with one-of-a-kind limited merchandise, as well as special vinyl and cassette versions of the album, are available now for pre-order as well. Further details regarding the album, videos and appearances will be announced in the coming weeks here on STG.

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BLACKPINK release their highly anticipated Kill This Love EP today on YG Entertainment / Interscope Records.  

Track listing for the five-song set is “Kill This Love”, “Don’t Know What To Do”, “Kick It”, “Hope Not”, and “DDU-DU DDU-DU (Remix)”.

In addition, the official video for “Kill This Love”, directed by Hyun Seung Seo is out now (watch above).

BLACKPINK are set to deliver a much-buzzed-about appearance as one of the top-billed acts at this year’s Coachella, making them the first K-pop girl group ever to grace the stage at the country’s premier music festival.  Following Coachella, BLACKPINK will embark on the North American leg of their world tour featuring sold-out shows in Los Angeles, Chicago, Hamilton, Newark, Atlanta and Fort Worth, before they get to Australia in June.

Since first bursting onto the scene in 2016, BLACKPINK redefined the possibilities of K-pop, transcending all categorization and ascending to global stardom. With their unstoppable catchy single “DDU-DU DDU-DU”, the South Korean quartet shattered the record for the highest-charting Billboard Hot 100 debut by an all-female K-pop act, while its head-turning video surpassed 10 million views in just six hours and amassed 36.2 million views in one day.  

Discovered by YG Entertainment BLACKPINK is comprised of Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa, and Rose – four immensely charismatic vocalists, dancers, and burgeoning fashion icons.  Released in 2016 their debut “Square One” quickly proved their crossover power. “Square Up” was released in June 2018 release and shot to #40 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Billboard World Albums chart. Several months after “Square Up” hit the charts, YG Entertainment and Interscope Records announced a global partnership for BLACKPINK, paving the way for the group’s international breakthrough.  Their fast-growing following now includes 20 million YouTube subscribers, 16.5 million Instagram followers, and 9.71  million monthly listeners on Spotify.

BLACKPINK is the first K-pop girl group to perform a world tour with a live band. Through this, BLINKs (the fan club of BLACKPINK) around the world will be able to enjoy their rich music and all the spectacle that can only be experienced at YG concerts.

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Multi-platinum Grammy, Juno and Polaris Prize nominated singer / songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen will release her new album, Dedicated, May 17th, 2019 on School Boy / Interscope Records. Jepsen will follow up the album release with a summer headline tour. The Dedicated Tour will kick off June 27th at House of Blues in Anaheim, CA and will make stops in major markets including Nashville, New York City, Washington DC and Los Angeles.

Jepsen has partnered with PLUS1 for the US leg of her The Dedicated Tour so that $1 from every ticket sold will go to support Crisis Text Line, and their work providing free, confidential and 24/7 support for those in crisis. For her San Francisco engagement specifically, $1 from every ticket sold will go to support The Trevor Project, and their work providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth.

Jepsen’s 2015 album E*MO*TION, earned a host of rave reviews with several outlets – including TIME, Entertainment Weekly, Pitchfork, People, Stereogum, Vulture, Complex, and Noisey- declaring it the pop album of 2015. The set featured the platinum selling single “I Really Like You.”  One year later Jepsen released E*MO*TION Side B as a gift to her fans and saw it immediately rise to the iTunes Top 10 . 

E*MO*TION followed the release of Jepsen’s U.S. debut album Kiss featuring the blockbuster break-out hit “Call Me Maybe” which climbed to #1 on the iTunes Singles charts in over 47 countries, has sold over 20 million singles worldwide and is certified Diamond in the United States.  It earned Jepsen 2012 Grammy nominations for Best Pop Solo Performance and Song of the Year.  Jepsen released “Now That I Found You” and “No Drug Like Me” in February, both songs will be featured on Dedicated. 

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North Carolina rapper J. Cole has shared a new single called Middle Child. Released via Dreamville with distribution through Roc Nation / Interscope Records, “MIDDLE CHILD” kicks off what promises to be an unstoppable year for Dreamville.

J. Cole, who is currently in the studio working on completing his sixth studio album, as well as Revenge of the Dreamers III, kicks off 2019 with his new single Middle Child.

Middle Child is the first official single J. Cole has released since 2013. The single drops just after a massive 2018 for J. Cole, which saw the release of the KOD album and accompanying tour, and a string of features for artists including 6LACK, Jay Rock, 21 Savage and Moneybagg Yo.

In addition to J. Cole’s forthcoming album, Dreamville is in the process of completing three highly anticipated projects, to be released in the first half of 2019: Revenge of the Dreamers III, a collaborative project featuring Dreamville artists in addition to some of the most exciting artists and producers in hip-hop today, Shea Butter Baby, from fast-rising R&B singer / songwriter Ari Lennox, and Mirrorland, from boundary-blurring Atlanta duo EarthGang.

Launched by J. Cole in 2007, Dreamville is now widely regarded as a hotbed of eclectic talent. Along with Ari Lennox and EarthGang, the label’s roster includes Bas, J.I.D, Cozz, Omen, and Lute.

J. Cole

North Carolina native J. Cole is an acclaimed rapper, songwriter, and producer. To date, he’s earned seven Grammy Award nominations, including two nominations at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. He’s also landed five albums at #1 on the Billboard 200, including 2018’s widely praised KOD. 

One of the biggest albums of last year, KOD made J. Cole only the third artist in history to surpass 300 million audio streams in an album’s debut week.

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FRIENDS KEEP SECRETS, the debut album from benny blanco, is out now.

In addition to previously released tracks “Eastside” with Halsey and Khalid, “I Found You” with Calvin Harris and “Better to Lie” with Jesse and Swae Lee, the album features collaborations with Ty Dolla $ign, 6LACK, Ryan Beatty and more. 

“Eastside,” the Grammy-winning, multi-platinum producer’s first ever artist release, hit #1 in the U.K. and continues to climb charts worldwide with more than 600 million streams to date. The track has just hit triple platinum in Australia. blanco, Halsey and Khalid recently performed the track at the American Music Awards (above). 

Born and raised in Reston, VA, benny blanco is an American record producer, songwriter, musician and recipient of the 2013 Hal David Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also a five-time BMI Songwriter of the Year award winner, 2017 iHeartRadio Producer of the Year award winner and four-time Grammy winner. 

As a producer and songwriter, blanco is responsible for more than 100 million album sales worldwide due to his work with artists including Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Kesha, Sia, The Weeknd, Selena Gomez, Wiz Khalifa, Kanye West and many more. He is also the founder of two labels in collaboration with Interscope Records: Mad Love Records and Friends Keep Secrets.

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The Black Eyed Peas have released of their eagerly anticipated 7th studio album Masters of The Sun Vol. 1 via Interscope Records.

Produced entirely by will.i.am, the album is the Pea’s first in eight years and features Nas, Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, K-Pop star CL, Slick Rick, Nicole Scherzinger, and Posdnuos of De La Soul. The album also comes with the release of a new video for “Dopeness” (watch above) feat. CL. Masters of The Sun Vol. 1 is a hip-hop master-class. It marks the newly energized group’s much-needed message in today’s socio-political climate, positioning themselves as agents for change against urgent issues affecting communities of color such as Gun Control, Immigration Reform, Prison Reform, and Police Brutality. 

Masters of The Sun Vol. 1 follows a string of politically charged videos and tracks over the course of the past year and a half including the provocative “Big Love”, “Get It”, “Ring The Alarm pt. 1, pt. 2, pt. 3,” and “Constant” continuing their movement with a call-to-action for reform on the above issues including social media disconnection, race relations in America, the rise of the alt-right and our current political uncertainty, while reminding the world of the importance and power of love and hope. 

Over the course of the past two years, the Pea’s have teamed up with leading national organizations: Hip Hop Caucus in partnership with Black Alliance for Just Immigration, #SchoolsNotPrisons, The Gathering for Justice, United We Dream and Revolve Impact, as well as March for Our Lives and Families Belong Together foundations respectively.

Comprised of will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, the Black Eyed Peas are multi-platinum artists who have released six studio albums, selling over 30 million records worldwide. The group has won seven Grammys and both as a group and individually have helped shape and define the genetic makeup of popular music. 

Speaking to Complex earlier in the year, will.i.am explained that the group’s upcoming record reflects “the philanthropy side of who we are as people.” “It’s more than just a message,” he said. “This next record is like GPS directions on how to get there. There’s a lot of messages out there, but I think the world wants some direction. How do we get there, though? Because there’s so many messages out there; I don’t know the right messages from the wrong message. Can you send me the coordinates to get there? This is the coordinates, bro.” 

Along with new music and with over 20 years’ experience pushing creative and collaborative boundaries in genre, visuals and digital content, earlier this year the Black Eyed Peas entered the realm of print publishing by releasing their first graphic novel, Masters of the Sun: The Zombie Chronicles, distributed by iconic comic book publishers Marvel Comics. The novel is based on an original idea by will.i.am and is accompanied by an augmented reality app.

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Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning band Imagine Dragons will release their fourth studio album, entitled Origins, on November 9th 2018 via KIDinaKORNER / Interscope Records. Those who pre-order will receive instant downloads of two Origins tracks: the band’s current single “Natural,” and “Zero,” from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming film Ralph Breaks The Internet.Origins can be purchased in a variety of formats and bundles.

Origins was conceived as a sister album to Evolve, continuing its predecessor’s sonic explorations. “It’s about seeking new ground but also appreciating your root,” says lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, whose band mates include guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman. “When we create, we create with no boundaries, no rules. We find it thrilling to make music that feels different and new to us.”

Imagine Dragons joined forces with producers Joel Little (Lorde, Khalid), Mattman & Robin (Selena Gomez, Carly Rae Jepsen), and John Hill (Florence + the Machine) to sculpt the kaleidoscopic and kinetically charged sound of Origins. With the band artfully blending rock, hip-hop, pop, and folk, the album is etched in inventive textures that never distract from an essential element of Imagine Dragons: lyrics that speak to a sometimes-painful self-awareness, but ultimately uplift and inspire.

Origins will be released 16 months after Imagine Dragons’ previous album Evolve, which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album and included hit singles “Thunder”, “Whatever It Takes” and “Believer”. 

Imagine Dragons is the eighth most-listened-to artist globally on Spotify with over 40 million monthly listeners.

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Black Eyed Peas have just announced their new album Masters of The Sun is set for release on October 12th 2018 via Interscope Records. The news comes with the group’s anthemic new single “Big Love”. Masters of The Sun is the group’s first studio album in eight years, following their multi-million selling 2010 LP The Beginning.

A song for our time, “Big Love” broaches topics of gun violence, police violence, social media disconnection, race relations in America, the rise of the alt-right and our current political uncertainty, while reminding the world of the importance and power of love and hope. Written by The Black Eyed Peas and produced by will.i.am, the song is a spiritual successor to the group’s multi-platinum global smash hit “Where Is The Love?” and follows a string of politically charged songs. 

Speaking to Complex earlier this year, will.i.am explains that the group’s upcoming record reflects “the philanthropy side of who we are as people.” “It’s more than just a message,” he said. “This next record is like GPS directions on how to get there. There’s a lot of messages out there, but I think the world wants some direction. How do we get there, though? Because there’s so many messages out there; I don’t know the right messages from the wrong message. Can you send me the coordinates to get there? This is the coordinates, bro.”

Along with new music and with over 20 years’ experience pushing creative and collaborative boundaries in genre, visuals and digital content, earlier this year the Black Eyed Peas entered the realm of print publishing by releasing their first graphic novel, Masters of the Sun: The Zombie Chronicles, distributed by iconic comic book publishers Marvel Comics. The novel is based on an original idea by will.i.am, and is accompanied by an augmented reality app.

Comprised of will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, the Black Eyed Peas are multi-platinum artists who have released six studio albums, selling over 30 million records worldwide. The group have won 7 Grammy’s and both as a group and individually have helped shape and define the genetic makeup of popular music. Masters of the Sun is the group’s seventh album.

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