It’s evident that Justin Bieber is working on his new album. It appears that he surprised everyone recently with the release of a new single titled “I Feel Funny,” which was intended as a humorous rap song. As well as the song, it was accompanied by a simple phone shot video from Lyrical Lemonade’s Cole Bennett, which showed Bieber and Don Toliver enjoying themselves on the set of a forthcoming video for an upcoming song. On Wednesday, April 29, the Canadian singer and his Houston counterpart will release Bieber’s first official release in 2022, “Honest.”. Naturally, the accompanying video was also created, along with Bennett, in keeping with the collaboration’s glorious vibes that are sure to remain well into the summer months.
Bieber has only been recording music since his sixth studio album Justice dropped a year ago. With subsequent upgrades, that project featured 25 songs and a host of artists, such as Khalid, Daniel Caesar, The Kid LAROI, Lil Uzi Vert, Burna Boy, Jaden, Chance the Rapper, DaBaby, Quavo, and more. The album’s first week of release saw 154,000 album equivalent units sold, earning Justin Bieber his eighth number one ranking on Billboard 200. Additionally, Justice has been awarded Gold and Platinum awards around the world, including one Platinum award in the United States. After releasing 2021, Justin Bieber released a gospel EP titled Freedom weeks after Justice.
Throughout his career, Bieber has contributed his unique vocal style to songs such as Omah Lay “Attention,” DJ Khaled “LET IT GO,” Wizkid “Essence (Remix),” Migos “What You See,” Bryson Tiller “lonely Christmas,” BEAM “SUNDOWN,” Juice WRLD “Wandered To LA,” and Kehlani “up at night.” Together with Toliver, they collaborated on Skrillex’s genre-bending “Don’t Go.”
FKA Twigs unveiled her debut mix tape CAPRISONGS in January, which included 17 genre-bending songs alongside help from artists including Pa Salieu, The Weeknd, Shygirl, Rema, Daniel Caesar, Jorja Smith, Unknown T, and more. Until now, the project has produced visually stimulating visuals for tracks such as “ride the dragon,” “tears in the club,” “meta angel,” “darjeeling,” “jealousy,” and “papi bones.”
Besides that, FKA twigs released a video yesterday (April 19) for “oh my love,” a Jason Scheff and El Guincho -produced track, which is accompanied by messages from Abigail Sakari and Suzannah Pettigrew detailing their experience of being on the wrong side of an inconsistent and lopsided relationship:
Featuring lo-fi footage of FKA Twigs having her nails done at a salon, Aidan Zamiri’s accompanying clip offers a lesson in self-care.
Relatedly, twigs recently released a short film called PLAYSCAPE, which has coincided with this year’s International Woolmark Prize, a prize that honors designers around the world (previous winners includeKarl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent). Below explains said film:
“Directed by FKA Twigs and creatively directed by Zak Group with choreography by Juliano Nunes, here is the final Lookbook for the IWP2022 collection including Ahluwalia, Jordan Dalah, EGONLAB, Peter Do, MMUSOMAXWELL, RUI and Saul Nash. Isamu Noguchi’s concept of play as a catalyst for creativity inspired Playscape, which merged elements of fashion, dance, and music.”
Fireboy DML debuted a new single in July called Peru, which was produced by Shizzi and was about both the celebration of a love interest and the excitement of meeting her. It was later remixed to include the addition of Ed Sheeran’s stylings. Nigerian artist Olamide teamed up with rappers Blxst and 21 Savage to remix the hit once again and dropped it last month, joined by Blxst and 21 Savage.
Now, he drops his first solo single of 2022 with his newly dropped “Playboy” track. Providing yet another perfect nighttime vibe, Fireboy delivers yet another smooth track:
Billboard has put Fireboy’s “Peru” on its Hot 100 chart for the first time. The two-minute song has reached 300 million streams to date and continues to climb the charts around the world, reaching the top of the UK Top 40 chart and becoming Nigeria’s second most streamed song.
Aside from Peru, Fireboy has also gained popularity for tracks such as Rotimi “Weapon,” Cheque “History,” DJ Spinall “Sere (Remix),” WSTRN “Be My Guest,” and D Smoke “Sleepwalking.” It is also hoped that he has been working on an official follow-up to last year’s Apollo.
The “OMB Peezy” fan base will never be disappointed. He drops a brand new video for his track “Last Breath” this week as part of his ongoing consistency. His new track follows previous efforts such as “Never Leave” and “Hard For Me” and with a melodic flow that reflects his reflective style. As he spits some truth-filled bars about life over a soulful beat, he glides over a soulful beat:
OMBPeezy has closed out his extremely busy year by releasing the single “Over”. The single was produced by frequent collaborator Drum Dummie, who recruited veteran rapper T.I for a guest appearance. In addition to “Synonym,” “Die Young” and “Worldwide” by OMB and Drum are also featured.
In addition, the artist has released videos for a number of his tracks in recent months, including “For Free,” “Cold Days” “Breathe,” and “Lefty.” Apart from those, he also offers special clips from the Too Deep For Tears project, which feature his performances of tracks like “Soul Ties” “On My Way,” and “Smile.” The clips show OMB Peezy in a fancy gown standing in the center of a chandelier-lit room with delicate string arrangements.
Meanwhile, Peezy released a mixtape titled In The Meantime, which kept fans entertained while they waited for Too Deep For Tears to be released. “You Know How To Love” and “Sleep At Night” are among the favorites of “In The Meantime.” It follows the 2019 album Preacher To The Streets.
The highly anticipated Candydrip album from Lucky Daye launches today (Mar. 10). With Candydrip, Daye explores a new definition of modern R&B through a conceptual Sci-Fi world influenced by Afrofuturism and produced by longtime collaborator D’Mile. With this 17-track album, Lucky ushered in a new era, and he enlisted helps from peers like Lil Durk, Smino, and Chiiild along the way.
As with Painted, Candydrip continues to introduce a sensory experience, but this time it is centered more on taste. He says Candydrip focuses largely on flavors. Compared to Painted, which focused on colors. There are a lot of different types of songs on this album, providing fans with ear candy in many different manners.” Prior to the release of the complete album, fans were able to enjoy singles such as “NWA” featuring Lil Durk and “Over.”
Lucky Daye’s new album follows his recent debut album Painted, which featured 13 tracks and largely was produced by D’Mile. Additionally, the following year the music video for Painted was released as a deluxe edition, featuring six new tracks and features from Chronixx, MediSun, Victoria Monét, and Babyface. Daye continued to maintain his momentum with the release of Table For Two, an innovative, Valentine’s Day-ready EP featuring collaborations with Queen Naija, YEBBA, Mahalia, Tiana Major9, Ari Lennox, and Joyce Wrice.
Further exciting news is that Lucky Daye will be embarking on a North American tour this spring, beginning March 18 in Portland, Oregon. Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and New York City will feature on the tour before concluding on April 25th at Terminal 5.
The Table For Two EP that Daye is nominated for is also nominated for two 2022 GRAMMYs in the categories of Best Traditional R&B Performance and Best Progressive R&B Album.
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