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“Hello, and welcome to a very weird episode of MTV Cribs,” Dua Lipa said at the start of her guest-hosting slot on Jimmy Kimmel Live! In place of the show’s usual host, the British pop star delivered a monologue in which she confirmed that yes, Dua Lipa is her real name, and that …

Steve Van Zandt hosts the second episode of his Virtual Roadshow Thursday, featuring Martha Reeves, the Motown star whose hits with the Vandellas include “Heatwave,” “Nowhere to Run” and “Dancing in the Street.” The show focuses solely on Detroit. Reeves will also debut a never-before-released pro-shot video of her performance …

Lana Del Rey recites her spoken word piece “Salamander,” from her recently released audiobook of poemsViolet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, in a video the singer posted Saturday on social media. https://thisforall.net/LanaDelRey/status/1289704402396184576 “Get out of my blood, salamander,” Del Rey reads from a manuscript in the grainy video. “I can’t …

Flying Lotus ventures deep into the surreal unknown in the new video for “Remind U,” a track off the producer’s 2019 album, Flamagra. The clip was directed by Winston Hacking and makes use of the psychedelic collage style Hacking previously used in his 2017 video for FlyLo’s song, “Post Requisite.” …

The Weeknd takes an animated look back at his chameleonic career in Abel Tesfaye’s new video for “Snowchild,” a track off the singer’s After Hours. The visual — directed by the D’ART Shtajio studio, the first black-owned animation studio in Japan — gives an illustrated look at Tesfaye’s many personas, …

The American Music Awards are on for 2020 — even in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has prevented most mass gatherings and postponed many awards shows this year. The show will air as a three-hour broadcast on Sunday, November 22nd, ABC and Dick Clark Productions announced on Friday. …

Gabriel Garzón-Montano veers into radio-friendly territory on his new song, “Agüita,” which is scrappy and bare and drenched in programmed high-hats. “Agüita” is the second new track from Garzón-Montano since the end of May, when he returned with “Someone” after a period of quiet. While that song sounded like it …

A new Juice WRLD song featuring Halsey, “Life’s a Mess,” has arrived alongside the announcement that the rapper’s first posthumous album, Legends Never Die, will be released July 10th. The song balances a hard-hitting low end with somber synths and aching, but ultimately uplifting, vocals from Juice WRLD, with Halsey …

Animal Collective have apologized for using a “racist stereotype” in the artwork of their 2006 EP, People, swapping out its cover image as they launch their back catalog on Bandcamp. The band also changed the title of their 2003 LP, Here Comes the Indian, to Ark. “There is no way …

Nick Cave has announced a solo piano performance to air July 23rd as a ticketed event. Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace, shot by cinematographer Robbie Ryan and edited by Nick Emerson, was filmed last month and will air as a one-off live event — no pausing, no …