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Thursday, August 11, 2022

The Weeknd Teams Up With Summer Walker For 'Best Friends' Remix

The Weeknd has teamed up with Summer Walker for a remix of "Best Friends," the latest track from his fifth studio album Dawn FM.

The Canadian vocalist, who has been teasing the remix on his social media pages, praised Walker's performance, tweeting, "she f**king CRUSHED it," and adding, "she carried."

Dawn FM is a follow-up to the Weeknd's 2020 record After Hours.

Several songs from Dawn FM have got the remix treatment so far. Among the songs that have been remixed are, "Out of Time" by Kaytranada; the title track of the record by Oneohtrix Point Never; "Sacrifice" by Swedish House Mafia, and "Starry Eyes" by Mike Dean.

(Photo: Republic Records)

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John Legend Announces New Double Album 'Legend,' Drops 'All She Wanna Do' Featuring Saweetie

John Legend has announced that he will be releasing his eighth studio album, Legend, on September 9 via Republic Records.

Along with the album announcement, Legend also shared a new song "All She Wanna Do," featuring Saweetie.

Legend will be a double album, featuring collaborations with Rick Ross, Muni Long, Jazmine Sullivan, Jada Kingdom, Rapsody, Ledisi, Jhene Aiko, Ty Dolla $ign and several other artists.

"It's about a woman that you see out in a club who is just living her best life, embracing the party life and you want to be a part of it! You wan to touch this energy that she has," Legend said about "All She Wanna Do."

Legend and OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder are the producers of the upcoming double album. A press release says the album is "suffused with an unapologetic spirit of sensuality and joy, informed by the full vulnerability of pain, praise and healing."

"Until this point, I've never used an aspect of my name as the title of an album," Legend said in a statement about embracing his iconic name for the first time in an album title. "I had to earn that, to live up to it by delivering in the performance and the music. And this is me saying I'm proud of who I am, I'm confident in the work I've done, and I'm just going to declare it."

Legend previously released two singles "Honey," featuring Long, and "Dope," featuring JID, from the upcoming double album.

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Britney Spears Reacts To Ex Kevin Federline's Claims That Sons Don't Want To See Her

Britney Spears has responded to her ex-husband Kevin Federline's claims that her sons don't want to see her.

Federline and Spears share two sons: Sean, 16, and Jayden, 15. In a recent interview with The Daily Mail, Federline said, "The boys have decided they are not seeing her right now. It's been a few months since they've seen her. They made the decision not to go to her wedding."

"This whole thing has been hard to watch, harder to live through, harder to watch my boys go through than anything else." he added.

Responding to Federline's comments, Spears said in an Instagram story, "It saddens me to hear that my ex-husband has decided to discuss the relationship between me and my children."

"As we all know, raising teenage boys is never easy for anyone .. It concerns me the fact that the reason is based on my Instagram ... it was LONG before Instagram ... I gave them everything. Only one word: HURTFUL ... I'll say it ... My mother told me 'You should GIVE them to their dad.' I'm sharing this because I can. Have a good day folks!!!" she added.

Sam Asghari, Spears' husband, also revealed his opinion about the matter, saying, "There is not validity to his statement regarding the kids distancing themselves and it is irresponsible to make that statement publicly. The boys are very smart and will be 18 soon to make their own decisions and may eventually realize the 'tough' part was having a father who hasn't worked much in over 15 years as a role model."

(Photo: Randee St. Nicholas)

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Doja Cat Shows Off Shaved Head, Eyebrows

Doja Cat recently appeared on Instagram Live to show off her shaved head. She also shaved off her eyebrows on camera, with thousands of fans watching her live.

"I feel like I was never supposed to have hair," Doja said in her conversation with fans. "I don't like having hair. I cannot tell you one time since the beginning of my life that I've ever been like, 'This is cool.' I just do not like to have hair."

Doja also said she rarely displayed her natural hair and instead spent most of her career wearing wigs in different colors.

"I remember feeling so f-king exhausted with working out," she continued, explaining that her wigs often slid around and peeled off her head while training. "I'd be working out, but I couldn't focus because I was more concerned with how I looked and how my hair was doing."

"I just can't believe that it took me this long to be like, 'Shave your f-king head," she added. "I'm really liking this. What is the use of having hair if you're not going to f-king wear it out? I don't even sport it."

Doja then coated her brow with shaving cream and pulled out a razor as around 20,000 other Instagram users looked on.

"My makeup artist just texted me, 'Are you shaving your brows off? I'm driving the f-k over,'" Doja told her viewers with a laugh. "I'm gonna do it."

(Photo: David LaChapelle)

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Willow Previews New Album With 'Hover Like A Goddess'

Willow recently offered a preview of her newly announced fifth studio album, CopingMechanism, by dropping a new song, "Hover Like A Goddess."

"Keep your third eyes peeled," Willow said on Instagram upon announcing the record and accompanying single.

The Jaxon Whittington-directed video for "Hover Like A Goddes," shows Willow bathed in neon-tinged light as she sings, "When I walk, you fuckin' hover like a goddess/ Just meet me under the covers, baby, I wish/ I've gotta be free, my army intends to please you/ Touches the vinyl, like you to say/ Yeah" over hard-charging electric guitars and drums.

"Every woman deserves to be worshipped," she added about the new single in a statement. "This song is an ode to the divine goddess within us all."

"Hover Like A Goddess" follows the singer's recent singles "Memories," featuring Yungblud, "Purge," featuring Siickbrain, and "Emo Girl," featuring Machine Gun Kelly.

CopingMechanism, which is set to arrive on September 23, is a follow-up to Willow's 2021 record Lately I Feel Everything.

(Photo: Dana Trippe)

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