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Monday, October 3, 2022

SZA Featured On Cover Of 2022 TIME100 Next List

R&B songstress SZA is featured on the cover of the 2022 Time100 Next List.

"This is actually kinda nuts," she wrote on Twitter. "New era loading.thank you #TIME100NEXT."

SZA also thanked her fellow singer and superstar Lizzo. "Thank you most of all, @lizzo," SZA added to her Twitter post.

"SZA and I first met years ago in Minneapolis. I was a fan of her music, so when she came to town, my friends and I went to her show. We ended up taking a selfie together in the bathroom. I still send her that selfie from time to time because we had just met and didn't know that we would have this long relationship," Lizzo wrote.

Of the rising stars and changemakers on the 2022 list, TIME editor in chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal writes, "Real change requires urgency and the determination to respond with speed to global challenges such as the climate crisis. The leaders featured on this year's TIME100 Next list have demonstrated that spirit. They are shaping our world-and demanding we join them."

(Photo: TIME)

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Jimmy Eat World Share Acoustic Version Of 'Something Loud'

Arizona rockers Jimmy Eat World recently released an intimate acoustic-driven version of their current hit song "Something Loud."

"We thought it would be fun to make a stripped-down, alt version of 'Something Loud' along with some kind of video element," says Jim Adkins. "As we recorded parts, we filmed it. So what you're watching is what you're hearing."

"Something Loud" was released on June 10, 2022 as the band's first independent single on their label, Exotic Location.

The alternative rock band are currently on the road with their Something Loud Tour. The tour kicked off on September 8 at Rock Hall Live in Cleveland, Ohio, and concludes with a performance at the When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas on October 29.

The band is also working on their new album, which is being produced by the band along with Justin Meldel-Johnson.

Jimmy Eat World released their 10th and most recent album, Surviving, in 2019.

(Photo: Jimi Giannatti)

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Lizzo Plays James Madison's Crystal Flute At D.C. Concert

During her gig at Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C., on September 27, Lizzo played the historic crystal flute made for the fourth president of the United States, James Madison, in 1813.

The flute, which was crafted by the Parisian watchmaker and mechanic Claude Laurent, was lent to Lizzo by the Library of Congress.

"@lizzo we would love for you to come see it and even play a couple when you are in DC next week," the Library of Congress wrote earlier in the week. "Like your song they are 'Good as Hell.'"

"This is crazy. I have to be really careful," Lizzo said. "It's crystal, it's like playing out of a wine glass b-h, so be patient."

She then trilled a few notes on the instrument, held it up triumphantly over her head and carefully returned it back to the Smithsonian rep.

"B-h I just twerked and played James Madison's flue from the 1800s!" Lizzo yelled. "We just made history tonight! Thank you to the Library of Congress for preserving our history and making history cool. History is freaking cool, you guys!"

In another post, Lizzo wrote, "I'm the first and only person to play this presidential crystal flute. It's literally an heirloom - Like. as a flute player this is iconic and I will never be over it."

(Photo: Shawn Miller/Library of Congress)

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