Month: May 2021

Eurovision Song Contest Italy won the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 on Saturday, a competition two years in the making, since it was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19. The highest-scoring entries from the two semifinals, along with previous winner the Netherlands and the big five -- Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Spain (which bankroll the competition) -- competed to take home the ultimate sing...

BTS is apparently determined to hold its YouTube records. Variety reports that the K-pop group broke its own record for the most YouTube views in the space of 24 hours, racking up 113 million plays for its music video "Butter." That's about 12 million more than the 101.1 million from the superstars' last record-smasher, "Dynamite," which premiered in August last year. The new tune also set a record for the largest YouTube video premiere with 3.9 million simultaneous viewers. The clip had over 136 million plays as of this writing. It's not completely surprising that BTS would break the record again. The group's fans, known collectively as the Army, are legendary for their devotion — it was virtually guaranteed they'd show up en masse for the premiere and its aftermath. The abundance of...

The Linda Lindas, the all-female rock band that lit up social media this week when a video of their recent performance at the Los Angeles Public Library went viral, have signed with Epitaph Records. A rep for the label confirmed the low-key signing to Variety but had no further news; the signing was first speculated by Spin. The band — Bela, Lucia, Eloise and Mila, who range in age from 16 to 10 and describe themselves on social media as “Half Asian / Half Latinx. Sisters, cousins and friends who play music together because it’s fun!!”  — started off in 2018 playing punk rock covers, and have long gotten support from older, punk-centric musicians. They’ve opened for Best Coast, Money Mark and veteran L.A. punk acts like the Dils and Alley Cats, and were specifically asked by Bik...

Prince William is reflecting on the death of his mother, the late Princess Diana. On Saturday, the Duke of Cambridge spoke at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland as part of his royal tour of the country. During his remarks, the 38-year-old royal said he was at Balmoral Castle when he learned of the tragedy. Diana died in a Paris car crash in 1997 as she was being pursued by paparazzi. She was 36. "Along with listening this week, there is something I do want to tell you," William began, according to People magazine. PRINCE WILLIAM, PRINCE HARRY ARE FACED WITH GRIEF AFTER MARTIN BASHIR’S ‘DECEITFUL’ DIANA INTERVIEW: AUTHOR Britain's Prince William arrives for the opening ceremony of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. During his speech, the 38-year-old ...