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Weverse Con Festival to Debut in India in 2027
HYBE, home of BTS, calls Weverse Con Festival its “flagship global music festival”, featuring global, K-pop and Indian artists. Source
Wu Tang Associate Sentenced to 18 Months for Streaming Fraud
Mike Smith made over $8 million by using bots to artificially inflate streams
Pet Shop Boys Salute Computer Pioneer Alan Turing on ‘A Man From The Future’
More than a decade later, the project has been updated, reworked and rearranged with new electronic elements, new text and fresh orchestrations.
Marketing tools updates: Fave, Laylo and Playground
There have been some exciting new launches in the world of music marketing tools and tech this week. Here’s what caught our eye: The post is from Music Ally.
Yung Miami launches debut album campaign with double single
Releasing two singles on the same day is a bold way to open an album campaign. It doubles the content, but it also raises the risk of the tracks competing for DSP slots, radio spins and fan attention. Yung Miami is one of the latest artists to try out the strategy, launching her debut solo album Wat
Meta and TikTok announce new agentic AI advertising features
It’s Advertising Week in New York, and both Meta and TikTok have announced new advertising features that move them further into the world of agentic AI. The post is from Music Ally.
Instagram apologises for repeatedly suggesting Creed’s ‘Higher’ to “more people than intended”
An Instagram spokesperson has said that while they are still unsure why it happened, they are working on a solution
Cameron McLain returns with a bright, unique indie-electronica anthem “All The Light”
Cameron McLain leans on a decade of experience as an artist for new project A decade is a long time in music — long enough for the landscape to shift entirely, for former peers to build careers and move on, for the version of yourself that last made something to feel like a different person. [...] R
Thom Yorke says he was already sick of ‘OK Computer’ and needed to “move on” by the time it was released
“I wish I could do it for a long time. I can’t”
EMPIRE Publishing hires Emilio Morales for Latin America expansion
Morales joins from Rimas Publishing, the company behind the publishing catalog of Bad Bunny, where he served as Managing Director. Source
HYBE’s Weverse Con Festival to debut in India in 2027
HYBE, home of BTS, calls Weverse Con Festival its “flagship global music festival”, featuring global, K-pop and Indian artists. Source
Anya Bennett on contingency planning for live music events
Anya Bennett, Broker Support Account Handler at Howden Music takes on the cover most artists only think about once a show has already fallen through.
Wu Tang associate sentenced to 18 months for streaming fraud
Mike Smith made over $8 million by using bots to artificially inflate streams
Soul singer Freddie Jackson has died
His classic slow jam Rock Me Tonight was a transatlantic hit
Strymon TimeLine MX review
Fifteen years on, Strymon's flagship TimeLine returns with dual engines, new delay types, a reverb, and a five-minute looper
Drake opts out of Grammy Awards
Rapper released three albums during the eligibility window
Chloe Slater's debut album review
A sense of fun consistently permeates the former NME Cover star’s debut record, one shaped by climate disaster, capitalist exploitation and political instability
Cardi B song for Grand Theft Auto 6
Fuerza Regida’s ‘Suzuki’ has also been shared from ‘Grand Theft Auto 6: The Album’
Pet Shop Boys Salute Computer Pioneer Alan Turing on ‘A Man From The Future’: Stream It Now
More than a decade later, the project has been updated, reworked and rearranged with new electronic elements, new text and fresh orchestrations.
Cardi B shares playful new ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ song ‘Don’t Chart’
Fuerza Regida’s ‘Suzuki’ has also been shared from ‘Grand Theft Auto 6: The Album’