Vol 10 - Catch us on a Friday, switchin' takes and changin' years

End of year parties, end of an Eras & end of US TikTok?

December 13, 2024

Happy Friday,

End of year parties, end of an Eras & end of US TikTok?

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LAUNDRY DAY

New Music Friday

What you need to know about today’s new releases

🎶 New albums and EPs from BossMan Dlow, Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre, Stray Kids, Will Swinton, Fiji Blue, Christian French, mercury, Sleepy Hallow, Fat Joe, Rels B…

♪ Notable singles from Fred again.., Julien Baker, KSI, Polo G, Oscar Maydon, Sarz, Michael Marcagi, Offset, Biig Piig, Ne-Yo, SAINt JHN…

Each week, we go through Spotify’s New Music Friday playlists to highlight releases you should know about…

#3 - Fred again.. teams up with Angie McMahon, sampling her track ‘Making It Through’ for his new release ‘light dark light.’

#11 - Lil Yachty is rounding out the year with yet another feature on NMF, this time on BNYX®’s ‘SMOKING IN THE RAIN.’

#21 - After gaining a significant fanbase on TikTok for their quirky videos, LAUNDRY DAY releases their second single of the year ‘Damn Shame.’

#24 - Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre’s star-studded collab album Missionary drops today and the legendary duo want to ‘Thank You.’

#39 - Mario is back with a new album featuring the titular track ‘Glad You Came.’

#47 - Marshmello and Space Laces collab on EDM track‘ Rave Repeater.’

#49 - 23-year-old alternative country folk artist Lily Fitts presents ‘Brown Eyed Baby.’

#56 - Chicago indie rock band Horsegirl release ‘Julie.’

#58 - Will Smith is back on his journey, takin' his chances with Joyner Lucas on new single ‘TANTRUM.’

#80 - Self-proclaimed southern belle raising hell Willow Avalon drops ‘Something We Regret.’

#88 - Fiji Blue (aka Trevor Dering) releases long-awaited debut album Glide with 11 tracks including the standout single ‘Beautiful.’

⭐ #93 - Electronic artist Megra finishes off his second EP with ‘Look Into My Eyes.’

⭐ = our pick of the week. Usually an under the radar artist to keep an eye on.

ICYMI

Industry news that mattered this week

A federal appeals court in the US upheld the law that would ban TikTok in the US, 37 days from now. TikTok rival Triller was sued over allegedly failing to pay $35.5M in debt. Sony pulled its catalog from Boomplay amid claims the streaming service has not paid royalties in over 1.5 years. Bandsintown unveiled 2024 High Notes, focused on the year in live music, including 7.5B personalized event recs. Apple Music debuted 3 new radio stations focusing on Latin music, club culture and relaxation.

Jay-Z was accused of raping a 13-year-old in 2000 with Sean Combs. He denied all allegations and called the case “extortionate”.

Another week, another round of layoffs - this time at CD Baby…

After she wrapped up the highest-grossing tour of all time (highlights on the tour in The Live World), fans called out mistakes in Taylor Swift’s official tour book, calling it the “Errors Tour.” The court ruled in favor of Johnny Ramone’s Widow, Linda Cummings-Ramone in the ongoing feud for control of the band’s legacy, causing further obstacles to Netflix’s doc on the band. Ad-supported streaming app Musi accused Apple of a “backchannel scheme” to remove its app from the App Store. Morgan Wallen was sentenced to a week in a DUI education center + 2 years probation after pleading guilty to throwing a chair from a Nashville rooftop.

Producer Bassnectar’s heading to trial after the motion to dismiss a sexual abuse and trafficking lawsuit against him was denied. NBA YoungBoy was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison for possession of firearms. Daft Punk’s Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem returned to theaters in over 40 countries for one day only. The New South Wales government plans to make the Australian state a “global music powerhouse.”

small print

Updates on companies, acquisitions, takeovers and more

Group Chat

The section that’ll probably get us in trouble one of these days

Music industry is catching strays this week…

Hottest collab of the week for Benny Blanco x Selena Gomez x Taco Bell 💍:

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Your top genres (50%)

🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Daniel Ek cashing out his Spotify stock (23%)

🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Continued investment in the Joe Rogan podcast (18%)

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Tommy Richman/Kendrick Lamar recommendation engine takeovers (9%)

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Pentatonix, Chezile, Glass Beams

Fresh Ink

Interesting artist signings

A cappella group Pentatonix signed with Republic Records - just in time for the holiday season.

Chezile, whose song ‘Beanie’ went viral this year, signed with UTA for touring.

Enigmatic Australian trio Glass Beams joined Red Light Management roster under Steve Satterthwaite.

Country star Lainey Wilson re-signed her publishing deal with Sony Nashville, which originally began in 2017.

Puerto Rican rapper Clarent signed a record deal with Warner Music Latina fresh off his song ‘IA’’s success.

+150 signings on ROSTR this week

The Live World

Tour, festival and other live news

🎸 Biggest tours announced this week: TOTO, Guns N’ Roses, Styx, Gracie Abrams, Nelly

To no one’s surprise, Taylor Swift’s The Eras world tour is now the highest-grossing tour of all time with over $2B in revenue.

Let’s break this down:

  • that’s an average of $13.9M per show 😳

  • >10M attendees in total, average ticket price ~$209 💰

  • 149 shows in 51 cities in 21 countries across 5 continents 🌎

  • Biggest show was to 96K fans at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia 🇦🇺

  • 750K people over 8 dates at Wembley Stadium 🏟️

J. Cole announced the 5th edition of his North Carolina-based Dreamville Festival taking place next year will be its last.

The Weeknd will perform at Spotify’s first Billions Club Live concert in LA next week. His setlist includes the 24 tracks from his discography that have earned >1B streams on Spotify.

AEG’s newest venue The Pinnacle will open in Nashville next Feb with a headlining performance from Kacey Musgraves. The 4.5K cap venue includes state-of-the-art sound, stage & production capabilities.

Lea Swanson, Wayne D Thorsen, Harry Knyt

On The Move

New hires, exec moves and other people news

SiriusXM appoints Wayne D. Thorsen EVP and COO. Peermusic appoints Harry Knyt as Head of A&R, UK. Goldenvoice appoints Lea Swanson as VP of Talent. Mark Robinson named EVP of Global Business & Legal Affairs at Virgin Music Group. SILO Music appoints Marcy Bulkeley as Head of Sync A&R and Music Supervision. River House Artists has promoted Kayla Adkins to Senior Director, Creative/A&R, and hired Lauren Lieu as Director, Creative.

Ben Kline joins the Red Light team in Nash. Round Hill names Katie Kowinski as Chief of Investor Relations & BD. Stephen Stallings named Senior Director of Creative Sync & Advertising at Silver Side Productions. Eventbrite COO Lanny Baker to depart. See here who NITO announced as new officers for 2025.

Dope Jobs

Interesting jobs in music

  • Director, US Sales at Believe in LA

  • VP of Operations & HR at First Avenue in Minneapolis

  • Senior Analyst, Paid Media at UMG in Santa Monica

  • Director, Marketing at BMG in Toronto

  • Music - Brand Partnerships Executive at CAA in LA

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