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A Wicked week with Coachella, Kendrick, K-Pop and CMAs.

November 22, 2024

Happy Friday,

Sorry we’re late - Kendrick Lamar just dropped. A Wicked week with Coachella, Kendrick, K-Pop and CMAs.

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ROSÉ

New Music Friday

What you need to know about today’s new releases

🎶 New albums and EPs from Kendrick Lamar, Father John Misty, Jack Kays, Searows, Kenny Mason, Jonah Kagen, Michael Kiwanuka, Wizkid, Nicki Nicole, Quevedo…

♪ Notable singles from ROSÉ, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, French Montana, JoJo, Miguel, EST Gee, Alexander Stewart, Coi Leray, Tyla, Jelly Roll, mercury, BANKS…

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

#1 - ROSÉ’s ‘number one girl’ lands at number one with production and songwriting help from Bruno Mars & Omer Fedi.

#2 - ‘Arctic Tundra (feat. Juice WRLD)’ off of Nicki Minaj’s The Pinkprint (Tenth Anniversary Edition).

#3 - Jack Harlow releases his first single of the year with ‘Hello Miss Johnson.’

#4 - As Wicked opening weekend commences, Ariana Grande ‘Popular’ is on repeat.

#7 - Fresh off her Coachella announcement, Tyla drops ‘Tears.’

#13 - Kane Brown and wife Katelyn Brown release duet ‘Body Talk.’

#15 - Jelly Roll continues his big year with ‘Run It’ off of the new Sonic movie, written and produced by Ryan Tedder & David Guetta.

#17 - Miguel releases new single ‘Always Time’ produced by Jeff Bhasker and Dave Sitek.

#44 - Lock up your iPods! U2 release ‘Luckiest Man In The World,’ off of their How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Re-Assemble Edition).

#68 - Maluma comes back with new single ‘Cosas Pendientes’, ahead of his upcoming +PRETTY +DIRTY world tour.

⭐ #90 - Folk-pop singer asiris releases ‘radio tower’ off his new EP san marino.

#95 - It’s arrived - JoJo Siwa’s ‘Iced Coffee’ has landed. Will leave it at that.

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

Juice WRLD

The Schedule

Notable upcoming releases

Next week is Thanksgiving in the U.S. so don’t expect much in terms of projects coming out. JUICE WRLD’s final posthumous album The Party Never Ends is slated to release though.

It was a big week for album announcements as LISA, Oklou, BANKS, Coheed and Cambria all made headlines of new projects coming. Mac Miller’s Estate also broke the news that his second posthumous album will arrive in January.

ICYMI

Industry news that mattered this week

Coachella Festival announced the 2025 lineup, check out our analysis - Who Booked Coachella 2025? The deep dive.

Warner’s subscription streaming revenue grew 8% YoY. Fans of Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and other artists filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster for alleged price gouging. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund sold its entire stake in Live Nation. AEG sued Young Thug for breach of contract. Skrillex says it’s dangerous to be a young artist. Chris Stapleton was the big winner at the CMAs, now tied with Brooks and Dunn for all-time CMA awards - check out all the winners.

Sony Music settled a lawsuit against the producers of the 2022 Whitney Houston biopic. Miley Cyrus responded to a lawsuit claiming ‘Flowers’ infringed the copyright for Bruno Mars’ ‘When I Was Your Man.’ Diddy was accused of breaking prison rules to contact witnesses in the criminal case against him. The inaugural Korea Grand Music Awards took place last week - here are all of the winners. ‘Die With A Smile’ from Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars became the fastest song to hit 1B Spotify streams. Another week, another documentary is in the works: This time, Fleetwood Mac.

small print

Updates on companies, acquisitions, takeovers and more

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Silver Lake Stats and Research with their annual piss take

Did Zuckerberg think "Get Low" was a T-Pain song??

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🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Wtf are you talking about (34%)

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Royel Otis, Catfish and the Bottlemen, King Krule

Fresh Ink

Interesting artist signings

Royel Otis, partially known for their hit covers of ‘Linger’ and ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’, signed with Capitol Records.

Welsh rock band Catfish and the Bottlemen signed with Hard 8 Working Group for management.

Indie music veteran & singer-songwriter King Krule signed with Beggars for publishing.

Fresh off a new album, Americana singer Charley Crockett signed with Red Light Management.

French producer & DJ Nico de Andrea signed with The Shalizi Group for management.

+200 signings on ROSTR this week

The Female & Non-binary artists, Coachella 2025

The Live World

Tour, festival and other live news

 🎸 Biggest tours announced this week: Charli xcx, Post Malone, J Balvin, Nessa Barrett, Denzel Curry, The Goo Goo Dolls

Book More Women share data on the massive decline in representation for women and non-men in festival lineups.

Charli xcx announced she’s taking Brat on the road for a US arena tour in 2025. So far just a handful of dates alongside her Coachella appearances.

Ravers can now party and pay with Bitcoin at Breakaway.

In other festival news, Glastonbury 2025 sold out in 35 minutes.

Ultra Music Festival added more than 50 artists to the lineup for its 25th anniversary next year

Taylor Lindsey, Kevin Lipson, Lucy Huang

On The Move

New hires, exec moves and other people news

Taylor Lindsey named Sony Music Nash Chairman/CEO. This means that all 3 major labels in Nashville are now headed or co-headed by women. AIM appoints Gee Davy as Chief Executive. Kevin Lipson named CRO at Republic Records. Gerardo Mejía promoted to Sr Lead of Latin Music at UnitedMasters. TuneCore appoints Lucy Huang as Chief Tech & Product Officer. Global Citizen promotes Katie Hill to Chief Music & Ent. Officer while lfeoma Chuks-Adizue takes on Global Citizen’s first-ever MD in Africa. Bryana Cielo joins NIVA as Admin Manager while Bandsintown’s Fabrice Sergent joins NIVA’s Advisory Board. UMJ has appointed Shintaro Aki as MD, EMI Japan. IEBA Executive Director Pam Matthews to retire. Min Hee-Jin resigns from ADOR. Meirav Savyon named head of creative licensing at Baxter House.

Dope Jobs

Interesting jobs in music

  • Sr. Director, Brand Partnership at Rolling Stone in NY

  • VP, Digital Marketing & Strategy at Roc Nation in NY

  • VP, Marketing at BMG in LA

  • Sr. Manager, Marketing & Artist Development at Universal Music Australia (UMA)

  • Managing Director at Handmade Records in LA

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