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Deadmau5 chats with Shannon about why he's a 'pro at isolation', and how he's working to keep his business running, and remain dedicated to making new music. 

Deadmau5 explains how he's working on things like game development, and why he believes nothing will replace the feeling of a real live concert, and how the pandemic is screwing over the music industry! 

Deadmau5 tells us about how his initial interaction with Pharrell Williams 7 years for Coffee Run! allowed the eventual collaboration with The Neptunes for Pomegranate 

Deadmau5 also tells us about how long we'll have to wait for new music.

Beyoncé has written an open letter to Daniel Cameron, the Kentucky Attorney General asking for justice for Breonna Taylor. 

In her letter posted on her website she said “Three months have passed -- and Breonna Taylor's family still waits for justice. Ms. Taylor's family has not been able to take time to process and grieve. Instead, they have been working tirelessly to rally the support of friends, their community, and the country.” She went on to say, “Bring criminal charges against Jonathan Mattingly, Myles Cosgrove, and Brett Hankison. Commit to transparency in the investigation and prosecution of these officers' criminal conduct. Investigate the LMPD's response to Breonna Taylor's murder, as well the pervasive practices that result in the repeated deaths of unarmed Black citizens." 

Taylor Swift is another artist demanding some changes - she wants racist statues in Tennessee to be taken down. 

She posted a series of tweets explaining how sick to makes her feel to be from Tennessee and knowing that there are so many historical monuments of people who did terrible things. She explained that a statue of Edward Carmack was taken down by protestors last week because he is a white supremacist newspaper editor who published pro lynching editorials. The state already vowed to replace the statue. She explained that the taking down of statues isn’t going to fix centuries of systemic oppression, violence, and hatred that black people have had to endure but it might bring everyone one step closer to feeling safe.

Multiple artists like Shawn Mendes, Lady Gaga and Selena Gomez have been handing over their Instagram accounts to black voices to share their stories and information to better help the Black Lives Matter movement and this has encouraged many more influential people to do the same like Julie Roberts and Gwyneth Paltrow. It has even started the hashtag #ShareTheMicNow.

Ruby Bridges took over Selena Gomez’ account. She is the first Black child to desegregate the all white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960 when she was just 6 years old. She had to be escorted into school by her parents and four federal marshals because of the protests going on outside from people trying to put a stop to it. She shared footage from that day and discussed how she has dedicated her life to promoting tolerance and unity. 

Sia is apologizing after confusing Nicki Minaj for Cardi B on Twitter. It started when a fan tagged Sia on Twitter sharing a photo of Nicki Minaj asking if she would ever collab with her. She responded saying she would LOVE to collaborate with Cardi B, which then blew up since the photo was obviously of Nicki Minaj. 

5 Seconds of Summer guitarist Michael Clifford has dismissed allegations that he sexually assaulted underage fans as “just BEYOND untrue” and “so completely false.”

“They are just BEYOND untrue,” he wrote, before addressing a specific accusation. “i was never allowed in the crowd I only ever watched at front of house – and I would’ve never EVER done that,” he wrote. “i am so f**king upset.”

He shared a video clip showing 5SOS being mobbed by fans outside their tour bus in Montreal in 2013.

“please understand it wouldve been logistically impossible for me to get through a crowd at a show i just played at! i’m not trying to be defensive I promise this is just so completely false.” 

 

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If there is any artist to follow on TikTok it is Lizzo - she is all about positivity, dancing and sharing parts of her life. She posted a video in response to all the people who criticize her body - the video showed different clips of her working out with a voice over in the background in true Lizzo spirit saying…

“I’ve been working out consistently for the last five years, And it may come as a surprise to some of y’all – I’m not working out to have your ideal body type, I’m working out to have my ideal body type. And you know what type that is? None of your f**king business because I am beautiful, I am strong, I do my job and I stay on my job. 

Iggy Azalea confirmed that she had a baby boy! She confirmed in an instagram story and said she had the baby in April with rapper Playboi Carti. 

Rage Against the Machine was trending this week because there is a man on Twitter who told the band to stop being so political. His tweet said “I Used to be a fan until your political opinions came out. Music is my sanctuary and the last thing I want to hear is political BS when I’m listening to music.” 

Tom Morello from the band responded by saying “...What music of mine were you a fan of that DIDN’T contain “political BS”? I need to know so I can delete it from the catalog.” 

Billboard named their 50 best albums of 2020 so far and 7 Canadians have made the list! Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Drake, Jessie Reyez, Grimes, Andy Shauf and Caribou all made the list which is not shocking since they all have some pretty fire records.  

CORRECTION: This episode initially omitted Andy Shauf from the list of albums, we regret the error.

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So many artists are doing what they can to help the Black Lives Matter Movement. BTS made the announcement that they are going to be donating $1 million to BLM to help protesting racial injustice and police brutality against the Black community, and their fans have come through to match the donations!

Kanye West is donating $2 million to multiple families of victims who have died at the hands of police and even started a college fund for George Floyd’s daughter. He also joined the protests that were going on in Chicago. 

Billie Eilish did an interview with the UK edition of GQ where she talked about the fact that she has never felt physically wanted.

She explained that part of the reasons she wears baggy clothes is due to the fact that her past boyfriends have never made her feel desired. And said it’s a big thing in her life that she feels like she has never been physically desired by somebody. When it comes to the baggy clothes she explained that she doesn’t plan on doing that forever and has even started to switch it up but notices if she ever decides to wear a tank top she ends up trending on twitter. 

Shawn Mendes announced that he is giving his Instagram Stories over to young black change makers on the frontline in the fight against systemic racism. He wants to use his platform of 56 million followers to gives other the chance to share their stories and information about the black lives movement.

There are so many graduates who won’t be getting the experience of walking across the stage with their fellow classmates to accept their diploma but they are getting a lot of words of encouragement from powerful people. Artists like Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Shawn Mendes, Lizzo and Beyoncé all gave beautiful speeches as part of the Dear Class of 2020 virtual commencement. Beyoncé’s speech in particular talked about what it was like being a woman working in a male dominated industry. She said: 

"...The entertainment business is still very sexist, it’s still very male-dominated, and as a woman, I did not see enough female role models given the opportunity to do what I knew I had to do. To run my label and management company, to direct my films and produce my tours, that meant ownership -- owning my masters, owning my art, owning my future and writing my own story. Not enough black women had a seat at the table, so I had to go and chop down that wood and build my own table...” 

Republic Records is doing something that could change the whole music industry. They announced that they are now banning the term ‘Urban’ within the label - They explained that the term is part of an outdated structure of the past and they are encouraging other labels and people in the music industry to follow suit. 

Urban was a term that started in radio back in the mid 80s and is a synonym for black music. It can be made up from multiple genres like R&B, pop-rap, reggae and soul. 

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As protests and conversations on racism continue worldwide after the death of George Floyd, many artists have been using their platforms to spread messaging and opening their wallets to help. The Weeknd donated 5 hundred thousand dollars US to organizations advocating for racial equality and assisting people impacted by the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd. He donated $200,000 to Black Lives Matter, $200,000 to Colin Kaepernick Know Your Rights Campaign Legal Defense Initiative and $100,000 to National Bail Out. Drake donated $100,000 to National Bail Out. 

A number of artists have left their homes in isolation to join the protests going on around the United States and Canada. Artists like Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, J.Cole, Ariana Grande, Yungblud and Halsey have all attended protests. 

Halsey posted a lot about her experience online, including showing that police officers fired rubber bullets at her and others while their hands were up and they weren’t moving. She has also been using her platform to spread information about people who have attended protests, what medical supplies others should bring to help and her and Yungblud have even helped aid protestors themselves. 

CHUM 104.5 Morning Show host Jamar McNeil has been speaking this week about race inequality. Jamar got really candid on his show when talking about the issues that he has faced in his lifetime as a black man. 

“Those days when you woke up and didn’t feel threatened just walking out of your door, when you didn’t feel threatened walking on your own property, driving in your own car. That is a privilege you’ve had. I want you to entertain for a second that maybe you lived in a reality that a lot of people don’t live in.” 

Jamar moved to Canada after getting his job at CHUM and said even though Canada is often thought of as having a reputation of not being “as racist” as the United States there are definitely moments where he has experienced racism here as well. 

K-pop fans used their power in numbers for good - and managed to drown out racists who were trying to use the hashtag white lives matter-  They didn’t want the people using the hashtag to be able to spread more of a racist message so they all decided to spam the hashtag with videos of their favourite artists and memes. They also did this with often weaponized blue lives matter and MAGA. 

It’s so amazing to see them realize that with such large numbers they can really have an impact and make a difference which is exactly what they are doing. 

 

Causes Mentioned in this video:

National Bail Out

Black Lives Matter Global Network

Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp 

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Billie Eilish is firing back to people who shame her for her body in the best way. She has a short film called “Not My Responsibility” that she would play during her show on tour but since that is currently on how she has released the video online. It’s about 1 minute long and has a video of her taking off her shirt to reveal herself in a tank top while saying things like “Would you like me to be smaller? Weaker? Softer? Taller? Would you like me to be quiet? “We make assumptions about people based on their size. We decide who they are. We decide what they’re worth,”  

Halsey revealed that she has been busy in isolation breaking her ankle and also studying law! She posted a bunch of photos on her instagram catching her fans up with what she has been doing while spending time at home and one of the photos was a picture of a constitutional law book - in the caption she simply said “law is fun but hard” could be seeking a career in law to go along with her pop career after this is all over? As long as she doesn’t give up her music career for law we’ll be fine.

She also revealed in an interview with Britain’s Capital FM Breakfast show that she broke her ankle in a very bizarre way. She explained that she was loading her dishwasher and pulled the door down to do so - and the kitchen floor was wet causing her to trip over the door. She said she has done 2000 live shows where she is jumping for two hours but this is how she managed to fracture her ankle. 

The Biebers have threatened to sue a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon after he claimed that Hailey has had work on her face. 

The Surgeon made a TikTok where he compares a younger photo of Hailey vs. an older one and explained what procedures he believes she has had done.

The Biebers’ lawyers have issued a cease and desist letter to the surgeon for using her name, image and likeness in a video without permission to practice and to spread false, uncorroborated claims that Mrs. Bieber has undergone plastic surgery. You would think that would scare him enough to stop and take his videos down by he is standing by what he’s posted.

With only one day to go before the official release of Chromatica, Lady Gaga has released her collaboration with BLACKPINK - “Sour Candy.”

The track is one of 16 on Gaga’s sixth studio album and follows “Stupid Love” and “Rain on Me" – the latter featuring Ariana Grande.

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This weekend, videos surfaced of Doja Cat hanging out in tinychat rooms - a website where you can be on camera with a number of other people. 

Along with the videos, (some being captured as recently as earlier this year) It began circulating on Twitter that she enjoys talking to a group of men who are a part of the alt right and incel community. Doja Cat did take part in an interview with Paper Magazine back in December where she explained that she has been going on chat rooms for many years and describes the banter as “light-hearted play-fighting" that some people may find offensive. 

Also this weekend, Doja Cat had recorded a song called “Dindu Nuffin” which is a racial slur used when mocking victims of police brutality. 

Doja Cat has responded to the accusations, she made a post on her Instagram saying:

“I want to address what’s been happening on Twitter. I’ve used public chat rooms to socialize since I was a child. I shouldn’t have been on some of those chat room sites, but I personally have never been involved in any racist conversations. I’m sorry to everyone I offended."

Our next story is totally bizarre. People on twitter were accusing Hilary Duff this weekend of trafficking her son. It started because Hilary posted a video on her instagram story of a bunch of family photos and a follower pointed out she had shared one of her son Luca who was in the nude. She corrected it by then putting a sticker over the photo but there were people online who believe she did this on purpose in order to exploit her son online, and began tweeting as such.

She addressed the allegations on her twitter by saying “Everyone bored af right now I know..but this is actually disgusting..... whoever dreamed this one up and put this garbage into the universe should take a break from their damn phone. Maybe get a hobby”

This does seem like the most far fetched conspiracy theory that in no way can be true. 

BTS fans got a sweet surprise Friday when Suga dropped a mixtape and an epic video for one of its tracks. The 27-year-old, whose real name is Min Yoon-gi, released D-2 under his other persona, Agust D. 

 

We have new music from Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande - their song Rain On Me is the perfect summer anthem. 

The pair released the video for the song which features them dancing in the rain surrounded by other dancers. This might be one of the last videos we see that was shot pre-pandemic. Gaga was supposed to come out with her 6th album Chromatica on April 10th but pushed the release back with everything going on in the world. 

We are FINALLY getting the full album this Friday! - Songs will feature artists like Elton John and BLACKPINK!

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Sia revealed that she is the mother of two teenagers that she adopted out of the foster care system and we were lucky enough to get the chance to talk to her on the phone this week, where she told us all about it.

 

We can expect a new album from Lana Del Rey on September 5, Lana Del Rey fired back on Thursday at accusations that songs like “Ultraviolence” and “Summertime Sadness” glamourize abusive relationships in her songs. “I’m fed up with female writers and alt singers saying that I glamorize abuse when I’m just a glamorous person singing about the realities of what we are all seeing are now very prevalent emotionally abusive relationships all over the world,” the singer wrote, in a message shared on Instagram. 

We are closer than ever to getting new music from Lorde. She revealed that her and Jack Antonoff who’s she worked with on her last album Melodrama - have been working hard on her new album - she said she has been in and out of the studio but has been liking what she’s been coming out with - and said her next album is definitely going to be worth the wait.

FINNEAS claimed on Wednesday that he was robbed, and even went as far as to share a photo from his security system, asking his millions of followers to help identify the thief - he has since taken down the post, but not before it was shared thousands of times.

Calvin Harris revealed that he actually died six years ago and was brought back to life - a fan posted a video of one of his sets back in 2014 and he responded saying - interesting for me 2014 started with me knocking myself off number 1 in the UK and ended with my heart getting restarted in the ER - he then explained that he was diagnosed with a condition wherein the heart beats too fast, too slow or irregularly. 

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Sia called in to chat with Shannon Burns about her brand new song 'Together' from the official soundtrack to Sia's upcoming film, 'Music'.

Sia tells us about snuggling with her dogs in isolation, the challenges of directing and editing 'Music', how Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal were here original lead ideas, Swapping out Shia LaBoef for Kate Hudson, The inspiration for the messaging behind 'Together'.

Sia also explains the reasoning behind why she is seen less with her iconic wig (5:46), and how respectful people are to her privacy nowadays, accidentally being on a livestream with Kim Kardashian and JLo.

Sia also breaks the news that she adopted two sons who are not babies, (as originally assumed by many) but teenagers aging out of the foster care system, and explains how she is helping them with the traumas they have experienced.

There are rumours that Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly  are now a couple after photos surfaced over the weekend of the two of them driving around Los Angeles and grabbing coffee and food. It turns out that the two of them were working on a movie together called Midnight in the Switchgrass before the pandemic hit that is now on hold. Megan is currently separated from Brian Austin Green and no longer live together and has been said to be spending a lot of time with MGK. 

Harry Styles who just knows how to brighten up our isolated lives with his video for Watermelon Sugar and it was full of things we wish we could be doing right now - mainly involving rolling around on the beach with a group of friends! (0:44)

Noah Cyrus opened up about how difficult it has been being in the music industry as the younger singer of someone so successful. She did an instagram live, discussing her new album and explained the song Young & Sad is about her challenging upbringing. She explained that everyone gave her such a hard time being Miley’s sister and she has felt like in the past she didn’t even have her own name. 

Tekashi 6ix9ine is now accusing Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande of buying their way to the number one song with Stuck With U - Since 6ix9ine was released from prison he put out the song called Gooba which is currently number 3 on the show behind Say So by Doja Cat - on instagram 6ix9ine claims that Ariana and Justin’s show showed a big spike in sales that he claims was the result of using “six credit cards” and also said Billboard was cheating.  

 

Justin went to his instagram story to explain that the 60 thousand units that are shown comes from the fact that they don’t disclose their numbers until the end of the week - he called it strategy - and that the rules are very clear that you can’t buy more than 4 copies on one credit card.

 

Ariana defended herself as well saying her fans bought the song, Justin’s fans bought the song, and told 6ix9ine to take a minute and humble himself and to be grateful he’s even on the chart.

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