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Express Tribune
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Eminem credited as lyricist on Justin Bieber's Yukon track from SWAG album
Justin Bieber's surprise album SWAG, released on July 11, 2025, has stirred excitement and confusion online—especially over a notable credit on one of its most talked-about tracks. According to the third song on the album, 'YUKON,' lists Eminem, 2 Chainz, Dijon, and Bieber himself as composer-lyricists. 🚨 Eminem is one of the Composer Lyricists on the track 'YUKON' on Justin Bieber's new album 'SWAG' — The Eminem Bible (@Shadyind) July 11, 2025 Fans quickly took to X (formerly Twitter) to react. Some were thrilled by Eminem's apparent involvement, with one user declaring 'YUKON' the 'second best song on the album,' and others calling it 'fire' and 'one of my favs.' However, many questioned the extent of Eminem's contribution. Several users speculated that Bieber had sampled a lyric from Eminem's 2011 track 'Untitled,' particularly the line, 'Get a move on, like U-Haul,' which may have led to Eminem being legally credited. The best of the album — Jack21 (@astrojack21) July 11, 2025 While some hoped the credit hinted at a deeper collaboration, others dismissed it as a routine legal listing. 'That means literally nothing,' one user wrote. 'He is legally obligated to list Eminem. It's still unclear which song was sampled.' Theories continued circulating, but most agreed the credit likely stems from sample clearance rather than a new partnership. It's because I take the lyrics from the song "Untitled" by Eminem — Javier Alejandro (@_Javishh) July 11, 2025 That means literally nothing, probably just used a sample so they had to credit em — ViperAceFilms (@ace6_viper) July 11, 2025 Though Bieber and Eminem haven't collaborated before, they've acknowledged each other publicly. In 2013, The Sun reported that Eminem reached out to Bieber during a rough patch, encouraging therapy. Later, in 2018, Eminem name-dropped Bieber in a freestyle, prompting Bieber to criticize the rapper's views on younger artists. SWAG is Bieber's first full-length release since Justice (2021), and its rollout included billboard campaigns across Reykjavík, New York, and Los Angeles. Promotional visuals featured Bieber, his wife Hailey, and their son Jack Blues. Whether Eminem's credit was intentional or incidental, it has certainly drawn fresh attention to Bieber's evolving musical direction.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Apple Music adds lyrics translation and pronunciation features in iOS 26
Apple announced new Apple Music updates at WWDC 2025 with the new iOS 26 update. The company said it is adding a lyrics translation feature to its Apple Music service so you can easily understand the meaning of a song in another language. This might reduce your visits to or such alternative sites. The company is also adding a pronunciation feature so you can sing a song without uttering gibberish or getting a word or a phrase wrong. Plus, Apple said it's adding auto-mix to build an endless mix of one song after another based on the previous song. This is possibly a competitor to Spotify's AI DJ feature. What's more, the company will allow you to pin your favorite artists, albums, or playlists to the top of the library to easily access them. Users can also use their iPhones as mics for karaoke on tvOS and can control features like song vocals and reverb.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Apple Music adds lyrics translation and pronunciation features
Apple announced new Apple Music updates at WWDC 2025 with the new iOS 26 update. The company said it is adding a lyrics translation feature to its Apple Music service so you can easily understand the meaning of a song in another language. This might reduce your visits to or such alternative sites. The company is also adding a pronunciation feature so you can sing a song without uttering gibberish or getting a word or a phrase wrong. Plus, Apple said it's adding auto-mix to build an endless mix of one song after another based on the previous song. This is possibly a competitor to Spotify's AI DJ feature. What's more, the company will allow you to pin your favorite artists, albums, or playlists to the top of the library to easily access them. Users can also use their iPhones as mics for karaoke on tvOS. You can also control features like song vocals and reverb. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch at Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
The Independent
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi given 74 lashes over protest song urging hijab removal
Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian musician known for protest songs that call out his country's strict dress codes for women, was given 74 lashes as part of a punishment. His lawyer, Zahra Minuei, confirmed in a post on X that the punishment had been carried out at Branch Four of the Moral Security Prosecutor's Office in Tehran, marking the end of a criminal case against Yarrahi. 'The flogging sentence has been carried out,' she wrote, according to an online translation. Yarrahi, 42, was arrested in August 2023 and then sentenced by the Tehran Revolutionary Court to two years and eight months in prison in addition to 74 lashes. He ended up serving a year of his sentence and served out the rest of his term in house arrest with an ankle monitor after posting bail. 'We wanted to lift the bail, but they said it was conditional on the flogging sentence being carried out,' Ms Minuei said. At the time, Yarrahi had written on X: 'I am ready to receive the sentence of 74 lashes, and while I condemn this inhuman torture, I make no request to cancel it.' Yarrahi was accused of 'releasing an illegal song that is against the morals and customs of Islamic society ' following the release of his song 'Your Headscarf (Roo Sarito)' in September 2023. The song was released on the first anniversary of the 'Women, Life, Freedom' uprising, which began after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for allegedly violating Iran 's mandatory headscarf law. 'Take off your scarf, the sun is sinking/Take off your scarf, your pleasant perfume fills the air/Take off your scarf, let your hair flow/Don't be afraid, my love! Laugh, protest against tears,' the lyrics go, according to a translation by After news of his flogging broke, Yarrahi posted a message on his social media, thanking his lawyers and writing: 'You brought glass to break our stone…Whoever is not willing to pay the price for freedom is not worthy of it.' Under Iranian law, based on Tehran's interpretation of Sharia, women and girls who have reached puberty must cover their heads with scarves and bodies with long, loose-fitting clothing. The rules were made even stricter last year after Iran's parliament passed a new 'hijab and chastity' law that would increase the prison sentence to 10 years and a fine for dressing "inappropriately" in public places. Iranian human rights activist and Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi condemned the flogging in a statement, writing: 'The execution of Mehdi Yarrahi's flogging sentence is retaliation for his support of the women of Iran. The lashes on Mehdi's body are a whip against the proud and resilient women of Iran and the thriving, powerful spirit of the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement. 'On the eve of 8 March, by rejecting the 'gender privilege' in singing, Mehdi Yarrahi once again stood alongside protesting, justice-seeking women and the people in pursuit of their demands. 'May we, as women, protest the regime's brutality against a dissenting artist, strengthening the chain of solidarity and putting an end to the misogynistic religious tyranny. Mehdi Yarrahi stood against the suppression of women's voices – let us be his voice.' Actor Taraneh Alidoosti, who spent almost three weeks in jail over her support for the 2022 protests, posted in support of Yarrahi on Instagram, writing: 'Shame on backwardness, shame on torture, shame on violence, shame on anti-human laws, and shame and disgrace on our helplessness', according to an online translation. Last year in October, 23-year-old Roya Heshmati, a vocal critic of the country's controversial hijab laws, was whipped 74 times by the police for 'violating public morals' by sharing a picture in which her head was not covered. In May 2024, renowned director Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced to eight years in prison, flogging, a fine, and the confiscation of property after the court found his films and documentaries, along with his public statements, to be 'examples of collusion with the intention of committing a crime against the security of the country'.
