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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Djo Scores First Airplay Chart No. 1 With ‘Basic Being Basic'
Djo ascends to No. 1 on Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart, with his single 'Basic Being Basic' climbing two places to the top of the list dated July 26. It marks the first airplay chart reign for Djo, the musical project of actor-musician Joe Keery. Previously, he peaked as high as No. 4 on Alternative Airplay with 'End of Beginning' in July 2024. More from Billboard Billy Corgan Reacts to MCR's Cover of Smashing Pumpkins Classic Linkin Park Drop 'One More Light' From Live Shows After Bennington's Death King Ultramega Supergroup Pays Tribute to Chris Cornell With 'Rusty Cage' Cover Djo is the eighth first-time leader on Alternative Airplay in 2025, following maiden reigns for sombr ('Back to Friends'), Jonah Kagen ('God Needs the Devil'), Lola Young ('Messy'), Balu Brigada ('So Cold'), Justice and Tame Impala (both on 'Neverender') and almost monday ('Can't Slow Down'). With five months to go in the year, 2025's mark of eight rookie No. 1 acts is already the most since 2012, when eight acts also led Alternative Airplay for the first time each. Slight catch: of those, six were lead acts (Gotye, Grouplove, Of Monsters and Men, fun., Alex Clare and The Lumineers), while two were featured vocalists (Kimbra on Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used To Know' and Janelle Monae via fun.'s 'We Are Young'); all eight in 2025 have been lead acts. Limiting the criteria to just lead acts, one must go back to 2010. Fifteen years ago, nine acts — including eight with lead artist billing — reached No. 1 for the first time: Phoenix, Cage the Elephant, Crash Kings, Stone Temple Pilots, Dirty Heads, Neon Trees, Mumford & Sons and The Black Keys, as well as Rome as a featured artist on Dirty Heads' 'Lay Me Down.' Could 2025 surpass 2010's mark? Not only are there more than five months left in the year to do so, it's also worth noting that two acts currently in the chart's top 10 — Turnstile and Wet Leg — have never led and are still rising as of the July 26-dated ranking. Back to Djo: concurrently, 'Basic Being Basic' leaps 22-16 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 2.3 million audience impressions (up 20%) in the week ending July 17, according to Luminate. The song is the lead single from The Crux, Djo's third studio album. The set debuted at No. 6 on the Top Alternative Albums chart dated April 19 and has earned 79,000 equivalent album units to date. All Billboard charts dated July 26 will update on Tuesday, July 22. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Four Decades of 'Madonna': A Look Back at the Queen of Pop's Debut Album on the Charts Chart Rewind: In 1990, Madonna Was in 'Vogue' Atop the Hot 100 Solve the daily Crossword
The Advertiser
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
A bush drum kit marks the rust-red roots of Australia's flying kangaroo
It's the morning after a dramatic night before (with a thunderstorm bearing down on Winton, the Festival of Outback Opera's open-air, opening-night event was hastily relocated to a school hall). A golden sunrise comes as sweet relief. I stroll to the Musical Fence (an interactive sculpture sampled by Gotye for one of his songs) and a nearby bush drum kit on the town's outskirts. The playful instruments, fashioned from oil drums, hub caps and the like, beg to be played. Winton's soundtrack is the screech of galahs but I add high and low notes, banging the cymbals with "drumsticks" (literally sticks from a tree) and stomping the pedal of the bass drum. My "audience" is a larger sculpture - of an Avro 504K, Qantas's first aircraft - proclaiming Winton as the airline's birthplace. Doesn't that honour belong to Longreach, 180 kilometres down the road? Turns out Qantas's first board meeting took place in Winton, where they decided to move operations to Longreach ... and that was enough for Winton to stake a claim.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jimmy Fallon Remixes ‘Somebody That I Used to Know' in Honor of Trump-Musk ‘National Divorce'
Jimmy Fallon is happy to report that Donald Trump and Elon Musk are totally thriving as they move on from their feud. And he has a music video to prove it. 'Well, it seems like Trump and Elon's feud has calmed down a bit. The two still aren't speaking, but they did release this music video today,' Fallon said on Tuesday night. The chords for Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know' then started as 'The Tonight Show' stitched together audio clips of both Musk and Trump singing the lyrics to the breakup anthem. Musk started off the song with 'You didn't have to cut me off' before Trump took it away with 'Make it out like it never happened and that we were nothing.' Musk then chimed back in with 'Guess that I don't need that though' with Trump closing it out with the iconic line 'Now you're just somebody that I used to know.' That isn't the only breakup song joke Fallon had. 'The fallout continues over Trump's national divorce from Elon Musk. And Trump said he's not even thinking about Elon,' Fallon said earlier in his monologue. To prove his point, the comedian shared a sketch that featured 'The Tonight Show's' version of Trump asking if Musk had called, texted, emailed, faxed, poked, slacked or slid into his DMs. After a Secret Service member stoically responds 'no' to Trump's many questions, the sketch showed bright rave-like colors flashing from the windows of the White House as fake Trump sang Robyn's 'Dancing on My Own.' Watch the full opening monologue above. The post Jimmy Fallon Remixes 'Somebody That I Used to Know' in Honor of Trump-Musk 'National Divorce' | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Canberra Times
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Canberra Times
Spilt Milk's biggest sale over within hours as festival tickets sell out
Joining him on the line-up is Florida swamp princess and Billboard Woman of the Year, Doechii, whose hit track Anxiety - which prominently uses a sample of Gotye's Somebody That I Used To Know - is everywhere at the moment.
Daily Record
27-04-2025
- Daily Record
Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre's haunting final words before tragic suicide
Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, tragically took her own life at her farm in Western Australia. But just weeks before her death, she hauntingly expressed that she was "ready to go". The 41-year-old had been battling for years to bring those she claimed had abused her through Jeffrey Epstein to justice. Her death on Friday is currently under investigation by the WA Police, but it is considered "not suspicious". Ms Giuffre's passing followed a challenging period, marked by her acrimonious separation from her spouse of over two decades, Robert Giuffre, whom she had credited with helping her escape Epstein's grasp. As per her father, Sky Roberts, she was in the midst of a 'messy' divorce. Earlier this month, Ms Giuffre was set to appear in court following allegations of domestic abuse, stemming from an alleged violation of a restraining order when she texted her estranged husband in February. Five days after her scheduled appearance, she posted her final Instagram story - first a link to Gotye's breakup song Somebody That I Used To Know then a black screen with no words, only a broken heart emoji pinned to her profile. In the previous month, Ms Giuffre had raised concerns among her followers by sharing a photo from a hospital bed, displaying severe bruising. She claimed to have been involved in a car accident with a school bus. She wrote: "I'm ready to go," while pleading to see her children "one last time." She also claimed to have acute kidney failure. However, the police minimized the severity of the crash, and she was discharged from the hospital shortly thereafter. Last night, an attorney representing the victims of Epstein expressed no shock at Giuffre's decision to take her own life, considering the suffering she underwent. Spencer Kuvin, a lead lawyer, conveyed to the Sunday Mirror : "Sadly, we often witness that sexual abuse leaves lasting scars that never fully heal. Abuse victims never truly recover from what has transpired. "The weight of these scars can be overwhelming for some, leading them to make tragic choices like Ms Giuffre. Despite her remarkable strength and resilience, she fought valiantly against her wealthy and powerful abusers. "It is both saddening and not surprising that she ultimately chose to end her life to alleviate her suffering." Another survivor of Epstein's crimes, lured in as a teenager near his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, relayed her fury about the lack of justice for Ms Giuffre. She said: "When I woke to learn of Virginia's death, I just sat there and cried. "Not just for her but because it feels like this was always going to happen. They broke her. They chipped away at her spirit piece by piece, year after year. And the people who should have been held accountable, the men who smiled and shook hands with Jeffrey, the ones who used girls like us like we were disposable - they have never paid." Ms Giuffre played a pivotal role in the downfall of Epstein, alleging that as a teenager, she was trafficked to some of the world's most influential men, including Prince Andrew . Giuffre claimed that she was flown across the globe to engage in sexual encounters with the Royal and other individuals, at times when she was still considered a minor according to US law. In explicit civil court documents submitted in August 2021 in New York, Ms Giuffre charged Andrew with sexual misconduct on three occasions. Andrew, aged 65, has resolutely rejected these claims, stating he does not recall ever encountering his accuser and notably during an infamously unsuccessful BBC interview in 2019. This interview occurred only three months after to the suicide of his associate Epstein , who took his life while detained in a New York prison cell on charges involving the trafficking of minors for sex. In early 2022, Andrew reached a settlement in Virginia Giuffre's civil lawsuit against him for an undisclosed amount reported to be close to £12 million. In the agreement, he recognised her as an "victim of abuse" and acknowledged Epstein's role in trafficking countless young women. The prince, however, did not concede any personal wrongdoing . Ms Giuffre's bravery in coming forward resulted in the establishment of SOAR (Speak Out, Act, Reclaim), an organisation she initiated in 2015 to support survivors of sex trafficking. Her unwavering perseverance brought attention to a hidden international exploitation ring protected by wealth and power. She leaves behind three children, who she often referred to as "the light of her life."
