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Hype Malaysia
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hype Malaysia
New Balance's 204L Is One Shoe In The Past, One In The Future!
New drop alert, sneakerheads! New Balance introduces the 204L, an unexpected and understated new lifestyle model that takes '70s and 2000s running-inspired style to new heights. A unique yet familiar silhouette, the 204L pulls together design elements from both past and present New Balance favourites and fuses slim structure with tech-inspired texture. The result – the retro aesthetic that many know and love in a sleek, low-profile sneaker. 'When designing the 204L, we knew we wanted to offer a versatile, sleek sneaker while producing something new and fresh.' 'It was a true collaborative effort working alongside our product manager, developer, and team of designers to bring this model to life. 'The shoe is designed to stand out from other New Balance models with this convergence of two different eras, set to be released in unique materials and colourways,' said Pierome Sar, Senior Designer at New Balance. The 204L was debuted by New Balance's latest global brand ambassador, Rosalía, earlier this summer. The Grammy award-winning musician shows off the shoe in a high fashion campaign, demonstrating its versatility and its refined yet athletic style. The first 204L drop will be available online, at New Balance's Pavilion KL and IOI City Mall stores on 30th July 2025, for a suggested retail price of RM499. More colourways will be launching in the months to come – visit the New Balance website to find out more. Product details:
Fashion Value Chain
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Value Chain
Rosalía Joins New Balance as Global Brand Ambassador
New Balance proudly announces Grammy-winning artist Rosalía as its newest global brand ambassador. Known for her genre-defying music and bold fashion identity, Rosalía represents a fusion of independence, artistry, and cultural impact—ideals that align closely with New Balance's legacy since 1906. Chris Davis, Brand President and CMO of New Balance, commented, 'Rosalía is more than a global cultural icon—she's a trendsetter and a fearless creator. Her individuality and defiance of convention embody everything New Balance stands for. Together, we're building a narrative that goes beyond fashion or performance—this is about rewriting the rules.' To mark the start of this dynamic partnership, the brand unveiled a cinematic five-part campaign featuring Rosalía. Directed by Alex Prager and produced by American Haiku, the campaign plays out like a visual story. It begins at New Balance's Boston HQ and follows Rosalía on a symbolic journey to New York, ending with the reveal of a co-created logo—a custom painting that symbolizes this groundbreaking collaboration. The storyline showcases her fearless style, independent voice, and artistic flair. In the campaign, Rosalía also debuts the New Balance 204L, a sleek, retro-inspired lifestyle sneaker with premium suede overlays and early 2000s tech details. The 204L is set to launch globally in July through official New Balance outlets. Speaking on the collaboration, Rosalía shared, 'My love for fashion and design keeps growing. I've always admired New Balance's ability to connect sport with culture, and becoming an ambassador is both exciting and meaningful for me.' The announcement signals New Balance's continued focus on creative storytelling, unconventional partnerships, and expanding its cultural footprint through music, fashion, and design.
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CairoScene
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
3ala Mazag Lina Makoul [Curated Playlist]
From Rosalía to 47SOUL, Gwen Stefani to Cheb Mami, Lina Makoul's playlist is a multi-lingual, genre-bending sonic trip through nostalgia, rebellion, and emotional clarity. Jul 14, 2025 Our 'على مزاج' series returns with Palestinian-American singer-songwriter Lina Makoul, who curates a genre-fluid, language-hopping playlist that soundtracks her moods, memories and musical DNA. A dynamic mix of Arabic soul, indie-pop, R&B and fierce femme anthems, Lina's picks range from Nour Harkati's poetic 'Leli' and TootArd's desert-funk 'Laissez Passer' to feminist fire from Rosalía and AURORA. There's space for nostalgia too, with throwbacks like Cheb Mami's 'Bledi' and Gwen Stefani's 'Hollaback Girl' sitting comfortably next to new-wave Arabic cuts like Bint il Sham's 'QLQLQ'. Her own song 'RADIA / راضية' anchors the playlist, an introspective, emotionally charged offering that sits right between cultures and energies, just like the rest of her selections. Stream the full playlist here:
The Guardian
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
DJ Nick León on Rosalía, regional Latin club sounds and rejecting success: ‘I was losing my edge'
A few years ago, Nick León made a hit. Not a hit hit, like a Drake/Sabrina/Taylor hit, but a hit in certain circles. His single Xtasis, made with the Venezuelan producer DJ Babatr, was one of the defining club tracks of 2022. Named track of the year by Resident Advisor and a staple at parties throughout the summer and autumn, it launched León from his status as one of Miami's most interesting underground DJs into the international club circuit. 'It was like, we're hitting the ground running – we're gonna be touring and DJing all the time, and there was this mission of spreading the music that so many people have been playing already, from Latin America and the US,' León recalls of this period, sweating through his tie-dye T-shirt in an east London cafe in June. The problem? León didn't necessarily even see himself as a club producer. 'For as long as I've been making music, there's been two paths in parallel – production work, because I come from that world making rap beats and doing production for artists, and then I had my electronic side quest,' he says. As Xtasis was coming out, he was preparing to lean further into production – he had just worked with Spanish pop star Rosalía on her generational 2022 record Motomami, and signed a publishing deal off the back of it. Next minute, he was deep in the scene, and beginning to feel like he was 'dumbing myself down, playing too four-on-the-floor, not taking any risks' in comparison to how he used to DJ in Miami. 'I was a little worried about where I was going in the club world, being in Europe so much. I was getting boring, losing my edge.' Burnt out, León committed the cardinal sin of any working DJ: he parted ways with his agent and took some time off touring in order to work out what Nick León music should actually sound like. The result is A Tropical Entropy, a muggy, magical debut album that synthesises every facet of León – pop producer, experimental club wizard, maker of heaving, skewwhiff beats – and acts just as much as mission statement as it does a survey of Miami, a city that's far too often represented in culture as either a 0.1-percenter's playground or an ungovernable bed of sin. 'With this project, I wanted to recalibrate a little bit,' he says. 'I think I have a weird entry point to dance music that's not the same as a lot of my peers. I'm learning that Berghain is important from my friends, but I don't care, you know? I really like being in the studio.' León grew up in Fort Lauderdale, a city north of Miami, to a Colombian mother. He started making music as a teenager using a copy of FL Studio, a digital audio workstation, that was on his brother's laptop. He began producing beats for rappers in Miami, running sessions in his family home. During a brief relocation to Boston in the early 2010s, León was introduced to the experimental club music bubbling up around the east coast. It inspired him to start incorporating club sounds into his productions, landing on an irresistible fusion of Latin traditions such as reggaeton and dembow with house and ambient techno. León quickly became associated with a group of artists and labels around the world – Mexico City label Naafi, Colombian label TraTraTrax, ambient reggaeton producer DJ Python – who were fusing similar styles. León describes the 'mission' of that scene as one of garnering respect for regional club styles in a world that is notoriously gatekept and, too often, racist and inconsiderate in the ways it either excludes or gentrifies sounds from outside the western world. It's ongoing, he says. 'It feels way better than it did even two, three years ago in terms of like … OK, artists from Latin America are getting booked – are promoters putting their money where their mouth is and paying for visas? Or is it just a hype moment?' he says. 'Touring in Europe certainly gave me more perspective on the thing, because you play parties and you're either the wildcard or they're mad that you're not playing more reggaeton.' As it turned out, taking time away from the underground club circuit – and betting on the idea that DJs can still find a meaningful, viable career outside its infrastructure – proved fruitful. Last year, León released Bikini, a collaboration with Danish musician Erika de Casier that became an indie-pop crossover, and was hailed by many publications as one of the best songs of the year. When León made the song, it gave him a blueprint for how he wanted A Tropical Entropy to sound – complex but pop-leaning, taking in the multitude of dance styles that have shaped him. 'Bikini felt like one of the first times I was able to get an idea out that really showcases all of the different music that I like,' he says. The mission with this album is nobody's but his own, he says: 'I very much want to hear more pop music that sounds like this.' A Tropical Entropy is out now on TraTraTrax
The Guardian
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
DJ Nick León on Rosalía, regional Latin club sounds and rejecting success: ‘I was losing my edge'
A few years ago, Nick León made a hit. Not a hit hit, like a Drake/Sabrina/Taylor hit, but a hit in certain circles. His single Xtasis, made with the Venezuelan producer DJ Babatr, was one of the defining club tracks of 2022. Named track of the year by Resident Advisor and a staple at parties throughout the summer and autumn, it launched León from his status as one of Miami's most interesting underground DJs into the international club circuit. 'It was like, we're hitting the ground running – we're gonna be touring and DJing all the time, and there was this mission of spreading the music that so many people have been playing already, from Latin America and the US,' León recalls of this period, sweating through his tie-dye T-shirt in an east London cafe in June. The problem? León didn't necessarily even see himself as a club producer. 'For as long as I've been making music, there's been two paths in parallel – production work, because I come from that world making rap beats and doing production for artists, and then I had my electronic side quest,' he says. As Xtasis was coming out, he was preparing to lean further into production – he had just worked with Spanish pop star Rosalía on her generational 2022 record Motomami, and signed a publishing deal off the back of it. Next minute, he was deep in the scene, and beginning to feel like he was 'dumbing myself down, playing too four-on-the-floor, not taking any risks' in comparison to how he used to DJ in Miami. 'I was a little worried about where I was going in the club world, being in Europe so much. I was getting boring, losing my edge.' Burnt out, León committed the cardinal sin of any working DJ: he parted ways with his agent and took some time off touring in order to work out what Nick León music should actually sound like. The result is A Tropical Entropy, a muggy, magical debut album that synthesises every facet of León – pop producer, experimental club wizard, maker of heaving, skewwhiff beats – and acts just as much as mission statement as it does a survey of Miami, a city that's far too often represented in culture as either a 0.1-percenter's playground or an ungovernable bed of sin. 'With this project, I wanted to recalibrate a little bit,' he says. 'I think I have a weird entry point to dance music that's not the same as a lot of my peers. I'm learning that Berghain is important from my friends, but I don't care, you know? I really like being in the studio.' León grew up in Fort Lauderdale, a city north of Miami, to a Colombian mother. He started making music as a teenager using a copy of FL Studio, a digital audio workstation, that was on his brother's laptop. He began producing beats for rappers in Miami, running sessions in his family home. During a brief relocation to Boston in the early 2010s, León was introduced to the experimental club music bubbling up around the east coast. It inspired him to start incorporating club sounds into his productions, landing on an irresistible fusion of Latin traditions such as reggaeton and dembow with house and ambient techno. León quickly became associated with a group of artists and labels around the world – Mexico City label Naafi, Colombian label TraTraTrax, ambient reggaeton producer DJ Python – who were fusing similar styles. León describes the 'mission' of that scene as one of garnering respect for regional club styles in a world that is notoriously gatekept and, too often, racist and inconsiderate in the ways it either excludes or gentrifies sounds from outside the western world. It's ongoing, he says. 'It feels way better than it did even two, three years ago in terms of like … OK, artists from Latin America are getting booked – are promoters putting their money where their mouth is and paying for visas? Or is it just a hype moment?' he says. 'Touring in Europe certainly gave me more perspective on the thing, because you play parties and you're either the wildcard or they're mad that you're not playing more reggaeton.' As it turned out, taking time away from the underground club circuit – and betting on the idea that DJs can still find a meaningful, viable career outside its infrastructure – proved fruitful. Last year, León released Bikini, a collaboration with Danish musician Erika de Casier that became an indie-pop crossover, and was hailed by many publications as one of the best songs of the year. When León made the song, it gave him a blueprint for how he wanted A Tropical Entropy to sound – complex but pop-leaning, taking in the multitude of dance styles that have shaped him. 'Bikini felt like one of the first times I was able to get an idea out that really showcases all of the different music that I like,' he says. The mission with this album is nobody's but his own, he says: 'I very much want to hear more pop music that sounds like this.' A Tropical Entropy is out now on TraTraTrax
