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Calvin Harris Responds to Ultra Music Fest Criticism

Against better judgment and prevailing popular wisdom, and in spite of the fact that he’s massively wealthy and could very well spend his time doing literally anything else other than worrying about what a few Instagram haters think, Calvin Harris has read the comments. On Wednesday, the DJ and producer who wrote the omnipresent “We Found Love” for Rihanna and is in possession of multiple platinum plaques of his own, responded to criticism of his Ultra Music Festival appearance.

Within the comments of a largely positive post about the festival, one commenter gave his opinion: “Honestly thought this set was extremely underwhelming, gave it until 9:20 til I called it quits and went to svdden death.” Another commenter apparently added their own thoughts to the fracas but it’s no longer online.

Harris would not stand for such impudence.

In a response that showed equal contempt for the commenters, capital letters, and conventional punctuation, Harris wrote: “you expect me to play none of my songs? 3 songs since 2014 hmm how deep is your love – billion streams, this is what you came for – billion streams, my way – billion streams, slide – billion streams, feels – billion streams, one

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Hear BTS’ J-Hope, Jungkook Team Up on ‘I Wonder’

Two members of BTS has joined forces on a new song, “I Wonder.” The track is officially J-Hope’s and finds the rapper teaming up with Jungkook. The track appears on his Hope on the Street Vol. 1 album, which was released on Friday.

The tune features a funky, Eighties R&B-influenced backing track, built with Stratocaster-like bluesy guitar licks and thick synths, as the artists sing about all the things they wonder. Throughout the tune, they sing about love, trust, and togetherness, all with a little Autotune. “I wonder, wonder, wonder where we go, ’cause I want to, want to, want to keep you close,” goes one of the hooks.

J-Hope’s label, HYBE, previously released a statement explaining the idea behind the album and its song, “On the Street.” “The key motif of the track comes from the word ‘street,’ which can be interpreted as a place where many people’s everyday lives pass by — a metaphor for life,” it says. “It comes from ‘street dance,’ the genre that represents J-Hope’s roots as an artist, and it also symbolizes the path that he will continue to take with his fans around the world.”

The release coincides with a new six-part docuseries

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Calendar of New Music Releases Coming

2023 may have featured massive releases from artists such as Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Versions of SpeakNow and 1989), Drake (For All the Dogs and its Scary Hours edition), Bad Bunny (Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Mañana Market), Nicki Minaj (Pink Friday 2), Morgan Wallen (One Thing at a Time) and many others, but 2024 is shaping up to be a strong year as well.

Albums scheduled for release include Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism, and more from Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow and many others. Among them as well is the Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign’s three-volume collab Vultures.

Plus, who can forget Swift’s big reveal? The pop superstar announced that her 11th studio set, The Tortured Poets Departmentwhile accepting the best pop vocal album Grammy for Midnights — her lucky No. 13 Grammys at that! — would be arriving in the spring. But she wasn’t the only superstar to take advantage of a big stage to announce a new project. Beyoncé revealed during her Verizon Super Bowl 2024 ad that new music was coming, then made her album announcement and dropped two