Water Cooler Chat: Music News

Sean “Diddy” Combs was denied bail after a jury found him guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution this morning. The judge cited Combs’ history of violence and past illegal conduct while explaining why he declined to release Combs as he awaits sentencing. cnn.com

50 Cent has been relentless with his trolling of Diddy throughout the federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial, and the Queens legend reacted to Sean Combs’ mixed verdict after the news was announced. “Diddy beat the [RICO], that boy a bad man,” 50 wrote to Instagram alongside an AI-generated photo of himself smiling. billboard.com

As Apple Music turns 10 this year, the popular streaming service is celebrating a major power move: Apple Music Studios, is a three-story, 15,000-square-foot creative playground in the Los Angeles area to help artists dream big and connect deeper with fans. apnews.com

Kendrick Lamar adds to his collection of Billboard chart records not once, but twice this week as his latest studio album GNX and his SZA collaboration “Luther” become the longest-running No. 1s in the history of the Top Rap Albums and Hot Rap Songs chart, respectively, on the lists dated July 5, 2025. billboard.com

One week after multiple outlets reported that Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom had ended their relationship after nine years together, reps for the pair confirmed the split in a statement. billboard.com

The Velvet Sundown, an obviously fictional “band” that’s gone viral after somehow racking up more than 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify out of nowhere, used the generative-AI platform Suno in the creation of their songs, and consider themselves an “art hoax,” a band spokesperson reveals to Rolling Stone. rollingstone.com

Tracks And Vids: New Music This Week

Popular artists and chart-topping tracks.

Bad Bunny (50.4M subscribers) - “NUEVAYoL” (genre: pop, salsa, reggaeton) youtube.com 

Drake (31.1M subscribers) - “What Did I Miss?” (genre: hip hop, trap, tropical house) youtube.com 

Miley Cyrus feat. Naomi Campbell (19.8M subscribers) - “Every Girl You've Ever Loved” (genre: pop, synth-pop, house) youtube.com 

BABYMONSTER (9.56M subscribers) - “HOT SAUCE” (genre: electronic, pop, k-pop) youtube.com 

Ava Max (6.8M subscribers) - “Wet, Hot American Dream” (genre: pop, electro, dance pop) youtube.com 

Sean Paul (5.07M subscribers) - “Ginger” (genre: pop, grime, house, reggaeton) youtube.com 

Connor Price feat. Pertinence (4.62M subscribers) - “BIG FISH” (genre: hip hop, cloud rap, trap) youtube.com 

Kesha (4.57M subscribers) - “RED FLAG” (genre: pop, electronic, hard house, breakcore) youtube.com 

Brent Faiyaz (1.8M subscribers) - “peter pan” (genre: funk / soul, downtempo) youtube.com

Chance the Rapper feat. Lil Wayne and Smino (1.6M subscribers) - “Tre” (genre: hip hop, gangsta, screw) youtube.com

Of Monsters and Men (1.55M subscribers) - “Television Love” (genre: pop, rock, indie pop, indie rock) youtube.com 

Zach Bryan (1.5M subscribers) - “Streets of London” (genre: rock, country, new country, neo folk) youtube.com 

Moby & Goddard feat. Lovelle  (952K subscribers) - “Stereo” (genre: electronic, drum n bass, halftime, hands up) youtube.com 

THE HARDKISS (452K subscribers) - “Crush” (genre: rock, alternative rock, post metal) youtube.com 

Parcels (320K subscribers) - “Yougotmefeeling” (genre: pop, house, dub) youtube.com 

Dj Sava feat. Caitlyn (71K subscribers) - “Catalina” (genre: electronic, dance pop, house) youtube.com

Geordie Kieffer (63.3K subscribers) - “American” (genre: rock, indie rock) youtube.com 

Sydney Rose (63.1K subscribers) - “Before & After You” (genre: dream pop, ambient, indie pop) youtube.com 

Songer (38.9K subscribers) - “ALIVE” (genre: electronic, alternative rock, electro) youtube.com 

BLÜ EYES (37.7K subscribers) - “two people at once” (genre: pop, synth-pop, indie pop) youtube.com 

Mimi Barks (11.6K subscribers) - “Crawling” (genre: rock, alternative rock, metalcore) youtube.com 

Found Music

Artists with smaller followings on YouTube.

Sept (3.86K subscribers) – “Stacy” (genre: rock, alternative rock, post punk) youtube.com

Nova May (3.28K subscribers) – “TROPICANA BAR” (genre: electronic, synth-pop, house, dance pop) youtube.com

Lonnie Gunn (1.91K subscribers) – “Lucky Girl” (genre: rock, indie rock, pop rock, pop punk, post punk) youtube.com

Rachael Fahim (1.65K subscribers) – “Who You Are” (genre: country, new country) youtube.com

CROOKED ROYALS (1.47K subscribers) – “Catch 22” (genre: rock, alternative rock, progressive metal) youtube.com

Ryn Kid (828 subscribers) – “Dreamboat Baby” (genre: pop, synth-pop, electro house) youtube.com

Mindcollision (816 subscribers) – “A Coward's Tale” (genre: rock, metalcore, nu metal) youtube.com

BACKSTABBED (740 subscribers) – “SELF-FULFILLING TRAGEDY” (genre: rock, noisecore, post-hardcore) youtube.com

Covers & Remixes

Judas Priest covers Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” youtube.com

Rain Paris covers The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” youtube.com

Morgan James covers AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” youtube.com

This Is My Jam This Week

Fionn (12.3K subscribers) - “What Do You Do?” (genre: rock, indie rock, pop punk) youtube.com

This week’s full playlist on: YouTube and Spotify and Tune My Music

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