Water Cooler Chat: Music News

With a deafening cheer of “Ozzy Ozzy Ozzy! Oi oi oi!,” Birmingham, England, said a fond farewell today to its favorite son, Ozzy Osbourne, during a citywide celebration. Thousands of fans gathered in the city center, congregating along Broad Street and near the Black Sabbath Bridge. The mood was mostly upbeat — a fitting tribute to a man who once said he didn’t want his funeral to be depressing. rollingstone.com

The Weeknd came home to Toronto for the first of four shows at Rogers Centre on July 27th. It was an emotional night for the Ethiopian-Canadian star born Abel Tesfaye, who has lived in the U.S. for many years but still maintains strong connections to Toronto and Scarborough, the suburb where he grew up. billboard.com

Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” tour is the highest-grossing country tour ever. rollingstone.com

After parting with Josh Freese back in May, the Foo Fighters have enlisted Nine Inch Nails’ touring member Ilan Rubin as their next drummer. In an unexpected twist, Freese will join Nine Inch Nails on their Peel It Back run, both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety confirmed. rollingstone.com

Donald Trump weighed in again on rumors of a possible presidential pardon for Sean Combs, the hip-hop mogul convicted last month on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, calling him “half-innocent” but agreeing with a host who asked if it was “more likely a no.” rollingstone.com

Tracks And Vids: New Music This Week

Popular artists and chart-topping tracks.

Demi Lovato (18.1M subscribers) - “Fast” (genre: pop, electronic, synth pop, house, dance pop) youtube.com

Blondshell (8.07M subscribers) - “Change” (genre: rock, indie rock, lo-fi) youtube.com

Dax (8.05M subscribers) - “Man I Used To Be” (genre: funk/soul, free funk, electric blues) youtube.com

AURORA (6.25M subscribers) - “You Can’t Run From Yourself” (genre: pop, dream pop, indie pop, ethereal) youtube.com

Joyner Lucas (6.19M subscribers) - “Anxiety Wins” (genre: hip hop, trap, thug rap) youtube.com

DANNA (5.47M subscribers) - “KHE CALOR” (genre: pop, dance-pop, reggaeton, dancehall) youtube.com

YG feat. Leon Thomas (4.98M subscribers) - “LOVERS OR FRIENDS” (genre: hip hop, baseline, dance hall) youtube.com

Robin Schulz feat. Steve Aoki & LAWRENT  (3.77M subscribers) - “Bloodtype ” (genre: electronic, house, trance) youtube.com

Saweetie (3M subscribers) - “boffum” (genre: hip hop, trap, baseline) youtube.com

LANY (2.63M subscribers) - “Know You Naked” (genre: pop, electronic, indie pop, experimental) youtube.com

Laufey (2.4M subscribers) - “Lover Girl” (genre: pop, dream pop, ) youtube.com

Chappell Roan (2.14M subscribers) - “The Subway ” (genre: pop, pop rock, dream pop, downtempo) youtube.com

Ruel (1.58M subscribers) - “I Can Die Now” (genre: pop, pop rock, downtempo) youtube.com

Alex Porat (1.18M subscribers) - “Brand New Heart” (genre: electronic, pop, downtempo, chillwave) youtube.com

MEOVV (931K subscribers) - “ME ME ME” (genre: electronic, dance-pop, tech trance, k-pop) youtube.com

Bailey Zimmerman (702K subscribers) - “Chevy Silverado” (genre: country, country rock, indie rock) youtube.com

Rob Thomas (264K subscribers) - “Hard To Be Happy” (genre: rock, pop rock, down tempo) youtube.com

Tita Lau (241K subscribers) - “Sweat Couture” (genre: electronic, house, trance) youtube.com

Suede (170K subscribers) – “Dancing With The Europeans” (genre: rock, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com 

Slayyyter (115K subscribers) - “BEAT UP CHANEL$” (genre: electronic, electro house, baseline) youtube.com

Miles Kane (84.6K subscribers) - “Electric Flower” (genre: rock, funk/soul, psychedelic) youtube.com

Kat Cunning (68.8K subscribers) - “Dancer” (genre: electronic, synth pop, deep house) youtube.com

KARDI (46.7K subscribers) - “Player 1” (genre: rock, alternative rock, melodic hardcore) youtube.com

BLÜ EYES (38.8K subscribers) - “BAD FEELINGS” (genre: pop, synth pop, dream pop) youtube.com

Found Music

Artists with smaller followings on YouTube.

BLACKGOLD (9.46K subscribers) - “Wake Up” (genre: rock, alternative rock, nu metal) youtube.com 

Fat Dog (9.13K subscribers) - “Pray To That” (genre: electronic, synthwave, hardstyle) youtube.com 

Florence Black (7.86K subscribers) - “COLOURED IN” (genre: rock, goth rock, deathrock) youtube.com 

REHMA (5.53K subscribers) - “DEVOTION” (genre: electronic, pop, synth pop) youtube.com 

Witch Fever (4.93K subscribers) - “FEVEREATEN” (genre: rock, alternative rock, art rock, indie rock) youtube.com 

Flowyn (4.51K subscribers) - “Love You” (genre: electronic, pop, europop, downtempo) youtube.com 

DEBBY FRIDAY (3.24K subscribers) - “Alberta” (genre: electronic, pop, synthwave) youtube.com 

Fimí (1.92K subscribers) - “GENTLE BABY” (genre: hip hop, dub, cloud rap) youtube.com 

VAZUM (1.62K subscribers) - “Razor Smile” (genre: rock, hard rock, post punk) youtube.com 

SINI (410 subscribers) - “Black Widow Blues” (genre: rock, alternative rock, post metal) youtube.com 

Annabelle Walt (342 subscribers) - “I can be your summer” (genre: electronic, house, hands up) youtube.com 

Covers & Remixes, Etc

Chelsea Wolfe covers Black Sabbath’s “Changes” youtube.com

Frank Watkinson covers John Mayer’s “Gravity” youtube.com

Morwenyth covers ERRA’s “Slow Sour Bleed” youtube.com

This Is My Jam This Week

davvn (7.3K subscribers) - “third degree” (genre: rock, alternative rock, pop punk) youtube.com 

This week’s full playlist on: YouTube and Spotify 

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