Water Cooler Chat: Music News

Miss World Chile, Ignacia Fernández, surprises crowd with her death metal performance. youtube.com, revolvermag.com

Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first-ever trillionaire — and Billie Eilish, who just a few weeks ago made her feelings about billionaires quite clear, is not happy about it. billboard.com

Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye is donating $350,000 to support emergency relief efforts in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa. digitalmusicnews.com

Listening to music into old age could reduce the risk of dementia by almost 40%, a new study has found. (You’re welcome!) sciencealert.com

Christian music is everywhere now, whether you realize it or not. A new generation is widening the audience for faith-based songs through digital savvy and an eclectic sound. wsj.com

Salt-N-Pepa took the stage at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony last week to accept the Musical Influence Award. But the iconic rap duo used the opportunity to argue that their masters rightfully belong to them and accused Universal Music Group (UMG) of punishing them for trying to reclaim them. digitalmusicnews.com

Meg White missed the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which honoured the White Stripes — her iconic duo with Jack White — at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles Saturday night (Nov. 8). But the bookends of Jack’s speech were all about Meg, who’d edited most of it. billboard.com

Tracks And Vids: New Music This Week

Popular artists and chart-topping tracks.

Meghan Trainor (15.3M subscribers) - “Still Don't Care” (genre: pop, alt pop, dance pop) youtube.com

NF (10.3M subscribers) - “FEAR” (genre: alt pop, indie pop) youtube.com

Diljit Dosanjh feat. Sunny Malton (7.56M subscribers) - “God Bless” (genre: hip hop, trap, gangsta) youtube.com

Ciara feat. MOLIY & Oxlade (6.27M subscribers) - “Nice n’ Sweet” (genre: pop rap, contemporary R&B, trap) youtube.com

Connor Price feat. Haviah Mighty (4.72M subscribers) - “Hand Sanitize” (genre: hip hop, trap, pop rap, conscious) youtube.com

Jessi (4.16M subscribers) - “Girls Like Me” (genre: pop, pop rap, dance pop) youtube.com

Charli xcx feat. John Cale (3.94M subscribers) - “House” (genre: art rock, ambient, experimental, downtempo) youtube.com

The Rolling Stones (3.54M subscribers) - “I Love Ladies” (genre: rock, blues, pop rock, classic rock) youtube.com

Grace VanderWaal (3.42M subscribers) - “High” (genre: pop rock, indie pop, downtempo) youtube.com

Chris Stapleton (3.08M subscribers) - “White Horse” (genre: country rock, southern rock, red dirt) youtube.com 

Seether (1.66M subscribers) - “Lost All Control” (genre: rock, hard rock, post grunge, alternative rock) youtube.com 

FKA twigs (866K subscribers) - “Predictable Girl” (genre: hyper pop, electro pop, dance pop) youtube.com 

KREAM feat. Alika (402K subscribers) - “Dangerous” (genre: electronic, trance, big room) youtube.com 

Robyn (382K subscribers) - “Dopamine” (genre: pop, synth pop, dance pop) youtube.com 

PARTYOF2 (287K subscribers) - “OUT OF BODY” (genre: pop rap, pop rock, dance pop) youtube.com 

Jutes (114K subscribers) - “It Takes Two” (genre: rock, alternative rock, post hardcore) youtube.com 

3Quency (91.6K subscribers) - “Once I Was A Good Girl” (genre: pop, dance pop, electro pop) youtube.com

Alexisonfire (51.3K subscribers) - “Neighbourhood Villain” (genre: rock, alternative rock, sludge) youtube.com

Ando San (48.8K subscribers) - “Thick Neck” (genre: hip hop, alternative rock, gangsta) youtube.com

HAYLA feat. Nelly Furtado (26.9K subscribers) - “FADED” (genre: pop, dance pop, house) youtube.com 

Morphide (21.3K subscribers) - “Of Healing Part 4 - Depression” (genre: rock, alternative rock, metalcore, djent) youtube.com 

Found Music

Artists with smaller followings on YouTube.

Amber Van Day (8.3K subscribers) - “Wannabe” (genre: pop rock, alt pop, indie pop) youtube.com 

No Love For The Middle Child (7.76K subscribers) - “Broken Wings” (genre: rock, alternative rock, indie rock, downtempo) youtube.com 

Kira Lise (7.25K subscribers) - “Sick of It” (genre: rock, indie rock, indie pop) youtube.com

PAENDA (3.21K subscribers) - “Her On My Mind” (genre: pop, synth pop, indie pop) youtube.com 

mercury (2.22K subscribers) - “Heaven” (genre: rock, alternative rock, indie rock, shoegaze) youtube.com 

Maryon King (939 subscribers) - “Control” (genre: pop rock, alt pop, indie pop) youtube.com 

Anastasia Coope (787 subscribers) - “Cradle Sun” (genre: pop, indie rock, indie pop) youtube.com 

Ormella (592 subscribers) - “Take, Take, Take” (genre: indie rock, indie pop, downtempo) youtube.com 

Jenny on Holiday (587 subscribers) - “Good Intentions” (genre: electronic, synth pop, indie pop) youtube.com 

Covers & Remixes, Etc

The Offspring covered The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” youtube.com

Sea Lemon covered Kacey Musgraves’ “Slow Burn” youtube.com

Christopher Cross performed “Sailing” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. youtube.com

Brandi Carlile sang at Soundgarden’s Rock Hall induction performance. youtube.com

Pulp did a fantastic NPR Tiny Desk Concert youtube.com

This Is My Jam This Week

Ecca Vandal (33.5K subscribers) - “MOLLY” (genre: rock, alternative rock, art rock) youtube.com 

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

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