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Water Cooler Chat: Music News

Megan Thee Stallion gives Thanksgiving meals to nearly 2,000 families in Texas. nme.com

Joni Mitchell to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2026 JUNO Awards. music-news.com

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81. bbc.com

Members of BABYMONSTER, ZEROBASEONE, and other artists collaborate on a planned live Demon Hunters tribute for the 2025 MAMA Awards. forbes.com

Radiohead played four sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena, and the gigs ended up beating an attendance record set by Metallica at the same venue in 2017. rollingstone.com

Megadeth announce 2026 Canadian tour with Anthrax and Exodus. loudersound.com

A TikTok video of The Wiggles dancing behind Keli Holiday (Peking Duk’s Adam Hyde) as he promoted his new single “Ecstasy” was removed after parents complained about the song’s lyric, “You and your pocket full of ecstasy.” billboard.com

Aphex Twin has surprise-released two new songs on his SoundCloud account. nme.com, soundcloud.com

Teddy Swims says he sometimes uses AI to make music. nme.com

Stryper has a new Christian hard rock Christmas album. youtube.com

Tracks And Vids: New Music This Week

Popular artists and chart-topping tracks.

Jessie J (10.9M subscribers) - “I’ll Never Know Why” (genre: adult contemporary, alt pop, downtempo) youtube.com

Lil Uzi Vert (10.1M subscribers) - “Relevant” (genre: hip hop, trap, conscious) youtube.com

CENTRAL CEE (6.31M subscribers) - “BOOGA” (genre: hip hop, grime, drill) youtube.com

Johnny Orlando (4.75M subscribers) - “The Crowd” (genre: indie rock, indie pop, alternative rock) youtube.com

Shaggy feat. Busy Signal (3.29M subscribers) - “FEEL THE ENERGY” (genre: dance pop, moombahton, house) youtube.com

blackbear (2.72M subscribers) - “britney in 07” (genre: hip hop, pop rap, alt pop) youtube.com 

Merkules (1.73M subscribers) - “On One” (genre: hip hop, pop rap, cloud rap) youtube.com 

SEVDALIZA (1.25M subscribers) - “OXYTOCINA” (genre: pop, pop dance, alt pop) youtube.com 

Gabi Sklar (851K subscribers) - “Sugamama” (genre: country, new country, pop rock) youtube.com

Caskey feat. Loc Hefner & ClicKlak (378K subscribers) - “Catch Me If You Can” (genre: hip hop, trap, drill) youtube.com

SonReal (328K subscribers) - “Crumble” (genre: indie rock, neo folk, folk rock) youtube.com

NLE The Great (116K subscribers) - “Hello Revenge” (genre: hip hop, trap, afro-fusion) youtube.com

YONAKA (52.5K subscribers) - “Hit Me When I’m Sore” (genre: alternative rock, indie rock, dream pop) youtube.com

Fishbone (35.7K subscribers) - “All About Us” (genre: ska, funk, punk) youtube.com

Devon Again (22.1K subscribers) - “skittles” (genre: indie pop, indie rock, alt pop) youtube.com

Goldie Boutilier (21.2K subscribers) - “Terrible Things” (genre: indie pop, indie rock, alt pop) youtube.com

Future Palace (20.8K subscribers) - “Deep Blue” (genre: metalcore, alternative rock, post hardcore) youtube.com

Michael Monroe (15.9K subscribers) - “Disconnected” (genre: rock, 80s rock, hair metal) youtube.com

Found Music

Artists with smaller followings on YouTube.

Riff Wood (10.8K subscribers) - “Blur” (genre: rock, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com 

Devault (8.45K subscribers) - “Feels Like Us” (genre: pop, melodic techno, synth pop) youtube.com 

bleach (8.13K subscribers) - “CANDY BOX” (genre: rock, alternative rock, post punk) youtube.com 

Harpy (3.87K subscribers) - “Torture” (genre: metalcore, industrial, post hardcore) youtube.com 

Sissy Ford (3.18K subscribers) - “Bite The Bullet” (genre: pop rap, indie R&B, contemporary R&B) youtube.com 

JENIVERSE (2.74K subscribers) - “FREAK OF NATURE” (genre: alternative metal, alternative rock, hard rock) youtube.com 

MDNS feat. THÉA (2.55K subscribers) - “TÉLÉPHONE!” (genre: alternative rock, post hardcore, emo, punk) youtube.com 

See You Next Tuesday (1.6K subscribers) - “Just Out of Curiosity, Are Your Parents Siblings?” (genre: thrash, noise rock, hardcore punk) youtube.com 

Stella Hennen (607 subscribers) - “Anything Anymore” (genre: pop rock, indie pop, alt pop) youtube.com 

The Brave (493 subscribers) - “Take It All Away” (genre: hard rock, alternative rock, post hardcore, metalcore) youtube.com 

Norae (211 subscribers) - “KISS KISS” (genre: electro pop, hyperpop, dance pop) youtube.com 

Coffin Break (135 subscribers) - “Maxine” (genre: alternative rock, post punk, pop punk) youtube.com 

Covers & Remixes, Etc

This is a fantastic set of covers of Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral. youtube.com

Halestorm covered Bad Company’s “Shooting Star” youtube.com

Eminem joined Jack White on stage for a surprise performance at this year’s Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving Halftime Show. youtube.com

Watch Post Malone’s Thanksgiving Halftime Show. youtube.com

Watch mgk’s Grey Cup Halftime Show. youtube.com

This Is My Jam This Week

Street Lamp (1.28K subscribers) - “2k” (genre: alternative rock, indie rock, post punk) youtube.com

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