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News18
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- News18
BTS Is Reigning Supreme With The Release Of Permission To Dance Live Album
Last Updated: Permission to Dance On Stage- Live features 22 songs from their sold-out tour by the same name. Within a month of all members completing their mandatory military service, BTS released a new project, titled Permission to Dance On Stage – Live, on July 18. It is their first release in three years, and marks their return as a full unit after a hiatus. Although the album brings back their past hits, their fans were still extremely excited about the comeback of their favourite musicians, and they absolutely loved it. What's the proof? A report by Billboard revealed that music fanatics chose BTS ' Permission to Dance live album over any other artist that week. On July 18, the media outlet published a poll offering choices between BTS, Alex Warren, Nine Inch Nails, Jessie Murph, and Zach Bryan. Among all, the K-pop supergroup's first-ever live album emerged as the favourite release in the past week. Permission to Dance On Stage- Live received 94 per cent votes, whereas Alex Warren, who released You'll Be Alright Kid, could manage only 2.03 per cent of the votes. Jessie Murph for Sex Hysteria, Zach Bryan for Madeline feat. Gabrielle Rose and Nine Inch Nails for As Alive As You Need Me to Be received 0.27 per cent, 0.32 per cent and 0.68 per cent, respectively. BTS' live album, named after their 2021 sold-out tour Permission to Dance, features 22 songs. An hour and 20 minutes long, the album features songs like DNA, Idol, Fake Love, Dynamite and Butter, among others. They also released a digital package called Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul, which features the live recording og their performance in Seoul as well as some behind-the-scenes photos. The live album came at a time when the septet, comprising RM, Jin, J-Hope, Suga, Jimin, V and Jungkook, had officially reunited to prepare for a brand-new album. During a Weverse live event earlier this month, the group announced not only a new album, slated for release sometime in 2026, but also their highly anticipated world tour. 'We'll be releasing a new BTS album in the spring of next year. Starting in July, all seven of us will begin working closely together on new music. Since it will be a group album, it will reflect each member's thoughts and ideas," they said in a statement. BTS is currently in Los Angeles, preparing for their new album. view comments First Published: July 22, 2025, 14:38 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
The Citizen
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Citizen
Lefokolodi: Play it freaking loud
'We're just four regular guys who love music.' It's lekker, it's loud and its moshable. It's punk that's let of some steam and what Nine Inch Nails would sound like if it were on steroids. The music is good, and what makes it even better is that you know, for sure, your parents would ask you to turn it down, because it's that good. Joburg outfit Lefokolodi's music is road rage and a slap of protest in between humour and deep thinking. The band's young EP The Milk Was Finished Because We Were Thirsty is now available on all major streaming platforms. It's not streaming, really. It's tsunami-ing your senses with grinding guitars and rock and roll, like it should be, He was a line ranger musician looking to make a home, and guitarist Shinesh Ramballi wanted to start a band. He had no scene connections, no network, and did what any guitarist in his position would. He went to Marshall Music in Woodmead, Johannesburg and tried to recruit strangers. 'No one gave me the time of day,' he said. 'So, I just started playing through some amps. Loudly.' Two guys noticed while browsing, liked what they heard, and suggested he speak to a drummer named Yakean. He was looking for a band Quickly, a jam session was set up, but before it happened, Shinesh got a message from someone called Lerato. 'He was a bassist looking to start a band,' he said. 'He and Yakean knew each other from a project they called Headmistress.' They met up. They played. It worked. 'The chemistry was instant,' Shinesh said. 'We decided to start a band on the spot.' To christen their new collective, Lerato had a notebook filled with band name ideas. One stood out. 'Lefokolodi,' said Shinesh. 'It means millipede in Sotho.' What they did not realise at the time was that Lerato could also sing. 'We went through a few vocalists,' he said. 'But no one was right. Then we heard Lerato do vocals. That was it.' ALSO READ: 'Roger Waters: The Wall' is an epic watch of powerful music The final piece was Sidney. 'We were adamant. It had to be Sidney, who was in a band called Drumfish. He is on bass,' said Shinesh. The band members go by their first names. They all have day jobs, too. The line-up has been consistent since then with Lerato on vocals, Shinesh on guitar, Sidney on bass, and Yakean on drums. 'We're just four regular guys who love music.' They rehearse weekly and record when they can afford to do so. 'We self-fund everything,' said Shinesh. 'There's no label. No manager. No one is telling us what to do. It's just us.' Hard rock roots The EP is not a concept project, even though it may sound like one. 'These are just songs we wrote over the last few years,' said Shinesh. 'It was not planned. It just happened to fit.' The tracks are true to their hard rock roots, and Shinesh ran through some of the emotional logistics of the somewhat cheekily named songs. Butt Hurt deals with heartbreak. 'It's about unrequited love. The kind that leaves you angry and frustrated.' Mozzie takes aim at social performance. 'It's about people who pretend to be perfect and look down on those who are not,' he said. 'Trying to live up to that standard sucks you dry.' The track Snake Dick is a confidence anthem with a sharp edge. 'It's about knowing your worth and how that upsets people. The 'b**ches' we refer to are the ones who fear confidence. Also, we just wanted to have fun with hip hop.' 8 Tit Bitties is a track about self-acceptance. 'Learning to love yourself, even the bits you do not like. It's about survival, really.' There's a weed anthem Za Za is what he called their weed anthem. 'A love song to marijuana. And the community it creates,' said Shinesh. 'It's about ease, honesty, a sense of peace. And it's just us appreciating the culture we're a part of.' They record the same way they write. He said it's done collectively and without overthinking it. 'Ninety-nine percent of our music comes from jamming,' he said. 'Someone brings an idea, and we build on it.' They have been called punk, post-punk, grunge-adjacent and a bunch of other things. The band do not care. 'That label came from other people. We are not trying to fit into anything.' Authenticity matters more to them than genre. 'Rock is not mainstream like it used to be, but people still connect with it,' he said. Their songs are noisy, riff-heavy, and deliberately unpolished. 'We're not interested in clean,' he said. 'It has to be loud, honest and true to us.' NOW READ: We listened to Katy Perry's latest album, but you don't have to
NZ Herald
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Listener's Songs of the Week: New tracks by Blood Orange featuring Lorde, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, and more
Lorde's choirmaster Dev Hynes, aka Blood Orange. Photo / Michael Lavine Reviews Mind Loaded by Blood Orange, featuring Caroline Polachek, Lorde & Mustafa UK producer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Blood Orange (Devonté Hynes) arranges himself quite a choir on this dreamy, airy, melancholy bit of chamber pop, driven by a gently arpeggiating piano before talking a harsh left-turn with a minute to go. It's one of two advance tracks from his first solo album since 2018, Essex Honey. The Lorde vocal cameos follow Hynes' cello, bass, synth, and guitar playing on the Virgin track Favourite Daughter and him being a support act on her forthcoming Ultrasound world tour. – Russell Baillie She Explains Things to Me By David Byrne, Ghost Train Orchestra Byrne's amusing ode to male befuddlement might be partly inspired by Rebecca Solnit's 2014 book Men Explain Things to Me which popularised the phrase 'mansplaining.' But it could also be read as a sweet love song from this spry 73-year-old's coming solo album, one that sounds like it will be fun to put on the gramophone right after Talking Heads' Remain in Light at my next rest home happy hour. – Russell Baillie As Alive as You Need Me to Be by Nine Inch Nails Welcome to a brief sub-section of this week's column devoted to bands you might have once seen at a Big Day Out (younger readers, ask an uncle). Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have had a dignified parallel career as creators of movie soundtracks since the BDO era, while Reznor has occasionally dusted off his old Nine Inch Nails band-brand. Here, under the NIN banner, they unleash the first song off the soundtrack to the new Tron film – Daft Punk did the last one – and the instantly anthemic As Alive as You Need Me to Be should have fans of Reznor's electro-goth-rock beginnings from his Pretty Hate Machine era wondering where the time has gone? – Russell Baillie My Mind is a Mountain by Deftones And now for your daily dose of angst-filled, shouty, head-crunching, decibel-abusing Californian metal from a band which played the BDO a couple of times. Claustrophobic consciousness metal? 'The storm remains and my heart's entrenched. Fate explores me now. Why do we bathe in this psyche?' It's a good, loudly delivered, question. – Graham Reid Desire by Georgia Knight Like a sensual trip-hopped Kate Bush, this steamy single from Melbourne-based expat Knight is a deep and smoky dive into interesting new territory. She tours with Folk Bitch Trio in September, and it'll be interesting to see how something like this slice of nightclub/noir art-pop plays out live. Meantime check it out. If it signals a new album let's hope she gets on with it. – Graham Reid Sundog by Babe Martin Babe Martin (Auckland's Zoe Larsen Cumming) possesses an extraordinary voice which here opens high and lonely then just keeps pushing upward as this confident piece becomes a swelling slice of something beyond folk and moves into evocative art music. If we judge people by the company they keep it's worth noting in her circle is Jazmine Mary, that's good company. Debut EP Not a Bee, but a Wasp coming soon. Definitely one to watch out for. – Graham Reid Give Into My Fears by Jamaica Moana As on previous singles Living Out West and Keep It Real, this Sydney-based, Samoan-Māori, queer artist – with links to the Hokianga and Waikato – keeps the backing stripped right back so her rap messages come through with clarity. It's about creating herself, assertion, the drive towards fame ('I've been doing this for years') and never compromising. She's convincing. Six-song debut EP Bud & Deni (named for her parents) out August 1. -- Graham Reid Death in the Family by The Sophs Who would have thought 'WEEZER-like' would become a thing? But here the LA-based alt-pop Sophs tap into a Weezerness with a song which is droll and disturbing ('I need a death in the family to turn my page') which cleaves a bit too close to Weezer to be totally satisfying. But the message of seeking redemption for past mistakes is interesting. Too soon to send flowers, and this only their second single (their previous Sweat was more convincing) so maybe that Next Big Thing description could go on hold for a while. – Graham Reid Time by Curtis Harding Vocally, American soul man Harding can deliver from the tradition of classic Motown and Stax artists (Temptations, Rufus Thomas, and other raw singers). But on this drum-driven single he initially dispenses with horns and backing vocals which means he immediately catches attention. When those other elements arrive there's tension and a sense of desperation which cleverly winds down into a moody second half. A crafted and quietly compelling notice of a new, as yet unscheduled, album. – Graham Reid Fine by Meg Washington, featuring Paul Kelly Seasoned Brisbane singer-songwriter Meg Washington ropes in wise elder Paul Kelly for a tight-harmony duet that runs a fine line between subdued country folk ballad and uplifting ode to surviving the storm. 'Everything's going to be fine,' they sing on a gentle song that snowballs into something Cohen-esque and hymn-like. Would suit a choir treatment which brings us to … – Russell Baillie Didn't It Rain by the New Zealand Youth Choir, Karen Grylls conductor We've always produced good choirs. It's not surprising – famously, more New Zealanders sing in choirs than play rugby. Our leading choirs, though, are much better than good. They proved it again recently during the NZ Youth Choir's Northern Hemisphere tour, where, under the stewardship of music director David Squire, they've won two major competitions. They took top honours at the Grand Prix of Nations at the European Choir Games in Denmark, and a few days later were named Choir of the World at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales. It's not the first time they've claimed the latter title – they won in 1999, too. It's from that competition that this recording of NZ composer David Hamilton's Didn't It Rain comes. Go Kiwi. – Richard Betts Dig Deep by Fat Freddy's Drop You could spend a long time looking for a track that showed what the late Chris Faiumu brought to Fat Freddy's Drop. This, from 2021's album Wairunga and accompanying concert film (see below) shows him effortlessly busy in the electronic engine room that he built and powered the band with. – Russell Baillie
Hans India
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hans India
Multilingual trailer for ‘TRON: Ares' dropped; date locked for Indian release
Disney has unveiled the much-awaited language trailer of TRON: Ares, the third chapter in its iconic TRON franchise. The film, a sequel to the groundbreaking 1982 sci-fi classic TRON and its visually stunning 2010 follow-up TRON: Legacy, is all set to release in Indian theatres on October 10, 2025, in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Directed by Joachim Rønning, TRON: Ares takes the franchise into bold new territory. The story follows Ares, a highly advanced Program, who is transported from the digital Grid into the real world for a perilous mission. This journey marks humanity's first direct contact with artificial intelligence entities—ushering in high-stakes action and philosophical dilemmas that are signature to the TRON universe. The new trailer has created quite a buzz, especially with the inclusion of an electrifying new track by Grammy-winning band Nine Inch Nails, titled "As Alive As You Need Me To Be". The haunting score adds to the film's futuristic, edgy tone, giving fans a taste of the immersive world they're about to enter. The star-studded ensemble is led by Jared Leto as Ares, with Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, Gillian Anderson, and legendary TRON actor Jeff Bridges also on board. Produced by Sean Bailey, Jeffrey Silver, Justin Springer, Jared Leto, Emma Ludbrook, and original TRON creator Steven Lisberger, with Russell Allen as executive producer, TRON: Ares is being positioned as both a visual spectacle and a timely exploration of A.I. and digital consciousness. With its multilingual release, Disney aims to take the legacy of TRON deeper into the Indian market, ensuring fans across languages can experience the digital revolution on the big screen.
India.com
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- India.com
Disney Unveils Thrilling New Trailer For TRON: Ares; Sci-Fi Sequel To Release In India In Four Languages
New Delhi: Disney has officially released the new trailer for TRON: Ares, the eagerly awaited third installment in the groundbreaking TRON franchise. Set to arrive in Indian cinemas on October 10, 2025, the film will be available in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, marking a major global rollout for the next chapter in the iconic sci-fi saga. Directed by Joachim Rønning, TRON: Ares follows the journey of Ares, a highly advanced Program sent from the digital world into the real world on a high-stakes mission. The film explores humanity's first direct confrontation with artificial intelligence, promising a gripping blend of cutting-edge visuals and provocative themes. Watch The Trailer Here: The trailer also debuts the original track 'As Alive As You Need Me To Be' by Grammy Award-winning band Nine Inch Nails, adding to the film's dark, immersive tone. Visual effects are helmed by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), teasing a sleek and stylised cinematic experience. The star-studded cast includes Jared Leto in the lead role, alongside Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, and Cameron Monaghan, with veteran actors Gillian Anderson and Jeff Bridges also appearing. Produced by Sean Bailey, Jeffrey Silver, Justin Springer, Jared Leto, Emma Ludbrook, and Steven Lisberger (creator of the original TRON), the film has Russell Allen onboard as executive producer. In keeping with Disney's commitment to global audiences, the film's Indian release will span multiple languages: English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, ensuring fans across regions can experience the spectacle in their native tongue. With its rich mythology, cutting-edge visuals, and philosophical undertones, TRON: Ares promises to be more than just a sci-fi action film. It positions itself as a timely exploration of artificial intelligence, consciousness, and the moral implications of digital evolution.
