Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, two exceedingly intense highlights from Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, a new beef-sizzling new track from Drake, and a mystical Hozier B-side. Plus, new music from Pearl Jam, James Arthur, Kelly Clarkson, and more.
Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone, “Fortnight” (YouTube)
Taylor Swift, “The Albatross” (YouTube)
Drake, “Push Ups” (YouTube)
Hozier, “Why Would You Be Loved?” (YouTube)
Pearl Jam, “Scared of Fear” (YouTube)
James Arthur feat.
Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone, “Fortnight” (YouTube)
Taylor Swift, “The Albatross” (YouTube)
Drake, “Push Ups” (YouTube)
Hozier, “Why Would You Be Loved?” (YouTube)
Pearl Jam, “Scared of Fear” (YouTube)
James Arthur feat.
- 4/19/2024
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Director Nathan De Paz Habib, previously featured on Dn with co-director Debby Friday with their hybrid music video Good Luck, introduces us to another example of his experimental and surreal filmmaking in his narrative short film debut La Bicicletta (The Bicycle). With the central plot derived from una barzelletta (an old Italian joke), De Paz Habib consciously sought to create a project on which he could experiment and further develop his directorial style. La Bicicletta doesn’t follow any strict linear timeline, nor does it adhere to a single style which helps to place us in the emotive memories of a young woman as she dissects the problematic aspects of her friendship with her best friend. Premiering on Directors Notes today, we spoke to De Paz Habib about visually creating scenes which dove into the depth of the characters’ bond, the considered preparation that went into the film’s all...
- 1/29/2024
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Music videos are a glorious playground for filmmakers and when Toronto based artist Debby Friday was writing her debut album, she wanted to create not just a music video but a narrative short which embodied both her music and her hybrid artistic talents the impressive result of which being titular film Good Luck. After a chance meeting with co-director Nathan De Paz Habib the duo’s creative outlooks paired seamlessly and Nathan’s desire to experiment and play with the music video form matched with the surreal and experimental world Debby had envisioned. Good Luck is a genre blending cacophonous dark melding of two fertile creative minds which immerses us into a world of torrid adolescence and tumultuous love playing out within a coming-of-age narrative wrapped within a fantastical surreal milieu. A multi-layered film which has lingered in our minds, Dn sat down with the co-directors to discuss how they...
- 12/8/2023
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Debby Friday officially has Canada’s best album of the year.
On Tuesday night, the Toronto-based electronic musician took home the 2023 Polaris Music Prize for her debut album Good Luck.
Read More: Polaris Prize 2023 Long List Revealed: Feist, Alvvays & More Vie For Canadian Album Of The Year
“I’m in shock,” Friday said as she came up on stage at Toronto’s Massey Hall to accept the prize. “This is something that I didn’t realize was even a possibility. I was born in Nigeria, in a small village, and now I’m here today. It just feels like a miracle.”
She added, “I’m just so happy right now.”
Friday released Good Luck earlier this year, in March, earning significant acclaim. The selection for the Polaris prize was decided by an 11-member jury, from a short list that also included albums by artists Alvvays, Feist, Daniel Caesar, The Sadies and more.
On Tuesday night, the Toronto-based electronic musician took home the 2023 Polaris Music Prize for her debut album Good Luck.
Read More: Polaris Prize 2023 Long List Revealed: Feist, Alvvays & More Vie For Canadian Album Of The Year
“I’m in shock,” Friday said as she came up on stage at Toronto’s Massey Hall to accept the prize. “This is something that I didn’t realize was even a possibility. I was born in Nigeria, in a small village, and now I’m here today. It just feels like a miracle.”
She added, “I’m just so happy right now.”
Friday released Good Luck earlier this year, in March, earning significant acclaim. The selection for the Polaris prize was decided by an 11-member jury, from a short list that also included albums by artists Alvvays, Feist, Daniel Caesar, The Sadies and more.
- 9/20/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
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