Vol 1 - You can’t sue me, I sue you. Infringements, indictments & ingredients

🎶 New albums and EPs from Charli xcx, Becky G, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Tyla, GloRilla, BigXthaPlug, Yandel, Jelly Roll, Rod Wave, Obongjayar, The Offspring…

♪ Notable singles from JENNIE, The Kid LAROI, Artemas, Kane Brown, mxmtoon, Cody Johnson, Tim McGraw, Dom Dolla, XG, Maggie Rogers, Chase Atlantic…

Each week, we go through Spotify's New Music Friday playlists to highlight releases you should know about…

#1 - JENNIE's first single with Columbia, 'Mantra.'

#2 - Charli xcx brings us 'Sympathy is a knife featuring ariana grande.' So brat.

#26 - Maggie Rogers releases new track 'In The Living Room.' Anyone seen the video?

#49 - Scowl's first single 'Special" with indie label Dead Oceans arrives.

#56 - New collab (their 8th thus far) from Jeremy Zucker and Chelsea Cutler, 'A-frame.'

#58 - Racking up several NMF placements in the release cycle, Vienna Vienna's (fka James Barre) debut EP Wonderland arrives.

⭐ #66 - Folk season is underway, deeper sleeper's debut self-titled project lands.

#100 - The Wombats, fittingly, are last on the list with 'Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come.'

⭐ = our pick of the week. Usually an under the radar artist to keep an eye on.

Bon Iver's fall arrival S P E Y S I D E lands next week along with albums from Lil Durk, Jaden, Kylie Minogue, ian, Shawn Mendes, Joy Oladokun & Jennifer Hudson.

End of the month, we'll see projects from Halsey, Peach Pit, Soccer Mommy & MUNA's Katie Gavin's debut LP. Lil Nas X announced he'll be back with new music this November.

Haters gonna hate (hate hate hate hate), but Taylor Swift overtook Rihanna to become the richest female musician in the world with an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion. ABBA Voyage earned over $137 million in 2023. Proper Group AG (formerly Utopia Music 😤) bankruptcy insanity…

BIG week for billable hours… Limp Bizkit are suing UMG for $200 million, claiming they never received royalties. Meanwhile, UMG is suing Chili's for allegedly infringing copyrights. Turns out 3/4 of the other St. Lunatics members actually aren't suing Nelly. Dr. Dre faces a $10 million lawsuit from his divorce counselor. Garth Brooks publicly named the woman who sued him for sexual assault.

And of course, updates on the case against Diddy…

Group Chat

The section that'll probably get us in trouble one of these days

Dua Lipa making her drink, Gordon Ramsay's review

Ava Max joined MDDN for management, just a few weeks after dropping this tweet.

Bebe Rexha signed with longtime Britney Spears manager Larry Rudolph & co @ 724 Management.

Fresh off his new album, rapper Big Sean has moved from WME to UTA for touring.

2hollis signed with Interscope. His new single 'gold' was released last Friday with a placement on NMF. Can't say if his mom (Kathryn Frazier, co-founder of Skrillex label OWSLA) had any pull 😏

Flume moved to Three Six Zero for management.

Diamond-selling singer-songwriter Ray Dalton signed a publishing deal with BMG, covering his entire catalog.

+145 other artist signings on ROSTR this week

Both Kendrick Lamar & Rihanna allegedly declined to headline Coachella 2025. Coachella 2024 reportedly had the worst ticket sales in 10 years.

Due to "overwhelming demand," The Eagles have extended their residency at Sphere in Las Vegas with four additional dates in February 2025. In other news, Sphere's CFO David Byrnes resigned.

Luminate's quarterly live music report revealed Gen Z spent the most on concerts in Q2.

Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban & Bailey Zimmerman will headline a benefit concert in North Carolina dedicated to Hurricane Helene relief.

Childish Gambino canceled the remaining dates of his "The New World Tour," citing the need for surgery and time for recovery.

In the most Björk way, Björk is releasing her nearly 500-page "Cornucopia: The Book," which documents her years-long concert series of the same name.

Biggest tours announced this week: Kane Brown, Foster The People, Foushée

On The Move

New hires, exec moves and other people news

At WMG - Eric Wong shifts to Head of Global A&R and Jessica Keeley-Carter is named CMO. Canvas Music has recruited Spotify's former MD UK & Ireland, Tom Connaughton. Former CAA agent Adam Voith officially retires after months of speculation. Sophie Lobl named VP of Rolling Stone Live. Johnny Pinchard named Head of A&R at Believe UK.

UK's MMF names Niamh Byrne and Jill Hollywood as Chair & Vice Chair. Big Machine launches sync division led by Maria Alonte. Aileen Crowley and Benji Rogers become co-presidents of Sureel AI. Chandler Thurston joins Position Music's A&R team. Live Nation Spain has upped Nacho Córdoba to head promoter. Chris Moncada is promoted to COO at MNRK Music Group.

small print

Updates on companies, acquisitions, takeovers and more

• Armada plans to spend a hefty $500 million on catalog acquisitions.

• Insomniac expands with a publishing vertical.

• Concord raises $850 million. 

• 🎉 ROSTR announced new parent co The ROSTR Group.

What's Good?

Recent notable record reviews

"Chris Martin mangles his metaphors on a suffocatingly banal album about love" - The Independent on Coldplay's Moon Music (57 on Metacritic)

"Thom Yorke has cheered up lately, hasn't he?" - CLASH on The Smile's Cutouts (82 on Metacritic)

"Absolutely bonkers and utterly brilliant" - DIY on Geordie Greep's The New Sound (80 on Metacritic)

Too Long / Did Read

Interesting, often long, stuff to watch, read, or listen to

🎙️ The Case Against Sean Combs

📰 Pink Floyd's Complicated $400 Million Music Rights Sale to Sony

🎧 Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II listening party at Tate Modern

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