With 23 career No. 1 singles and more than 2 billion streams to his name, Tyler Hubbard returns with his brand-new single “Land” via MCA. The release marks the beginning of a new chapter for the multi-platinum entertainer, with more new music coming soon. Listen to “Land” HERE.
Blending nostalgic storytelling with an anthemic chorus, “Land” traces the milestones that define growing up: first loves, first heartbreaks, reckless summers, family wisdom, faith, and finding your footing after the fall. From “a backflip off a bridge in the Cumberland creek” to “that dirt road driveway you pull in on,” Hubbard paints a portrait of American life that feels both deeply personal and universally familiar.
At its emotional center, “Land” delivers a message that resonates far beyond geography. As Hubbard sings, “When the rug gets pulled on your best made plans / It’s how you fall and where you land,” the song becomes an anthem about resilience, perspective and rediscovering what truly matters.
“My new song, ‘Land,’ is about overcoming the hurdles of curveballs life throws our way. We’ve all faced tough seasons that force us to dig deep and trust that even when our plans fall apart, God’s plans are still at work,” says Hubbard. “I hope this song resonates with you and brings hope to anyone walking through a difficult time.”
Written with Hubbard’s signature mix of heartland grit and feel-good energy, “Land” reflects the grounded storytelling and undeniable hooks that have made him one of country music’s most consistent hitmakers. The track arrives as Hubbard prepares to hit the road later this year touring alongside Dan + Shay in addition to solo dates across the country. See dates and purchase tickets HERE.
Already established as one of Nashville’s premier songwriters and performers through his groundbreaking success as one half of Florida Georgia Line, Hubbardcontinues to evolve as a solo artist while maintaining the unmistakable sound and authenticity fans have embraced for more than a decade.
With 23 No. 1 singles, numerous awards, and sold-out tours to his name, Tyler Hubbard has built an extraordinary career as both a songwriter and one half of the multi-platinum duo Florida Georgia Line. As a solo artist, he has continued that momentum, amassing more than 2 billion streams to date.
His Gold-certified debut album, Tyler Hubbard, introduced his first solo No. 1, “5 Foot 9,” which earned 2x Platinum certification from the RIAA. The project also includes “Dancin’ In The Country,” another 2x Platinum hit that topped the charts. Hubbard’s subsequent releases—“Back Then Right Now” and “Park”—each reached No. 1, making him the only country artist to achieve four consecutive chart-toppers across two separate careers and bringing his career total to 23.
He returns with new music this year beginning with the release of “Land” on May 22, with more to follow. Fans can catch him on the road this summer touring with Dan + Shay.
Internationally acclaimed DJ/producer duo Loud Luxury are kicking off the summer with their euphoric new single “COLORADO” featuring Zohara, out today via Casablanca Records. Listen HERE. Blending polished dance-pop production with Zohara’s airy, emotional vocals, “COLORADO” is a bittersweet summer anthem built for late-night drives, packed dance floors, and festival singalongs alike.
Driven by soaring melodies, clean, high-energy drops, and an instantly addictive hook, “COLORADO” captures the push-and-pull of love, escape, and reckless summer nights. The track effortlessly balances nostalgia with feel-good energy, further cementing Loud Luxury’s reputation for crafting global crossover dance records that resonate far beyond the club. Already generating momentum online after being teased across social media, “COLORADO” is primed to connect with fans worldwide and make a major impact across both pop and dance playlists this summer.
The release arrives during another massive moment for the Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based duo. Loud Luxury recently announced their biggest hometown headline show to date at Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre on July 1, continuing a career-defining run that has seen the duo dominate streaming platforms, radio charts, and festival stages worldwide.
Their current single “OUT LATE.” featuring SadBoi continues to surge, currently sitting at #6 on both the Mediabase Dance Chart and Billboard Dance/Mixshow Airplay Chart. The track follows a string of successful releases including “UH OH!” with Natalie Jane and “Love You For Life” with Emily Roberts, adding to Loud Luxury’s more than 4 billion global streams to date.
Fresh off performances at Ultra Music Festival and Stagecoach, Loud Luxury remain one of dance music’s most in-demand live acts with appearances across major festivals, international markets, and their ongoing Las Vegas residency with Wynn Nightlife at XS Nightclub and Encore Beach Club.
Since the release of their breakout hit “Body,” which has amassed over 1.5 billion streams worldwide, Loud Luxury have solidified themselves as one of dance music’s most globally recognized acts. Collaborating with artists including Pitbull, Bebe Rexha, Nicky Jam, Kane Brown, and Bryce Vine, the duo continue to bridge electronic music with mainstream pop culture while building a devoted international fanbase.
TOUR DATES
● 5/22: Las Vegas, NV — EBC ● 5/23: Cleveland, OH — FWD Day + Nightclub ● 5/30: Miami, FL — Palm Tree Club ● 5/30: Miami, FL – DAER Nightclub ● 6/6: Chicago, IL — Beyond Wonderland ● 6/6: Chicago, IL — Radius Chicago ● 6/13: Seoul, South Korea — World DJ Festival ● 6/19: Saint Charles, MO – Ryse ● 6/20: Atlantic City, NJ — HQ2 Beachclub ● 6/26: Ottawa, CA – Escapade Festival ● 6/26: Las Vegas, NV — XS ● 6/27: New York, NY — Planet Pride @ Pacha ● 6/28: Kansas City, MO – Azura Amphitheater ● 7/1: Toronto, CA – RBC Amphitheatre ● 7/4: Miami, FL — LIV ● 7/5: Las Vegas, NV — XS ● 7/10: Las Vegas, NV — EBC ● 7/11: – Calgary, CA – Badlands Festival ● 8/7: Bala, ON — The KEE to Bala
Loud Luxury is the Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based international touring duo composed of Andrew Fedyk and Joe De Pace, known for their infectious fusion of house, pop, and hip-hop influences. The pair met while attending Western University, and quickly rose to global prominence with their breakout hit “Body,” now Diamond-certified in Canada, multi-Platinum in nine countries, with over 2 billion streams worldwide.
Since then, Loud Luxury have amassed billions of streams across platforms, propelled by follow-up hits including the official remix of Taylor Swift’s Fate of Ophelia which has almost 30 million streams, “Love No More” and “I’m Not Alright,” as well as their debut EP Nights Like This, which launched a three-month, 60-show headline bus tour across North America. Multi-time Juno Awards winners and iHeartRadio Music Awards nominees, the duo have collaborated with an eclectic roster spanning Pitbull, Bebe Rexha, Nicky Jam, Kane Brown, Bryce Vine, Bobby Shmurda, and charlieonnafriday, bridging dance music with pop, hip-hop, and country audiences alike.
Renowned for their high-energy live performances, Loud Luxury have performed on some of the world’s biggest stages including EDC Las Vegas, Lollapalooza, Ultra Music Festival, and Tomorrowland, in addition to sold-out headline dates across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. They currently hold a Las Vegas residency with Wynn Nightlife at XS Nightclub, Encore Beach Club and Encore Beach Club at Night, further solidifying their position as one of dance music’s most in-demand live acts.
ZOHARA’s been writing and singing from the age of eight, alone in her bedroom with a journal and a guitar. By 18, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue music full-time — a leap that led to her breakthrough when the first song she ever wrote and released professionally, “Remember” with Gryffin (97M+ Spotify streams), became a global dance hit, reaching #1 on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart and #1 on SiriusXM BPM’s year-end chart, and launching her first-ever live performance on the Coachella stage in 2019.
Renowned for her once-in-a-lifetime voice, soaring emotional melodies, and raw, moment-defining lyrics, ZOHARA has become a magnet for top DJs seeking records that hit both the heart and the mainstage. She is also featured on other massive dance releases including “Water (feat. ZOHARA)” with KREAM (≈ 51.4M+ streams), “Out of My Mind” with Gryffin (≈ 8.0M+ streams), and “WHERE ARE YOU TONIGHT (feat. ZOHARA)” with Gryffin (≈ 1.7M+ streams), cementing her global streaming presence.
She has performed on the main stages of ULTRA Music Festival (2024) and EDC Las Vegas in front of 80,000+ fans, as well as at Red Rocks, Brooklyn Mirage, and Outside Lands & more. In the studio, she is an active songwriter who has collaborated in sessions with artists including David Guetta, Madison Beer, Oliver Heldens, Ally Brooke, Noa Kirel, and Eden Golan, and written alongside elite songwriters Ashley Gorley, Sophie Simmons, No/Me, Solly, Jake Torrey, David Brook, Alma Goodman, and SermStyle.
With over 500,000 monthly Spotify listeners and counting, ZOHARA enters 2026 with major momentum, launching the year with a highly anticipated collaboration with SLANDER and NGHTMRE, widely expected to be a major hit in the dance and festival space.
Casablanca Records, the legendary label of the 70’s, defined the sound of its era. During the infamous days of Studio 54, Casablanca launched the careers of artists such as Kiss, Parliament, Donna Summer, and Giorgio Moroder. Today, Casablanca celebrates a diverse global roster spanning across the Pop and Dance genres. Casablanca Records is home to established luminaries and emerging stars including Confidence Man, Felix Jaehn, HoneyLuv, Loud Luxury, Martin Garrix, Morgan Seatree, Nelly Furtado, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sub Focus, and Victoria Nadine.
GRAMMYand BRIT award-winning singer songwriter Lola Young returns today with her new single ‘From Down Here’. Created with James Blake, the track marks Lola’s first new music since the release of her acclaimed album I’m Only F**king Myself and her GRAMMY-winning breakthrough with ‘Messy’.
‘From Down Here’ opens a new chapter for Lola both personally and creatively. Capturing the strange space between joy and pain, longing and clarity, it turns the page on her last album while pointing toward a more sonically expansive and emotionally unguarded phase of her artistry.
Speaking about the new song, Lola shares, “The day after the GRAMMYs, I had a wave of inspiration hit me, so I got in the studio with the incredible James Blake and made this song. I am rewriting the next chapter of my story because what a boring book the old one would’ve been anyway.”
Lola kicked off the year with her GRAMMY nomination for ‘Best New Artist’ and win for ‘Best Pop Solo Performance’ for her hit song ‘Messy,’ which she performed at the globally broadcast ceremony in a stunning, stripped-back rendition. Since then, she’s received a coveted BRIT Award for ‘British Breakthrough Artist’ and her second Ivor Novello award win for ‘PRS for Music Most Performed Work category’ for ‘Messy’.
Next month, Lola is returning to the stage for a run of sold-out headline UK shows that include Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and two hometown shows in London at O2 Academy Brixton. Lola will bring her live show to the United States at All Things Go in September and Austin City Limits in October. Full routing below and tickets available HERE.
Lola Young is a South London–born artist whose raw, emotionally unfiltered songwriting and rock-tinged pop have made her one of the most compelling new voices in modern music. In 2025, she crossed fully into the global mainstream with her breakout single ‘Messy’, a 2× Platinum cultural moment that reached #14 on the Billboard US Hot 100 and #1 on Billboard’s US Pop Airplay chart in addition to spending 4 weeks at #1 on the UK Official Singles Chart. The track has also surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify where Lola now reaches tens of millions of listeners.
Lola Young – Upcoming Live Dates
*Headline Tour
Saturday 23rd June – BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend – Sunderland, UK Saturday 6th June – Capital FM Summertime Ball – London UK Wednesday 10th June – O2 Apollo – Manchester, UK * Thursday 11th June – O2 Apollo – Manchester, UK * Saturday 13th June – O2 Academy – Birmingham, UK * Tuesday 16th June – O2 Academy – Glasgow, UK * Thursday 18th June – O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK * Friday 19th June – O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK *
Friday 25th September – All Things Go Festival – New York, NY Sunday 27th September – All Things Go Festival – Columbia, MD Saturday 3rd October – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX Saturday 10th October – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX
Today, GRAMMY Award-Winning, Multi-Platinum singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo released her new song “the cure” from her upcoming third studio album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, out June 12 via Geffen Records. Limited-edition merchandise, curated collectibles, vinyl and more are available now. Listen to “the cure” here. Pre-order/pre-save you seem pretty sad for a girl so in lovehere.
Directed by Cat Solen and Jaime Gerin, the official music video for “the cure” finds Rodrigo in the cold, sterile hallways of a handmade, cardboard hospital in a desperate search to find the antidote for a broken heart. The video was produced by Lana Kim, Jett Steiger, and Brandon Robinson, via production company Ways & Means.
Last month, Rodrigo revealed the first song from her upcoming album, “drop dead,” which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Rodrigo the first person ever to debut the first 3 singles off their first 3 albums at #1. Listen/watch here.
Rodrigo recently announced The Unraveled Tour kicking off in September, quickly selling out globally with over 1 million tickets sold, added stops due to demand, and breaking several venue records. The tour was originally announced with four dates in Brooklyn and quickly expanded to a massive 10-show residency at Barclays Center. Rodrigo also set the venue performance record at Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome, bringing the total to an historic 10 dates, establishing a new venue benchmark. At London’s O2 with 11 nights set to perform, Rodrigo joins an elite group of artists who have reached double-digit residencies at the venue including Prince, The Spice Girls, One Direction, Ariana Grande, Elton John, and Rihanna.
THE UNRAVELED TOUR 2026/2027 DATES: Fri, Sep 25 — Hartford, CT — PeoplesBank Arena+ Sat, Sep 26 — Hartford, CT — PeoplesBank Arena+ Tue, Sep 29 — Pittsburgh, PA — PPG Paints Arena+ Wed, Sep 30 — Pittsburgh, PA — PPG Paints Arena+ Sat, Oct 3 — Washington, DC — Capital One Arena+ Sun, Oct 4 — Washington, DC — Capital One Arena+ Wed, Oct 7 — Charlotte, NC — Spectrum Center+ Thu, Oct 8 — Charlotte, NC — Spectrum Center+ Sun, Oct 11 — Chicago, IL — United Center+ Mon, Oct 12 — Chicago, IL — United Center+ Thu, Oct 15 — Boston, MA — TD Garden+ Sat, Oct 17 — Boston, MA — TD Garden+ Sun, Oct 18 — Boston, MA — TD Garden+ – ADDED DATE Wed, Oct 21 — Montreal, QC — Bell Centre+ Thu, Oct 22 — Montreal, QC — Bell Centre+ Mon, Oct 26 — Toronto, ON — Scotiabank Arena+ Tue, Oct 27 — Toronto, ON — Scotiabank Arena+ Thu, Oct 29 — Columbus, OH — Schottenstein Center+ Fri, Oct 30 — Columbus, OH — Schottenstein Center+ Sat, Nov 7 — Philadelphia, PA — Xfinity Mobile Arena^ Sun, Nov 8 — Philadelphia, PA — Xfinity Mobile Arena^ Wed, Nov 11 — Atlanta, GA — State Farm Arena^ Thu, Nov 12 — Atlanta, GA — State Farm Arena^ Sun, Nov 15 — Orlando, FL — Kia Center^ Mon, Nov 16 — Orlando, FL — Kia Center^ Thu, Nov 19 — Sunrise, FL — Amerant Bank Arena^ Fri, Nov 20 — Sunrise, FL — Amerant Bank Arena^ Mon, Nov 23 — Nashville, TN — Bridgestone Arena^ Tue, Nov 24 — Nashville, TN — Bridgestone Arena^ Tue, Dec 1 — Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena^ Wed, Dec 2 — Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena^ Mon, Dec 7 — Seattle, WA — Climate Pledge Arena^ Tue, Dec 8 — Seattle, WA — Climate Pledge Arena^ Fri, Dec 11 — Oakland, CA — Oakland Arena^ Sat, Dec 12 — Oakland, CA — Oakland Arena^ Tue, Dec 15 — Sacramento, CA — Golden 1 Center^ Wed, Dec 16 — Sacramento, CA — Golden 1 Center^ Sat, Dec 19 — Las Vegas, NV — T-Mobile Arena^ Sun, Dec 20 — Las Vegas, NV — T-Mobile Arena^ Tue, Jan 12 — Los Angeles, CA — Intuit Dome#^ Wed, Jan 13 — Los Angeles, CA — Intuit Dome#^ Sat, Jan 16 — Los Angeles, CA — Intuit Dome#^ Sun, Jan 17 — Los Angeles, CA — Intuit Dome#^ Wed, Jan 20 — Los Angeles, CA — Intuit Dome#^ – ADDED DATE Thu, Jan 21 — Los Angeles, CA — Intuit Dome#^ – ADDED DATE Sun, Jan 24 — Los Angeles, CA — Intuit Dome#^ – ADDED DATE Mon, Jan 25 — Los Angeles, CA — Intuit Dome#^ – ADDED DATE Thu, Jan 28 — Los Angeles, CA — Intuit Dome#^ – ADDED DATE Fri, Jan 29 — Los Angeles, CA — Intuit Dome#^ – ADDED DATE Thu, Feb 11 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center#^ Fri, Feb 12 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center#^ Mon, Feb 15 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center#^ Tue, Feb 16 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center#^ Fri, Feb 19 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center#^ – ADDED DATE Sat, Feb 20 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center#^ – ADDED DATE Tue, Feb 23 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center#^ – ADDED DATE Wed, Feb 24 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center#^ – ADDED DATE Sat, Feb 27 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center#^ – ADDED DATE Sun, Feb 28 — Brooklyn, NY — Barclays Center#^ – ADDED DATE Fri, Mar 19 — Stockholm, Sweden — Avicii Arena~ Sat, Mar 20 — Stockholm, Sweden — Avicii Arena~ Tue, Mar 23 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Ziggo Dome~ Wed, Mar 24 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Ziggo Dome~ Sat, Mar 27 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Ziggo Dome~ – ADDED DATE Sun, Mar 28 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Ziggo Dome~ – ADDED DATE Thu, Apr 1 — Munich, Germany — Olympiahalle~ Fri, Apr 2 — Munich, Germany — Olympiahalle~ Mon, Apr 5 — London, UK — The O2~ Tue, Apr 6 — London, UK — The O2~ Thu, Apr 8 — London, UK — The O2~ Fri, Apr 9 — London, UK — The O2~ Mon, Apr 12 — London, UK — The O2~ – ADDED DATE Wed, Apr 14 — London, UK — The O2= – ADDED DATE Thu, Apr 15 — London, UK — The O2= – ADDED DATE Mon, Apr 19 — London, UK — The O2= – ADDED DATE Tue, Apr 20 — London, UK — The O2= – ADDED DATE Fri, Apr 23 — Paris, France — La Defense Arena= Sat, Apr 24 — Paris, France — La Defense Arena= – ADDED DATE Tue, Apr 27 — Milan, Italy — Unipol Dome= Wed, Apr 28 — Milan, Italy — Unipol Dome= Sat, May 1 — Barcelona, Spain — Palau Sant Jordi= Sun, May 2 — Barcelona, Spain — Palau Sant Jordi= Wed, May 5 — Barcelona, Spain — Palau Sant Jordi= – ADDED DATE Thu, May 6 — Barcelona, Spain — Palau Sant Jordi= – ADDED DATE Sun, May 9 — London, UK — The O2= – ADDED DATE Mon, May 10 — London, UK — The O2= – ADDED DATE
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With over 36 Million albums sold globally, Rodrigo has received fourteen GRAMMY Award nominations including nods for Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year for her work on both SOUR and GUTS. She took home awards for Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 64th GRAMMY Awards. She was named New Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards, Woman of the Year at Billboard’s 2022 Women in Music Awards and Songwriter of the Year at both the ASCAP Pop Music Awards and Variety Hitmakers. She has also received seven Billboard Awards, a Brit, a Juno, and an NME Award while “Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)” won Best Music Documentary honors at the 2022 MTVMovie & TV Awards. In 2022, she kicked off her first-ever world tour—a sold-out run that took her to upwards of 40 cities across North America and Europe. In 2024, she embarked on her second world tour – GUTS World Tour, which wrapped in the summer of 2025 after 100 sold-out headline shows in 64 cities across more than 21 countries. Rodrigo was named Billboard’s 2024 Touring Artist of the Year after the massive global success of her GUTS World Tour.
SOUR entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1 and would go on to become the longest-running debut album in the chart’s top 10 of the 21st century—and the first to spend an entire year in the upper echelon. SOUR also entered the charts at No. 1 in the U.K., Canada, Ireland, Norway, Holland, Sweden, Australia, and New Zealand. Upon release, SOUR scored the most U.S. audio streams for a female debut album ever and broke the record for the most-streamed album in a week by a female artist on Spotify.
Praised as an “instant classic” by Rolling Stone, GUTS debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, coinciding with lead single “vampire” returning to the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and Rodrigo’s No. 1 ranking on the Artist 100, thereby giving her a chart triple. Rodrigo is the first female artist in nearly a decade to debut her first two albums atop the Billboard 200 and the youngest artist in Hot 100 history to debut three hits at No. 1 (“vampire” and SOUR’s “drivers license” and “good 4 u”). GUTS’ remaining 11 tracks charted in the top 40 of the Hot 100. GUTS topped the album charts in over 13 countries, including the UK.
“Enough” is out today, and HAYLA delivers it with the kind of cinematic emotional weight that’s become her signature. The Grammy-nominated, Gold-certified Liverpool-born vocalist continues her evolution from dance floor collaborator to solo alternative storyteller, and this new single lands as one of her most vulnerable moments yet. Listen here.
The track explores the specific ache of unrequited love and emotional imbalance. “Heavy is the unrequited,” HAYLA shares. “I think you like the idea of me but not the commitment. So you just get enough.” That directness runs through the production too, pairing her soaring vocals with emotionally rich, cinematic arrangements built for late-night listening.
“Enough” follows “Heal,” released last month, and both tracks appear on her forthcoming album ‘Dark’, arriving July 31 via Restless Minds Music/Believe. The album marks a deliberate shift in creative direction, one she previewed in March 2026 at an exclusive St Pancras Church performance in London playing entirely new material to a room that left with no doubt about where she’s heading.
The timing of the single follows HAYLA’s main stage debut at EDC Las Vegas on May 16, where she performed solo releases alongside major collaborations with Kx5, John Summit, KYGO, Meduza, ILLENIUM, Nelly Furtado, Sub Focus, and Wilkinson. DJ Lovers Club called it a moment that “speaks for itself,” citing her as one of the greatest EDM vocalists of the decade.
The Dark Tour launches August 6 in Chicago and runs through September 4, closing at The Fonda in Los Angeles. The run hits major markets across the east coast, west coast, and midwest, giving fans a closer, more intimate version of the HAYLA experience that the EDC main stage introduced to thousands.
Before the tour, festival appearances include Breakaway in Columbus on May 29, Project Glow in Washington DC on May 31, Badlands in Calgary on July 11, San Diego Pride on July 18, and Amsterdam World Pride on August 1.
Across her solo catalog and collaborations, HAYLA has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. With ‘Dark’ arriving July 31 and a full North American tour behind it, this chapter is moving with real purpose.
MOLIY is heading into summer with serious momentum. The Ghanaian-American Afropop star has officially announced her mixtape, ‘Baddies Love Moliy’, arriving this summer via Gamma, and the featured artist list alone signals exactly how far her reach has grown.
The teaser video, out now, sets the tone immediately. Shot inside a grungy warehouse transformed into a makeshift tattoo parlor, the clip finds MOLIY in her signature bright blue Y2K aesthetic, moving through a space filled with baddies while a tattoo artist reveals the mixtape title across a client’s lower back. An evidence board teases track names, features, and upcoming tour dates. It’s a full world-building moment.
The featured roster spans continents and genres. South African popstar Tyla, Dancehall titan Skillibeng, Jamaican star Shenseea, Dominican musician Yailin la Más Viral, Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie, UK rapper Br3nya, emerging Nigerian Afrobeats artist Mavo, producer-DJ Silent Addy, Berlin/London producer collective Bees & Honey, and MOLIY’s own sister Mellissa all appear on the project. Cross-cultural doesn’t begin to cover it.
MOLIY describes the mixtape as intentionally genre-fluid. “I didn’t want to stay in one lane with this mixtape,” she says. “Every song pulls from a different energy, sound, and part of my personality, but it all connects through confidence, freedom, and movement. It’s like a party with no rules, just in time for a baddie summer.”
The mixtape arrives on the back of a genuinely historic run. “Shake It To The Max (FLY) (Remix)” surpassed one billion streams, spent 22 consecutive weeks at number 1 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs Chart, and earned Songs of the Summer recognition from both Spotify and TikTok in 2025. MOLIY also became the first Ghanaian artist nominated at the American Music Awards, earned 2 MTV VMA nominations, took home World Artist of the Year at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, and became Spotify’s most-streamed Ghanaian artist of 2025.
Two tracks already confirmed for the mixtape are “Body Go” with Tyla, a groove-driven dance anthem from 2025, and “Partygyal” with Bees & Honey. Both tracks point toward what the full project delivers: bounce-heavy rhythms, feathery vocals, and production built for the dance floor.
Before the mixtape drops, MOLIY and Skillibeng launch a 20-city North American tour this Sunday, May 24, kicking off in New York City.
With the festival heading to Japan, Forza Horizon 6 introduces the highly anticipated Touge Showdown mode. This mode challenges everything players learned from wide-open highway sprints. To dominate these mountain passes, drivers must focus on maintaining maximum grip, refining cornering lines, and tailoring vehicle suspension to eliminate understeer on narrow roads.
The tight, 1v1 layouts of Japan’s mountain roads heavily penalize wide, smoky drifts. Clean lines and precise racing represent the fastest path to victory.
Core Gameplay Mechanics
Touge Showdowns feature unique operational rules compared to standard street races:
1v1 Layout: You face exactly one opponent in a point-to-point sprint either uphill (climb) or downhill (descent).
Cat and Mouse: Battles test your ability to pull away as a leader or apply relentless pressure to force a mistake as the chasing car.
Narrow Routes: These mountain passes feature wide, sweeping hairpins connected by highly restrictive, tight straights that limit traditional overtaking opportunities.
Progression Hub: Touge activities are tracked directly through the Discover Japan system, allowing players to unlock regional stamps and progressive rewards as they conquer the mountains.
The 5 Touge Battle Locations
Unlocking map markers and tracking progression requires driving past the starting entry points of these five iconic passes located across the distinct regions of the map:
Location
Region
Characteristics
Hakone Nanamagari
Nangan (Southwest)
Highly technical layout featuring a dense, rapid sequence of sharp switchbacks.
Mount Haruna
Shimanoyama / Northern Alps
Legendary winding asphalt pass famous for its consecutive, rhythmic hairpins.
Norikura Skyline
Sotoyama (High Altitude)
High-elevation technical route with sweeping corners and dramatic elevation shifts.
Tucked away into the scenic, narrow forested valleys outside the primary city grids.
Best Touge Showdown Cars
2018 Lotus Exige Scura Motorsports (R-Class / S2-Class): This is currently the most dominant high-tier meta car in the game. It features an incredible power-to-weight ratio and immense cornering speeds, allowing you to fly through mountain hairpins without needing to brake heavily.
2024 Nissan GT-R NISMO (S1-Class / S2-Class): An absolute powerhouse for the upper-tier street and touge rivals. Its advanced all-wheel-drive system provides immediate traction out of tight corners, preventing the rear end from sliding out and costing you time.
2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STi (A-Class): One of the best all-around A-class choices. With an AWD grip build, it handles the transitions between narrow paths and steep elevation changes perfectly, making it incredibly stable against the aggressive Unbeatable AI.
2022 Toyota GR86 (B-Class / A-Class): Essential for early progression and seasonal playlist events like the Gazoo Racer Weekly Challenge. When built for a balanced grip-focused setup, its chassis excels at maintaining momentum through consecutive hairpins.
1994 Mazda MX-5 Miata (B-Class): The definition of a lightweight mountain weapon. By maximizing its tire width and softening the front suspension, you can carry massive amounts of speed through the technical sections of Hakone Nanamagari.
When looking to conquer these challenging mountain passes, selecting the right vehicle is just as critical as mastering your driving lines. From the lightweight precision of the 1994 Mazda MX-5 Miata and the balanced momentum of the 2022 Toyota GR86 in the lower tiers, to the rock-solid stability of the 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX STi in A-Class, having a tailored grip setup makes all the difference. For higher stakes, the 2024 Nissan GT-R NISMO offers unmatched AWD exit traction, while the dominant 2018 Lotus Exige Scura Motorsports stands as the ultimate S2-class meta choice for carrying extreme speed through hairpins. If you want to skip the grind and get behind the wheel of these top-tier machines immediately, you can head over to U4N to buy Forza Horizon 6 cars and instantly optimize your garage for the mountains.
Essential Tuning Tactics
Standard open-world speed builds will fail on these technical passes. Vehicles must be optimized specifically for agility and mechanical grip.
[Standard Build] —> High Top Speed / Soft Drift Bias (Fails on tight hairpins) [Touge Upgrade] —> High Lateral G-Force / Front-End Rotation / Rapid Acceleration (Wins)
Eliminate Understeer
Tight hairpins demand a responsive front end. Soften the front anti-roll bars (ARBs) and slightly lower front spring stiffness relative to the rear. This allows effective weight transfer to the front tires under heavy braking, pinning the nose to the apex.
Prioritize Grip Over Drift
While drifting looks impressive, sliding loses precious fractions of a second. Swap out drift tires for high-grip racing compounds. Tune the differential to minimize drift bias, ensuring the vehicle tracks perfectly along the intended driving line.
Maximize Mid-Range Torque
Top speed is practically irrelevant on short, twisty stretches. Build the engine around mid-range torque and optimize gear ratios for rapid 0–60 mph acceleration to power out of slow corners efficiently.
Adjust AWD Bias
If using an All-Wheel Drive setup, avoid an even 50:50 power split, which induces heavy understeer. Shift the torque distribution to a 30:70 or 40:60 rear bias. This setup preserves agile, rear-driven rotation while retaining all-wheel traction to launch cleanly out of hairpins.
Transforming your vehicle from a standard top-speed build to an agile, grip-focused touge weapon requires meticulous fine-tuning. By softening your front anti-roll bars to eliminate understeer, swapping out slick drift tires for high-grip racing compounds, maximizing mid-range torque for rapid acceleration, and dialing in a rear-biased AWD distribution, you can transform how your car attacks Japan’s tightest hairpins. However, acquiring the premium performance parts, high-tier racing compounds, and rare donor cars needed to experiment with these specialized setups requires a massive amount of in-game credits and resources. To bypass the tedious mountain grind and instantly secure the funding required for your ultimate garage, you can visit U4N to buy Forza Horizon 6 Super Wheelspins and quickly unlock the rare cars and millions of credits necessary to dominate the leaderboards.
Defeating Unbeatable AI and Rivals
To consistently defeat high-level AI or secure clean rival times, drivers should apply these mechanical strategies:
Slow In, Fast Out: Brake early in a straight line before turning the wheel into hairpins. Missing the braking marker results in pushing wide into the outer dirt. Settle the chassis, hit the apex, and apply heavy throttle only after the front wheels begin to straighten.
Defensive Lane Positioning: Because the mountain routes are incredibly narrow, defensive positioning is crucial. Drive defensively by positioning the vehicle squarely on the inner apex during corner entries to block the AI from squeezing through on the inside line.
Avoid the Wall Penalty: Scraping or colliding with the cliffside guardrails triggers an immediate, temporary engine slowdown penalty. A single wall contact can instantly ruin a high-stakes run, making spatial awareness far more important than raw speed.
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‘No. 4′ always deserved this treatment. Stone Temple Pilots’ 1999 platinum-certified album is getting its first-ever audiophile vinyl reissue courtesy of Mobile Fidelity, available today as a numbered-edition 180g 45RPM 2LP set, with a Hybrid SACD following at a later date. Order it here.
The source chain here is serious. Pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing and sourced from the original analog tapes at 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe, the set is housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket. Quiet surfaces, exceptional groove definition, and black backgrounds give this pressing the kind of presence that prior versions simply couldn’t deliver.
The most immediate beneficiary is Scott Weiland’s voice. On earlier pressings, imaging and separation were partially obscured. Here, the tenor, grain, attitude, and full dynamic range of one of rock’s most distinct vocals come through with new clarity and immediacy. Producer Brendan O’Brien’s dense, thick-sounding record finally has a format worthy of its construction.
‘No. 4’ is the heaviest and edgiest entry in the STP catalog, and tracks like “Down,” “Heaven & Hot Rods,” “No Way Out,” and “Sex & Violence” hit with visceral, muscular force on this pressing. The massive riffs and sledgehammer rhythm section land with the kind of physical weight that audiophile vinyl does best.
The album’s range comes through just as well. “Sour Girl,” named by Billboard as one of the 100 Best Rock Songs of the 2000s, sits alongside the country-tinged “I Got You,” the glam-nodding “Glide” with its zither outro, and the string-accompanied mini-epic “Atlanta.” The songwriting chemistry between Weiland and guitarist Robert DeLeo holds up across every side of this 2LP set.
Recorded after Weiland’s time in jail for drug violations, ‘No. 4’ addressed addiction, personal loss, and toxic impulses without protective shielding. That emotional directness is part of what makes the record resonate decades later, and this reissue gives it the sonic platform it always warranted.
The numbered edition is available now. Order at mobilefidelity.com.
Lone Assembly arrived with a debut album that means something. The Swiss quartet’s ‘Knots & Chains’ is a gothic new wave and synth-pop record built around the theme of control, examining how it’s imposed by others, cultivated within ourselves, and embedded in the cities we move through. It’s a heavy concept handled with real musical confidence.
The record leans into an eighties coldness that carries obvious admiration for the Factory Records era while pulling toward the expansive pop of bands like Editors. Soaring guitars, a locked-in rhythm section, and Raphaël Bressler’s deep, gravitational vocals give the album an aesthetic that feels both rooted in a tradition and fully present in the moment.
Structurally, ‘Knots & Chains’ moves like a cycle. Bressler describes it as “moving from suffocation to openness, from closed spaces to greater, albeit fragile, breathing space.” That arc gives the record emotional shape, making it feel like a complete statement rather than a collection of songs. Standout moments include the driving “In the Open,” the introspective “The Pain Keeper,” and the vivid urban portrait of “The City Works Like This.”
Lone Assembly formed out of something more urgent than musical ambition. Their 2024 debut EP ‘That Never Happened’, a tribute to a lost loved one, established the band as a space for healing and connection. ‘Knots & Chains’ builds directly from that foundation, pushing the emotional stakes higher and the sound wider.
The UK tour is underway now, wrapping at The Moth Club in London on May 24. Tickets are available at fanlink.tv/badapplemusic_la_rn.
