CL Says 'Hello Bitches' With Highly Anticipated U.S. Debut To Be Available Free On SoundCloud

The wait for 2NE1 member CL (Lee Chaerin) to debut in the United States is quickly coming to an end.

On Nov. 19, YG Entertainment announced the upcoming release of CL's English debut song "Hello Bitches" via multiple social media platforms including the company's official blog, Twitter, and Facebook.

Fans have been eagerly anticipating CL's United States debut for some time now. According to YG Life, CL has spent the year working on preparations for her new album. During that time she has lent her voice to several collaboration projects including Diplo's "Doctor Pepper" and traveled around the country as part of the Mad Decent Block Tour.

According to YG, "Hello Bitches" is the pre-promotion song while the final touches are placed on her album. The song is said to be as powerful and intense as CL's image.

A number of well-known individuals in the music industry have lent their hand to CL's upcoming track. YG producer Teddy Park and Jean-Baptiste, who has produced and penned lyrics for artists like Madonna, Rihanna, and The Black Eyed Peas among others, composed the track. The two, along with Danny Chung and CL herself, also took part in writing the lyrics.

"Hello Bitches" will be available for free download on the music sharing service SoundCloud.

In addition to the track, fans can also look forward to a dance video released at the same time. The song's choreography was done by Parris Geobel, who many K-pop fans are already familiar with as she also created the intense and iconic dances for other YG artists including Taeyang's "Ringa Linga" and Big Bang's latest smash hit "Bang Bang Bang." This is Goebel's first collaboration with CL.

"Hello Bitches" will be released on Nov. 21 at 9pm KST (7am EST). The choreography video will be available through YG Entertainment's official blog, VICE's music site Noisey, and fashion channel i-D.

Get ur Drake on: Hotline Bling's dance moves examined

On first viewing, Drake’s dad-like moves in the Hotline Bling video might seem a little laughable. But after a few plays it’s hard not to develop an admiration for his relaxed grooving. While doing precious little, the Canadian rapper manages to hint at a whole host of dance styles and icons, possibly without even knowing it. Here are some of the highlights ...

1. Drake does the light entertainer

The video for Hotline Bling features dance in pastel shades and as a result it’s actually way more subversive than a video full of krumping. Drake casually marks time, except he’s not quite in time, because Drake shuns the concept of dancing to anyone’s beat, not even his own. With those slight knee bends and raised elbows, there are echoes of Saturday-night playfulness, like Morecambe and Wise, if you gave their rhythm track some Valium. Pure light entertainment.

2. Drake does Bollywood

The side-to-side head waggle, the twisting hand gestures ... Drake is proving here that he has mastered many moves, in particular, the sundari, the head-bobbing move that comes from the south Indian classical dance form bharata natyam.

3. Drake does ballet

Revived here is one of the great moments in 20th-century dance. Drake’s ladies are rising up the staircase to heaven, no doubt in homage to the great 1928 ballet Apollo by Russian-American choreographer George Balanchine, in which the sun god’s muses, Terpsichore (the muse of dance), Polyhymnia (mime) and Calliope (poetry), ascend a similar staircase at the end of the dance.

4. Drake does salsa

A little hint of salsa. But not red-hot Cuban salsa. With Drake’s delicate, prissy flicks of the wrist, this is salsa danced by the uptight, upstate twinset brigade of Dirty Dancing’s ballroom classes, not the staff partying upstairs.

5. Drake does everything

Drake’s got a lot more moves to show you, and not much time to fit them in, so he ends the video with a montage, including The Stalker [at 4.20], The Bedtime Story [at 4.32] and The Bad Robot [4.49].
So does this eclectic grouping of dance techniques work? The answer is yes: in dance (as in life) what matters most is approaching each task with conviction, to dance like nobody is watching, even if you’ve got an audience of millions.

iKON Draw Excitment With Reveal Of Tracks For Debut Half-Album

The anticipation continues to build as iKON, YG Entertainment's promising new boy band, entices fans with teasers for their debut half-album, "Welcome Back." Over the course of a couple days, the group released a full track listing for their first album as a charismatic seven-member group. It is the first official album project from the winners of last year's survival show "Mix & Match."

The track listing highlights two title tracks, "Rhythm TA" and "Airplane," so the chances of receiving two more music videos from the group are high! Both iKON's most well-known members, B.I and Bobby, were involved in developing the lyrics for each of the six tracks on the debut project. The members continue to stake their claim as solid writers within YG Family, as they received notoriety after working on labelmates WINNER's debut single "Empty."

Producer favorites Choice37 and Kush grace the rookies with tracks, and B.I adds his name to the list as a composer for his group's debut as well. Also, Atlanta-based multi-platinum singer/songwriter duo The Jackie Boyz help close out the half-album with "M.U.P."

The half-album's release online is scheduled for October 1 with physical albums available October 5. With band members heavily involved and various producers and writers in the mix, iKON's debut half-album sounds like it will be an overall smash!

The group's first full album, with all 12 tracks, is scheduled to drop November 2.

Seventeen Return With 'Mansae' 4 Months After Debut

Pledis Entertainment's rookie boy group SEVENTEEN have made their explosive first comeback!

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On September 9, SEVENTEEN released their latest comeback track "Mansae" on their official YouTube channel.

Unlike debut track "Adore U," their comeback music video showcases the members' acting abilities as they each try to earn the affections of a girl. The video includes scenes in all sorts of school settings including classrooms, a gymnasium, a basketball court, the rooftop, and locker filled hallways. In each various scene the members of SEVENTEEN try to win their girl over with their playful and adorable antics.

The song continues with the underlying athletic theme of the music video by incorporating different whistle and blow horn sounds into the instrumental. Meanwhile, SEVENTEEN continues to prove their powerful vocal abilities with equally strong singing and rapping parts. While "Adore U" showcased the group in a more uniform pop sound, "Mansae" allows the individual members to shine during each verse while coming together seamlessly for the addictive chorus.

SEVENTEEN debuted in May 2015 with "Adore U" after four years of preparation. After two weeks the rookie group earned 1 million views on their debut music video and have been gaining in popularity ever since.

They are most known for their title as "self-producing idols" as the members play an active role in the production of their songs and the choreographing of their dances.

With an addictive beat, adorable video, and powerful dance, "Mansae" is a track not to miss.

US music industry executives despise rap and love Taylor Swift, reports surve

Taylor Swift … it’s official: everyone loves her. Official. Photograph: Frazer Harrison

US music industry executives despise rap and adore Taylor Swift, if a new survey by the trade magazine Billboard is to be believed. More than 50 “top executives” completed an anonymous survey for the magazine, and the initial results – while possibly unrepresentative – are startling.

Swift was named as the artist they would most like to sign if they were starting a label, with – surprisingly, perhaps – Lady Gaga in second and Adele in third, and 70% said yes when asked: “Do you root for Taylor Swift?”

More than half – 58% – said the industry is not fair to artists, and Lady Gaga was named as the person who should be running a record company but isn’t. Three questions looked at the digital world: 62% claimed they knew more about technology than the average 14 year old; 54% said they would work at Apple or Spotify if it offered the same money; and 71% said Jay Z’s streaming service, Tidal, would survive less than a year.

The oddest result, however – and one that suggests the sample of executives was skewed towards one demographic – came when people were asked which type of music they despised the most. Rap came top, with EDM in second and pop third.

Billboard’s survey – whose full results are due in September – has been the subject of enormous controversy over some of its questions, notable one that asked: “Who do you believe: (i) Kesha [or] (ii) Dr Luke.” Kesha is taking legal action against producer and songwriter Dr Luke, accusing him of rape. He has issued a countersuit claiming she is using extortion to try to break a contract.

Music manager Irving Azoff – who topped Billboard’s music power list in 2012 – condemned the publication. “If Billboard wants to survey the music industry, they should ask people in the biz what they think about their publication,” he told the New York Post. “Maybe then they’d understand how fully they’ve turned a formerly respected brand into an irrelevant joke.”

Billboard did not respond to the requests for comment on the survey made by several publications. It did, however, find time to issue a statement about Azoff: “We are aware of the personal grousings of Irving Azoff about Billboard and are sorry he won’t be filling out the survey.”