JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates the 62nd anniversary of the birth of George Michael.
Category: Pop
Throwback: Happy 72nd Birthday, Cyndi Lauper!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Cyndi Lauper’s 72nd birthday.
New Audio: N3WYRKLA Returns with Swaggering and Defiant “Bad Luck”
Philadelphia-born N3WYRKLA (pronounced New York L.A.) is a rising pop artist: “Outside All Night,” her collaboration with Brent Faiyaz and A$AP Rocky earned RIAA Gold Certification and has led to over one million monthly listeners on DSPs.
Earlier this year, the Philadelphia-based phenom opened for FERG on the North American leg of his The Darold Tour. And back in May, she released the lead single from her highly-anticipated full-length debut, “Plastic Cup.” “Plastic Cup” is burning up the charts right now: the track jumped to #15 on the Urban Radio Charts.
Building upon a rapidly growing profile, the Philadelphia-born artist shared her latest single, the Hitmaka-produced “BAD LUCK,” which features her honey-soaked vocal paired with a contemporary retro/old-school soul-inspired production that brings the likes of Monophonics, Bobby Oroza, Daptone Records, Colemine Records and others to mind.
Ironically, the song isn’t a lament on the narrator’s bad luck, whether personally or romantically or on superstitions; but rather, a self-assured side-eye to fuckbois, players, flops, deadbeats that open says that trusting these dudes out there is just going to get you a case of bad luck — and perhaps worse. At its core, it’s a feminist anthem that says “you don’t have to deal with bullshit, ever.”
Throwback: Happy 64th Birthday, Boy George!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Boy George’s 64th birthday.
Throwback: Happy 67th Birthday, Prince!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Prince’s 67th birthday.
New Audio: Gan Shares Flirty and Summery “Infinity”
Gan is a rising, French Mediterranean-born, New York-based electronic music producer and artist, who has received attention for bending modern beats and production informed by the New York scene with his French and Mediterranean heritage.
The rising New York-based producer’s latest single is a slick and flirty take on Jaymes Young‘s “Infinity” that turns the smash-hit into the sort of summery, house/Afrohouse take on the song that could simultaneously rock grown and sexy lounges, rooftop parties and the club.
Throwback: Happy Belated 51st Birthday, Alanis Morisette!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms belatedly celebrates Alanis Morissette’s 51st birthday.
Throwback: Happy 54th Birthday, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates the 54th anniversary of the birth of Lisa Lopes.
Throwback: Happy 104th Birthday, Hal David!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates the 104th anniversary of the birth of Hal David.
Throwback: Happy 59th Birthday, Janet Jackson!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Janet Jackson’s 59th birthday.
Throwback: Happy 97th Birthday, Burt Bacharach!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates the 97th anniversary of the birth of Burt Bacharach.
New Video: N3WYRKLA Shares Sultry “Plastic Cup”
N3WYRKLA is a rising pop artist, who will supporting FERG on his upcoming The Darold Tour. Her latest single “Plastic Cup” is the lead single from her highly-anticipated full-length debut. Sonically, the track is anchored around a sleek and sultry production featuring atmospheric synths, skittering tweeter and woofer rattling trap-like thump and buzzing bass synths serving as a lush bed for the rising artist’s yearning delivery — before closing out with a classic R&B piano coda.
The rising pop artist explains that “Plastic Cup” captures the late-night temptation of reaching out to that someone — maybe even someone you really shouldn’t reach out to — after a few too many drinks. But you have needs and those needs are winning out over your common sense. Hey, we’ve all been there at some point.
Fittingly, the accompanying video is as sultry and as sensual as the song.
Throwback: Happy 91st Birthday, Frankie Valli!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebreas Frankie Valli’s 91st birthday.
Throwback: Happy 89th Birthday, Glen Campbell!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates the 89th anniversary of the birth of Glen Campbell.
Throwback: Happy Belated 66th Birthday, Babyface!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms belatedly celebrates Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds’ 66th birthday.
