Ashe’s “Till Forever Falls Apart” is her latest hit, and it’s already racked up almost 21 million streams on Spotify to date. Ashe co-wrote the song with Big Taste and her close friend FINNEAS, whose vocals are also featured on the track. Throughout the song, the singers use apocalyptic metaphors […]
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Billie Eilish reveals what it takes to pour your soul out on every record with her new documentary, “The World’s a Little Blurry.” With millions of listeners each month and a sold out world tour cut short by the pandemic, there’s no question that the 19-year-old sensation has fans. But […]
Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty is blowing up the game with his tough lyricism and harrowing beats. Genius sat down with the artist to talk about his meteoric rise and his plan to establish a new sound for his city. Read more on Genius: https://genius.com/a/who-is-pooh-shiesty-behind-the-hit-back-in-blood Subscribe to Genius: http://bit.ly/2cNV6nz Genius on […]
Here is a recap of Genius’ weekly Twitch show, The Cosign Live. Tune in Fridays at 3PM EST on https://www.twitch.tv/geniusmusic This week’s winner is Pizzawpineapples and his song, “Layers.” Listen here! The runners-up were: Two week winner, Chris Patrick’s “Dreams” Yung Spiice, “Who Are You” Will Wess, “LA Boy” JusSol […]
This Black History Month, Genius is spotlighting artists on ‘Open Mic’ who exemplify #BlackExcellence. DUSTY LOCANE is the latest artist to appear on Open Mic, performing his hit “ROLLIN N CONTROLLIN FREESTYLE,” which has racked up an impressive 10 million YouTube views to date. On the NLB_CP Beats-produced track, Dusty […]
Takashi Murakami reflects on more than a decade’s worth of music collaborations spanning his album art for Kanye West’s ‘Graduation’ to more recent visuals with KIDS SEE GHOSTS, Billie Eilish, and J Balvin. The Japanese visual artist also reveals he started “rough sketches” for a horror-style anime based on a […]
The Longest Johns‘ “Wellerman” is one of many renditions of the sea shanty that has gone viral, racking up more than 21 million streams on Spotify alone. The British folk group originally released the song in 2018, but it found new life on TikTok when sea shanties from the 1800s […]
CJ’s breakout hit “Whoopty” recently peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 172 million YouTube views to date. The song is produced by Cyprus-based Pxcoyo, whom Genius recently sat down with to break down how the song was made. Read more on Genius: https://genius.com/a/the-making-of-cjs-whoopty-with-pxcoyo Read all the […]
On the latest Open Mic, Maria Becerra performed her recent hit, “ANIMAL,” which has racked up an impressive 27 million YouTube views to date. The track is produced by Big One and and features Cazzu. Read more on Genius: https://genius.com/a/maria-becerra-performs-animal-live Read all the lyrics to “ANIMAL” on Genius: https://genius.com/Maria-becerra-and-cazzu-animal-lyrics Watch […]
This Black History Month, Genius is spotlighting artists on ‘Open Mic’ who exemplify #BlackExcellence. Popp Hunna recently stopped by Genius for a live performance of “Adderall (Corvette Corvette).” The track, which has racked up an impressive 15 million YouTube views to date, is produced by Bert Beatz and Cv. Read […]
Jazmine Sullivan stayed relatively quiet since she dropped her third album, ‘Reality Show,’ in 2015, but her new EP, ‘Heaux Tales,’ proves it was worth the wait. The conceptual project isn’t delivered through Sullivan’s vocals and songwriting alone. It’s punctuated by six spoken-word interludes from women detailing their inner-most thoughts […]
Erica Banks‘ “Buss It” experienced a huge resurgence since the viral “Buss It” Challenge took over the internet. Banks released the song last year, but it blew up when TikTok user Erika Davila created the dance challenge on January 1st. Since then, celebs like Monica, Jordyn Woods, and Chloe Bailey […]
Morray’s melodic debut single, “Quicksand,” has become a huge hit since it dropped last year. Not only has the music video has racked up more than 15 million YouTube views, but the rising artist has already received a cosign from fellow Fayetteville, North Carolina native J. Cole, who praised the […]
Our first ever Green Velvet Music Video features singer, rapper, and saxophonist Masego performing his song “Sides Of Me.” We brought Masego together with animator blackpowerbarbie —a multi-faceted still and motion artist specializing in 2D animation—for a unique music and visual collaboration. Set against a Crown Royal Regal Apple-inspired animated […]
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YBN Nahmir’s “Opp Stoppa” is his latest hit, and it’s already racked up 9 million YouTube to date. It is produced by Ashton Woodench and appears on ‘Visionland.’ Genius sat down with Nahmir to break down the song. Read more on Genius: https://genius.com/a/ybn-nahmir-breaks-down-the-meaning-of-opp-stoppa Read all the lyrics to “Opp Stoppa” […]