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Harry Styles Enrages Fans After Changing ‘As It Was’ Lyrics: Pop Star Not Coming Back to the UK?

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Harry Styles is still traveling around the world for his “Love On Tour” series of concerts and he recently made a big change in one of his songs that left fans enraged as they wanted to “humble” him to look back where he came from; what happened?

Last year, as the lead single of his record-breaking album “Harry’s House,” the former One Direction singer released “As It Was” and during the bridge part, the original lyrics read, “Leave America, two kids follow her.”

Since then, many fans from the United Kingdom have been using the line to remind the musician that he spends a lot of time in the United States compared to his home country.

BuzzFeed News reported that concertgoers during his tour in the UK screamed the lyrics hard to send him the message. During those moments, Styles can be seen smiling and laughing as his fans shout the line in unison.

More recently, the Grammy Award-winning artist resumed his scheduled concerts in Los Angeles, California, after spending a holiday break.

At his second Kia Forum show, fans are debating if they heard him quietly say “I’m staying” after the line, but the following day, Styles made it clear that he is indeed staying after changing the lyrics to “never leave America.”

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Following this, many fans jokingly shared their responses on Twitter, saying they felt “betrayed” over the singer’s decision.

“never leave america harry styles?? because you can stay there and we eat all the cheese bread stirring our tail without you ok. feeling betrayed,” one wrote, translated to English.

“i can’t tell if uk harry styles fans are actually mad that he changed “leave her America” to “never leave America” or if they’re just really good at pretending to be mad,” one joked.

“harry styles needs to be humbled after saying never during the leave america part last night,” one expressed.

As of this writing, Harry Styles has yet to confirm whether he’ll stay in the United States for good. Although he has several properties in the UK, as noted by Capital FM, he also reportedly owns an apartment in the Tribeca neighborhood in New York City.

His property features three bedrooms and three bathrooms which cost him a whopping $8.7 million.

READ MORE: Ashton Kutcher Wants To Apologize To Harry Styles For an Embarrassing Reason: ‘I Feel Like A Jerk’

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‘It’s Happening Right Here’: RaeLynn’s Song Debuts With Important Message

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RaeLynn delivered a powerful song with an important message on Friday (January 27).

The country singer-songwriter knew without a doubt that she had to sing “It’s Happening Right Here,” going hand-in-hand with a documentary that aims to raise awareness about sexual solicitation and how to recognize risks to help protect children and teens.

RaeLynn announced earlier this week that she’d release “It’s Happening Right Here,” after teasing her social media followers with a few hints. RaeLynn confirmed the song and music video’s release date with Operation Underground Railroad, a nonprofit organization that aims to “rescue children from human trafficking and sexual exploitation.” Its founder, Tim Ballard, a former special agent speaks at the beginning of the music video, which opens with a statistic: 1 in 5 children who use the internet have been sexually solicited.

“Through Raelynn’s new original song featured in the groundbreaking documentary ‘It’s Happening Right Here,’ we are shown that light can be found even in the darkest places. “It’s Happening Right Here” unveils the truth that sex trafficking can happen in every community in the U.S. Despite the darkness of the crime, hope can be found through the organizations fighting to end trafficking, as well as those sharing their experiences to protect others.”

“When I got the call from [Tim Ballard] asking me to sing this song for this Documentary my answer was a 100% Yes,” RaeLynn shared on Friday. “My prayer for this Song/ Music Video and film, ‘It’s Happening Right Here,’ is that it will bring awareness and shed light on the seriousness of this topic. I pray it educates people on how to protect their children and families and through that save lives. Despite the evilness of the sex trafficking industry, there is hope – there are still good people who care and are willing to speak up and protect our kids. We can let the light in and I pray this song is a catalyst to that. Also the biggest shoutout to my creative brother [TK McKamy] we have been doing videos together for almost 10 years. He directed ‘god made girls’ and I love him so dearly. Thank you for making this come to life with this amazing team.”

“It’s happening right here/ It’s happening right now/ Yeah Once you turn the light on/ You can’t just turn it out/ It’s behind the door, just up the street/ Down the hall on a cell phone screen/ It’s a wake up call for us all in the mirror/ It’s happening right here”

Ballard explains, as the music video begins: “They’re looking for prey. They’re looking for their next victim. People kind of comfort themselves by saying, ‘well, that’s not me. That’s just in very, very remote, poor areas.’ It’s in every area. The only difference is, in the more affluent areas, it’s undercover.”

The documentary will be available to rent or buy on January 31. Watch RaeLynn’s music video here:



Musician shares step-by-step guide on composing Anuv Jain’s song in two minutes | Trending

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Musician Anshuman Sharma took to his Twitter handle to share a video that serves as a step-by-step guide on composing Anuv Jain’s song in two minutes. The video that is swiftly gaining traction on the micro-blogging site opens with Sharma saying to ‘choose 100 percent organic themes’ such as gul, mishri, aasman or namkeen. The second step involves using profound words like meherbaaniyan, saazish and uljhan. As the video progresses, he shares the third step, which is about getting inspired by singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. The last second step is to play basic chords on the piano and finally to put all these elements together to compose a song. Towards the end of the clip, he plays the song, and it is too good to miss out on. The hilarious ‘namkeen’ twist caught netizens’ attention and left them laughing hard. It may have the same effect on you.

“How to make an Anuv Jain song in 2 minutes!” wrote Musician Anshuman Sharma while sharing the video online. However, this is not the first video that the musician shared about composing songs. He earlier shared a video on composing a Ritviz song in two minutes using an ‘aasmaan’ twist.

Watch the video shared by Anshuman Sharma on Twitter right here:

Since being shared two days ago on Twitter, the video has raked up more than 1.2 lakh views, over 4,700 likes and numerous comments.

“Who are these people? Let’s do R D Burman next!” wrote an individual on Twitter. “OMG that actually works,” shared another. “This is GOLD man!! Spot on!! What say @AnuvJain,” commented a third. “Bruhhh!!! U just killed it,” posted a fourth. “He is secret lyrics maker for Anuv Jain,” joked a fifth.



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A Little Left of Center: I love country music: Three of the reasons why | Columns

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Yep, I am a country music lover.

It was Johnny Cash who said, “Of emotions, of love, of breakup, of love and hate and death and dying, mama, apple pie, and the whole thing. It covers a lot of territory, country music does.”

Country is my favorite genre of music. Largely to blame are Morgan Wallen, Hardy, and Ernest. I have long referred to these country hitmakers as the great trifecta of modern country music. These three friends have been blowing up the scene for a while now. I was fortunate to see them all perform live and feel comfortable writing this piece based on those experiences. I am here to proclaim with good authority that this trio is fun to watch. These guys are multifaceted and versatile. With a little something for everyone, let’s break down how these good ol’ southern boys have turned many, including myself, on to today’s country music.

Morgan Wallen

Morgan Wallen is the epitome of the Southern pretty boy. His true talent, however, is his ability to not only sing a great song, but to get his audience to really “feel” his joy of performing. Wallen has said that after seeing Eric Church perform, it left such a profound impact on him because, as he puts it, “you could feel what Eric Church was singing.” It’s apparent that Wallen also sets out to do just that when he performs. Having seen both Wallen and Church perform live, I concur. Wallen’s music also blends a variety of genres. From “Broadway Girls” featuring rapper, Lil Durk, to his collaboration with Ernest on “Flower Shops” (nod to traditional country music with steel guitar embedded throughout), his range and musicality is what makes him so appealing to country music lovers and those like me, who are still fairly new to the country music scene.

Ernest

I have found that many Ernest Smith (he goes by only his first name, professionally) fans don’t know that his first released song was a rap single, “Dopeman.” It is a catchy joint with a smooth beat that showcases that he definitely has an affinity for rap, yet personifies versatility when you discover he has written songs for the likes of FGL, Kane Brown, his buddy Morgan Wallen, and others. Ernest has a number of hit songs under his belt including “More than my Hometown,” a single on Wallen’s “Double Album.” He also did a beautiful remake of “Islands in the Stream” by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton with new and rising female artist Hailey Whitters. Not only is the song awesome, but the cheesy, ‘70s throwback video is a nostalgic delight. If those things didn’t make him appealing enough, add to his talents a cool podcast titled “Just being Ernest.” He interviews friends and other celebrities in this entertaining series that only adds to his versatility as an entertainer.

Hardy

To round off this musical trifecta, you cannot forget Michael Hardy, who goes by only his last name. The energy and vibe he brings to his live performances is unparalleled. To put it bluntly, his shows kick butt. A high energy load of fun is what you’ll get at a Hardy show. I would best describe his style as modern country rock. One of my favorite songs is “He went to Jared.” It’s a fun sing-along jam about a hardworking blue collar dude who lost his girl to a prestigious fella who went to the Harvard of the south — Ole Miss. It was the first Hardy song I ever heard and I immediately liked it. Seeing him perform live had me hooked for good. He is truly on that stage to party and have a good time. If you want to hear an emotional country song that tells a raw story of domestic abuse and outlaw justice, check out his latest duet with Lainey Wilson, “Wait in the Truck.”

Regular dudes

Honestly, the appeal of these three is that they seem like regular folks — unpretentious bros who enjoy entertaining and having fun — they are the guys you just wanna sit down and have a beer with — or in my case — go fishing with. Having met Wallen as a VIP guest at a concert this past summer, I can tell you he is the real deal — humble and down to earth. Ernest is, too. In fact he’s known for driving around Nashville in his 1966 Cadillac, and I’ve met him briefly at a concert last summer. I haven’t met Hardy, but hope to someday. We’ll see him next February in New York City. A girl can dream…



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Tuning In: Popular tunes even infiltrated ‘pure’ classical music | ETC

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We received multiple complaints from listeners recently when we broadcast music performed by the Vitamin String Quartet. They’re a standard string quartet in terms of instrumentation, but they play their own arrangements of pop songs.

Interlochen Arts Academy’s popular music ensemble was giving a concert that week featuring arena rock songs, so we thought we’d help promote the event by playing classical versions of songs by Queen and Bon Jovi.

Another listener was very upset that IPR broadcast a story about Lizzo playing James Madison’s flute during a recent concert in Washington, D.C.

Lizzo is a pop artist, sure, but she’s also a classically trained flutist who had spent the day of the concert at the Library of Congress exploring a curated collection of historical flutes.

What these two strong, negative responses have in common is the sense of separation that people want to maintain between popular music and classical music.

The smarty pants in me wonders if that means classical music has to be unpopular.

The historian in me knows that the Vitamin String Quartet is just one example in a long line of classical musicians drawing on popular music favorites.

The distance between “popular” and “classical” music isn’t nearly as spacious as I think some people wish it was — that’s true now, and it’s true historically.

Beethoven composed more than 20 sets of piano variations (also called theme and variations), the vast majority of which used a popular song of the time as the theme. It’s akin to writing a set of variations on the latest trending Taylor Swift or, yes, Lizzo song.

Brahms jammed his Academic Festival Overture full of melodies from popular drinking songs of the era like “Gaudeamus Igitur,” or “Therefore, let us be merry.”

Renaissance composers frequently wrote masses whose melodies were based on popular songs of the day. Dozens of composers wrote masses — performed in churches — based on “L’homme armé,” a French secular tune that was a favorite of Charles the Bold.

There’s plenty of historical precedent for overlap between “popular” and classical (unpopular?) music.

So why do people find it so off-putting when Classical IPR has the occasional pop tune or artist on the air performed with classical instrumentation?

Someone asked me recently why Classical IPR had stopped playing “pure” classical music in recent years. I wasn’t quite sure how to respond.

The smarty pants in me wanted to say, “Puri? Like the choral composer Stefan Puri?”

The historian in me wanted to raise the alarm about the terrible things that have happened in American and global history in the name of keeping institutions, music, art and populations “pure.”

Instead, I said, “What do you mean by ‘pure’ classical?”

They responded, “You know, Beethoven and Brahms.”

The smarty pants in me wanted to say, “Oh, like, Beethoven’s variations on the song ‘Es war einmal ein alter Mann,’ or ‘Once upon a time there was an old man’?”

Instead, I said, “Thanks for your feedback.”





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Darius Rucker Reflects on His Jump to Country Music as He Celebrates Huge Milestones

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Darius Rucker is set to launch the next era of his career as he prepares to release his next album, Carolyn’s Boy. However, he took a moment to look back before he kicked off this next album cycle. Rucker was the guest of honor at The Electric Jane in Nashville on Oct. 26 in celebration of his cover of Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel” reaching Diamond status — making it only the fourth country song to reach that milestone. The event, which was attended by Today’s Craig Melvin and music industry figures, was also meant to mark his 10 No. 1 songs (not counting his work with Hootie & the Blowfish).

In the spirit of this momentous occasion, we asked Rucker to reflect on the start of his solo career and the trepidation that came with entering the country genre. In the media roundtable before the bash, Rucker, 56, told PopCulture that his successful solo career was kickstarted by the hustling he did around the release of his debut solo single, 2008’s “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It.”

“I look back on that period as the example of hard work paid off,” Rucker said. “I came to Nashville and Duncan signed me at Capitol, and we really didn’t know what was going to happen. He promised me a shot, he told me if I gave him a country record, he’d give me a shot. And when we put out ‘Don’t Think’ and went around the radio stations, really the naysayers were the leaders. And I got it; there was really no reason for us to expect success. Even if we had written (Patsy Cline’s) ‘Crazy,’ there’s no reason to expect success. But going out to the radio stations and working hard and going around and doing all the things and being the baby band on Dierks (Bentley) and Brad (Paisley)’s tour and stuff like that, that hard work is what paid off. And so now I look back, and I’m glad that I have my work ethic, and I’m glad that I don’t mind taking chances. Because if I hadn’t had those two things, I wouldn’t be sitting there talking to you guys.”

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While Rucker’s worked hard to get to this point, he noted elsewhere in the conversation that he’s comfortable enough to slow down a bit. While he’s just as dedicated to music as ever, he’s learned to appreciate his time away from work more in recent years.

“I didn’t always give myself time to enjoy it (life),” Rucker said. “It was always work, work, work, work, work. And (if) you’re not working, concentrating on family. But now I’ve learned to say ‘no,’ which was really big for me, learning to say ‘no.’ And I love it. I love writing songs, I love all of it, but I’m at a really cool place in my career where I’m not chasing it anymore. It’s either going to be there or it’s not, now, for me. So I love it. I still love doing it more than anything in the world, but I also love my time off a lot now, too.”

Rucker will release Carolyn’s Boy at an undisclosed date in 2023. Rucker has released two singles ahead of the album, “Same Beer Different Problem” and the Chapel Hart collaboration “Ol’ Church Hymn.”



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