NEWS
MONSTA X
Courtesy of STARSHIP ENTERTAINMENTMONSTA X is giving their fans something to look forward to ahead of the release of their forthcoming album, The Dreaming. On Wednesday (Dec. 8), the K-pop group teased “Blow Your Mind,” a track from the album, on their YouTube channel.
“Is it me, is it me you want?/ Let me dance, let me dance you off/ Take a chance, let’s get it on/ I’ll blow your mind/ I’ll make you feel, make you feel my love ,” the group’s six members sing over a heavy bass line before synth instrumentals kick in.
“Blow Your Mind” is the ninth track from their album The Dreaming, which will be entirely in English. Other tracks from the upcoming release include “Better,” “Whispers in the Dark,” “You Problem,” and “Blame Me,” all of which have been teased ahead of the album’s release on Friday, Dec. 10.
The Dreaming is MONSTA X’s second English LP after All About Luv. That album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart in February 2020.
To accompany The Dreaming, Monsta X will be releasing a feature film titled Monsta X: The Dreaming, which is set to premiere in theaters in more than 70 countries. The film will give fans an inside look at members Shownu, Minhyuk, Kihyun, Hyungwon, Joohoney, and I.M.’s lives over the past six years of them being a group though exclusive one-on-one interviews; it will also show footage and performances from the making of their current album. The film is already out in their homeland of Korea, but will roll out worldwide starting Thursday, Dec. 9.
Listen to a snippet of “Blow Your Mind” below.
NEWS
Mustard has seemingly hit back at comments from Drake‘s producer Gordo, with a little help from JAY-Z.
Gordo, who worked on several Drizzy albums including $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, For All the Dogs and Honestly, Nevermind, called out the “Not Like Us” hitmaker this week after noticing that he was no longer following him on social media.
“omg just noticed mustard unfollowed me on ig…. Sad day,” he wrote sarcastically on X. “headlining chella must of got to his head.”
Despite unfollowing Gordo, Mustard appeared to catch wind of his post and issued a snarky yet subliminal response on Instagram.
Alongside a caption which read: “We not the same,” the producer posted a video of JAY-Z in an interview saying: “Are you kidding me? Who are you guys talking to? What have you done to even have an opinion on what I been doing? You done nothing to even have an opinion.”
Swipe below to see the clip.
Mustard hasn’t exactly been quiet about his disdain for Drake throughout the 6 God’s beef with Kendrick Lamar which erupted last year.
The multi-platinum producer and DJ graced the stage at Tyler, The Creator‘s Camp Flog Gnaw last November, where he surprised the crowd by appearing to cue up Drizzy’s Take Care hit “Crew Love” with The Weeknd.
Before the song could kick into gear, however, Mustard jumped on the mic and yelled, “Sike!” before quickly pivoting to Kendrick, Future and Metro Boomin‘s “Like That,” the blistering collaboration that ignited the heated feud between the Hip Hop titans.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times months earlier, the 10 Summers hitmaker took a shot at Drake’s character while ruling out a reunion with his “Who Do You Love?” collaborator.
“I don’t think I want to make a song with that dude. He’s a strange guy,” he said matter-of-factly.
Mustard would also offer Drake some advice on how to bounce back from the beef, saying to Big Boy: “I’m not speaking at Drake or for him, but a lot of shit that’s going on — the tactics, the things that you do just to get attention. You don’t need to do that. Just make music, man. Make good music and you’ll be fine.”
Mustard also made a surprise appearance during Kendrick Lamar’s historic Super Bowl halftime show performance, joining the Compton superstar for his climactic rendition of “TV Off” which he also produced.
