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Bobby Shmurda says DSPs and music blogs are blocking him from playlists and refusing to cover him because he won't paint his nails. He vented about the situation in a post on Instagram on Sunday while responding to fans' requests for him to drop new music. He says releasing new tracks is "pointless" given the situation he claims exists.
"Stop asking me to drop music American DSP and music blogs which they owned as well don’t allow real Bodman on playlists because I don’t paint my fingers," he wrote, captioning a photo of his fingernails. "So it's pointless...until something is done with the people who own, runs, and manages these platforms [lion emoji]."
Fans had mixed responses to Shmurda's post with several blaming his lack of popularity on the quality of his new music. "Knock it off bro. Your music has been ass since your release," one top comment reads. "Keep it a buck. It has nothing to do with you not painting your nails or whatever you’re trying to claim. The music has been trash. Rowdy out here doing fine because the music is decent. Stop crying, get in the studio and make some fire sh*t. That’s the remedy." Others came to his defense. "Read between the lines guys he not doing what they want so he on the outs," one user wrote. Check out the full post below.
Shmurda's rant comes after he dropped a new single with Eli, "On Something," last month. The last time he released a full-length project was in 2022 with his collaboration with LouGotCash, SHMURDAGOTCASH. Be on the lookout for further updates on Bobby Shmurda on HotNewHipHop.
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K-pop girl group NewJeans have dropped the second part of their ‘Supernatural’ music video.
Last month, NewJeans made their official Japanese debut with their single album ‘Supernatural’. The group have now dropped a second music video for the title track, this time featuring a Korean-language version of the single.
The new visual continues the TV series concept of original music video, this time with the members investigating the strange weather phenomena from the first clip. The story culminates with the girl group discovering a colony of rabbit-like aliens on a neighbouring planet.
“I don’t know what we’ve done / I don’t want to go back / I already know / Don’t know what we’ve been sold / I’ll find out, so it’s sure,” they sing on the chorus.
Last weekend, NewJeans held their two-night ‘Bunnies Camp’ fan concert in Tokyo Dome, becoming the fastest K-pop group to perform at the iconic venue after debuting. The concert was held less than a week after they dropped ‘Supernatural’.
The show featured special performances with Japanese pop duo YOASOBI and Japanese-English singer Rina Sawayama. The latter also teamed up with NewJeans member Hyein to perform her 2020 song ‘Bad Friend’ at the concert.
NewJeans’ Japanese debut came just a month after they made a domestic comeback with their single album ‘How Sweet’. The project included the lead single ‘How Sweet’ and ‘Bubblegum’ as well as their instrumental versions.
In a three-star review of ‘How Sweet’, NME’s Tássia Assis wrote that the two-song release would be “adequate additions to any of their previous releases”, but “lacks the effervescent impact” of their past singles.
In other K-pop news, (G)I-DLE have ropped a music video teaser for ’Klaxon’, the lead single of their upcoming mini-album ‘I Sway’. It will be their second release of 2024, arriving six months after their second studio album ‘[2]’ in January.
