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Sexyy Red took over the stage at the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday night, performing her two hit songs, "Get It Sexyy" and "U My Everything." For the former, she transformed the stage at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles into the White House and danced in front of the historic building.
Fans on social media have been having mixed responses to the performance. "She brought the crowd to life," one user wrote. "They ain’t wanna get up for nobody else." Another added: "I speak for everyone when i say she isn’t an A list artist." It's the second straight year she's performed at the event. She previously rapped "Pound Town," "SkeeYee," and "Shake Ya Dreads" while also joining DaBaby for "Shake Sumn."
Despite the seemingly politically charged performance, Sexyy recently confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) that she won't be endorsing Joe Biden or Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election. "It’s Sexyy Red 4 President. I’m my own candidate I’m not endorsing anybody period," Sexyy wrote to fans, earlier this month. Her followers had been trying to figure out Sexyy's political leaning after she performed with a "Make America Sexyy Ahead" hat on stage at multiple concerts. Check out her latest set below.
Sexyy is just one of several artists performing at the BET Awards. Others include Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla, Will Smith, and several more. As for the actual awards, Usher will be taking home the Lifetime Achievement award while Killer Mike won Album of the Year. Additionally, Usher and SZA won the respective R&B/Pop Artist categories. Be on the lookout for further updates on Sexyy Red and the BET Awards 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.
