Recently, City Girls and Cardi B released a new music video for their single, ‘Twerk’. Of course, with an upbeat track like this, you’ll expect a heavy amount of twerking. But as follow up to the video, City Girls have come out with spin-off video of elderly ladies learning how to shake what their mama gave them. At first, these ladies believe they’re attending a regular senior dance class, but when a young Choreographer who specializes in twerking comes to teach, they’re in for a modernized surprise.
After these ladies get a full tutorial on twerking and all the glory it inhabits, they completely let themselves loose, rehearsing a full hip-hop routine of booty-shaking galore. The video promptly cuts to the ladies out of the studio, and into the club. While the seniors show off the moves they learned, two ladies spoof City Girls’ and Cardi B’s verse, lip singing in the same looks the artists sported in the original video.
The video is high-energy, entertaining, and risqué, yet endearingly sweet as these ladies dancing the night away warm your heart. The video will not only make you smile, but show that no one is too anything to twerk.
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Hunnypot Live Alumni, Ora The Molecule, released a brand new single titled, ‘Sugar’. The video is Avant-Garde Pop, and completely enticing like their live performances. The track, experimental and unique, is a moody yet innovative beat and has lyrics that will soothe your soul. We recommend checking out their new single ‘Samurai’, it has the perfect modern vibe while still being entirely original. We’re excited to see the video coming soon.
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Shayna McHayle, better known by her stage name Junglepussy, is an American rapper and actress based in New York City. "I'm In Love" is her fantastic new single and this long form video Directed by Vincent Martell is hilarious. The track comes from Junglepussy's current album Jp3 and it's Hunnypot Approved!
Minneapolis musician Mark Mallman woke up at 3 a.m. with a crushing panic attack that wouldn’t end. He responded by pouring songs into a happiness playlist and leaning on the wisdom of friends. This is the true story of a man beset by grief, healed by music, and learning to laugh through it all. Check out the book here: The Happiness Playlist
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Sunni Colón's new video "PSICODELIC" is the perfect blend of, psychedelic rock, funk and soul-inflected earworms.The video depicts images of Sunni discovering different parts of his personality and becoming closer to different sides of his being. It is interesting how relatable the song is because every person at one point experiences a time where they grow, develop, and evolve various parts of their individuality. His latest EP " Satin Psycodelic" is silky smooth. Sunni explores grappling with relationships and the traumas and transformations we experience as we get older. Sonically, the EP is a successful attempt at finding calm within a storm. Sunni has a flair for melody, layering disparate sequences and sounds on top of one another, resulting in a seamless and compelling whole, much like the way his multiple faculties as a creative play out in his own life. In Sunni’s own words, “It’s like balanced chaos.”
Sunni Colón is an enigma. The polymath self-taught multi-instrumentalist has released music and film, created and hosted sound art installations, has a creative agency called Tetsu and is now dabbling in furniture design. “I grew up all over. I was born in LA and raised in New York, London, France and Africa,” Sunni says describing his childhood — something of a template for his current nomadic lifestyle. While he plans to settle in his hometown of Los Angeles soon, Sunni’s far-reaching worldview remains: “I’ve been in LA a lot because I’ve been getting gigs. But it’s so cliche for me to be here, as an artist. There’s so much more. It’s a whole market of people listening outside of this small world.”
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Listen, Hunnypot Live is all ages and never charges a cover but we will still accept bribes to get your kids in . We will even say we have a rowing team they can join. Show #412 was pretty scandalous. Hot Tub Johnnie kicked (back) off with a set of danceables and tranceables. Arbel Bedak got wet with us for his backstory and party playlist. Grace Blue returned with synth and sensibilities. Voila dropped in straight from SXSW to give us acoustic pop gems. Flashback Flash played modern familiar hard rock. Elin K. sung her heart out for us and we closed with another Ivy League dance party. 03/18/2019
Arbel Bedak is Vice President, Sync A&R/Creative at Decca Publishing and currently co-runs the US office for the London-based division of Decca Music Group under Universal Music Group UK. He pitches music for placement in film, TV, advertising, and trailers in North America and procures and manages custom scoring opportunities for ads and trailers for the growing roster of Decca Publishing composer/artists, which includes Max Richter, Clint Mansell, Clark, Alex Somers, and Ben Frost. He works creatively with the roster to create new, sync-friendly works and to rework existing pieces and scores specifically for sync.
Arbel previously served as an agent at Evolution Music Partners, representing composers like Abel Korzeniowski, Fil Eisler, Lesley Barber, and Charlie Clouser. Simultaneously, he ran the daily operations of sister company Score Revolution, a start-up film music licensing company that he joined in the early stages as an intern and helped build. He went on to manage the catalog and served as the main contact for creative licensing and acquisition for three years.
Before that, Arbel received his Bachelor’s in Music Composition from UC Davis, where he directed the university’s marching band and worked for the Department of Music. Following graduation he moved to Los Angeles with aspirations of a career in film scoring, which dissipated as he fell in love with the music business and realized his passion for working with and supporting composers.
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Based out of Los Angeles, CA, Grace Blue is a duo comprised of vocalist Grace Mogz and keyboardist Joseph Arazi who had the pleasure of meeting each other in their hometown in Israel. Grace Blue's first video for their current single "Our Eyes" has garnered over 100,000 views on YouTube alongside rave reviews. Their next video/single "Nowhere To Go" is out now.
Check out their full 5 song EP at the link below. All songs are Represented by Hunnypot, Master and Publishing.
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“Refreshing,” “Romantic,” and “Relatable” are a few of the terms used to describe L.A.- based pop/rock act VOILÀ. Gus Ross and Luke Eisner, respectively from London and Wisconsin - combine authentic production, emotive vocals and magnetic lyricism as a duo.
Ross started out busking around London, which led to playing shows in London’s infamous West End: even performing for the Queen. He incorporates “raw emotion and old school jazz,” in his vocals. He is fascinated by the technicality of music and handles production.
On the other side of the world, Eisner’s passion for music came through lyricism: fascinated by timeless literature, he fronted bands in the midwest scene. “I strive to include at least one tattoo-able phrase in every song we write," says Eisner, who also maintains a professional modeling career, which helps craft the duo's aesthetic. ?
VOILÀ started 2018 as one of BBC Introducing Solent’s “Ones to Watch.” With millions of streams on their music to date, their singles “Hundredth Second Chance” and “Lately” continue to grow. After success on Spotify and BBC radio, the band drew eminent praise from the likes of Billboard, Pandora, and more. They have supported the likes of Kesha, The Fray, X Ambassadors, Flume and, Martin Garrix and their new single, "Don't," premiered on Spotify's New Music Friday playlist at #19. With their ambitious spirit, impressive dedication, and undeniable charm - VOILÀ look set for Wembley.
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Vintage rock for the modern listener.
Flashback Flash makes you feel a pleasant nostalgia with complex yet tasteful guitar leads; the homage to guitar masters like hendrix present in every song. Tender yet haunting vocals powerful enough to stop you in your tracks combine with a crushing, high energy rhythm section, creating a sound best described as “queens of the stone age meets the beatles.”
They hit the sweet spot of driving power and stunning flare without being distracting.
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Sweden’s newest export, Elin K, descends on LA with her latest atmospheric-filled, dream pop single, “Malibu” due out on 25th January. The single was produced by LA based Andrew Monheim (The J.B's, Imagine Dragons, Allen Stone, The Letters Home). “Malibu” is her first US single with her forthcoming EP to be released later in 2019.
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Malibu is a hazy dream-like ethereal pop track, that evokes a cinematic backdrop of sunbathed rolling waves along Malibu’s iconic beach coast. The track’s guitar flirts with vintage west coast rock, sweet sweeping strings, and 70’s progressive sounds while Elin’s voice delivers a contemporary turn with a Nordic inspired aural immersion.
“Malibu” is written as a snapshot of a carefree golden period in Elin K.’s life while first touring the States. “It was something special about this city and its beach culture, in particular, that I instantly fell in love with. I felt at home, as I could fully be myself in this crazy mix of cultures and lifestyles.”
“…a voice similar to Lady Gaga meets Enya, and her musical accompaniment fills up the air, perfectly supporting that voice.” - L.A.Music Critic
Elin K is a genre-mixing Swedish artist-songwriter that has worked with producers like Vanessa Liftig (Wu-Tang clan) and Robin Mortensen Lynch ( Pink, Sting, Justin Bieber). She performed over 50 live performances in Europe, as well as in China and US. Most notably she has performed at music festivals in LA & Dublin, played prestigious Swedish music festival Way Out West., and was played live on Swedish Radio 4. Her first single “Truth Worth A Fight” gained success on Spotify. Elin K. is slated for West Coast tour dates in the US in 2019.
Hunnypot's favorite ROCK outfit Viagra Boys just released a video to the single "Just Like You". The Street Worms album is just nine tracks long, it's a brilliant and concise portrait of who this Swedish band are. The Viagra Boys album is a brawling collection of scuzzy, yet precise street blues and freaky, often twisted imagery that lifts the listener to a powerful new level. Don't miss the band's LA show at The Echo March 20th, 2019.
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In the ethos of rock history there will always be that line drawn in the sand that some fans refuse to cross. Purists that refuse to accept that the band they grew up will never be the same without its original founding members and those that simply welcome their evolution into something greater. I fall into the latter.
Queensrÿche has always been one of those bands marked with a history as glorious as it is turbulent. With those countless radio hits and their eponymous album, Operation: Mindcrime in their back catalog, they could have very easily continued as a shell of their former selves; releasing album after album of Greatest Hits and Live recordings while living quite comfortably. Yet, in this post-Tate world, the band surprisingly continues to persevere because of their history, not in spite of it.
The Verdict, Queensrÿche’s 16th studio album (not counting former vocalist, Geoff Tate’s controversial, Frequency Unknown) and third with glass-shattering vocalist, Todd La Torre at the forefront, is a solid addition to the canon and perhaps their heaviest outing in decades.
Unlike most of Queensrÿche’s previous works, there is no gradual ascent to the summit on the opening track. This album immediately threatens to pull your head back and send it straight into your steering wheel right from the get-go. "Blood of the Levant", the album’s opener, is a full-throttle, groove-laden song that lays a powerful foundation for what’s to come.
The Verdict plays like a glorious soundtrack to a movie never made. It tosses you through turbulent storms and highway chases at full speed that cause you to fear for the hero at times and raise your fists in the air and cheer them on during others.
In tradition with the band’s past, it is not without its epic ballads. "Dark Reverie" is a tortured opus that stands well on it’s own and adds a nice break in the barrage of riffs that came before, with solid and revealing vocal performance by La Torre.
Besides the album’s modern production & thicker guitar driven sound, thanks in-part to master mixer & producer, Chris “Zeuss” Harris (Rob Zombie, Hatebreed, Shadows Fall) the most obvious stand out on The Verdict are Todd La Torre’s multiple contributions. The band has chosen to embrace his aggressive musical influences, all-the-while not sacrificing the catchy hooks, uplifting choruses and classic melodies that made Queensrÿche a household name. A fierce beast of a vocalist by his own right, La Torre has finally come into his own and learned how to nail you to the wall with his explosive, Halford-esque falsetto when it matters most and even lending his impressive drumming skills in the absence of original drummer, Scott Rockenfield, to the album.
With solid compositions, heart-wrenching solos, and just downright amazing songwriting, both longtime fans and newcomers to the fold will find The Verdict is a welcome addition to an already timeless catalog of incredible albums from one of Progressive Rock’s greatest treasures.
As always, rock on my friends! Hunnypot Approved! Overall Rating: 9.3 out of 10
Artist: Queensrÿche, Album: The Verdict, Release Date: March 1st, 2019, Label: Century Media
Hunnypot loves Baby FuzZ and their new Video/Single release "What U Gonna Do 4 Luv" does not disappoint delivering us all a new disco classic.
The music video could best be described as a late night infomercial disco fever dream. Starring Danny Tamberelli (Pete and Pete, The Mighty Ducks), the nesto directed video is a trippy sales pitch for a cure all product called 'luv' that solve all of the viewers' problems. The video builds to a furious pace, culminating in an uneasy and ultimately dark commentary sure to give every red blooded capitalist seizures. Complete with a 90s workout dance crew and twisted Bee Gees style vocals, "What U Gonna Do 4 Luv" is yet another wild and incredible music video from nesto and the Baby FuzZ crew.
Be sure to experience the full album Plastic Paradise streaming now!