Prince Died At The Age Of 57

Hey everyone, there is some big news that I want to show you about.

When I'm at the Home Depot, there is a woman who talk about the death of a music legend, Prince. I would say, what? Prince died? Why? Why did he die? OK then, let's move on.

When I come home, MTV Live manage to air Foo Fighters music videos like Best Of You music video. Bu the way, awesome band. Foo Fighters singles like 2002's All My Life is great. Then MTV Live talks about the death of Prince that a woman mentioned at Home Depot.

Take a look.

"Prince has died at age 57, his publicist confirms. Police were called to the revolutionary singer, songwriter and guitarist's Paisley Park estate outside of Minneapolis on Thursday morning."

What the fart? How did Prince died? First of all, how many people dieds do you we need these days. If a person died, I'd say, at the age of after the age of 70, then that's fine. But, if a person died before the age 60, like Prince died at 57, then that would be a bad idea. Also, here's a link for Prince's death article from Rolling Stone.

Link: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prince-dead-at-57-20160421

Also, according to CNN, "Prince Rogers Nelson, the eclectic virtuso who penned such gems as "Kiss" and "Let's Go Crazy" and who took on the music industry in his fight for creative freedom, died Thursday." Wow, that stinks. Why did Prince died? He is not suppose to die at the age of 57. He suppose to die after the age of 60. Seriously.

In addition, VH1 says that "VH1 Remembers Music Legend Prince 1958-2016". Yes I know, "VH1 Remembers Prince 1958-2016". I get that but what's the point? I'm not happy at Prince passed away at age 57. Curse you, people died before the age of 60.

Anyway, rest in piece, Prince.

Taylor Swift Trumps The IHeartRadio Music Awards

Hey guys, it’s me again. Let’s take 1 quick notice about the 2016 IHeartRadio Music Awards.

I appears that Taylor Swift and The Weeknd led the nominations with seven categories, followed by Adele with five nominations. Both Taylor Swift and The Weeknd were also nominated for the inaugural Female and Male Artist of the Year categories (the previous two years featured simply Artist of the Year) and Taylor Swift was the big winner of the night with four awards, including Best Tour, Female Artist of the Year, Most Meme-able Moment and Album of the Year.

On April 3 which is 2 weeks ago, Taylor Swift won the most awards with 4 nominations including Female Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Tour, and Most Meme-able Moment. Congrats, T-Swizzle. You earned it.

Here are the winners and nominees

Song of the Year

"Hello" – Adele (winner)
"Blank Space" – Taylor Swift
"Can't Feel My Face" – The Weeknd
"Shut Up and Dance" – Walk the Moon
"Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

Female Artist of the Year

Taylor Swift (winner)
Adele
Selena Gomez
Meghan Trainor
Carrie Underwood

Male Artist of the Year

Justin Bieber
Luke Bryan
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
The Weeknd

Best New Artist

Fetty Wap
Hozier
Sam Hunt
Shawn Mendes
Tove Lo

Best Duo/Group of the Year

Maroon 5
Fall Out Boy
One Direction
Walk the Moon
Zac Brown Band

Album of the Year

1989 – Taylor Swift (winner)
25 – Adele
Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd
In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
× – Ed Sheeran

Best Tour

Taylor Swift (winner)
Garth Brooks
Luke Bryan
Foo Fighters
U2

Alternative Rock Artist of the Year

Twenty One Pilots (winner)
AWOLNATION
Foo Fighters
Muse
X Ambassadors

Alternative Rock Song of the Year    

"Stressed Out" – Twenty One Pilots (winner)
"Cigarette Daydreams" – Cage The Elephant
"Ex's & Oh's" – Elle King
"Renegades" – X Ambassadors
"Shut Up and Dance" – Walk the Moon

Rock Artist of the Year

Foo Fighters (winner)
Breaking Benjamin
Disturbed
Five Finger Death Punch
Three Days Grace

Rock Song of the Year

"Heavy Is the Head" – Zac Brown Band featuring Chris Cornell (winner)
"Cut the Cord" – Shinedown
"Failure" – Breaking Benjamin
"Footsteps" – Pop Evil
"I Am Machine" – Three Days Grace

Country Song of the Year

"Buy Me a Boat" – Chris Janson (winner)
"Homegrown" – Zac Brown Band
"I See You" – Luke Bryan
"Lose My Mind" – Brett Eldredge
"Take Your Time" – Sam Hunt

Country Artist of the Year

Luke Bryan (winner)
Sam Hunt
Brad Paisley
Blake Shelton
Thomas Rhett

Dance Song of the Year

"Where Are Ü Now" – Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber (winner)
"Hey Mama" – David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack
"Lean On" – Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ
"Waves" – Mr. Probz
"You Know You Like It" – DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge

Dance Artist of the Year

Calvin Harris (winner)
David Guetta
Major Lazer
Skrillex & Diplo
Zedd

Hip Hop Song of the Year

"Hotline Bling" – Drake (winner)
"Blessings" – Big Sean featuring Drake & Kanye West
"Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)" – Rich Homie Quan
"Trap Queen" – Fetty Wap
"Truffle Butter" – Nicki Minaj featuring Drake & Lil Wayne

Hip Hop Artist of the Year    

Drake (winner)
Big Sean
Fetty Wap
Future
J. Cole

R&B Song of the Year

"Earned It" – The Weeknd (winner)
"Bitch Better Have My Money" – Rihanna (Bitch Better Have my Money is a pop song, Rihanna. Not an R&B song)
"Planes" – Jeremih featuring J. Cole
"Post to Be" – Omarion featuring Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko
"The Hills" – The Weeknd

R&B Artist of the Year

Chris Brown (winner)
Beyoncé (Beyonce is a pop artist, not an R&B artist, I HeartRadio Awards. So deal with it.)
The Weeknd
Trey Songz
Usher

Latin Song of the Year

"El Perdón" – Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias (winner)
"Ay Vamos" – J Balvin
"Hilito" – Romeo Santos
"La Gozadera" – Gente De Zona featuring Marc Anthony
"Mi Verdad" – Maná featuring Shakira

Latin Artist of the Year

Pitbull (winner)
Enrique Iglesias
J Balvin
Nicky Jam
Prince Royce

Regional Mexican Song of the Year

"Levantando Polvadera" – Voz de Mando (winner)
"Aunque Ahora Estés Con Él" – Calibre 50
"Eres Una Niña" – Gerardo Ortiz
"Mi Vicio Más Grande" – Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
"Te Mestiste" – Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho

Regional Mexican Artist of the Year

Banda Los Recoditos (winner)
Calibre 50
Gerardo Ortiz
Julión Álvarez y Su Norteño Banda
Voz De Mando

Best Lyrics

"Fight Song" – Rachel Platten (winner)
"Die a Happy Man" – Thomas Rhett
"Hello" – Adele
"Photograph" – Ed Sheeran
"See You Again" – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

Best Collaboration

"Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (winner)
"Bad Blood" – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
"Like I'm Gonna Lose You" – Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend
"See You Again" – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
"Where Are Ü Now" – Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber

Best Cover Song

"Uptown Funk" – Fifth Harmony, Jasmine V, Jacob Whitesides and Mahogany Lox covering Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (winner)
1989 (Album in full) – Ryan Adams covering Taylor Swift
"Bad Blood" – Alessia Cara covering Taylor Swift
"Bitch Better Have My Money" – Kelly Clarkson covering Rihanna
"Cheerleader" – Pentatonix covering Omi
"Hands To Myself/Sorry" – Troye Sivan covering Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber
"Hello" – Demi Lovato covering Adele
"Hotline Bling" – Justin Bieber covering Drake
"Hotline Bling" – Sam Smith & Disclosure covering Drake
"Trap Queen" – Ed Sheeran covering Fetty Wap

Best Song from a Movie

"Til It Happens to You" – Lady Gaga (The Hunting Ground) (winner)
"Earned It" – The Weeknd (Fifty Shades of Grey)
"Love Me Like You Do" – Ellie Goulding (Fifty Shades of Grey)
"See You Again" – Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth (Furious 7)
"Writing's on the Wall" – Sam Smith (Spectre)

Biggest Triple Threat

Selena Gomez – Singer/Actor/Dancer (winner)
Lady Gaga – Singer/Actor/Activist
Hailee Steinfeld – Singer/Actor/Model
Jason Derulo – Singer/Host/Dancer
Jennifer Lopez – Singer/Actor/Dancer
Justin Timberlake – Singer/Actor/Dancer
Nick Jonas – Singer/Actor/Model
Troye Sivan – Singer/Actor/YouTuber
Usher – Singer/Actor/Dancer
Zendaya – Singer/Actor/Dancer

Most Meme-able Moment

Taylor Swift's "Crazy Girl" with Running Mascara (from "Blank Space" video) (winner)
Adele and "Hello" memes (Lionel Richie, Miss Piggy)
Drake and "Hotline Bling"
Katy Perry and the Left Shark (from Super Bowl 49)
Kanye West and Kanye For President / Kanye 2020

Best Fan Army

Justin Bieber – Beliebers (winner)
5 Seconds of Summer – 5SOSFam
Fifth Harmony – Harmonizers
Ariana Grande – Arianators
Selena Gomez – Selenators
Adam Lambert – Glamberts
Demi Lovato – Lovatics
Little Mix – Mixers
Shawn Mendes – Mendes Army
Nicki Minaj – Barbz
One Direction – Directioners
Taylor Swift – Swifties

iHeartRadio Innovator Award

U2 (winner)

In addition, Justin Timberlake gets to present Best Tour to Taylor Swift and U2 present the Innovator Award by Pharrell Williams. Plus, Jason Derulo gets to be the host and perform If It Ain't Love. However, Justin Bieber won Best Fan Army nominee for Beliebers and Dance Song of the Year for Where Are U Now with Skrillex & Diplo. ARGH! Why pop music still play Justin Bieber? I'm sick of Justin Bieber. Anyway, I'm happy to see Taylor Swift won. Yay.

With Taylor Swift won 4 IHeartRadio Music Awards nominees, she might be able to announce her 10th anniversary singles collection album this summer. Then she'll be releasing her 2016 single for summer 2016 and her first complete greatest hits album this fall. Sounds like fun. Especially Taylor Swift will remember this nomination at the 2016 IHRMA.

What do you think? Are you happy that Taylor Swift won 4 nominees at the 2016 IHeartRadio Music Awards? Sound off below!

This Is Why Music/Singles Should Go By Genre

Hey everyone, I’m talking about why I think music needs a genre. So what will follow isn’t news or anything particularly relevant, but it’s something that interests me. So here’s how it goes…

I want to talk about the genres for the music and their music videos that aired on TV channels like MTV and Fuse.

Here’s what the singles and the genres looks like…

Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble (Pop)

Katy Perry – Roar (Pop)

Nothing More – Mr. MTV (Rock)

Linkin Park – Final Masquerade (Rock)

Nickelback – Edge Of A Revolution (Rock)

Calvin Harris – Outside ft. Ellie Goulding (Dance/EDM)

Lady Gaga – Just Dance (Dance/EDM)

Britney Spears – Work Bitch (Dance/EDM)

Iggy Azalea – Black Widow ft. Rita Ora (Trap)

Nicki Minaj – Anaconda (Rap/Hip-Hop)

The Weeknd – The Hills (R&B)
Chris Brown – Zero (R&B)

And so on…

See? Those are the genres that the singles gets to be classified. That’s because the genres for singles like Ariana Grande’s Problem with pop used to have a heading that would say what the genre the single belongs to whether it’s on the radio or a TV channel or even the internet like Vevo. Especially YouTube. Even the internet shows the genres of the songs that weren't really the right genres and yet what really worked. Example: Carrie Underwood’s country singles like Smoke Break with the pop genre for internet like Last.fm/special airings on random channels like MTV Hits. I always liked that. To the point, formal, and looks nice on the single.

Here are other examples of a single’s genre by an artist who is on a different genre...

Ariana Grande: Pop

Ariana Grande – The Way (R&B)

Ariana Grande – Focus (Pop)

See? Ariana Grande is a pop artist and yet her music can be any genre like R&B. Pretty awesome huh? That’s more like it.

Nowadays, music goes by pop radio like Call Me Maybe and celebrities like Jennifer Lopez. That’s all music does these days, pop music like radio and celebrities like rap/hip-hop stars (like Lil Wayne). What was the music industry thinking?

First of all, singles needs a genre like Selena Gonez singles with pop. If a music single doesn’t have a genre, then it would be a rough market causing music business to stick with radio like hip-hop and pop like Beyonce. No questions asked.

As you can see with the artists like Shawn Mendes and singles like The Weeknd’s Earned It, they try to shoehorn other things into the heading. It’s kind of an eye-sore if you asked me. They did this with other genres like R&B too with “pop”. No “The Weeknd is an R&B artist”. No “The Weeknd songs are R&B songs”. Nothing… The composition is kind of ugly and filmsy, to be honest.

Also, whenever an artist get to do music in the mainstream, it has to be pop and not other genres like rock. To me, you can’t remove mainstream genres like R&B and rock from the mainstream music industry like Top 40 radio and MTV. While the corporation is still rightfully remain the music business thanks to something like Vevo, why remove the genres like alternative and metal from the music industry? How about no. Let’s move on.

With a genre like EDM, the singles like Love Me Like You Do and the artists like Zedd gave you a sense that all the music artists and singles came from different genres. Of course fans, like myself, already know about that, but the general public assumes it all comes from one place when it doesn’t. Look at country music. Country music is the only popular music that is not mainstream. That’s because Nashville is very protective on country music like Florida Georgia Line and only appeal local/North America. That's why only crossover country music like Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood is allowed to go crossover with mainstream music like pop music and MTV. That’s where crossover hits like Need You Know and special airings on mainstream music channels like Carrie Underwood music videos aired on MTV Hits comes in mind. So bear in that. Let’s continue.

Remember when some people assumed pop music popular? No. Pop music is a music genre, not popular. Remember when some people assumed non-pop music like R&B music “pop?” Then when people told them “It’s not pop”, they should say “It’s a mainstream song that isn’t pop like metal.” But then that made some people think that mainstream music are pop music, not mainstream music in general like rock and EDM. Having that “genre” there implies that mainstream music is presenting a song/single, but a specific genre like alternative referred to a mainstream music song/single as that genre. There, simple as that. Well come to think of it.

At least, for me, that’s why “genre” should be on the mainstream music record like rap/hip-hop and marketing materials like MTV and Vevo (where country music also co-exist together).

Speaking of which, there’s the example of a music video showing a genre in the music video’s information when aired on something like MTV.

Now look at that. See? That’s why a genre of a mainstream music single like a pop single has to have a specific mainstream music genre for a music video that aired on something like VH1. OK then, let’s move on.

OK, let’s talk about a genre that fits correctly, on the single, album or even an artist. Take Nicki Minaj for example. Nicki Minaj is a rap/hip-hop artist that makes rap/hip-hop music for hip-hop/R&B stations like BET. But, hip-hop/R&B station is a sub-division of mainstream music because mainstream music needs a tentpole genre like rock/metal. Only top 40 and pop are not tentpole genres and therefore, top 40 and pop are homegrown mainstream music. Therefore, pop music does not have a sub-division. Now this was a nice little cherry on top of what was mainstream music that suppose to happen. Because Nicki Minaj is a non-pop mainstream artist and not a pop artist, that’s where crossovers like Super Bass come in mind. That way, crossing over Nicki Minaj into pop was meant for a crossover single like Starships, not Nicki Minaj turning into pop and makes pop music. So therefore, Nicki Minaj is a rap/hip-hop artist, not a pop artist. There are other mainstream artist that only fits one genre and not the other.

Example: Taylor Swift is a pop artist that is designed for mainstream music like pop music, not other genre like country. That’s because Taylor Swift songs like Taylor Swift’s country songs are pop songs, not country songs. Example: Love Story is a pop song that released in 2008 and became a crossover pop song for other genres like country. However, not all Taylor Swift’s pop songs are played on pop music stations like Radio Disney. There are only a few Taylor Swift songs like Tim McGraw’s Highway Don’t Care not played on pop radio and only played on other radio on like country radio. That’s because Taylor Swift loves country music and yet she is not a country artist. That’s why Taylor Swift’s country music are pop music, not country music. Even internet like Vevo referred to Taylor Swift songs as pop songs.

So let’s take a look at why all Taylor Swift songs are pop songs who happens to be the kind of buck the “Taylor Swift is a pop artist because Taylor Swift songs are pop music” trend…

Now this, I like. It’s a good compromise. If they still can’t use another mainstream music genre like rock on a mainstream music artist like Taylor Swift, then pop is a fine substitute. As long as Taylor Swift stay pop, then she will always stay pop and make pop music designed for pop audiences like Swifties. I happen to be Swifitie too because Taylor Swift is different from pop music when I listened to alone. Sounds reasonable. Just like how Pokemon was labeled as a video game franchise and yet it wasn’t and instead labeled as an anime/manga franchise that started off with the games. That’s because Pokemon games are licensed games, not a video game series. OK, let’s continue.

When the music for the singles and artists gets to make new music, then I assumed that mainstream music (not popular music) would follow the suit and have a genre for a specific mainstream artist and his/her singles/records. I was wrong, because the mainstream music industry has come into problems regarding of genres.

When artists gets to make new music, the pop music general is right on top of the future single/artist. No another genre like rock…

So why artists making new music is heading for pop and not other genres like R&B? Also, why non-pop mainstream genre only have rap/hip-hop? OK then, why mainstream music these days has to be pop and rap/hip-hip? The only popular music that isn’t pop or rap/hip-hop these days is country and yet country is not mainstream. What were they thinking? Blame the music business, not the medium. Will mainstream music gets to have the headings of other genres on their singles/artists like rock? Of will all of them eventually have a pop-rap/hip-hop heading?

For those who care about this kind of thing, do you think the music artists and/or his/her singles/records should restore mainstream genres in general like Metal? Do you think pop and only pop is fine enough and not other genres like EDM? Are you not too big on them just using the pop genre and nothing else like alternative? Sound off below!

New Britney Spears Album And Single Coming This Summer

It’s that time again.

2 days ago, Britney Spears’s upcoming ninth album will be out in just FOUR weeks’ time on April 10 and so far, the lead single will be selected yesterday. The new lead single is called, Make Me (Oooh). That’s right, the track will be released in four weeks’ time, with the album following a month later.

Boy, talk about Britney Spears is ready to hit us one more time. In fact, it’s been a long time coming, but it turns out we don’t have much longer to wait for the Work Bitch singer’s new album.

Anyway, according to the Las Vegas Sun’s Robin Leach, Britney Spears’s ninth studio album will be coming in just four weeks. Ahh, I’m so exciting. More Britney Spears this year. Finally. Now that pop music got tired of Taylor Swift and Adele, people listing to pop music wants people listening to Britney Spears music back. Boy, talk about how much pop music miss Britney Spears. Anyway, here’s what Robin Leach has to say in his tweet. Take a look:

Coming Monday at Vegas DeLuxe: Britney selects her new single and will shoot its video the following Monday with album coming in 4 weeks

— Robin Leach (@Robin_Leach) April 10, 2016

The Pretty Girls superstar will apparently select the album’s lead single yesterday and will be shooting the video for it next Monday.

She’s currently on her epic Piece of Me Las Vegas residency, which kicked off at the end of 2013. She then recently shared a teaser of the as as it returned for its latest leg last week.

#PieceOfMe ❤️ pic.twitter.com/G7jCJbQd9B

— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) April 9, 2016

Anyway, let’s continue. It appears that Britney Spears has described her ninth album as ‘the best thing she’s done in a long time’ and has been clocking in some time with Beyonce hitmaker Carla Marie Williams. Boy, it looks like something like Ariana Grande will likely getting kicked out and stuck in the social media/streaming music/music videos realm. Especially music business prefers celebrities like Jennifer Lopez (including Britney Spears) alongside mainstream artists like Taylor Swift and forget something like country music. Sorry, Demi Lovato. It looks like mainstream is here to stay. No more, evolving and try something new. Oh man. Let’s move on.

Her last released was 2013’s Britney Jean. Which peaked at number 4 and number 35 in the US and in the UK respectively. Now let’s talk about Make Me (Oooh). Shall we? Good.

It was revealed 2 days ago that the late 90s and early 2000s pop veteran would decide on the single yesterday and now the Las Vegas Sun has reported that the first track taken from her ninth album will be ‘Make Me (Oooh)’ which I mentioned earlier. There you go, that’s the ninth album’s lead single. To be fair, Make Me (Oooh) has to be a number 1 Britney Spears single. Why because RCA and bad promotion killed Work Bitch and Pretty Girls reached number 1 on the US Billboard chart like Pop Songs chart in 2013 and 2015 respectively. Yeah, blame RCA and Las Vegas contract for screwing up Britney Spears numbers 1s. I want my Britney Spears number 1s back, RCA. She’s supposed to make commercial pop radio hits, not try something new. Can you hear me, Miss. Britney? I want Make Me (Oooh) to reach number 1 on a Billboard chart like Billboard Hot 100 chart. OK, let continue.

Britney Spears will be shooting the next music video on April 18 and it will be released with the song in four weeks once editing is done. The single and the music video is apparently “all new, totally different and somewhat unexpected”. That’s what I like to hear. We want pop veterans making fresh hit music on the radio like Britney Spears. Pop veterans have the ability to release highly successful hit pop music, not going by young acts like Justin Bieber (I hate Justin Bieber).

However, the Perfume singer’s ninth album will then be released one month after the single if all goes to plan, not in the previously-reported four weeks’ time. So Britney Spears better pull off a Beyonce/Taylor Swift/Adele route if her 2016 music like Make Me (Oooh) better be successful. Please, Britney Spears, bring back success and number 1s. OK, that’s it for this article.

Let's hope Makes Me (Oooh) gets to be Britney Spears's hit summer 2016 single so she can perform that single at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. That way, Britney Spears will always be remembered and saying commercial. You never know what Britney Spears was up to this year. She's a commercial artist, not a natural artist. So does Beyonce.

What do you think? Are you exciting for Makes Me (Oooh)? DO you think this year will bring back hit Britney Spears music? Sound off below!

Oh Boy, A New Album Is Coming This Year Because The New Album Is Garbage

Hey, everybody. Sorry for a 11 day hiatus and the lack of blogging this year too. I keep playing Pokemon alot. Boy do I love Pokemon. Why? Because Pokemon not only saved my life but also changed my life too. Pokemon is awesome. Anyway, now I'm back at blogging and talk about the new albums I'll be discussing for 2016.

On March 29, I talk about Gwen Stefani's comeback album, This Is What the Truth Feels Like and the album debut at number 1 on the Billboard 200 making it the first number 1 Gwen Stefani album. In addition, Rihanna's longwaited eighth album, Anti, has another single called Kiss It Better which will be the second single off of Anti. Boy do people love Rihanna. Plus, Ariana Grande will be releasing her third album, Dangerous Woman (Bad title, Ariana Grande. You should change it back to Moonlight. I hate bad. I'm sick bad is more popular than good.), will be scheduled on May 20 with the album titled lead single (Dangerous Woman as a single's title is fine. But the album should be titled Moonlight though.) released on March 11. Not only that, Britney Spears will also be releasing her ninth album in around 4 weeks with Katy Perry's late 2016 album soon followed.

In addition to that, there's also a new Garbage album released in 2 months. What? Garbage? Are you kidding me? A new Garbage album? Yes, a new Garbage album. In fact, according to Hidden James Music, "Garbage Announces New Album, 'Strange Little Birds'" and "Garbage Reveal Release Date, Tracklist, & Cover Art For New Album, Little Birds".

Now then, here's what Hidden Jams Music has to say about the upcoming Garbage album which will be out on June 10, 2016. Take a look.

"GARBAGE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, ‘STRANGE LITTLE BIRDS’

Back in 2014, Garbage began working on their sixth studio album, the follow-up to their 2012 comeback, Not Your Kind Of People. At the time things were moving fast, and the band revealed more than 20 new song titles, but in 2015 Garbage took their time a bit more as they finished up and began mastering. Now the moment is almost here, and Garbage has officially confirmed the new album’s title: Strange Little Birds. It will be released this spring.

Strange Little Birds has already been mixed and mastered, and is expected out in April or May. Last year, Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson described the album as romantic:

I’ve been talking about it, from a lyrical standpoint, being the most romantic. When I say romance, I mean the romance of living as opposed to “man and woman get together and make sweet love” – I don’t mean it that way. It’s a soft record in a funny way, my softest romantic record.

She also said the new album is inspired by growing older and more fearless:

Your relationship changes with your own life as you get older and it’s so strange to be celebrating our 20th anniversary and one minute you’re young and the next minute you’re like, “Wow I’m an adult, this is insane.” I’ve lived almost half a century and it just changes your relationship to everything in a funny way and how you see things. Once I was so hostile and so fearful that I was really aggressive all the time and now I feel like I’m not scared anymore for whatever reason. There’s something incredibly great about getting older that nobody ever seems to talk about, and for me it was [that] the fear dropped away completely and I felt fearless, and that changed everything for me.

Things are definitely about to get exciting: In the coming weeks, the band will likely reveal the album’s artwork, tracklist, and the lead single. In the meantime, it may be fun to guess what songs will make the cut. Garbage has kept fans involved throughout the recording process; you can read up on all they’ve shared over the months and see what song titles could appear on Strange Little Birds. Keep checking back here for all the latest Garbage music news – there’s sure to be a lot going on in the next few months!"

"GARBAGE REVEAL RELEASE DATE, TRACKLIST, & COVER ART FOR NEW ALBUM, STRANGE LITTLE BIRDS

Last month, Garbage took to Twitter and Facebook to announce the title of their upcoming sixth studio album: Strange Little Birds. Now the band has finally confirmed the release date as well. It was expected out this spring, and we can now start the countdown, because Strange Little Birds will be released on June 10, 2016. We have precisely three months to get ready for new Garbage music!

Garbage has also revealed the full tracklisting of Strange Little Birds. Many of the titles have been known for a while now, thanks to the band’s behind-the-scenes photos on Instagram. There are also a couple of new titles. The tracklisting includes 11 new songs:

1. Sometimes
2. Empty
3. Blackout
4. If I Lost You
5. Night Drive Loneliness
6. Even Though Our Love Is Doomed
7. Magnetized
8. We Never Tell
9. So We Can Stay Alive
10. Teaching Little Fingers To Play
11. Amends

Of the above 11 tracks, all but two have previously been revealed throughout the band’s recording process. Nine of those songs appeared on a studio whiteboard pictured in 2014, though some of the titles have changed slightly. “Teaching Little Fingers To Play” was apparently a working title for the album, based on its placement on the whiteboard in the pictures.

The only new titles here are “Blackout” and “Amends.”

It is unclear if there will be any deluxe or special edition bonus tracks. There are at least 13 additional song titles that Garbage fans have known since 2014, so hopefully we’ll be able to hear some of them as well.

Finally, Garbage finished off their exciting news with a sneak peak of the new album artwork. The background is green and cloudy, with a large “G” covered in leopard print fur; it is fairly reminiscent of the band’s debut album, Garbage. Check it out below:

We still have three months to go until Strange Little Birds will be out on June 10th. Before then, we can expect to hear at least one new single – any guesses on which song it will be? In the meantime, you can read up on all we know about the album already, and keep checking back here for all the latest Garbage music news."

Thanks, Hidden Jams Music. Now, as you may know that these 2 articles were made on both February 23, 2016 (the forst former) and March 10, 2016 (the second latter). OK, I hope you enjoy the latest article about Garbage's Strange Little Birds.

What do you about Gabage's upcoming 2016 album, Strange Little Birds?