With Facebook changing its name to Meta and Microsoft launching its virtual reality-focused platform Mesh, the metaverse has become a hot topic in recent months. The music industry is now making its way into the digital universe, with breakout artist AleXa becoming the first-ever K-pop name to launch a fan event in the space. For those unfamiliar with the term, the metaverse is defined as a digital space combining virtual reality and augmented reality in which users "live." In this virtual world...

Fresh off her unforgettable performance at 88rising's Head In The Clouds festival earlier this month, NIKI has released a brand new single dubbed "Split."Accompanied by a cinematic visual directed by Sean Matsuyama, the track sees the 22-year-old artist's struggle with feeling split between two worlds and two homes. "I wrote it about having to split myself between Indonesia and LA and feeling like I have to constantly 'split the difference'/ adapt/ assimilate all the time," NIKI shares in a pres...

Taylor Swift releases a music video for "I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)," which features Chris Stapleton and is directed by Blake Lively. Meanwhile, both Swift and actor Miles Teller star in the video.The singer and the Gossip Girl star, who are best friends, first teased the collaboration a few days prior on social media. "SURPRISE! NEW MUSIC VIDEO TOMORROW at 10am ET. I finally got to work with the brilliant, brave & wickedly funny @blakelively on her director...

JYP Entertainment-led K-pop group TWICE has announced their upcoming 2022 world tour titled III. This will mark the nine-member act's fourth global journey following their last tour back in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.So far, JYP has revealed the first few stops for the girl group, which includes their homeland Seoul, followed by Los Angeles, Oakland, Dallas, Atlanta and New York. The tour was teased in their recent English-language release "The Feels," where the musicians' upcoming act...