Squashing rumors of animosity between the two, Lil Nas X and FKA twigs have addressed recently raised similarities between the two artists' music videos. Upon releasing his controversial visual for "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)," Nas was criticized for the undeniable parallels between his work and twigs' "cellophane" video, released in 2019. In a now-deleted TikTok post, "cellophane" director Andrew Thomas Huang pointed out that both videos depict the artists ascending to heaven and subsequent...

BTS has issued a statement condemning the wave of anti-Asian hate and violence continuing to sweep the U.S. Posted to the official BTS Twitter in both Korean and English, the statement sends a clear message to the group's 34-million-strong following."We send our deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones. We feel grief and anger," BTS begins. The statement goes on to share the members' personal experiences of racism: "We have endured expletives without reason and were mocked for...

On March 26, Lil Nas X sparked online frenzy after dropping anticipated single "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" and an accompanying music video. The song, which references 2017's Timothée Chalamet-led romance Call Me By Your Name, is an unabashed celebration of the rapper's sexuality (he came out as gay on the last day of Pride Month in 2019). Reflecting on the single in an open letter to his 14-year-old self, the Grammy-winning artist wrote, "I know we promised to never come out publicly, I kn...

Raya and the Last Dragon marks a major step forward for Disney -- on top of introducing the studio's first Southeast Asian princess Raya (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran, the first Southeast Asian actor to lead a Disney animated film), the fantasy adventure movie also features Disney's first-ever Filipino song. Titled "Gabay," the track is the Filipino-language version of the movie's theme song "Lead the Way," performed by Jhené Aiko.A history-making moment, Disney tapped the Philippines' very own K...