Caitlin Carter

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  • Sam Smith Dating "Like I Can" Video Extra, Working On New Music For 'In The Lonely Hour' Follow-Up

    It's been a whirlwind year for Sam Smith, whose platinum-certified debut album In The Lonely Hour has been nominated for six Grammys this year. Although the album explores unrequited love and failed relationships, he is no longer in the "lonely hour" as he has recently started dating someone. According to an interview with The Sun, the UK crooner is dating an extra that he met on the set of his "Like I Can" video shoot.

  • Rihanna Signs On As Puma's New Creative Director

    Rihanna has long been considered a style icon. Now the seven-time Grammy Award winner has been named the creative director of Puma. According to Women's Wear Daily, her role will be overseeing the brand's women's line. She flew to Herzogenaurach, Germany, earlier this week to get started. During her first creative session with the design team, she picked out colors and styles while discussing the line's direction.

  • Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé "Feeling Myself" Beat Reconstructed By Hit-Boy [WATCH]

    Nicki Minaj's The Pinkprint has finally arrived, and one of the most talked about tracks on the effort is the Beyoncé-featuring "Feeling Myself." Following the success of the "Flawless" remix, the song sees the two powerhouse women once more on top of their game. From the hooks to the verses, the song delivers. But the backbone of it all is the production and song structure, which come courtesy of Hit-Boy. In a new interview with Revolt, the producer — who is also behind hits like "N***as in Paris," "Clique," and "Backseat Freestyle" — takes fans through the song's evolution.

  • Drake Teams Up With OB OBrien & P. Reign On New Track "Schemin’ Up" [LISTEN]

    Earlier this year Drake hopped on OB OBrien's remix of Tinashe's "2 On," and now he's has teamed up for the second time with the OVO signee and bearded funnyman on the new track "Schemin Up" along with fellow Toronto native P. Reign. The track features the same beat as Drake's recently leaked collaboration with Rich Homie Quan, "Tell Me Why." The Boi-1da and Noah "40" Shebib-produced track also features the same verse from Drizzy along with a few new bars.

  • Sony Email Leak Reportedly Reveals Plans For Destiny's Child Biopic

    The Sony email leaks have given everyday people a look inside what's really going on in the entertainment industry. Earlier today we found out that Kanye West is reportedly shopping around a new film and starring in another with Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Now a few more music-related emails have emerged, mentioning a potential Destiny's Child biopic and a Spike Lee movie starring Drake.

  • Sony Email Leak: Kanye West Reportedly Shopping New Full-Length Feature Film

    Following the Sony leak, new information has emerged about plans for a potential Kanye West film. Although the veracity of the leaked emails have yet to be confirmed, West is reportedly hunting for a home for an up-coming full-length feature film that "involves both cinematic and technological innovation," according to an email obtained by The Daily Beast from West's creative assistant Elon Rutberg.

  • Chief Keef, Kanye West Collaboration "Nobody" Has Leaked Ahead Of Album Release

    Although Interscope dropped him from the label earlier this year, Chief Keef is still set to release his sophomore album Nobody tomorrow (Dec. 16). Now the title track, his collaboration with Kanye West, has officially dropped. The track relies heavily on Auto-Tune and is backed by a sample of Willie Hutch's "Brother's Gonna Work It Out." Sosa handles the majority of the track with West weaving in some background vocals throughout.

  • Charli XCX, Bleachers' Jack Antonoff Cover Each Other's Hits In New Kia Commercial [WATCH]

    Charli XCX and Bleacher's frontman Jack Antonoff have replaced those cute animated hamsters for Kia's latest commercial. The cool part: they cover each other's songs, and both new versions sound pretty awesome. The project is part of the car company's "In-Ride Sessions." Antonoff channels a distorted '80s sound for his cover of "Break the Rules" and Charli XCX goes all out punk princess on "Rollercoaster."

  • Chance the Rapper Leaks New Song "Ish Illa (Cold Stares)" Off Upcoming Album 'Surf' [LISTEN]

    Chance the Rapper has accidently released a new song with his group The Social Experiment called "Ish Illa (Cold Stares)" for his upcoming album Surf, due out by the end of 2014. According to Reddit, Chano is asking for anyone who has ripped the three-minute track to take it down. Unfortunately once something is on the Internet, it's hard to make it disappear, and apparently this song was only meant to be shared with his group.

  • Beyoncé, Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar Among Music Nominees For 2015 NAACP Image Awards [FULL LIST]

    The NAACP has announced the nominees for the 2015 Image Awards, which honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music, and literature. Among the music category nominees are Beyoncé, who nabbed four nominations including Outstanding Female Artist for Beyoncé Platinum Edition and Outstanding Song For "Pretty Hurts;" Pharrell, who's up for four awards including Outstanding Male Artists and Outstanding Album for G I R L; and Kendrick Lamar, who is up for three awards including Outstanding Male Artist.

  • Beyoncé Drops Short Film 'Yours and Mine,' Reflects On Fame, Feminism, Love, Creativity And More [WATCH]

    Tonight marks the one-year anniversary of Beyoncé's surprise self-titled visual album. The release of those 14 songs and 17 companion videos changed the way artists go about conceptualizing the way they drop albums. Harvard even did a case study on the impact the album had on the industry and why it sold so many copies without prior promotion. Beyoncé is currently nominated for five Grammy Awards at the 2015 ceremony including Album of the Year. She was given the Video Vanguard Award at the 2014 VMAs and has won many other awards for the project. To celebrate the whirlwind year she's had, Queen Bey shared a new short film "Yours and Mine."

  • "Lena Dunham" Rap Trio Hand Job Academy Dish On The Story Behind The Song, Their Name And More

    Last month we shared a video (filmed by Taylor Swift) of Lena Dunham dancing along to a song named after her by the all-girl Brooklyn rap trio Hand Job Academy. Although the song isn't actually about the GIRLS creator, it references her in the hook and on the line "finna let it all hang out, Lena Dunham." The video for the song also features a parody the text from Dunham's book cover for her biography Not That Kind Of Girl, switching out "a young women tell you want she's 'learned'" for "a bad b*tch tells you what she's 'learned." Music Times caught up with the women behind the Dunham-approved track, Clara Bizna$$, Uncle Meg, and Ash Wednesday. Here's what they had to say:
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