The highly anticipated full-length album from Swedish artist Elliphant has finally been unleashed into the world with its official global release On March 25th. Titled "Living Life Golden," the album contains 12 tracks and an array of features ranging from Major Lazer and Azealia Banks to Twin Shadow and Skrillex. Elliphant can be seen live during…
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“We have to help women who don’t have freedom of speech.” -Arghavan For Iranian-born, Swedish-bred singer-turned-women’s rights champion, Arghavan, these words define her world. Both an activist and musician, she began garnering attention in the media after landing a spot on the British TV hit, Googoosh Music Academy. The London-based show, filmed by what is in…
“I was at home in Belgrade watching a match with Monica Seles, who was a big hero in Yugoslavia at the time. During the commercial break they showed an ad for a tennis school. It looked like so much fun. I remembered the telephone number, then wrote it down for my mum, and kept asking her…
“I can never put my happiness or my health behind fame or money. I don’t want that. It's not worth it to me at all.” -Bebe Rexha Bebe Rexha has been in the music industry long enough to learn that it's not as glamorous as it’s chalked up to be, laughing, “I stayed in my…
“It doesn’t feel like work. I love what I’m doing, and I think that helps me get through it because it’s fun.” -Camren Bicondova Such is the mentality that pushes sixteen-year-old Camren Bicondova through a grueling schedule in a career that’s only just begun. The actress honed her skills on the stage as a professional…
"I'm not encouraging anyone to do anything that I've done, but I feel that this is the path that my life is on, and I'm even thankful for the hard things that have come my way, because they've made me who I am. I'm thankful for all of it, the good and the bad!" Elle…
“I can remember the night I actually signed the contract with Justin and Scooter, to SchoolBoy Records. It felt like my childhood dream had somehow come true. At this point, we didn't have enough money, the band boys and me, to have our own hotel room, so we were all sleeping on the couches and…
“I just want everyone to feel empowered. You are your voice. You are your words. You are your movement, and nobody else can define who you are.” Musician, muse, seductress, champion of female empowerment …these are only a few of the descriptors that come to mind in attempting to pinpoint R&B break-out siren Banks. In…