Justin Timberlake is bringing the sexy back and sells his songs to private equity Blackstone. The deal was done in partnership with music investment company Hipgnosis. Although the deal was kept secret, sources say the deal was valued at $100 million.

Blackstone who currently has former Pfizer CEO as senior advisor has become the the world’s largest private equity firm. The firm invests through minority investments, corporate partnerships, and industry consolidations, and occasionally, start-up investments.

Look out for NEVE and the infectious track Not Like This that comes off her upcoming debut EP, ‘Modern Romance.’ You’ll love if you Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, and Rihanna. NEVE hails from Ireland, but relocated to London to fully pursue music. The new track follows her debut track Guy Friends and she has landed on Spotify’s Fresh Finds, Fresh Finds Pop, New Pop UK, and Life Sucks, and New Music Friday.

Hatty Keane dropped the new track O What A Night! You’ll love if you want something funky, moody, and soul.

In 2020 Hatty Keane released her EP Nostalgia. The EP featured funky soul infused tracks like Celebrate and Diggin You which was championed by Trevor Nelson at BBC Radio 2 and Ronnie Herel at Mi-Soul. Groove Parlour her follow up 5 track EP is set for a summer release. The new EP is a concoction of disco, soul, rare groove and funk. It continues Hatty’s deep journey into a retro fashionista world.

Speaking about the lead single entitled ,’Oh What a Night’, the Manchester soulster said “Once my team sent me the track l knew it would be supa dupa. I wanted to get up and party like Prince.The writing process was so enjoyable and effortless”. Hatty will be performing the new EP with her band across many festivals during the summer.

Tired of TikTok, Halsey said her label (Capitol Records) won’t greenlight a release “unless they can fake a viral moment on tiktok.”

“Basically I have a song that I love that I wanna release ASAP,” she said. “But my record label won’t let me.

There is so much fakery out in the world that several commentators accused Halsey of fabricating the whole story about TikTok in return for views and likes.

“Bruh, I wish it was,” the singer wrote in response to one comment. “They just said I have to post tiktoks; they didn’t specifically say ‘about what’ so here I am.”

“It’s not about making the tiktoks I already make tiktoks!” Halsey said on Twitter. “They are saying if they don’t reach some imaginary goalpost of views or virality than they won’t give me a release date at all. I’m not claiming to be oppressed! Just saying that all not all marketing methods are universal.”

“I’ve been in this industry for 8 years and I’ve sold over 165 million records” said the singer.

Still, many question the TikTok tantrum. The Kid Laroi staged a feud with former manager Scooter Braun to his three million followers. As long as you get views, anything goes, even if it’s screaming fire in a crowded theatre.

Estella Dawn drops the reggae flavored track Orange. You’ll like if you’re in the mood for something summer, sunny, and colorful. The track comes off her forthcoming album.

Estella says “This song is about potential, when everything feels effortless. Drinking in somebody, the way they feel and laugh when they look at you and you realize you’d like them to keep looking at you that way. There’s no place you’d rather be than right there kissing them in that orange living room. When everything just stops.”

With over 70,000 Spotify monthly listeners, the 25 year old Colorado based artist released several singles and was a semi-finalist on New Zealand’s Got Talent.