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Occasionally the musical universe conjures astonishing success stories that we might never have thought to ask for and had no right to expect. Depending on who you’re talking to, Kneecap, a fiery, sharp and dexterous rap trio from West Belfast who have seen a wild ascent over the past year, might fall into that bracket. Explore See latest videos, charts and news It’s a sentiment clearly shared among the thousands that descended upon London’s OVO Wembley Arena on Thursday night (Sept. 18), an audience that skewed across multiple generations. Since they released their debut project 3CAG in 2018 (their first full-length record, Fine Art, followed last year), it’s been argued that the appeal of Kneecap has been centered as much – if not more – around the collective giddiness they inspire as much as the music itself. Whichever it is, the concourse felt bulging at the seams with an unending sea of football shirts in varying green hues, keffiyehs draped across shoulders, and Irish accents of every lilt. Everything from Abbey Road-aping poster prints and Kneecap-branded crew socks to sweat bands and tricolour balaclavas could be found at the merch stand. Such was the size of the crowd near the bar, that arena staff were left to direct punters through the jubilant mob with the focus and movements of a team of aircraft marshals. The build-up to this headline show had been dizzying. Less than a year ago, Kneecap were playing London venues that were merely a fifth of the size compared to OVO Wembley’s 12,500 capacity, but nearly 12 months on and they are one of the most hotly debated acts of 2025, continually garnering headlines (and new fans) the world over. Over the summer, rapper Mo Chara attended two court hearings over what his bandmate Móglaí Bap has called a “trumped up” terrorism-related offence for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag – a proscribed terror group by U.K. law – in resurfaced footage from a past concert, a charge he denies. Mo Chara is on unconditional bail and will return to the Westminster Magistrates’ Court next week (Sept. 26); the proximity of the upcoming hearing means the band had to cancel their planned U.S. tour this fall. Kneecap’s vocal and longstanding opposition to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in Gaza first brought them global attention back in the spring, after they ended their Coachella set by describing Israel’s military action as a US-funded genocide. In following months, the former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne called for their US work visas to be revoked, while a number of their U.K. and European summer festival sets were pulled, including TRNSMT in Glasgow.   Yet they have marched on. Kneecap’s live show continues to be a medium for their message; prior to their set at OVO Wembley, they welcomed Massive Attack members Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall to the stage, who aired a moving anti-war video. Palestine flags were waved across the crowd and draped across seats as a giant one was displayed on screen. Fontaines D.C.’s “I Love You,” a song written about disillusionment and political violence, blared over the speakers in the moments afterwards. That ineffable charge continued to feel palpable as the lights went down and a thunderous roar went up. “What a year we’ve had,” said Mo Chara a few songs in, making scarce reference to recent events and instead directing his energy towards speaking about the Palestine cause in vivid and passionate language.  Behind the decks, a mischievous, trigger-happy DJ Próvaí occasionally came in a beat too early, adding an air of levity to the occasion. Kneecap zipped through tracks at high speed: 21 songs in barely an hour. It was a smartly relentless approach that encouraged fans to rearrange themselves into a series of moshpits, egged on by Mo Chara. The frenzied energy carried a show that didn’t have much visual excitement beyond a screen showing animated illustrations, or amorphous blobs of colour during “Rhino Ket.” In between the roaring maximalism of tracks like “I’m Flush” and “Parful”, there was space for an emotional exchange with longtime collaborator Jelani Blackman, who joined Kneecap for “Harrow Road.” For the rest of the night, Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap played the role of solicitous emcees, introducing songs, thanking the crowd for their support and encouraging security to hand out more water to those along the barrier. Most touching of all was watching the group – known to many as little more than a rowdy, subversive force of nature – pause to highlight and take in the significance of how, as a predominantly Irish language act, they managed to fill out such a vast room. “This means the absolute world to us,” they said repeatedly, standing tall and proud. Source link

Miley Cyrus is back with more of Something Beautiful. As promised in a social post earlier in the week, the veteran pop singer has dropped the deluxe edition, featuring the original LP’s 13 songs, plus two new tracks featuring rock icons. The first of those fresh cuts is a number Cyrus has been teasing for several weeks, “Secrets,” a sweeping ballad featuring former Fleetwood Mac bandmates drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist/singer Lindsey Buckingham. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The now 15-track expanded LP closes with a collaboration featuring David Byrne, called “Lockdown.” It’s not the first time Cyrus and Byrne have made music together. The “Wrecking Ball” singer swung onto the stage with the Talking Heads legend in 2022 for her NBC New Year’s Eve special, when they performed hit a duet on David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” as well as Byrne’s “Everybody’s Coming To My House.” Cyrus’ ninth studio album, Something Beautiful arrived in May and includes collaborations with members of the bands Alvvays, Model/Actriz, the War on Drugs, as well as Danielle Haim, Flea, model Naomi Campbell and Brittany Howard. The album was accompanied by a musical film written and co-directed by Cyrus that premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and then played in theaters for one-night-only in June before moving to streaming on Hulu. Something Beautiful peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, and is one of Cyrus’ 15 top 10 appearances on the albums chart, a tally that includes five leaders. She has led the Billboard Hot 100 on two occasions, with 2013’s “Wrecking Ball” (for three weeks) and 2023’s “Flowers” (for eight weeks). The album release was followed with the short film of the same name. After its Tribeca premiere, Something Beautiful was shown as a one-night-only screening across North American theaters on June 12 and internationally on June 27. Cyrus attended a listening event for fans in Los Angeles earlier this year, where she remarked: “I love making music with everybody on this carpet – I don’t do stages now,” a nod to news that she has no desire to tour again. Stream Something Beautiful (Deluxe) below. Source link

Ed Sheeran extends his perfect record in Australia as Play blasts to No. 1 on the ARIA Chart. All of Sheeran’s albums have reached the summit, including Play which opens at the top of the national leaderboard, published Friday, September 19th. Play follows Autumn Variations (from 2023), + (plus from 2012), X (multiply from 2014), ÷ (divide from 2017), No. 6 Collaborations Project (2019), = (equals from 2019) and – (subtract from 2023), all of which led the all-genres ARIA Chart. Explore See latest videos, charts and news According to the charts compiler, Sheeran has accumulated 46 total weeks at No. 1, including an impressive 27 week with divide. Adding in special edition albums and his recent greatest hits collection, ARIA reports, Sheeran has collected upwards of 1,200 weeks on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. Play is also the best-seller on wax, as it takes out top spot on the ARIA Vinyl Chart. Australians have adopted Sheeran like one of their own. His Mathematics Tour in 2023 smashed several records, and his Divide tour in 2018, also with Frontier Touring, shifted more than 1 million tickets, a feat that wiped Dire Straits’ record for a single trek (950,000) that had stood for since the 1980s. Sheeran returns to these parts in the first quarter of 2026 for his Loop Tour, which will stop by stadiums in in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Adelaide. Frontier Touring and MG Live, both part of the Mushroom Group, are producing the jaunt. Also new to the latest ARIA Chart is Twenty One Pilots’ Breach, the US rock band’s eighth studio album. It’s new at No. 2. 21P has impacted the ARIA Top 10 on four occasions, with Blurryface (No. 7 in 2015), Trench (No. 1 for one week in 2018), Scaled And Icy (No. 3 in 2021) and Clancy (No. 1 for one week in 2024). Meanwhile, former Little Mix singer Jade bows as No. 11 with That’s Showbiz Baby!, her debut solo LP. All seven of the British girl group’s albums impacted the ARIA top 10, with Get Weird (from 2015) and Glory Days (2016) peaking at No. 2. The top new domestic release belongs to Parcels, as LOVED debuts at No. 24. On the ARIA Singles Chart, KPop Demon Hunters hit “Golden” retains top spot for the eighth consecutive week, and leads an unchanged top 3, with Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” and Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” respectively completing the podium. Finally, U.S. singer and songwriter Sombr scores his third ARIA top 10, as “12 To 12” improves 13-6. That comes on the heels of “Undressed” (No. 2) and “Back To Friends” (No. 3), all of which appear on his debut, I Barely Know Her, which is currently unmoved on the albums tally at No. 5. Sombr will embark on his first headline tour of Australia this December, for a trek produced by Frontier Touring. Source link

Twenty One Pilots kicked off their The Clancy Tour: Breach world tour at Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium on Thursday night (Sept. 18), treating their Skeleton Clique die-hards to a two-plus hour blow-out run through their catalog, including the live debut of five songs from their just-released eighth studio album, Breach. Though the LP is barely a week old, you’d never know it from the cord-straining howls that greeted such instant favorites as “The Contract”, “Garbage,” “City Walls” and a song that is sure to be a forever staple from now on, the thunderous “Drum Show.” As you’d expect from the title, that one was a thoroughly thumping showcase for drummer Josh Dun, who made his vocal debut during the song’s sweet breakdown as the crowd screamed in delight. Touching on fan favorites and some deep cuts for those who know, the rare concert at Cincinnati’s MLS soccer stadium was heavy on the lore-soaked Blurryface saga, which kicked off with 2015’s Blurryface album, and continued on subsequent LPs Trench (2018), Clancy (2024) and Breach, which dropped last Friday, Sept. 12. Singer Tyler Joseph joked near the end that he hated his longtime rival major league soccer club FC Cincinnati, which matches up with his beloved Columbus Crew every year for a fierce “Hell Is Real” series of intra-state grudge matches. But when the concert went over curfew and he said city leaders gave him the go-ahead to play the duo’s heart-bursting traditional finale “Trees” after 11 p.m., well, he made an exception for his now “second-favorite” Ohio town. As usual, the Clique came dressed to play, with a huge portion of the 21,000 in attendance dressed in their 21P finest. From throats and hands coated in the black paint that Joseph has been sporting throughout the decade-long Blurryface project, to homemade costumes riffing on the characters from the knotty tale, including furry Neds in honor of the alien-like creature form the “Chlorine” video, the show was as much in the stands as on stage. The fan-service set list reached back to the duo’s 2011 sophomore album, Regional at Best, for another encore standard, the emotional “Guns For Hands,” and included some absolute chest-throbbing bangers such as “Lane Boy,” “Jumpsuit” and the explosive “Heavydirtysoul,” during which two 50-foot sound towers in the middle of the stadium floor blasted massive columns of pyro into the humid night sky. Having just wrapped the world outing in support of Clancy in May in London, the five-month lay-off was seemingly enough for Joseph and Dun to recharge their batteries for the ambitious Breach outing, which moves on to two shows in Toronto on Saturday (Sept. 20) and Sunday (Sept. 21). From there it will make its way across the Midwest, East Coast and South to Florida, Alabama and Georgia next month. With indie pop opening act Dayglow in tow, 21P will continue their march across the country through Arkansas and Texas before winding down this initial run with a series of shows in Chula Vista and Los Angeles, California, concluding with the second of two gigs at BMO Stadium in L.A. on Oct. 26. Check out the Breach tour setlist, as played at the Thursday night TQL Stadium kickoff, below. “Overcompensate” “The Contract” “Rawfear” “We Don’t Believe What’s On TV” “House of Gold” “Tear in My Heart” “Backslide” “Lane Boy” “Shy Away” Album: Scaled and Icy (2021) “Heathens” Album: Suicide Squad soundtrack (2016) “Next Semester” “Routines in the Night” “Message Man/Pet Cheetah” Album: Blurryface (2015) Trench (2018) “Polarize” “Chlorine” “Jumpsuit” “Nico and the Niners” “Heavydirtysoul” “The Line” Album: Arcane: League of Legends (season two soundtrack) (2024) “Garbage” Album: Breach (Digital Remains) (2025) “Doubt” “Ride” “Drum Show” “City Walls” “Guns For Hands” Album: Regional At Best (2011) “Stressed Out” “Trees” “Isle of Flightless Birds” Album: Twenty One Pilots (2009) Source link

Cardi B is bringing the drama. More than seven years after releasing Invasion of Privacy The Bronx native’s highly anticipated sophomore album, Am I the Drama?, arrived on Friday (Sept. 19). Explore See latest videos, charts and news The project boasts 23 tracks in total, including previously released singles like “WAP, “Up,” “Outside” and “Imaginary Playerz.” Cardi brought a star-studded cast of collaborators along for the ride, as the project features Summer Walker (“Dead,” “Shower Tears”), Selena Gomez( “Pick It Up”), Kehlani (“Safe”), Lizzo (“What’s Goin On”), Cash Cobain (“Better Than You”), Lourdiz (“On My Back”), Janet Jackson (“Principal”), Tyla (“Nice Guy”) and Megan Thee Stallion (“WAP”). Cardi’s rollout has involved a bit of everything, including turning photos from her courthouse trips and civil lawsuit victory into alternate album covers and staying true to her NYC roots with subway skits promoting the album. It’s been an enduring journey for Cardi B in the seven years between Invasion and Drama, but she’s proud of the growth she’s seen from herself during that time period. “Since then, I’ve experienced a lot. The good and bad of fame, the hate, jealousy, drama, balancing my career with my personal life and growing up and maturing,” she told Billboard. “I’ve learned to control my emotions and understand how life works and how to play chess better.” Cardi’s also carrying baby No. 4 with her, as she revealed her pregnancy during an interview with CBS Mornings‘ Gayle King on Wednesday (Sept. 17). It’s her first child with boyfriend and NFL star Stefon Diggs. “Yes, I am [pregnant]. I’m having a baby with my boyfriend, Stefon Diggs,” Cardi told Gayle King on CBS Mornings. “I’m excited. I’m happy. I feel like I’m in a good space. I feel very strong. I feel very powerful that I’m doing all this work. But I’m doing all this work while I’m creating a baby, and me and my man, we’re very supportive of each other.” After giving birth, she’ll be hitting the road in 2026 for the Little Miss Drama Tour, Cardi’s first solo headlining arena trek. Stream Am I the Drama? below. Source link

Packed with bare-all balladry, grunge melodies, and darkly funny pop songs, the south Londoner’s new LP is an eclectic sprawl. 9/19/2025 Lola Young Conor Cunningham Though she may have made her mainstream crossover only in the past year, Lola Young has spent the best part of a decade dedicated to discomfort and artistic provocation. In her fiendishly addictive songs, brave candour, ruthless impulses, confrontation and the female perspective are knotted together. She’s a pop extrovert with no real filter or ‘off’ switch. She stares down and struts into uncomfortable places. And, as she previously told Billboard UK: “I choose to give realness and truth. I’ve got a bit of a belly out, I f–cking swear a bunch and I have fun.” Young made her opening gambit in 2019 with the soulful “Woman,” which was accompanied by a video that saw her dance nude in a statement of self-possession. A storming mixtape in the form of 2023’s My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely followed, but it was her 2024 debut full-length project, This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway, that drove its way into the heads and hearts of pop fans across the globe. Its breakout single “Messy,” hit the top of the Official U.K. Singles Chart and No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the start of 2025. A scuffed, vivid anthem honed around owning one’s imperfections, its swell from downcast introspection to bile-spitting theatricality made for a career-elevating statement. The song felt telling of the 24-year-old Londoner’s shrewdness as a writer that romance is not life-or-death in her world, but that losing a sense of self might be – a theme that unravels even further on her new LP, I’m Only F–king Myself. In the run-up to the album, the buzz around Young’s name has only got louder and louder. She shone at the VMAs earlier this month, has performed at Glastonbury and Coachella, and topped the nominations for the 2025 Ivor Novello awards, which recognize the best in British and Irish songwriting. She’s moving forward with genuine purpose and intent. As Young boldly strides into a new era, here’s every track from I’m Only F–king Myself ranked. “How Long Will It Take to Walk a Mile” This is the only song here where Young doesn’t appear. Instead, a pitched-up voice opens the record with a lengthy gratitude list: they are thankful for cows, life, art, green grass, clean air, family, and, most importantly, their pal Lola. “This is a bit of a blabber,” they say, before asking how long it would take to walk a mile. Their estimate of 45 minutes may be way off, but they keep talking anyway, making for an endearingly funny voice note. “Ur an Absolute C Word” Where This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway closed out with a poem from Young that reckoned with her sexuality and mental health, her new LP is bookended by two spoken-word sets.  While it’s not as immediately impactful as the new album’s punchier numbers, “Ur An Absolute C Word” does provide a sense of closure. “To feel is to be open,” begins a heart-rending soliloquy from one of Young’s friends, which ends in ripples of laughter from the pair. “Why Do I Feel Better When I Hurt You” Young often illuminates details of a doomed, toxic love in sharp detail, but “Why Do I Feel Better When I Hurt You” uses imagery so sweeping as to be ambiguous. She’s exhausted from not just a verbal fight with a partner, she tells us, but from keeping her feelings locked up in her head; this mental strain is played out via lightly electronic layers that burble and sigh like soft waves. “Not Like That Anymore” A proud rebuttal to the viral ‘clean girl’ aesthetic, “Not Like Anymore” sees Young crawl out of layers of self-sabotage, choosing to “quit the snowflake” in search of balance and clarity in her wellbeing and relationships. “I’m f–king myself, but not like that anymore,” she repeatedly exclaims in the final chorus – a funny and self-referential refrain that perfectly encapsulates Young’s smart, gutsy nature. “Walk All Over You” Young’s control of her vocal tone has only continued to mature as she has grown in her career, and on “Walk All Over You,” she skillfully paints feelings of fatigue, apathy and yearning. “You love me for your ego/ And I love you, for you,” she sings in an especially cutting chorus, and the intentionality of her vocal choices deepens the sombre mood. She challenges herself to delve into the intricacies of a love that has evolved past serving either party. “Penny Out of Nothing” If social media discourse is anything to go by, Young has grown accustomed to being told to dim her light for the sake of others. Thankfully, the haters haven’t seemed to have knocked her, and this track — which has shades of The Cure in its sinister bassline — only grants her more power, via a stirring lyrical exploration of overcoming turmoil. Such a fighter’s spirit is endearing, and, to an extent, genuinely galvanizing. “Post Sex Clarity” Waking up next to a person who has started to give you the ick. There are probably countless journal entries and paragraph-long texts written about the simmering anxiety that scenario might evoke. Atop roomy atmospherics that mirror the empty space that Young is wading through here, she sings with real fire and force, her distinct accent and inflections forcing each syllable into a snap. “Can We Ignore It? :(“ Ruminating on obsession and sleepless nights, there’s tension between the brooding intensity of Young’s lyrical concerns and this track’s brightly metallic guitars. She pleads for rest, to think of anything but a past relationship. Sonic unpredictability has long been an enduring strength of Young’s, an attribute that shines vividly as she plays around with pop-punk stylings before building towards a howl. “D£aler” “The biggest smash I’ve heard in years” is how Elton John described “D£aler” when he interviewed Young on his Rocket Hour

Brett James, the acclaimed songwriter who won a Grammy Award for his work on Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take The Wheel,” and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, has died in a plane crash. He was 57. Explore See latest videos, charts and news According to WLOS, James was on board a small plane that went down in Macon County near Franklin, North Carolina, around 3 p.m. EST on Thursday, Sept. 18. None of the three passengers on board survived, authorities say. The FAA reports that the aircraft was registered to Brett Cornelius of Brentwood, Tennessee; the artist’s full name is Brett James Cornelius. Born on June 5, 1968, in Columbia, Missouri, James’ had planned to pursue a career in medicine, but he followed his heart and left medical school for the music industry. He signed with Arista Nashville’s imprint Career Records as a solo artist, and released a solo album in 1995. James would become a behind-the-scenes star, writing songs with the likes of Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, Dierks Bentley, Rascal Flatts, and Underwood, whose 2005 single “Jesus, Take The Wheel” hit No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and captured two Grammy nominations, winning for best country song. This story is breaking. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up Source link

As Chris Cornell‘s daughter Toni turns 21, the Soundgarden singer’s widow Vicky Cornell shared a sweet birthday message along with a video of the dad and daughter singing together. In the video, Cornell is strumming a guitar and singing Rihanna‘s chorus from Eminem‘s “Love the Way You Lie” along with Toni. “Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?/ Well, that’s all right because I like the way it hurts,” the pair sing together while lounging poolside. “Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?/ Well, that’s all right because I love the way you lie.” It’s unclear how old Toni is in the clip, but the song was released in June 2010 when she would have been not quite 6 years old. Cornell died seven years later; the grunge icon was found dead in a Detroit hotel room in May 2017. In Thursday’s (Sept. 18) birthday message, Vicky acknowledged the unimaginable loss that Toni has had to face (“I know it hasn’t been easy. Life threw you a heartbreaking curveball — a loss that no one should have to carry”), while applauding the way her daughter has “continued to grow, to love, and to shine. I’m so proud of you — and I know your daddy is too.” Soundgarden is set to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this November. See the video below, and read Vicky’s full message to her daughter. 21 years went by in a flash….Thank you for choosing me to be your mommy — it’s the greatest gift I’ve ever been given. I feel so blessed and endlessly grateful for everything you’ve brought into my life. You were the most incredible little girl, and you’ve grown into the most incredible young woman. Your heart is rare — full of love, strength, compassion, and resilience. I know it hasn’t been easy. Life threw you a heartbreaking curveball — a loss that no one should have to carry. But even through that, you’ve continued to grow, to love, and to shine. I’m so proud of you — and I know your daddy is too. From the very first moment he saw you on that ultrasound and heard, “It’s a girl!” — you were his Baby Toni. That bond was something special, and even though he’s not physically here, I know he’s watching you, guiding you, and beaming with pride every single day. This is the beginning of a whole new chapter in your life, and I couldn’t be more excited to watch you step into it. I love you. I adore you. You have been my strength, my reason, and my greatest joy. Happy 21st, to our beautiful girl Source link

Kehlani‘s hit single “Folded” has had us in a chokehold all summer long, and Brandy definitely agrees. The Vocal Bible stamped the song with her signature tone by sharing a new version of “Folded” Thursday (Sept. 18). “While I’m busy getting ready for the ALMOST SOLD OUT ‘THE BOY IS MINE TOUR,’ I took a little break from rehearsal to hop on the hottest song of the summer—my lil sis @kehlani ‘FOLDED,” Brandy wrote on Instagram underneath a black-and-white video of herself recording her vocals next to none other than a laundry basket. “Adding some Brandy sauce to the mix feels so special because Kehlani is truly like my little sister, and I love her so much.” Outside of their collab IG post, Kehlani shared a separate reflection on having “my MUVA of ALLL muvas” hop on her record. “This is the reason i know how how to use my voice this is still who i study, who i reference, who i consider to be my absolute #1. when she reached out saying she just wanted to play with Folded… i think i sat there for like 10 minutes speechless,’ they wrote. “it’s one thing for the world to love what you made and it’s another for your idols to reach back. with the highest most deep respect and honor for all you have given me, us, the world… i LOVE you Ms Brandy Norwood thank you a million billion times over and they not gon know what hit em @brandy #Folded BRANDY SAID ITS THE SONG OF THE SUMMER GON HEAD NA.” “Folded” is currently No. 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 (chart dated Sept. 20), marking her highest-charting solo single to date. The song also earned Kehlani her first top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and reached No. 4 on Rhythmic Airplay, tying her Crash single “After Hours” as her highest-charting solo single on that tally. Next month, Brandy and Monica will embark on The Boy Is Mine Tour, named after their timeless duet that spent 13 weeks atop the Hot 100. The 24-city trek kicks off on Oct. 16 at Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, Ohio and visits arenas in major U.S. cities such as Chicago, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York before wrapping up on Dec. 7 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to Kehlani’s “Folded” with Brandy below. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up Source link

King Combs reflects on “one of the darkest times in my life” in his new “Lonely Roads” music video that dropped on Thursday (Sept. 18). The track — produced by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and featuring his 12-year-old daughter North West as well as JAAS – is featured on Combs’ Never Stop EP that dropped in June, and he described “Lonely Roads” on Instagram as “one of my favorite songs” from the project. In the Adam Gharib-directed visual, Combs drives down a deserted road in a Tesla Cybertruck before arriving to the house of his father, disgraced rapper/mogul Diddy. There, he hangs with his brothers Quincy and Justin as well as his sisters Jessie, D’Lila and Love. In March 2024, King Combs and Justin were detained (yet not arrested) at this very house during a Homeland Security raid in connection with a federal sex trafficking investigation regarding their father. Diddy was arrested last September in New York City after a grand jury indictment and charged with federal sex trafficking and racketeering. His trial began in May and lasted seven weeks; on July 2, he was convicted on two counts of illegal prostitution but defeated the more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering charges. Diddy remains in jail, where he awaits sentencing in October. King Combs celebrated the verdict outside of the courthouse and told ABC 7, “We love y’all. We love everybody watching. I’m so happy. Pops coming home. God bless the whole world,” while playing the “Diddy Free” track from Never Stop. While talking to Billboard last month, King Combs said, “I think now that the truth is getting out and pops is on the way home, God willing. I think we just need to stay with positivity, spread love. I just hope all the hate and all the negative stuff is past us and we can just move forward and with just love and good vibes. That’s what we’re here to do: never stop.” He doubled down on his message in “Lonely Roads”: “Roll somethin’ up, take a puff for the name’s sake/ Put the whole world against me, I’ma keep the same face/ I wanted all the real love, the fake hate, the headlines gon’ still say ‘Vacate the throne’/ Young n—a, I’m home, dead wrong like B.I./ Still the king like T.I., still bop like D-I-D-D-Y,” Combs raps on the first verse. King Combs ended the accompanying video on an even more personal note. “Even when the road felt lonely… y’all never left my side. To every fan, supporter, and person who believed in me — thank you. I love y’all more than words can say. This last year and a half was one of the darkest times in my life… but every stream, repost, every time someone stopped me just to say, ‘keep going’ — it all meant more than you know,” it read. “Y’all reminded me I wasn’t walking this road alone. Y’all gave me strength. Y’all helped me never stop. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. Love, Christian.” Watch the “Lonely Roads” music video below. Source link