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Paul Bellaart The hit "Arcade" by Dutch singer Duncan Laurence made him a star in Europe, and now it's become his breakthrough hit in the U.S. as well. Duncan says he's happy that's "Arcade" is the song that people all over the world know him for, simply because it means so much to him. "I love it because I've always, always loved 'Arcade,' he told ABC Audio a few months ago."It's always been a special song to me...like, to me, that feels like the core of who I am, like, its music, its lyrics...lyrically, [it's] a story that I'm telling -- like a very, very sad story -- but it's something...I can hopefully [have people] relate to." "Arcade" appears on Duncan's debut album Small Town Boy, but he predicted that on his next project, he'd try to keep that same kind of feeling, because people seem to enjoy it. "I love the fact that that is the direction that I'm going to go into, because I truly believe that once you once..

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Beth Garrabrant A special Taylor Swift song not previously included on any of her albums will have a new home on her re-recorded version of Red. Billboard confirms the ballad “Ronan,” written for a young boy who lost his battle with cancer, will be on the track list when Red (Taylor’s Version) is released on November 19. Taylor initially released “Ronan” in 2012 as a charity single available only on iTunes. It was inspired by the blog of Maya Thompson about her son, Ronan, who passed away from neuroblastoma in 2011 when he was nearly four years old. Thompson, who's credited as a co-writer on the song, posted on her blog last week that Taylor had reached out about including the song on Red. “Red was an album of heartbreak and healing, of rage and rawness, of tragedy and trauma, and of the loss of an imagined future alongside someone,” Taylor wrote in part, according to Thompson. “I wrote 'Ronan' while I was making Red and discovered your story as you so honestly and..

Beth Garrabrant A special Taylor Swift song not previously included on any of her albums will have a new home on her re-recorded version of Red. Billboard confirms the ballad “Ronan,” written for a young boy who lost his battle with cancer, will be on the track list when Red (Taylor’s Version) is released on November 19. Taylor initially released “Ronan” in 2012 as a charity single available only on iTunes. It was inspired by the blog of Maya Thompson about her son, Ronan, who passed away from neuroblastoma in 2011 when he was nearly four years old. Thompson, who's credited as a co-writer on the song, posted on her blog last week that Taylor had reached out about including the song on Red. “Red was an album of heartbreak and healing, of rage and rawness, of tragedy and trauma, and of the loss of an imagined future alongside someone,” Taylor wrote in part, according to Thompson. “I wrote 'Ronan' while I was making Red and discovered your story as you so honestly and..

Kelia Anne MacCluskey Billie Eilish may have become famous by singing "duh," but when it comes to her song lyrics overall, her use of language trumps many artists two and three times her age, a new study finds. Word.Tips, which conducted the study, Billie is the modern pop star with the biggest vocabulary, based on the number of unique words she uses in her songs per thousand: 169. The only musicians who have a wider vocabulary were late Doors frontman Jim Morrison, with 177; Bjork, with 197; legendary singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell, with 199; and the number-one wordsmith of all: punk godmother Patti Smith, with 217. Artists whose vocabularies are in the same territory as Billie include Lizzo, with 153; Harry Styles, with 159; and Shakira, with 151. Here are how a few other artists compare: Lorde: 149 Alessia Cara: 135 Bazzi: 127 Halsey: 113 Ed Sheeran: 111 Lady Gaga: 103 Katy Perry: 109 Taylor Swift: 86 For an explanation of the methodology used in the study, visit Word.Tips, ..

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Spin Master Entertainment/Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Movies Alessia Cara is contributing an uplifting tune to the upcoming animated film PAW Patrol: The Movie. The original song, "The Use in Trying," was written by Alessia and Jon Levine, and will be played during a pivotal scene in the flick. "I wrote 'The Use in Trying' for a specific scene in the movie, with the understanding that it was a big turning point in the story, emphasizing the importance of courage," Alessia says in a statement. "I wanted to write something that could not only teach kids that they're not always going to win, but that there's real value in trying anyways because of the lessons you find on the other side." She adds, "That's a sentiment we can all understand, the further into life we go. Navigating life is never easy, but it is always worth the shot." The song will be released on August 10, and the film will hit theaters and Paramount+ on August 20. Adam Levine also has a so..

BIGHIT MUSIC BTS’ “Butter” continues to be on a roll as it logs its ninth week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. According to Billboard, it’s now officially the longest-running number-one single of 2021, beating the eight-week reign of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License.” BTS also managed to keep Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow at bay; their collab “Industry Baby” landed at number two on the chart this week. “Industry Baby” may have settled for a second place debut on the Hot 100, but it’s number one on the Streaming Songs chart, as well as the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts. Copyright © 2021, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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