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NEW YORK (AP) — In just four songs on his latest EP, “Live For Me,” Omar Apollo processes death, grief, acceptance and the lack of it — big, traumatic emotions — through intimate, lush sounds. The EP, out Friday, follows Apollo’s 2022 debut album “Ivory” and a 2023 Grammy nomination for best new artist. APOLLO: A lot of the songs I write are emotions that I dealt with or am dealing with at that time. APOLLO: The only thing I can hope for is for (fans) to be inspired in whatever way they choose. I’m up there trying my hardest, sweating, you know, out of breath, just trying to put on a good show.

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☆ How a TikToker with 861,000 followers who got paid to promote TV and movies is pivoting to earn money as the Hollywood strikes continue
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

As actors and writers continue to strike, some influencers are standing in solidarity. Creators who were paid to attend TV and movie premieres are trying to make money in other ways. He also said he wouldn't attend any other premieres or post TV or movie-related content until the strike was resolved. "It was at that point I decided it might just be better to completely shift away from that kind of content," Arujo said. Snap stories, TikTok challenges, and music festivals have been his new go-tosThe 19-year-old has shifted his content focus from TV and film to music amid the strikes.

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☆ An influencer who got paid to promote TV and movies is pivoting to music content and more UGC on TikTok and Snapchat to earn money as the Hollywood strikes continue
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Creators who were paid to attend TV and movie premieres are trying to make money in other ways. One influencer is now posting sponsored content for music artists and festivals instead. He also said he wouldn't attend any other premieres or post TV or movie-related content until the strike was resolved. "It was at that point I decided it might just be better to completely shift away from that kind of content," Arujo said. Snap stories, TikTok challenges, and music festivals have been his new go-tosThe 19-year-old has shifted his content focus from TV and film to music amid the strikes.

☆ The Funky, Slinky Fashion From This Year’s Governors Ball
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Wilson Wong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Neither a drop of rain nor a cloud of wildfire smoke could keep more than 100,000 fans from flocking to the Governors Ball Music Festival over the weekend at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. Waves of revelers, festooned in rose-colored tutus, elaborately designed fishnets and oversize cowboy hats, filed into the event held this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They thrashed to Odesza and Diplo; bounced to Lizzo and Kendrick Lamar; and swayed to Haim and Omar Apollo across three different stages in the green fields encircling the iconic Unisphere, the 140-foot-tall ball fit for … a ball. On the first day of the festival — enveloped by a gray haze, either from the Canadian wildfire smoke, the pyrotechnics, the cigarettes or some combination of all three — music lovers, in between vape hits and beer sips, discussed their outfit inspirations and favorite performances.

Persons: Kendrick Lamar, Haim, Omar Apollo Organizations: Governors Ball Music Locations: Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, festooned

☆ Willy Chavarria and Omar Apollo on Faith and Heartbreak
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Juan A. Ramírez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Three days after his fall 2023 runway show in February, while on his way to meet Omar Apollo at a photographer’s house in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, the 55-year-old fashion designer Willy Chavarria studied the 25-year-old musician’s Wikipedia page. What Chavarria lacked in detailed knowledge about Apollo’s career, he made up for with an immediate paternal tenderness. “And on all-Latino models,” Apollo says. And yet the pair saw eye to eye on more than just success. Some similarities were obvious: Both are gay and Mexican American, and both were born in small towns where dreams of artistic stardom seemed impossibly distant.

Several of this year's Grammy nominees, including "abcdefu" singer Gayle and R&B artist Muni Long, rose in popularity after influencers and everyday users posted TikTok videos with their music. Even as the music industry gathers in Los Angeles to celebrate artists and their songs at Sunday's Grammy awards, the relationship between hitmaker TikTok and music labels is showing signs of strain. As deals with the major music companies expire, the labels are looking to receive some of TikTok's ad revenue, according to Tatiana Cirisano, music industry analyst for Midia Research. One music industry insider, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said "it’s open to interpretation" why this is happening now. "TikTok has become really integral to the way that younger people relate to music, discover music and consume it,” Cirisano said.

☆ Lizzo is TikTok’s top music artist for 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

TikTok users also pushed “Jiggle Jiggle” and the “It’s corn!” kid to the top viral trends on the app in the U.S.Lizzo, who has 26 million TikTok followers, was the No. 1 music artist on TikTok this year, based on total video views. 1 trending song in the U.S. was “Sunroof” by Nicky Youre and Dazy, with TikTok users making some 8.9 million videos featuring the track. “Jiggle Jiggle,” the rap created more than two decades ago by documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux, gained a new life after it was remixed by DJ duo Duke & Jones (No. TikTok Top Artists 2022, U.S.@lizzo @bellapoarch @badbunny @charlieputh @dojacat @selenagomez @nessaabarrett @yunggravy @billieeilish @meghantrainorTikTok Top Trending Videos 2022, U.S.@amauryguichon: Constructing a very large chocolate giraffe @chipmunksoftiktok: Squishy’s back after hibernation!

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☆ Factbox: Key nominations for the 2023 Grammy Awards
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Danielle Broadway | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Nov 15 (Reuters) - Nominations for the music industry’s Grammy Awards were announced during a livestreamed program at the Grammy Museum on Tuesday. The following is a list of nominations in key categories. RECORD OF THE YEAR“Don't Shut Me Down” - ABBA“Easy On Me” - Adele“BREAK MY SOUL” - Beyonce“Good Morning Gorgeous” - Mary J. Blige“Woman” - Doja Cat“Bad Habit” - Steve LacyALBUM OF THE YEAR“Voyage” - ABBA“30” - Adele“Un Verano Sin Ti” - Bad Bunny“RENAISSANCE” - Beyonce“Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)” - Mary J. Blige“In These Silent Days” - Brandi Carlile“Music Of The Spheres” - Coldplay“Mr. (Let's Go)” - Hitkidd & GloRilla“The Heart Part 5” - Kendrick LamarBEST ROCK PERFORMANCE“So Happy It Hurts” - Bryan Adams“Old Man” - Beck“Wild Child” - The Black Keys“Broken Horses” - Brandi Carlile“Crawl!” - Idles“Patient Number 9” - Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck“Holiday” - TurnstileBEST COUNTRY ALBUM“Growin' Up” - Luke Combs“Palomino” - Miranda Lambert“Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville" - Ashley McBryde“Humble Quest” - Maren Morris“A Beautiful Time” - Willie NelsonThe 2023 Grammy’s will take place in Los Angeles at the Crypto Arena on Feb. 5. Reporting by Danielle Broadway Editing by Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Leslie Grace ‘couldn’t resist’ sharing ‘Batgirl’ behind-the-scenes footage
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —“Batgirl” may have been scrapped, but that hasn’t stopped interest in the film. The movie’s star Leslie Grace shared a video montage of some behind-the-scenes moments on her verified TikTok account. “I couldn’t resist,” she wrote in the description of the video, set to the Omar Apollo song “Evergreen.”The montage shows the “In The Heights” star in various stages of production, including rehearsing fight choreography and dressed in the Batgirl costume. It was announced in August that Warner Bros. Studios would not be releasing “Batgirl,” which had completed production. (CNN and Warner Bros. share the same parent company)“The decision to not release ‘Batgirl’ reflects our leadership’s strategic shift as it relates to the DC universe and HBO Max,” a Warner Bros. spokesperson said in a statement at the time.

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