‘Butter’, the Korean hotshots’ second completely English single, doesn’t come supported with elevated points of altering temperaments or outlooks. All things being equal, it centers around one straightforward, humble point: to make this mid year fun. Though ‘Dynamite’ was a technicolor blast of unbridled elation, here the band take a more lowkey – however comparably compelling – way to pop gold.
On J. Cole’s refreshing and lively new album, the rapper relaxes his grip around the mic and thrives when he’s collaborating, not when he’s making deadly serious legacy raps.
Sunday, 14 March 2021 was Music’s Biggest Night, the occasion where we gather to watch the Grammys and find out how much the Recording Academy has or hasn’t adjusted to meet the times. In a good year, expecting the show to make great plays is a game of acceptable losses where, inevitably, people go home upset and fans flood the internet with outrage.
In the mix for 2021’s highly anticipated album releases are some of the industry’s biggest names like Rihanna, Drake, Travis Scott, Migos, Kendrick Lamar, and J. Cole. With these projects on the horizon, 2021 is shaping up to be worth the hype.