Miranda Lambert’s ‘Dark Bars’ Lyric Video Captures Nashville’s Struggling Nightlife

Miranda Lambert sets her new single “Dark Bars” to stark images of Nashville’s shuttered nightlife, an industry that has been struggling since both a deadly tornado tore through portions of the city in March and the onset of the coronavirus.

Filmed on location at bars that had closed for the night — or were still shut down because of storm damage or the ongoing pandemic — the lyric video underscores how much the nightlife culture relies on human connection. Without people jostling for space at the bar or holding court on a stool, the rooms lack a beating heart. They’re temples without worshipers. “I’m here for the habit,” Lambert sings, “where nobody knows me/where I can be lonely.”

To capture the desolation, director Steve Jawn (Old Dominion, Travis Meadows) gained access to downtown Nashville staples like Legends and the Stage, and shot the facades — some of them boarded up — of East Nashville haunts 3 Crow, Beyond the Edge, and Drifters. There is a bright spot, however: the clip opens and ends on images of the newly rebuilt Basement East, the popular live venue that was destroyed during the March 3rd tornado.

“Dark Bars,” written by Lambert and Liz Rose is the follow-up to the country singer’s previous single, “Bluebird.” Both appear on Lambert’s 2019 album Wildcard.

Hear Kid Cudi, Eminem’s New Song ‘The Adventures of Moon Man and Slim Shady’

Kid Cudi and Eminem have teamed up for new song, “The Adventures of Moon Man and Slim Shady,” which dropped on Thursday at midnight. Kid Cudi’s daughter, Vada, announced the collaboration — which is the first time the rappers have joined forces —  in a video post Kid Cudi shared via Twitter on Wednesday.

In a lyric video for the song, the rappers appear as animated characters as they rap about recovery and current events, among other subjects. “Yeah, it’s been a minute, but I’m back in it,” Kid Cudi raps at the opening of his first verse, which discuss late-night jaunts, his stint in rehab and going through the “dark and the light.” Eminem broaches the topics of the COVID-19 pandemic and police brutality in his verse. “Half of us walking around like a zombie apocalypse,” he raps. “Other half are just pissed off and don’t want to wear a mask.” Later, Eminem raps, “Prayers for George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery/How the fuck is it that so many cops are dirty?” The lyrics also refer to a trilogy that “continues.”

“The Adventures of Moon Man and Slim Shady” is Kid Cudi’s third song of the year, following “Leader of Delinquents” and his collaboration with Travis Scott, “The Scotts.” Beyond music, he has teamed up with Kanye West to voice characters in an upcoming animated show, the Takashi Murakami-directed Kids See Ghosts, which is inspired by their 2018 collaborative album of the same name. The rapper is also set to star in HBO series We Are Who We Are.

In March, Eminem collaborated with Jessie Reyez on her song “Coffin.” He released his 11th album, Music to Be Murdered By, in January, which includes the single “Godzilla.”

Singer and YouTube Personality Poppy Celebrates Her Engagement

Congrats are in order for songstress and YouTube star Poppy! A rep for the 25-year-old social media personality has confirmed to ET that she is engaged.

Poppy, whose real name is Moriah Rose Pereira, also shared the happy news on Twitter on Thursday, by posting three emojis -- a ring, a bride and a party icon.

She also alluded to the engagement with an Instagram story showing a unique ring on her wedding finger on Wednesday. She tagged presumed fiance Eric Ghoste, aka Ghostemane, in the photo.The post prompted a Reddit thread questioning whether she was engaged and speculating about her wedding.

“I think we can all agree the wedding dress is probably going to be absolutely nuts if it happens,” wrote one user.

The musician’s fiancé appears to have been laying low, with no couples photos on her Instagram account.

Earlier in the week, the singer’s tour with the Deftones was confirmed to have been rescheduled to 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic. The shows were originally scheduled to take place this summer.

Bon Jovi performs new single Limitless on The Voice finale

Hey “Voice” contestants, your potential is “Limitless.”

The band Bon Jovi performed their new inspirational single, “Limitless,” during the final episode of the current season of “The Voice” on Tuesday, May 19 on NBC.

The track is from the band's upcoming album, “2020,” now due out in the fall. “2020” was originally scheduled to be released on May 15, but it was pushed back when the band's summer tour was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Two band members, David Bryan and Everett Bradley, have beat the coronavirus in the past few weeks. Coaches Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, John Legend and Nick Jonas each had a “Voice” in the competition. Micah Iverson (Team Kelly), Thunderstorm Artis (Team Nick), CammWess (Team Legend), Todd Tilghman (Team Blake), and Toneisha Harris (Team Blake) were still in the competition as of Tuesday.

Tilghman took the title. The night also featured several guest performances, including the Jonas Brothers, who, like Bon Jovi, are from Jersey.  “We are supposed to be socially distancing and you just touched millions of people,” said Shelton from Oklahoma after a performance on Monday, May 18.

Even though the album release and tour were nixed, it's been a busy time for Jon Bon Jovi and the band. Jon performed “Someday I'll Be Saturday Night” from his Middletown home Monday, May 18, on the “A Night of Covenant House Stars” fundraiser for homeless youth. The band performed a virtual acoustic version of “It's My Life” May 11 for the “Rise Up New York!” telethon, a benefit for the Robin Hood Fund and Jon played two songs, the new “Do What You Can” and “Livin' on a Prayer,” during the April 22 “Jersey 4 Jersey” benefit for the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund.

Grimes Digs Into Coldwave Territory With New Cut "My Name is Dark"

Continuing the run-up to her forthcoming album Miss_Anthropocene, avant-pop songstress Grimes has returned with a brand new single entitled “My Name is Dark.” Produced, written, performed, and engineered by the Canadian artist, the single originally appeared in Apple’s “Behind the Mac” ad from last June.

Undergoing a relative overhaul, the newly released track relishes in coldwave tonalities, whereby driving minimalistic guitar riffs and percussion take hold alongside electronic production. According to a tweet, the song is about her struggle with insomnia. The new single follows the release of “So Heavy I Fell Through The Earth” from earlier this month as well as her collaborative track with i_o titled “Violence.” Recently Grimes was the subject of outrage from a variety of artists after comments regarding AI and the future of music.

Trippie Redd Projected to Land First No. 1 With 'A Love Letter to You 4'

Trippie Redd is looking to land his first ever No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as projections reflect A Love Letter to You 4‘s total equivalent album units to 90,000 to 105,000, with between 10,000 to 15,000 from traditional album sales. This would also mark his largest chart total, with Life’s a Trip debuting at No. 4 with 72,000 units and ! and A Love Letter to You 3 both debuting at No. 3 with 51,000 and 84,000 units respectively.

Redd’s 21-track project is the fourth installment in his A Love Letter to You mixtape series that began in 2017. He worked with the likes of Lil Mosey in “This Ain’t That,” Juice WRLD and YNW Melly in “6 Kiss,” Chris King and Quanta in “You Deserve It,” YoungBoy Never Broke Again in “Hate Me,” Smokepurpp in “All For Me,” Tory Lanez in “Sickening,” DaBaby in “Death” and Lil Yachty and Pi’erre Bourne in “M’s.”