{"id":22965,"date":"2018-04-06T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T22:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=22965"},"modified":"2018-08-09T17:04:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:04:30","slug":"news-roundup-universal-love-cardi-b-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/news-roundup-universal-love-cardi-b-more\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS ROUNDUP: LGBTQ Love Songs, Cardi B &#038; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-22967\" src=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album-324x216.png 324w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album-416x277.png 416w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album-400x266.png 400w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album-600x399.png 600w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album-800x532.png 800w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album-1200x799.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Universal-Love-album.png 1854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">NEWS ROUNDUP: Gender Bending Love Songs, Cardi B &amp; More<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By Jasmine Williams<\/h3>\n<h3>Wedding Dances For All!<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">What do Bob Dylan, Kesha, St. Vincent, Kele Okereke, Ben Gibbard, and Valerie June have in common? All six musicians contributed gender-reversed cover songs to a new EP called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/05\/style\/bob-dylan-sings-about-gay-love.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Universal Love<\/i><\/a>. In the goal of providing wedding ditties for the LGBTQ community, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universal-love.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the compilation<\/a> reimagines love songs so that they feature same-sex objects of desires. Dylan substitutes she for he in \u201cHe\u2019s Funny that Way\u201d while Kesha, an ordained minister who has married two gay couples, transforms a song by her idol, Janis Joplin. Listen to \u201cI Need A Woman To Love\u201d below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ftNSJgYIzmI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Cardi B&#8217;s New Album Drops<\/h3>\n<p>Cardi B was the undisputed break-out star of last year Her meteoric <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/therecord\/2018\/04\/05\/599592959\/the-business-of-being-cardi-b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rise to the top<\/a> was the result of a perfect storm of millenial money moves &#8211; a reality tv show, a massive Instagram following, a lack of filters (during a red carpet interview she told Guiliana Rancic that she had butterflies in her stomach <em>and<\/em> vagina), the ability to make everything seem candidly cute (even gang spelling substitutions), and of course, sick verses. Most importantly, she&#8217;s become the figurehead of a new feminist archetype: the bad bitch.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the reigning queen of hip-hop is back with a new album. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotnewhiphop.com\/stream-cardi-bs-invasion-of-privacy-album-news.47254.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Invasion of Privacy<\/em><\/a> is out now and despite many months of rumors and fake-outs, the LP&#8217;s release early this morning still managed to surprise fans &#8211; songs featuring her fellow slighted Grammy nominee, SZA, and Chance the Rapper are welcome, if unexpected, additions to massive hits like &#8220;Cartier Bardi&#8221; and &#8220;Bodak Yellow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cardi will make cable history on Monday when she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/03\/arts\/television\/cardi-b-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hosts<\/a> <em>The Tonight Show\u00a0<\/em>with Jimmy Fallon. It will be the first time that the television staple features two MCs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Psn0fiNaHOw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>New This Week<\/h3>\n<p>The ladies own this week\u2019s new releases! Audiofemme favorites, Zola Jesus, Tart, and Kim Anderson all delivered today. Earlier this week Zola debuted a new video in anticipation of today\u2019s release of bonus and remix album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2018\/04\/video-zola-jesus-ash-to-bone-johnny-jewel-remix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Okovi: Additions<\/i><\/a>. Listen to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/playing-detroit-tart-premiere-new-single-like-lovers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tart\u2019s<\/a> new track, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/tart.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Like Lovers Do<\/a>,\u201d and check out Ashley Prillaman\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/premiere-kim-anderson-yarrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Anderson on her debut album, <a href=\"https:\/\/kimandersonofficial.bandcamp.com\/album\/yarrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Yarrow<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vzifvLnwF_I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Azealia Banks debuted \u201cAnna Wintour,\u201d the first complete song off of her long-awaited album\u00a0<em>Fantasia II<\/em>. We also heard new tracks from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2018\/04\/washed-out-face-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washed Out<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/hear-rae-sremmurd-pharrell-team-on-new-trap-song-chanel-w518785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rae Sremmurd<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2018\/04\/asap-rocky-asap-forever-distorted-pictures-fallon-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A$AP Rocky<\/a> this week. A$AP\u2019s offering is a new \u201ccollaboration\u201d with Moby. The techno pioneer doesn\u2019t contribute anything new for the song \u201cA$AP Forever,\u201d but his late nineties hit \u201cPorcelain\u201d is sampled. Perhaps the credit marks a shift in the song-writing industry &#8211; \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/news-roundup-blurred-lines-nra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blurred Lines<\/a>,\u201d anyone?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BNzc6hG3yN4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Coming Soon<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">With exciting announcements coming from various ends of the music spectrum, this week proves to be an exercise in delayed gratification. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/sufjan-courtney-barnett-stephen-malkmus-father-john-misty-more-appearing-on-nprs-live-from-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Live From Here<\/i><\/a>, the variety show formerly know as <i>A Prairie Home Companion,\u00a0<\/i>comes to NYC for three Town Hall Shows later this month, featuring Sufjan Stevens, Janeane Garofalo, Courtney Barnett, Neko Case, Father John Misty and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sonic Youth legend Kim Gordon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2018\/04\/kim-gordon-body-head-album-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> the July 13th release date for Body\/Head\u2019s upcoming album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Coathangers, The Get Up Kids, and Arctic Monkeys also joined the promo parade this week:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i-d.vice.com\/en_uk\/article\/zmgz3e\/the-coathangers-punk-band-live-album-gettin-mad-and-pumpin-iron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Coathangers&#8217;<\/a> upcoming album\u00a0<i>LIVE<\/i>\u00a0condenses two nights of refreshingly raucous rock into one electric LP and is out June 1st; after a 7-year hiatus, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/the-get-up-kids-announce-new-ep-and-tour-share-first-song-in-7-years-listen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Get Up Kids<\/a>\u00a0debuted the first single, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N8nahxUxclk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maybe,<\/a>\u201d from new EP\u00a0<i>The Kicker<\/i>, out June 8th; coming off of a slightly shorter break, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/arctic-monkeys-detail-lp-tranquility-base-hotel-casino-w518815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arctic Monkeys<\/a>\u00a0spilled the details on their new album\u00a0<i>Tranquility Base Hotel &amp; Casino<\/i>, which<i>\u00a0<\/i>is out May 11th and is the band\u2019s first album in five years.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gQKN6Yj4a-Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last but not least, the indomitable Grace Jones gets the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/05\/arts\/music\/grace-jones-bloodlight-and-bami-documentary.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Farts&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=arts&amp;region=rank&amp;module=package&amp;version=highlights&amp;contentPlacement=2&amp;pgtype=sectionfront\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documentary<\/a> treatment next week. For <i>Bloodlight and Bami, <\/i>director<i> <\/i>Sophie Fiennes was granted intimate access to Jones\u2019 life and even trailed the boundary-pushing performer on a trip to her native Jamaica. You can watch the doc on April 13th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A couple of days later, score <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowsubmarine.film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tickets<\/a> to see more music legends on the big screen. The Beatles\u2019 <em>Yellow Submarine<\/em> will be back in theaters in celebration of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/04\/03\/movies\/yellow-submarine-beatles-50th-anniversary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50th anniversary<\/a> of the film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But for those who can&#8217;t wait for their next music film fix,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/lin-manuel-john-leguizamo-and-ice-t-star-in-flatbush-zombies-new-video-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatbush Zombies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2018\/04\/watch-the-worms-heart-a-new-short-film-by-the-shins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Shins<\/a> both premiered long music videos this week. For even more clips, check out Desdemona Dallas&#8217; column for <em>Audiofemme,<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/category\/features\/weekly-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video of the Week<\/a>.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ya7yeAXU_Cw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWS ROUNDUP: Gender Bending Love Songs, Cardi B &amp; More By Jasmine Williams Wedding Dances For All! What do Bob Dylan, Kesha, St. Vincent, Kele Okereke, Ben Gibbard, and Valerie June have in common? All six musicians contributed gender-reversed cover songs to a new EP called Universal Love. 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