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Spotify Wrapped 2023 launches – check out yours and the world’s most streamed artists and songs

New features have been introduced, as well as an upcoming live event in London

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The 2023 edition of Spotify Wrapped has been launched, revealing the most popular artists, songs, albums and podcasts in the UK and giving users special insight into their own listening habits.

Shared each year by the streaming platform, this latest edition introduces a range of new features and is available to access now via the Spotify mobile app (iOS and Android) or on desktop by heading to the website.

As well as showing the usual insights into each user’s own listening habits, a new range of features have been rolled out for the 2023 edition too. These include a new section called ‘Me in 2023’ which reveals which one of the 12 listening styles best describes the way you listen on Spotify, and a new section called ‘Sound Town’, which matches you to a city based on your listening and shared artist affinity.

Pre-existing insights such as Top Five Genres and Top Five Artists have also been given a new design, and some of the most popular musicians of 2023 have recorded messages that will be played if they feature as one of your top artists.

Spotify Wrapped 2023. CREDIT: Press

An AI DJ feature has also been added to guide listeners through their personalised Wrapped – serving up a mix based on your taste and sharing commentary about some of your favourite artists, genres, songs and more. This will be available for the first week after Wrapped launches.

In the new statistics shared in Spotify Wrapped 2023, Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd and Arctic Monkeys remain some of the most popular artists in the UK, and Dave, Miley Cyrus and SZA were among those who delivered some of the most popular tracks of the year.

Check out the top artists below and find a more detailed report here.

UK Most-Streamed Artists

1. Taylor Swift
2. Drake
3. The Weeknd
4. Arctic Monkeys
5. Ed Sheeran

UK Most-Streamed Songs

1. ‘Sprinter’ – Dave and Central Cee
2. ‘Flowers’ – Miley Cyrus
3. ‘Kill Bill’ – SZA
4. ‘Boy’s a liar Pt. 2’ – PinkPantheress
4. ‘Escapism’ – RAYE feat. 070 Shake

UK Most-Streamed Albums

1. ‘Midnights’ – Taylor Swift
2. ‘SOS’ – SZA
3. ‘Harry’s House’ – Harry Styles
4. ‘AM’ – Arctic Monkeys
5. ‘Lover’ – Taylor Swift

UK Most Popular Podcasts

1. The Joe Rogan Experience
2. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
3. Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
4. Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell
5. Call Her Daddy

Most-Streamed Artists Globally

1. Taylor Swift
2. Bad Bunny
3. The Weeknd
4. Drake
5. Peso Pluma
6. Feid
7. Travis Scott
8. SZA
9. Karol G
10. Lana Del Rey

) Taylor Swift performs onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Allianz Parque on November 24, 2023 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. CREDIT: Buda Mendes/TAS23/Getty Images

Most-Streamed Songs Globally

1. ‘Flowers’ –Miley Cyrus
2. ‘Kill Bill’ – SZA
3. ‘As It Was’ – Harry Styles
4. ‘Seven (feat. Latto) (Explicit Ver.)’ – Jung Kook, Latto
5. ‘Ella Baila Sola’ – Eslabon Armado, Peso Pluma
6. ‘Cruel Summer’ – Taylor Swift
7. ‘Creepin’ (with The Weeknd & 21 Savage)’ – Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, 21 Savage
8. ‘Calm Down (with Selena Gomez)’ –Rema, Selena Gomez
9. ‘Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53’ – Bizarrap, Shakira
10. ‘Anti-Hero’ – Taylor Swift

Most-Streamed Albums Globally

1. ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ – Bad Bunny
2. ‘Midnights’ –Taylor Swift
3. ‘SOS’ – SZA
4. ‘Starboy’ – The Weeknd
5. ‘MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO’ – KAROL G
6. ‘One Thing At A Time’ – Morgan Wallen
7. ‘Lover’ – Taylor Swift
8. ‘HEROES & VILLAINS’ – Metro Boomin
9. ‘GÉNESIS’ – Peso Pluma
10. ‘Harry’s House’ by Harry Styles

Top Podcasts Globally

1. The Joe Rogan Experience
2. Call Her Daddy
3. Huberman Lab
4. Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain
5. On Purpose with Jay Shetty
6. Crime Junkie
7. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
8. Serial Killers
9. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
10. TED Talks Daily

To celebrate the launch of Spotify Wrapped 2023 there will also be a unique live event held in London tomorrow night (November 30). The first of its kind, the one-off show will feature performances by Sam Smith, Chase & Status, Charli XCX, Raye and more, and will be broadcast live on TikTok from 8.30pm. Visit here to join the livestream.

In other Spotify news, earlier this month the streaming platform shared a new blog post, which noted several new policies introduced in the hopes of containing the volume of content on the platform and minimising the risks of fraud.

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Ghostface Killah announces new memoir, ‘Rise Of A Killah’

Set to release in the first half of 2024

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Wu-Tang Clan‘s Ghostface Killah has confirmed that he is set to release a new memoir, titled ‘Rise Of A Killah: My Life In The Wu-Tang’, next year.

The upcoming memoir has been announced via its publisher, Macmillan Publishers, and is set for release on May 14 next year. The book is currently available for pre-order in three formats: hardcover, e-book and digital audio. Pre-order your copy of ‘Rise Of A Killah’ here.

‘Rise Of A Killah: My Life In The Wu-Tang’ – per Macmillan’s website – has been described as “both a visual record and a real-feel narrative of a performer’s life”.

The memoir will seemingly chronicle the rapper’s childhood in Staten Island, his relationship with family and friends, how crime and violence have affected his life, his art, a formative tour in Japan in the ’90s and his fellow Wu-Tang members.

Ghostface Killah. Credit: Daniel Knighton via Getty Images

With ‘Rise Of A Killah’, Ghostface will become the latest member of the Wu-Tang Clan to release a memoir. In 2021, Raekwon released ‘From Staircase to Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan’, while U-God released ‘Raw: My Journey Into the Wu-Tang Clan’ in 2018.

Wu-Tang Clan celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’ this year. The collective haven’t released a new record since 2015. Wu-Tang Clan also recently revealed the custom steel chamber for their book Legacy. It costs $360,000 (£298,872) and there are only 36 in the world.

Bob Dylan also recently revealed he’s a fan of the clan – as well as Eminem – praising their “feeling for words and language” and enjoys “anybody whose vision parallels mine.”

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Skepta announces inaugural Big Smoke Festival for summer 2024

Skepta will be curating the line-up of the two-stage festival

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Skepta has announced the inaugural edition of his one-day music festival, Big Smoke.

READ MORE: Skepta – ‘Ignorance Is Bliss’ review 

The new event will take place in Crystal Palace Park in south-east London on Saturday, July 6 and will feature a line-up curated by Skepta himself.

The rapper will choose the acts on two open-air stages, one of which will be hosted by his record label Más Tiempo and platform dance artists.

Skepta will also be performing, marking his only UK performance of 2024. The rest of the line-up will be announced in due course.

Skepta. Credit: Mike Marsland/Getty

Revealing the news on Instagram live, Skepta said: “I’m gassed to finally announce that Big Smoke Festival is official..I’m so excited, it’s been a wild one to do this. I just want to say thank you to all the supporters, it’s been a couple years that you didn’t see me on a stage..I know a lot of people have been wondering when they’ll see Skepta at a festival and I really wanted to save all that energy and put it into something that was for us, by us.”

He continued: “There’s going to be a live stage with all your favourite acts – anyone you know that’s affiliated with Skepta. There’ll be a live stage on one side and the Más Tiempo stage which will also be a full lineup. I might bust up one stage, fly over to the other one and link with Jammer. It’s gonna be crazy.”

Tickets will go on sale on Friday (December 1) – you can buy yours here.

Last week, Skepta released a collaborative EP with Ryder, ’48 Hours’. The 19-year-old Ryder shared his remix of Skepta’s ‘Konnichiwa‘ deep cut ‘Text Me Back’ to TikTok in October, called ‘#skeptacore pt. 3’. Since going viral with over one million views, London’s grime legend has officially paired up with the Hull-based producer to release a five-track EP.

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Watch Ludacris perform ‘Move B***h’ while descending from the Atlanta Falcons’ Stadium’s roof

The rapper’s performance was part of the Atlanta Falcons’ 50th anniversary celebration of hip-hop

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Ludacris performed his hit track ‘Move Bitch’ while descending from the Atlanta Falcons’ Stadium’s roof this past weekend.

While appearing as a guest performer at the New Orleans Saints’ NFL game against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday (November 26), the rapper plunged from the stadium’s roof while singing his 2001 hit.

Ludacris posted up close footage of his descent onto his official X/Twitter account with a caption that read: “I Got Some Georgia Dome Today.”

The Atlanta native hyped up the packed stadium shouting “What’s up? what’s up? Sing it with me let’s go, we go move bitch,” with the attendees singing along to every word.

Ludacris’ performance was part of the Atlanta Falcons’ 50th anniversary celebration of hip-hop. The celebration also featured appearances and performances from T.I., Big Boi, Jeezy, Cee-Lo Green and Quavo.

Per Billboard, Ludacris’ performance came a few days after he revealed that he plans on releasing new music eight years after his last full length LP ‘Ludaversal’. Speaking to BET, the rapper said: “Yeah, some music projects will be coming out next year. I don’t wanna fake, I don’t wanna stutter-step. It’s definitely some music coming next year, but I don’t know if it’s like an EP or an LP. We’re going to figure it out.”

In other news, earlier this year, Timbaland revealed the story of how he met Ludacris, and how he “was the one” who discovered the rapper.

On April 24, Timbaland – real name Tim Mosley – became the first interviewee in the I Am Hip-Hop series. He spoke about how he and Atlanta rapper-turned-actor’s 2000 track ‘Phat Rabbit’ made “labels started calling” Ludacris.

“I was the one who found Ludacris,” he said. “Because Ludacris was working in the radio station and I was like, ‘Hey, ain’t nobody sign you? What’s going on here?’ [He was like], ‘Nah man.’”

Mosley spoke about Ludacris asking who should sign with: “He asked me one time, ‘Would you sign to Def Jam or Eleltra?’ I said, ‘Man, you better go to Def Jam.’ And I didn’t know how the business go. I just backed them ’cause I knew he was incredible.”

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Chris Brown denies being anti-Semitic after dancing to Kanye West’s controversial new song

“In no way shape or form am I antisemitic!!! I’m pro-life and I make music for the entire world!”

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Chris Brown has denied being anti-Semitic after he was seen dancing to Kanye West‘s controversial new track.

A video circulating social media showed the ‘Wall To Wall’ singer dancing with West to the latter’s new song ‘Vultures’ at a party in Dubai. The song marks West’s return after he was hit with a raft of anti-Semitism allegations last year and sees him directly address the accusations before potentially adding fuel to them with the lyrics: “How I’m anti-Semitic, I just fucked a Jewish bitch.”

After receiving backlash for dancing to the track, specifically to that controversial line, Brown took to his Instagram stories to share that he is not anti-Semitic. “In no way shape or form am I antisemetic (sic)!!! I’m pro life and I make music for the entire world!!!!!!,” began his message.

He continued: “So please do not get tricked into thinking I spread hate or am kool with it (sic)! This [is] for the million of young kids that look up to [me] and may be confused.”

Accusations of anti-Semitism were first levelled against West in October 2022 after he said that he would go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE”, whom he claims have a link with Black people. An ex-staffer at TMZ has also claimed that the rapper once praised “Hitler and the Nazis” during an interview with the site.

More recently, it was alleged that West drew a swastika in a meeting with Adidas about his Yeezy footwear line, and former employees of the company suggested he had been engaging in anti-Semitic behaviour since early meetings in 2013.

Adidas officially cut ties with West in October 2022 in light of anti-Semitic remarks he made on social media. The rapper denied that his statements were anti-Semitic, claiming the term was “not factual” and that he didn’t “believe in that term”.

He was later labelled the ‘Anti-Semite of the Year‘ by watchdog group StopAntisemitism, and widely condemned by figures in the entertainment industry, politicians, and organisations.

Chris Brown Instagram Stories Screengrab. Credit: Chris Brown’s Instagram @Chrisbrownofficial

In other Chris Brown news, the hitmaker won the best R&B award at this year’s MTV EMAs.

Brown was also recently sued for allegedly hospitalising a man after he beat him with a tequila bottle and stomped on him in a London nightclub.

TMZ has obtained lawsuit documents filed on behalf of Abe Diaw, who claims that the pop star smashed him over the head with a bottle of Don Julio 1942 tequila in February at TAPE nightclub in central London.

It alleges that Brown hit Diaw over the head with “crushing blows” which knocked him unconscious, before stomping on him as he laid passed out on the floor. Additionally, Diaw claims that police in London have surveillance footage of the alleged incident.

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When is ‘Spotify Wrapped’ 2023 released?

Users will soon be able to look back on their year in music

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Spotify is set to release its annual ‘Wrapped’ feature once again this year, where music fans can look back at their favourite releases of 2023.

The feature arrives at the end of each year and shares stats, rankings and summaries with subscribers about their most listened to songs, albums, podcasts artists and genres.

The streaming service has already begun teasing the rollout of this year’s ‘Wrapped’. Last year saw Taylor Swift named as the most streamed artist in the UK, while Bad Bunny took the global title for the record-breaking third year in a row.

Spotify has not yet shared an official date that users will be able to access their ‘Wrapped’ roundup, but it’s usually any time between the final days of November and the first week of December. ‘Wrapped’ 2022 was released on November 30, but in 2021 it was December 1. In other words, it could be here within a matter of days.

Some Spotify users are reportedly already receiving ping notifications teasing this year’s ‘Wrapped’ drop.

“Will this year’s number be higher or lower? All will be revealed soon in your 2023 Wrapped,” a screenshot of one app notifications reads.

Spotify begins recording data for the year from January 1 and this year confirmed that streaming counts for ‘Wrapped’ continues past October 31, contrary to previous reports.

Spotify users will be notified via the app once ‘Wrapped’ is out, which usually arrives along with a slideshow and shareable images taking music fans through their year in streaming.

Harry Styles‘ ‘As It Was’ was the most streamed song of 2022 on Spotify in the UK, while with Glass Animals‘ ‘Heat Waves’ in second. The same two songs were also at the top of both the global and United States lists.

Ed Sheeran, Shania Twain and Lewis Capaldi were among artists to share their Spotify ‘Wrapped’ stats for 2022. “1 BILLION?!?! how is that actually possible?? thank u all so so so very much, i am one truly humbled king,” Capaldi wrote on social media.

Last year also saw Spotify launch the Your Listening Personality feature, which showed users their most listened to music and what it says about their music taste from a list of 16 Listening Personality types.

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When is ‘Spotify Wrapped’ 2023 released?

Users will soon be able to look back on their year in music

The post When is ‘Spotify Wrapped’ 2023 released? appeared first on NME.

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Spotify is set to release its annual ‘Wrapped’ feature once again this year, where music fans can look back at their favourite releases of 2023.

The feature arrives at the end of each year and shares stats, rankings and summaries with subscribers about their most listened to songs, albums, podcasts artists and genres.

The streaming service has already begun teasing the rollout of this year’s ‘Wrapped’. Last year saw Taylor Swift named as the most streamed artist in the UK, while Bad Bunny took the global title for the record-breaking third year in a row.

Spotify has not yet shared an official date that users will be able to access their ‘Wrapped’ roundup, but it’s usually any time between the final days of November and the first week of December. ‘Wrapped’ 2022 was released on November 30, but in 2021 it was December 1. In other words, it could be here within a matter of days.

Some Spotify users are reportedly already receiving ping notifications teasing this year’s ‘Wrapped’ drop.

“Will this year’s number be higher or lower? All will be revealed soon in your 2023 Wrapped,” a screenshot of one app notifications reads.

Spotify begins recording data for the year from January 1 and this year confirmed that streaming counts for ‘Wrapped’ continues past October 31, contrary to previous reports.

Spotify users will be notified via the app once ‘Wrapped’ is out, which usually arrives along with a slideshow and shareable images taking music fans through their year in streaming.

Harry Styles‘ ‘As It Was’ was the most streamed song of 2022 on Spotify in the UK, while with Glass Animals‘ ‘Heat Waves’ in second. The same two songs were also at the top of both the global and United States lists.

Ed Sheeran, Shania Twain and Lewis Capaldi were among artists to share their Spotify ‘Wrapped’ stats for 2022. “1 BILLION?!?! how is that actually possible?? thank u all so so so very much, i am one truly humbled king,” Capaldi wrote on social media.

Last year also saw Spotify launch the Your Listening Personality feature, which showed users their most listened to music and what it says about their music taste from a list of 16 Listening Personality types.

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Lola Brooke: the small but mighty MC making big moves

Having helmed a golden era for Brooklyn rap, the 26-year-old’s new project ‘Dennis Daughter’ carries the torch of her newly-blazed legacy

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Inside a downtown New York City loft, and Brooklyn’s very own Lola Brooke is sitting in a makeup chair balancing a salad in one hand and a cell phone in the other. There’s an excitable buzz in the air as everyone preps her NME Cover photoshoot, arranging strips of metallic tape for a backdrop while tying her into a pair of platform heels. Despite having just signed a major label deal with Sony Records imprint Arista [Princess Nokia, KennyHoopla] earlier this year, Brooke is completely comfortable amidst the chaos, handling it all with the poise of a seasoned pro.

It wasn’t too long ago that Brooke was working shifts at a men’s shelter in Queens and days like this one felt more like a dream than reality. “My position was residential aide,” she tells NME. “I would get home at eight in the morning and I’d go to the studio after work. I was so tired.” During those long shifts, music became an escape for her. “It kept me sane,” she says. “I was going through a lot in life and music helped me express myself. It was more me chasing therapy than just chasing a career. It’s what kept me going throughout the day.”

Lola Brooke on The Cover of NME. Credit: Sam Keeler for NME

One of the challenges Brooke cites was living with her mother during that time, a single parent who was “independent and about business” and fostered a strict home environment. However, it was her mother’s faith in Brooke’s career that ultimately led to her becoming a full-time rapper in 2017. “I used to doubt myself so much,” she says. “But once my mom told me it was cool to resign, I started believing in myself more. I had reassurance.”

It was during that same year that Brooke released her first music video, a clip titled ‘2017 Flow’. The freestyle drew attention from rap fans, who noted her wickedly fierce delivery and the juxtaposition of powerful, larger-than-life verses flowing from her barely five-foot frame. She kept the momentum going with a string of follow-up tracks: ‘Bipolar’ the next year, ‘Cash Out’ in 2019 and ‘My Bop’ in 2020. Though none of those led to immediate success, it didn’t stop Brooke from pushing forward. “I’m a small package, but I come with the baggage though,” she says with a laugh. “I know myself and I built that confidence within myself through self-knowledge. I don’t stop.”

Credit: Sam Keeler for NME

Five years after the release of her first video, Brooke’s perseverance paid off. In 2021, ‘Don’t Play With It’ a gritty, sharp and boisterous track featuring fellow Brooklyn rapper Billy B took off on TikTok when more than 600,000 users lifted the line “I carry bitches like I’m preggo (Pop-pop-pop-pop)” to soundtrack their videos. The song pushed Brooke onto the world stage, spun a remix featuring fellow female emcees Yung Miami and Latto and even got her on the lineup for Rolling Loud New York City’s festival. Amassing 100 million streams (and counting) is no small feat, but as the rapper told NME earlier this year: “Numbers don’t move me, hype doesn’t move me.”

So, what moves Brooke? “I want to have a big impact on people’s lives more than numbers,” she says. “When I first started doing music I did it because I was encouraged and inspired by other artists to tap into my feelings. That’s what keeps me going. The numbers are just the rewards.”

If her ultimate goal is to impact the community she grew up in, she’s well on her way to achieving it. “I’ve been getting random calls from back home saying, ‘You’re doing great, the hood is inspired’,” she says with a bright grin. “That alone makes me feel the impact.”

“I want to have a big impact on people’s lives”

Born Shyniece Thomas in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood of Brooklyn, Brooke’s birthplace is pivotal to who she is today. One aspect of New York’s underground scene that left an indelible mark on Brooke is its bustling drag community, whom she has been interacting with since a young age. “I’m a big fan of drag,” she says. “You don’t necessarily have to use your government name every day. [Drag artists] can have another name. You have different characters that you could be and you’re not stuck in a box. Speaking to you right now, I just realised drag might have been the start of my alter-egos without even knowing.”

She adds: “The culture in New York inspires me a lot. When I open up my mouth, everybody knows where I’m from. I couldn’t hide it if I wanted to.”

Credit: Sam Keeler for NME

With her recently-released debut project, ‘Dennis Daughter’, Brooke allows listeners to see the full picture of where she came from. “I want them to understand me as Shyniece, as well as Lola Brooke,” she says. “I wanted them to know that the reason I am Lola Brooke is because of what I’ve gone through. This is what encouraged me to tell my story.”

That story involves being raised solely by her mother as her late father, Dennis, struggled with substance abuse issues. “I was lonely,” she says of her tumultuous upbringing. “I didn’t have anyone to speak to because my mom was working so hard. So I found a way to express myself, whether it was for me or a family member or a friend, whoever.” At first, Brooke wrote down her feelings in diaries, getting comfortable with her pen before she was able to articulate those feelings to the world. “Now I go to the booth and lay it down vocally,” she says. “I’m saying it out loud.”

“This success wasn’t a mistake. I didn’t get lucky”

‘Dennis Daughter’ opens with ‘Intro (2023 Flow)’, a brisk track that sees Brooke paying tribute to her father, rapping “When I needed love from my pops, they imprisoned him / Would of been fucked if I didn’t grow as Dennis kid (I can’t imagine)” over tense piano keys. The track continues to unpack Brooke’s past as she talks about escaping poverty. But her penchant for bravado is still mixed in with her vulnerability: “But this time around, I hold that shit down”, she spits. “None of my opps could terrorise the town.”

Brooke’s assertive streak continues with ‘I Am Lola’, on which she reminds listeners that she’s ”Been that bitch / And I’m still that bitch.” As she explains: “‘I Am Lola’ is very important because it was me telling everyone that I’m the one,” she says. “This [success] wasn’t a mistake. I didn’t get lucky. I’m blessed for sure but I’ve been doing this for a long time – this was my destiny.”

Credit: Sam Keeler for NME

Elsewhere on ‘Dennis Daughter’, Brooke teams up with French Montana on the rapid-paced club track ‘Pit Stop’, and Bryson Tiller on ‘You’. Coi Leray and Nija, meanwhile, both assist Brooke on ‘Don’t Get Me Started’. The aforementioned ‘Don’t Play With It’ remix also appears on the project, but don’t get it twisted: ‘Dennis Daughter’ is all about Brooke, she reaffirms.

“The project is more of a continuation of my story than an introduction,” she says. “Whoever catches on, they catch on. Any body of work I put out is always gonna feel like album quality but this right here is a big deal for me. It’s my first baby.” Brooke, however, is already thinking about what she wants to release next. “I got this chapter down,” she says. “Now I’m like, ‘What else do I need to work on within myself? What else do I want?’ Then I head back into the studio with that in mind.”

‘Dennis Daughter’ may contain Brooke’s most revealing verses to date, but when NME asks if there’s anything else she wants people to know about her, she adds one more thing. “I’m very tapped into my emotions. I’m not just the girl from Brooklyn that’s ready to stomp somebody out with her boots,” she says, laughing. “Sometimes, I just want a kiss on my forehead.”

Lola Brooke’s EP ‘Dennis Daughter’ is out now via Arista Records

Listen to Lola Brooke’s exclusive playlist to accompany The Cover below on Spotify and here on Apple Music

Writer: Erica Campbell
Photography: Sam Keeler
Styling: Naya Ashley
MUA: Niasia Boyd
Label: Arista Records

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Ludacris Performs “Move B***h” While Descending from the Roof of Atlanta Falcons’ Stadium

The Atlanta native quite literally rappelled from the roof of Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Ludacris Performs “Move B***h” While Descending from the Roof of Atlanta Falcons’ Stadium
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Ludacris delivered a high-flying performance of “Move B***h” during the New Orleans Saints’ NFL game against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. The Atlanta native quite literally rappelled from the roof of Mercedes-Benz Stadium as he spit bars from the 2001 rap anthem. He later shared an up-close video of his…

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Ludacris Performs “Move B***h” While Descending from the Roof of Atlanta Falcons’ Stadium

The Atlanta native quite literally rappelled from the roof of Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Ludacris Performs “Move B***h” While Descending from the Roof of Atlanta Falcons’ Stadium
Scoop Harrison

Consequence

Ludacris delivered a high-flying performance of “Move B***h” during the New Orleans Saints’ NFL game against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. The Atlanta native quite literally rappelled from the roof of Mercedes-Benz Stadium as he spit bars from the 2001 rap anthem. He later shared an up-close video of his…

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