H.E.R. Archives - Hot Pop Today Hot Pop Today Thu, 28 Dec 2023 07:16:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Usher & H.E.R. Drop Music Video for “Risk It All” https://hotpoptoday.com/usher-h-e-r-drop-music-video-for-risk-it-all/ Thu, 28 Dec 2023 06:14:00 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=12579 The Color Purple is taking the world by storm right now and the same can be said about its star-studded soundtrack! Usher and H.E.R. joined forces for “Risk It All”, one of the songs featured on the album inspired by this musical, and they finally shared a music video for this track. According to the […]

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]]> The Color Purple is taking the world by storm right now and the same can be said about its star-studded soundtrack! Usher and H.E.R. joined forces for “Risk It All”, one of the songs featured on the album inspired by this musical, and they finally shared a music video for this track.

According to the duo’s official press release, this song “brings together these two award-winning superstars for a special collaboration that encapsulates the raw emotion and enduring strength of The Color Purple’s film’s narratives: risk, love, and liberation.”

Usher and H.E.R. wanted to create a hymn of resilience and courage with “Risk It All”, and they certainly succeeded. They joined forces for a sensual choreography set to this somber ballad in the music video helmed by the award-winning director Dave Myers.

“Risk It All” wasn’t released as a part of the original The Color Purple soundtrack, but a separate album featuring music inspired by this film. In addition to Usher and H.E.R., who plays one of the supporting roles in the film, this album also features contributions from Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Megan Thee Stallion, Jennifer Hudson, Keyshia Cole, Ludmilla, Jorja Smith, Coco Jones, and Missy Elliott.

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]]> Best New Songs of the Week https://hotpoptoday.com/best-new-songs-of-the-week-187/ Sun, 10 Dec 2023 06:23:00 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=12419 After several slow weeks for new music releases, the world’s leading artists came into December with guns blazing! From Nicki Minaj and Tate McRae to Tems and Griff, our favorite artists have given us musical gold this Friday and made their way to our list of the best songs of the week. Nicki Minaj’s long-awaited […]

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]]> After several slow weeks for new music releases, the world’s leading artists came into December with guns blazing! From Nicki Minaj and Tate McRae to Tems and Griff, our favorite artists have given us musical gold this Friday and made their way to our list of the best songs of the week.

Nicki Minaj’s long-awaited album Pink Friday 2 finally hit the shelves this week, and it was worth the wait! This album has given us countless epic songs, but “Pink Friday Girls”, which samples Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, is definitely one of the standouts.

Tate McRae also knocked it out of the park with her sophomore album “Think Later”. The Canadian singer is living up to the title of the next pop princess, and “Run for the Hills” is one of the best songs that her second studio album has in store.

This week has also been amazing for fans of R&B, with Griff’s “Astronaut”, Tems’s “Not An Angel”, and “Risk It All” by Usher and H.E.R. from The Color Purple making it to our list.

New songs by Alec Benjamin, Green Day, Fletcher, Peso Pluma, and Anitta also made the cut, so stick around to hear them out!

Tate McRae: “Run for the Hills”

Tems: “Not An Angel”

Nicki Minaj: “Pink Friday Girls”

Alec Benjamin: “I Sent My Therapist To Therapy”

Green Day: “Dilemma”

Griff: “Astronaut”

USHER & H.E.R.: “Risk It All”

Fletcher: “Eras Of Us”

Pharrell Williams, Swae Lee, Rauw Alejandro: “Airplane Tickets”

Peso Pluma, Anitta: “BELLAKEO”

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]]> Best New Songs of the Week https://hotpoptoday.com/best-new-songs-of-the-week-160/ Sun, 21 May 2023 06:35:00 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=11676 From chart-topping bangers to underground sensations, our list of the best songs of the week always has it all. We had a more challenging time than ever narrowing down our choices this week after everyone from Bad Bunny and Lana Del Rey to Beyoncé and Summer Walker gave us fresh new tracks. This week marked […]

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]]> From chart-topping bangers to underground sensations, our list of the best songs of the week always has it all. We had a more challenging time than ever narrowing down our choices this week after everyone from Bad Bunny and Lana Del Rey to Beyoncé and Summer Walker gave us fresh new tracks.

This week marked the release of several highly-anticipated albums, and we made sure to include their best tracks on our list. Summer Walker rocked our world with Clear 2: Soft Life, while Kesha surprised us with some of her most personal and raw songs to date on Gag Order.

Beyoncé is currently in the middle of her headline-making Renaissance tour, but that didn’t stop her from dropping the remix of “America Has a Problem” with Kendrick Lamar.

We’ve also seen several artists tase their new albums by dropping brand-new songs, including Post Malone, Foo Fighters, and Blur. They all announced new LPs in the past few weeks and gave us a taste of things to come with new singles.

Several surprise releases also made it to our list, ranging from Bad Bunny’s “Where She Goes” to Lana Del Rey’s “Say Yes To Heaven”, so make sure to add them to your playlist!

Blur – “The Narcissist”

Summer Walker – “Pull Up”

Conan Gray – “Never Ending Song”

Kesha – “Only Love Can Save Us Now”

Lana Del Rey – “Say Yes To Heaven”

Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – “America Has a Problem”

Bad Bunny – “Where She Goes”

Post Malone – “Mourning”

Foo Fighters – “Under You”

H.E.R. – “The Journey”

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]]> H.E.R. Wins the Oscar for the Best Original Song with “Fight for You” https://hotpoptoday.com/h-e-r-wins-the-oscar-for-the-best-original-song-with-fight-for-you/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 06:20:18 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=10741 This year’s Oscars brought several historic and unexpected wins our way, but one of them was well-deserved and pretty easy to predict. H.E.R. walked away with the Academy Award for the best original song with “Fight for You” from Judas and the Black Messiah. H.E.R. shared her award with the producer D’Mile and songwriter Tiara […]

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]]> This year’s Oscars brought several historic and unexpected wins our way, but one of them was well-deserved and pretty easy to predict. H.E.R. walked away with the Academy Award for the best original song with “Fight for You” from Judas and the Black Messiah.

H.E.R. shared her award with the producer D’Mile and songwriter Tiara Thomas, who wrote the music and lyrics for this track by her side, and delivered a powerful message during her speech.

“Musicians and filmmakers, I believe we have the opportunity to tell the truth and write the history the way it was. Knowledge is power, music is power and as long as I’m standing, I’m going to fight for us,” said H.E.R. at the Oscars.

The list of songs in the running for this award also included “Hear My Voice” from The Trial of the Chicago 7, “Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, “Io sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead, and “Speak Now” from One Night in Miami. The performances of the original song nominees aired during the ceremony’s pre-show, Oscars: Into the Spotlight.

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]]> H.E.R., Diane Warren & More Score Oscar Nods for Best Original Song https://hotpoptoday.com/h-e-r-diane-warren-more-score-oscar-nods-for-best-original-song/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:17:30 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=10554 After months of anticipation, the Academy Awards nominations are finally in, and movie buffs are not the only ones excited about them. The best original song category features a couple of worthy contenders, and H.E.R. and Diane Warren are among the artists who made the cut. H.E.R. is sharing her nomination with D’Mile and Tiara […]

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]]> After months of anticipation, the Academy Awards nominations are finally in, and movie buffs are not the only ones excited about them. The best original song category features a couple of worthy contenders, and H.E.R. and Diane Warren are among the artists who made the cut.

H.E.R. is sharing her nomination with D’Mile and Tiara Thomas for her work on the song “Fight for You” from Judas and the Black Messiah. Diane Warren is in the running with “Io sì (Seen)” from the Italian drama The Life Ahead alongside Laura Pausini. This track is currently the frontrunner after dominating that same category at the Golden Globes.

The list of contenders for the best original song also includes “Husavik” from the Netflix rom-com Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, “Speak Now” from Regina King’s directorial debut One Night in Miami, and “Hear My Voice” from the historical drama The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are leading the way in the best score category. They received their first nomination for the work on David Fincher’s Mank and shared their second for Soul with Jon Batiste. Terence Blanchard (Da 5 Bloods), Emile Mosseri (Minari), and James Newton Howard (News of the World) are also in the running.

The 93rd Academy Awards are scheduled to take place on April 25th at both the Dolby Theatre and Union Station in Los Angeles.

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]]> 2021 Grammy Awards: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish Lead the Way https://hotpoptoday.com/2021-grammy-awards-beyonce-taylor-swift-billie-eilish-lead-the-way/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:50:49 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=10548 Another Grammy ceremony is behind us and what makes it special is the absolute domination of our favorite female artists. Beyoncé topped the list of winners with four trophies, while Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish collected the awards for album of the year and record of the year, respectively. In addition to scoring victories in […]

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]]> Another Grammy ceremony is behind us and what makes it special is the absolute domination of our favorite female artists. Beyoncé topped the list of winners with four trophies, while Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish collected the awards for album of the year and record of the year, respectively.

In addition to scoring victories in four separate categories, Beyoncé brought her career total of Grammy wins to 28. This makes her the most rewarded woman in the history of the Grammys, and she’s also tied with Quincy Jones as the artist with the second-most wins.

Swift’s win in the album of the year with Folklore was also historic because it marks the third time she’s won this award. Eilish’s victory with “Everything I Wanted” was pretty impressive, as well, since this marks the second consecutive time that she won the record of the year award.

Megan Thee Stallion was also one of the major winners of the night, with a total of three trophies, including the best new artist. H.E.R. managed to beat the likes of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift in the song of the year category and was crowned as the winner with “I Can’t Breath”.

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 14th, with Trevor Noah serving as the host.

Full List of 2021 Grammy Awards Winners:

Album of the Year
Folklore
Taylor Swift

Song of the Year
I Can’t Breathe
Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)

Record of the Year
Everything I Wanted
Billie Eilish

Best New Artist
Megan Thee Stallion

Best R&B Performance
Black Parade
Beyoncé

Best Pop Vocal Album
Future Nostalgia
Dua Lipa

Best Rap Song
Savage
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé

Best Pop Solo Performance
Watermelon Sugar
Harry Styles

Best Country Album
Wildcard
Miranda Lambert

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical​
Andrew Watt
• Break My Heart (Dua Lipa) (T)
• Me And My Guitar (A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie) (T)
• Midnight Sky (Miley Cyrus) (S)
• Old Me (5 Seconds Of Summer) (T)
• Ordinary Man (Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Elton John) (T)
• Take What You Want (Post Malone Featuring Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott) (T)
• Under The Graveyard (Ozzy Osbourne) (T)

Best Country Song
Crowded Table
Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
10,000 Hours
Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber

Best Country Solo Performance
When My Amy Prays
Vince Gill

Best Rock Album
The New Abnormal
The Strokes

Best Rock Song
Stay High
Brittany Howard

Best Metal Performance
Bum Rush
Body Count

Best Rock Performance
Shameika
Fiona Apple

Best Rap Album
King’s Disease
Nas

Best Rap Performance
Savage
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé

Best Melodic Rap Performance
Lockdown
Anderson .Paak

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
American Standard
James Taylor

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Rain on Me
Lady Gaga ft. Ariana Grande

Best R&B Album
Bigger Love
John Legend

Best Progressive R&B Album
It Is What It Is
Thundercat

Best R&B Song
Better Than I Imagined
Robert Glasper ft. H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Anything for You
Ledisi

Best Latin Jazz Album
Four Questions
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album|
Data Lords
Maria Schneider Orchestra

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy 2
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Secrets Are the Best Stories
Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
All Blues
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Trilogy 2 (Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade)

Best Alternative Music Album
Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple

Best Musical Theater Album
Jagged Little Pill
Glen Ballard, composer; Alanis Morissette, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Comedy Album
Black LMitzvah
Tiffany Haddish

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
Rachel Maddow

Best Children’s Music Album
All the Ladies
Joanie Leeds

Best Global Music Album
Twice as Tall
Burna Boy

Best Reggae Album
Got to Be Tough
Toots & The Maytals

Best Regional Roots Music Album
Atmosphere
New Orleans Nightcrawlers

Best Folk Album
All the Good Times
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Best Contemporary Blues Album
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Fantastic Negrito

Best Traditional Blues Album
Rawer Than Raw
Bobby Rush

Best Bluegrass Album
Home
Billy Strings

Best Americana Album
World on the Ground
Sarah Jarosz

Best American Roots Song
I Remember Everything
John Prine

Best American Roots Performance
I Remember Everything
John Prine

Best Song Written For Visual Media
No Time to Die [From No Time to Die]
Billie Eilish

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Joker
Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Jojo Rabbit
(Various Artists)
Taika Waititi, compilation producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Rouse Symphony No. 5
Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

Best Classical Compendium
Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke
Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
|Smyth: The Prison
Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Contemporary Voices
Pacifica Quartet

Best Choral Performance
Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshuah
JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)

Best Opera Recording
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
David Robertson, conductor; Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Orchestral Performance
Ives: Complete Symphonies
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Best Tropical Latin Album
40
Grupo Niche

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto por México, Vol. 1
Natalia Lafourcade

Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
YHLQMDLG — Bad Bunny

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
La Conquista del Espacio
Fito Paez

Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
• Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9 (Jonathan Biss)
• Gershwin: Porgy And Bess (David Robertson, Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Gluck: Orphée & Eurydice (Harry Bicket, Dmitry Korchak, Andriana Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer, Lyric Opera Of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus)
• Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
• Muhly: Marnie (Robert Spano, Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, Denyce Graves, Iestyn Davies, Janis Kelly, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 845, D. 894, D. 958, D. 960 (Shai Wosner)
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’ (Riccardo Muti, Alexey Tikhomirov, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12, ‘Babi Yar’
David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Best Remixed Recording
Roses (Imanbek Remix)
Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Hyperspace
Drew Brown, Julian Burg, Andrew Coleman, Paul Epworth, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Jaycen Joshua, Greg Kurstin, Mike Larson, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco & Matt Wiggins, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)

Best Historical Album
It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers
Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)

Best Album Notes
Dead Man’s Pop
Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Ode to Joy
Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)

Best Recording Package
Vols. 11 & 12
Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)

Best Roots Gospel Album
Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)
Fisk Jubilee Singers

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Jesus Is King
Kanye West

Best Gospel Album
Gospel According to PJ
PJ Morton

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
There Was Jesus
Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters

Best Gospel Performance/Song
Movin’ On
Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters

Best New Age Album
More Guitar Stories
Jim “Kimo” West

Best Music Film
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Linda Ronstadt
Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, video directors; Michele Farinola & James Keach, video producers

Best Music Video
Brown Skin Girl
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & WizKid

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
He Won’t Hold You
Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Donna Lee
John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)

Best Instrumental Composition
Sputnik
Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Snarky Puppy

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Bubba
Kaytranada

Best Dance Recording
10%
Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis
Kaytranada, producer; Neal H. Pogue, mixer

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]]> Here’s the Full List of Winners at the 2020 Soul Train Awards https://hotpoptoday.com/heres-the-full-list-of-winners-at-the-2020-soul-train-awards/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 07:15:01 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=10066 The Soul Train Awards celebrated the best achievements in soul, R&B, and hip-hop this past weekend. Chris Brown was one of the most nominated artists at this year’s ceremony, and he leads the pack of winners with a total of four awards. Chris Brown was named as the best R&B/soul male artist, and he owes […]

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]]> The Soul Train Awards celebrated the best achievements in soul, R&B, and hip-hop this past weekend. Chris Brown was one of the most nominated artists at this year’s ceremony, and he leads the pack of winners with a total of four awards.

Chris Brown was named as the best R&B/soul male artist, and he owes the rest of his awards to the Young Thug collaboration “Go Crazy”. In addition to winning the song of the year award, this tune was named as the best collaboration performance and best dance performance.

H.E.R. was also one of the major winners and picked up two of the eight awards she was nominated for. She was named the best R&B/soul female artist, and also received a songwriter’s award for her powerful single “I Can’t Breathe”.

The award for the album of the year went to Summer Walker’s Over It. The list of major winners also includes Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion. The Soul Train Awards took place on November 29th, with Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold hosting the ceremony.

Full List of Winners at the 2020 Soul Train Awards:

Best New Artist

Snoh Aalegra

Soul Train Certified Award

Brandy

Best R&B/Soul Male Artist 

Chris Brown

Best R&B/Soul Female Artist

H.E.R.

Video of the Year

Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, Saint Jhn & Wizkid “Brown Skin Girl”

Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

Kirk Franklin

Album of the Year

Summer Walker “Over It”

Rhythm & Bars Award

Megan Thee Stallion “Savage”

Song of the Year

Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”

The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award

“I Can’t Breathe,” Written by H.E.R.

Best Dance Performance

Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”
Best Collaboration Performance

Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”

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]]> Skip Marley and H.E.R. Drop Music Video for “Slow Down” https://hotpoptoday.com/skip-marley-and-h-e-r-drop-music-video-for-slow-down/ Wed, 08 Jan 2020 06:08:26 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=8783 H.E.R. is adding another name to the list of amazing artists she collaborated with – the Jamaican singer Skip Marley who joined her in the music video for their new track “Slow Down.” The Lacey Duke-directed video sees the duo catching each other’s eye at a small café in New York City, meeting again at […]

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]]> H.E.R. is adding another name to the list of amazing artists she collaborated with – the Jamaican singer Skip Marley who joined her in the music video for their new track “Slow Down.”

The Lacey Duke-directed video sees the duo catching each other’s eye at a small café in New York City, meeting again at a crowded party and taking a subway ride after dancing together all night long.

If you think Skip’s last name sounds familiar, it’s not a coincidence, since he happens to be the grandson of the reggae legend Bob Marley. His star is still on the rise, and he collaborated with several major artists – including Katy Perry and Major Lazer – before joining forces with H.E.R.

Marley and H.E.R. performed “Slow Down” for the first time back in October, before teaming up again to film the music video, and he always saw the “Could’ve Been” singer as the perfect collaborator for this track.

“When I made the song, I was looking and wondering who could be a feature and then I thought of H.E.R. because I love her vibe and her energy really. As soon as I heard the [completed] track I was in love. I just grateful that she jumped on the track with me, it means a lot,” Marley told Vibe Magazine.

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]]> H.E.R. Reveals What We Can Expect From Her Next Studio Album https://hotpoptoday.com/h-e-r-reveals-what-we-can-expect-from-her-next-studio-album/ Fri, 03 Jan 2020 06:09:57 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=8726 It’s only been a few months since Gabriella Wilson, aka H.E.R., dropped her latest album I Used to Know Her, but she already has a clear vision of its follow-up. The rising star recently discussed her future plans with Rolling Stone, and explained that she wants her next album to have more chord changes and […]

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]]> It’s only been a few months since Gabriella Wilson, aka H.E.R., dropped her latest album I Used to Know Her, but she already has a clear vision of its follow-up.

The rising star recently discussed her future plans with Rolling Stone, and explained that she wants her next album to have more chord changes and live instruments.   

“In general, I definitely want to hear more records with chord changes and more people taking pride in the quality of the sound rather than just taking a loop and putting a beat under it,” H.E.R. told the magazine.

She also named Quincy Jones and Rodney Jerkins as artists who perfectly embrace this approach, because “they were looking for that feeling, as opposed to looking for that hit.”

Wilson also took a moment to discuss how her parents influenced her musical taste while she was growing up. Her mom was a huge fan of Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige, while her dad had a band that covered hits from Prince, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.

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]]> H.E.R. Takes a Walk Down Memory Lane in New Music Video https://hotpoptoday.com/h-e-r-21-music-video/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 06:16:02 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=6802 Turning 21 feels like a rite of passage for most individuals who reach this age, and Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. is no different. She celebrated her milestone year with a reflective music video for her new song “21”. The young singer’s latest visual features a series of clips from her 21st birthday party, life on the […]

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]]> Turning 21 feels like a rite of passage for most individuals who reach this age, and Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. is no different. She celebrated her milestone year with a reflective music video for her new song “21”.

The young singer’s latest visual features a series of clips from her 21st birthday party, life on the road and other important moments that marked her year. She went through a lot over the course of the last 12 months, and this video was her way of celebrating all of her accomplishments.

“I wrote this song when I turned 21. It was one of the best years of my life! I’m experiencing all the things I prayed for as a kid and more. The scary part is, it’s just the beginning,” said H.E.R. in a statement.

H.E.R. cemented her status as one of R&B’s most promising rising stars in the last few months. She received nominations for various prestigious accolades, including five Grammys – and managed to walk away with two of them.

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> H.E.R. Archives - Hot Pop Today Hot Pop Today Thu, 28 Dec 2023 07:16:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Usher & H.E.R. Drop Music Video for “Risk It All” https://hotpoptoday.com/usher-h-e-r-drop-music-video-for-risk-it-all/ Thu, 28 Dec 2023 06:14:00 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=12579 The Color Purple is taking the world by storm right now and the same can be said about its star-studded soundtrack! Usher and H.E.R. joined forces for “Risk It All”, one of the songs featured on the album inspired by this musical, and they finally shared a music video for this track. According to the […]

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]]> The Color Purple is taking the world by storm right now and the same can be said about its star-studded soundtrack! Usher and H.E.R. joined forces for “Risk It All”, one of the songs featured on the album inspired by this musical, and they finally shared a music video for this track.

According to the duo’s official press release, this song “brings together these two award-winning superstars for a special collaboration that encapsulates the raw emotion and enduring strength of The Color Purple’s film’s narratives: risk, love, and liberation.”

Usher and H.E.R. wanted to create a hymn of resilience and courage with “Risk It All”, and they certainly succeeded. They joined forces for a sensual choreography set to this somber ballad in the music video helmed by the award-winning director Dave Myers.

“Risk It All” wasn’t released as a part of the original The Color Purple soundtrack, but a separate album featuring music inspired by this film. In addition to Usher and H.E.R., who plays one of the supporting roles in the film, this album also features contributions from Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Megan Thee Stallion, Jennifer Hudson, Keyshia Cole, Ludmilla, Jorja Smith, Coco Jones, and Missy Elliott.

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]]> Best New Songs of the Week https://hotpoptoday.com/best-new-songs-of-the-week-187/ Sun, 10 Dec 2023 06:23:00 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=12419 After several slow weeks for new music releases, the world’s leading artists came into December with guns blazing! From Nicki Minaj and Tate McRae to Tems and Griff, our favorite artists have given us musical gold this Friday and made their way to our list of the best songs of the week. Nicki Minaj’s long-awaited […]

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]]> After several slow weeks for new music releases, the world’s leading artists came into December with guns blazing! From Nicki Minaj and Tate McRae to Tems and Griff, our favorite artists have given us musical gold this Friday and made their way to our list of the best songs of the week.

Nicki Minaj’s long-awaited album Pink Friday 2 finally hit the shelves this week, and it was worth the wait! This album has given us countless epic songs, but “Pink Friday Girls”, which samples Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, is definitely one of the standouts.

Tate McRae also knocked it out of the park with her sophomore album “Think Later”. The Canadian singer is living up to the title of the next pop princess, and “Run for the Hills” is one of the best songs that her second studio album has in store.

This week has also been amazing for fans of R&B, with Griff’s “Astronaut”, Tems’s “Not An Angel”, and “Risk It All” by Usher and H.E.R. from The Color Purple making it to our list.

New songs by Alec Benjamin, Green Day, Fletcher, Peso Pluma, and Anitta also made the cut, so stick around to hear them out!

Tate McRae: “Run for the Hills”

Tems: “Not An Angel”

Nicki Minaj: “Pink Friday Girls”

Alec Benjamin: “I Sent My Therapist To Therapy”

Green Day: “Dilemma”

Griff: “Astronaut”

USHER & H.E.R.: “Risk It All”

Fletcher: “Eras Of Us”

Pharrell Williams, Swae Lee, Rauw Alejandro: “Airplane Tickets”

Peso Pluma, Anitta: “BELLAKEO”

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]]> Best New Songs of the Week https://hotpoptoday.com/best-new-songs-of-the-week-160/ Sun, 21 May 2023 06:35:00 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=11676 From chart-topping bangers to underground sensations, our list of the best songs of the week always has it all. We had a more challenging time than ever narrowing down our choices this week after everyone from Bad Bunny and Lana Del Rey to Beyoncé and Summer Walker gave us fresh new tracks. This week marked […]

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]]> From chart-topping bangers to underground sensations, our list of the best songs of the week always has it all. We had a more challenging time than ever narrowing down our choices this week after everyone from Bad Bunny and Lana Del Rey to Beyoncé and Summer Walker gave us fresh new tracks.

This week marked the release of several highly-anticipated albums, and we made sure to include their best tracks on our list. Summer Walker rocked our world with Clear 2: Soft Life, while Kesha surprised us with some of her most personal and raw songs to date on Gag Order.

Beyoncé is currently in the middle of her headline-making Renaissance tour, but that didn’t stop her from dropping the remix of “America Has a Problem” with Kendrick Lamar.

We’ve also seen several artists tase their new albums by dropping brand-new songs, including Post Malone, Foo Fighters, and Blur. They all announced new LPs in the past few weeks and gave us a taste of things to come with new singles.

Several surprise releases also made it to our list, ranging from Bad Bunny’s “Where She Goes” to Lana Del Rey’s “Say Yes To Heaven”, so make sure to add them to your playlist!

Blur – “The Narcissist”

Summer Walker – “Pull Up”

Conan Gray – “Never Ending Song”

Kesha – “Only Love Can Save Us Now”

Lana Del Rey – “Say Yes To Heaven”

Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar – “America Has a Problem”

Bad Bunny – “Where She Goes”

Post Malone – “Mourning”

Foo Fighters – “Under You”

H.E.R. – “The Journey”

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]]> H.E.R. Wins the Oscar for the Best Original Song with “Fight for You” https://hotpoptoday.com/h-e-r-wins-the-oscar-for-the-best-original-song-with-fight-for-you/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 06:20:18 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=10741 This year’s Oscars brought several historic and unexpected wins our way, but one of them was well-deserved and pretty easy to predict. H.E.R. walked away with the Academy Award for the best original song with “Fight for You” from Judas and the Black Messiah. H.E.R. shared her award with the producer D’Mile and songwriter Tiara […]

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]]> This year’s Oscars brought several historic and unexpected wins our way, but one of them was well-deserved and pretty easy to predict. H.E.R. walked away with the Academy Award for the best original song with “Fight for You” from Judas and the Black Messiah.

H.E.R. shared her award with the producer D’Mile and songwriter Tiara Thomas, who wrote the music and lyrics for this track by her side, and delivered a powerful message during her speech.

“Musicians and filmmakers, I believe we have the opportunity to tell the truth and write the history the way it was. Knowledge is power, music is power and as long as I’m standing, I’m going to fight for us,” said H.E.R. at the Oscars.

The list of songs in the running for this award also included “Hear My Voice” from The Trial of the Chicago 7, “Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, “Io sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead, and “Speak Now” from One Night in Miami. The performances of the original song nominees aired during the ceremony’s pre-show, Oscars: Into the Spotlight.

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]]> H.E.R., Diane Warren & More Score Oscar Nods for Best Original Song https://hotpoptoday.com/h-e-r-diane-warren-more-score-oscar-nods-for-best-original-song/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:17:30 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=10554 After months of anticipation, the Academy Awards nominations are finally in, and movie buffs are not the only ones excited about them. The best original song category features a couple of worthy contenders, and H.E.R. and Diane Warren are among the artists who made the cut. H.E.R. is sharing her nomination with D’Mile and Tiara […]

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]]> After months of anticipation, the Academy Awards nominations are finally in, and movie buffs are not the only ones excited about them. The best original song category features a couple of worthy contenders, and H.E.R. and Diane Warren are among the artists who made the cut.

H.E.R. is sharing her nomination with D’Mile and Tiara Thomas for her work on the song “Fight for You” from Judas and the Black Messiah. Diane Warren is in the running with “Io sì (Seen)” from the Italian drama The Life Ahead alongside Laura Pausini. This track is currently the frontrunner after dominating that same category at the Golden Globes.

The list of contenders for the best original song also includes “Husavik” from the Netflix rom-com Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, “Speak Now” from Regina King’s directorial debut One Night in Miami, and “Hear My Voice” from the historical drama The Trial of the Chicago 7.

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are leading the way in the best score category. They received their first nomination for the work on David Fincher’s Mank and shared their second for Soul with Jon Batiste. Terence Blanchard (Da 5 Bloods), Emile Mosseri (Minari), and James Newton Howard (News of the World) are also in the running.

The 93rd Academy Awards are scheduled to take place on April 25th at both the Dolby Theatre and Union Station in Los Angeles.

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]]> 2021 Grammy Awards: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish Lead the Way https://hotpoptoday.com/2021-grammy-awards-beyonce-taylor-swift-billie-eilish-lead-the-way/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:50:49 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=10548 Another Grammy ceremony is behind us and what makes it special is the absolute domination of our favorite female artists. Beyoncé topped the list of winners with four trophies, while Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish collected the awards for album of the year and record of the year, respectively. In addition to scoring victories in […]

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]]> Another Grammy ceremony is behind us and what makes it special is the absolute domination of our favorite female artists. Beyoncé topped the list of winners with four trophies, while Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish collected the awards for album of the year and record of the year, respectively.

In addition to scoring victories in four separate categories, Beyoncé brought her career total of Grammy wins to 28. This makes her the most rewarded woman in the history of the Grammys, and she’s also tied with Quincy Jones as the artist with the second-most wins.

Swift’s win in the album of the year with Folklore was also historic because it marks the third time she’s won this award. Eilish’s victory with “Everything I Wanted” was pretty impressive, as well, since this marks the second consecutive time that she won the record of the year award.

Megan Thee Stallion was also one of the major winners of the night, with a total of three trophies, including the best new artist. H.E.R. managed to beat the likes of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift in the song of the year category and was crowned as the winner with “I Can’t Breath”.

The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 14th, with Trevor Noah serving as the host.

Full List of 2021 Grammy Awards Winners:

Album of the Year
Folklore
Taylor Swift

Song of the Year
I Can’t Breathe
Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)

Record of the Year
Everything I Wanted
Billie Eilish

Best New Artist
Megan Thee Stallion

Best R&B Performance
Black Parade
Beyoncé

Best Pop Vocal Album
Future Nostalgia
Dua Lipa

Best Rap Song
Savage
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé

Best Pop Solo Performance
Watermelon Sugar
Harry Styles

Best Country Album
Wildcard
Miranda Lambert

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical​
Andrew Watt
• Break My Heart (Dua Lipa) (T)
• Me And My Guitar (A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie) (T)
• Midnight Sky (Miley Cyrus) (S)
• Old Me (5 Seconds Of Summer) (T)
• Ordinary Man (Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Elton John) (T)
• Take What You Want (Post Malone Featuring Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott) (T)
• Under The Graveyard (Ozzy Osbourne) (T)

Best Country Song
Crowded Table
Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby & Lori McKenna, songwriters (The Highwomen)

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
10,000 Hours
Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber

Best Country Solo Performance
When My Amy Prays
Vince Gill

Best Rock Album
The New Abnormal
The Strokes

Best Rock Song
Stay High
Brittany Howard

Best Metal Performance
Bum Rush
Body Count

Best Rock Performance
Shameika
Fiona Apple

Best Rap Album
King’s Disease
Nas

Best Rap Performance
Savage
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé

Best Melodic Rap Performance
Lockdown
Anderson .Paak

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
American Standard
James Taylor

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Rain on Me
Lady Gaga ft. Ariana Grande

Best R&B Album
Bigger Love
John Legend

Best Progressive R&B Album
It Is What It Is
Thundercat

Best R&B Song
Better Than I Imagined
Robert Glasper ft. H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Anything for You
Ledisi

Best Latin Jazz Album
Four Questions
Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album|
Data Lords
Maria Schneider Orchestra

Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Trilogy 2
Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade

Best Jazz Vocal Album
Secrets Are the Best Stories
Kurt Elling Featuring Danilo Pérez

Best Improvised Jazz Solo
All Blues
Chick Corea, soloist
Track from: Trilogy 2 (Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade)

Best Alternative Music Album
Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple

Best Musical Theater Album
Jagged Little Pill
Glen Ballard, composer; Alanis Morissette, composer & lyricist (Original Broadway Cast)

Best Comedy Album
Black LMitzvah
Tiffany Haddish

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth
Rachel Maddow

Best Children’s Music Album
All the Ladies
Joanie Leeds

Best Global Music Album
Twice as Tall
Burna Boy

Best Reggae Album
Got to Be Tough
Toots & The Maytals

Best Regional Roots Music Album
Atmosphere
New Orleans Nightcrawlers

Best Folk Album
All the Good Times
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Best Contemporary Blues Album
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Fantastic Negrito

Best Traditional Blues Album
Rawer Than Raw
Bobby Rush

Best Bluegrass Album
Home
Billy Strings

Best Americana Album
World on the Ground
Sarah Jarosz

Best American Roots Song
I Remember Everything
John Prine

Best American Roots Performance
I Remember Everything
John Prine

Best Song Written For Visual Media
No Time to Die [From No Time to Die]
Billie Eilish

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Joker
Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media
Jojo Rabbit
(Various Artists)
Taika Waititi, compilation producer

Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Rouse Symphony No. 5
Christopher Rouse, composer (Giancarlo Guerrero & Nashville Symphony)

Best Classical Compendium
Thomas, M.T.: From The Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke
Isabel Leonard; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Jack Vad, producer

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
|Smyth: The Prison
Sarah Brailey & Dashon Burton; James Blachly, conductor (Experiential Chorus; Experiential Orchestra)

Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Theofanidis: Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Richard O’Neill; David Alan Miller, conductor (Albany Symphony)

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Contemporary Voices
Pacifica Quartet

Best Choral Performance
Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshuah
JoAnn Falletta, conductor; James K. Bass & Adam Luebke, chorus masters (James K. Bass, J’Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, Kenneth Overton, Hila Plitmann & Matthew Worth; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers)

Best Opera Recording
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
David Robertson, conductor; Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore & Eric Owens; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Best Orchestral Performance
Ives: Complete Symphonies
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Best Tropical Latin Album
40
Grupo Niche

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)
Un Canto por México, Vol. 1
Natalia Lafourcade

Best Latin Pop or Urban Album
YHLQMDLG — Bad Bunny

Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
La Conquista del Espacio
Fito Paez

Producer of the Year, Classical
David Frost
• Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 9 (Jonathan Biss)
• Gershwin: Porgy And Bess (David Robertson, Frederick Ballentine, Angel Blue, Denyce Graves, Latonia Moore, Eric Owens, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Gluck: Orphée & Eurydice (Harry Bicket, Dmitry Korchak, Andriana Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer, Lyric Opera Of Chicago Orchestra & Chorus)
• Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool (Michael Stern & Kansas City Symphony)
• Muhly: Marnie (Robert Spano, Isabel Leonard, Christopher Maltman, Denyce Graves, Iestyn Davies, Janis Kelly, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus)
• Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 845, D. 894, D. 958, D. 960 (Shai Wosner)
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’ (Riccardo Muti, Alexey Tikhomirov, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus)

Best Engineered Album, Classical
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12, ‘Babi Yar’
David Frost & Charlie Post, engineers; Silas Brown, mastering engineer (Riccardo Muti & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)

Best Remixed Recording
Roses (Imanbek Remix)
Imanbek Zeikenov, remixer (SAINt JHN)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Hyperspace
Drew Brown, Julian Burg, Andrew Coleman, Paul Epworth, Shawn Everett, Serban Ghenea, David Greenbaum, John Hanes, Beck Hansen, Jaycen Joshua, Greg Kurstin, Mike Larson, Cole M.G.N., Alex Pasco & Matt Wiggins, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Beck)

Best Historical Album
It’s Such a Good Feeling: The Best of Mister Rogers
Lee Lodyga & Cheryl Pawelski, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Mister Rogers)

Best Album Notes
Dead Man’s Pop
Bob Mehr, album notes writer (The Replacements)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package
Ode to Joy
Lawrence Azerrad & Jeff Tweedy, art directors (Wilco)

Best Recording Package
Vols. 11 & 12
Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, art directors (Desert Sessions)

Best Roots Gospel Album
Celebrating Fisk! (The 150th Anniversary Album)
Fisk Jubilee Singers

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
Jesus Is King
Kanye West

Best Gospel Album
Gospel According to PJ
PJ Morton

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
There Was Jesus
Zach Williams & Dolly Parton; Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith & Zach Williams, songwriters

Best Gospel Performance/Song
Movin’ On
Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music; Darryl L. Howell, Jonathan Caleb McReynolds, Kortney Jamaal Pollard & Terrell Demetrius Wilson, songwriters

Best New Age Album
More Guitar Stories
Jim “Kimo” West

Best Music Film
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Linda Ronstadt
Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, video directors; Michele Farinola & James Keach, video producers

Best Music Video
Brown Skin Girl
Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & WizKid

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
He Won’t Hold You
Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier Featuring Rapsody)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Donna Lee
John Beasley, arranger (John Beasley)

Best Instrumental Composition
Sputnik
Maria Schneider, composer (Maria Schneider)

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Snarky Puppy

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Bubba
Kaytranada

Best Dance Recording
10%
Kaytranada Featuring Kali Uchis
Kaytranada, producer; Neal H. Pogue, mixer

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]]> Here’s the Full List of Winners at the 2020 Soul Train Awards https://hotpoptoday.com/heres-the-full-list-of-winners-at-the-2020-soul-train-awards/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 07:15:01 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=10066 The Soul Train Awards celebrated the best achievements in soul, R&B, and hip-hop this past weekend. Chris Brown was one of the most nominated artists at this year’s ceremony, and he leads the pack of winners with a total of four awards. Chris Brown was named as the best R&B/soul male artist, and he owes […]

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]]> The Soul Train Awards celebrated the best achievements in soul, R&B, and hip-hop this past weekend. Chris Brown was one of the most nominated artists at this year’s ceremony, and he leads the pack of winners with a total of four awards.

Chris Brown was named as the best R&B/soul male artist, and he owes the rest of his awards to the Young Thug collaboration “Go Crazy”. In addition to winning the song of the year award, this tune was named as the best collaboration performance and best dance performance.

H.E.R. was also one of the major winners and picked up two of the eight awards she was nominated for. She was named the best R&B/soul female artist, and also received a songwriter’s award for her powerful single “I Can’t Breathe”.

The award for the album of the year went to Summer Walker’s Over It. The list of major winners also includes Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion. The Soul Train Awards took place on November 29th, with Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold hosting the ceremony.

Full List of Winners at the 2020 Soul Train Awards:

Best New Artist

Snoh Aalegra

Soul Train Certified Award

Brandy

Best R&B/Soul Male Artist 

Chris Brown

Best R&B/Soul Female Artist

H.E.R.

Video of the Year

Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, Saint Jhn & Wizkid “Brown Skin Girl”

Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

Kirk Franklin

Album of the Year

Summer Walker “Over It”

Rhythm & Bars Award

Megan Thee Stallion “Savage”

Song of the Year

Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”

The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award

“I Can’t Breathe,” Written by H.E.R.

Best Dance Performance

Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”
Best Collaboration Performance

Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy”

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]]> Skip Marley and H.E.R. Drop Music Video for “Slow Down” https://hotpoptoday.com/skip-marley-and-h-e-r-drop-music-video-for-slow-down/ Wed, 08 Jan 2020 06:08:26 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=8783 H.E.R. is adding another name to the list of amazing artists she collaborated with – the Jamaican singer Skip Marley who joined her in the music video for their new track “Slow Down.” The Lacey Duke-directed video sees the duo catching each other’s eye at a small café in New York City, meeting again at […]

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]]> H.E.R. is adding another name to the list of amazing artists she collaborated with – the Jamaican singer Skip Marley who joined her in the music video for their new track “Slow Down.”

The Lacey Duke-directed video sees the duo catching each other’s eye at a small café in New York City, meeting again at a crowded party and taking a subway ride after dancing together all night long.

If you think Skip’s last name sounds familiar, it’s not a coincidence, since he happens to be the grandson of the reggae legend Bob Marley. His star is still on the rise, and he collaborated with several major artists – including Katy Perry and Major Lazer – before joining forces with H.E.R.

Marley and H.E.R. performed “Slow Down” for the first time back in October, before teaming up again to film the music video, and he always saw the “Could’ve Been” singer as the perfect collaborator for this track.

“When I made the song, I was looking and wondering who could be a feature and then I thought of H.E.R. because I love her vibe and her energy really. As soon as I heard the [completed] track I was in love. I just grateful that she jumped on the track with me, it means a lot,” Marley told Vibe Magazine.

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]]> H.E.R. Reveals What We Can Expect From Her Next Studio Album https://hotpoptoday.com/h-e-r-reveals-what-we-can-expect-from-her-next-studio-album/ Fri, 03 Jan 2020 06:09:57 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=8726 It’s only been a few months since Gabriella Wilson, aka H.E.R., dropped her latest album I Used to Know Her, but she already has a clear vision of its follow-up. The rising star recently discussed her future plans with Rolling Stone, and explained that she wants her next album to have more chord changes and […]

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]]> It’s only been a few months since Gabriella Wilson, aka H.E.R., dropped her latest album I Used to Know Her, but she already has a clear vision of its follow-up.

The rising star recently discussed her future plans with Rolling Stone, and explained that she wants her next album to have more chord changes and live instruments.   

“In general, I definitely want to hear more records with chord changes and more people taking pride in the quality of the sound rather than just taking a loop and putting a beat under it,” H.E.R. told the magazine.

She also named Quincy Jones and Rodney Jerkins as artists who perfectly embrace this approach, because “they were looking for that feeling, as opposed to looking for that hit.”

Wilson also took a moment to discuss how her parents influenced her musical taste while she was growing up. Her mom was a huge fan of Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige, while her dad had a band that covered hits from Prince, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.

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]]> H.E.R. Takes a Walk Down Memory Lane in New Music Video https://hotpoptoday.com/h-e-r-21-music-video/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 06:16:02 +0000 https://hotpoptoday.com/?p=6802 Turning 21 feels like a rite of passage for most individuals who reach this age, and Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. is no different. She celebrated her milestone year with a reflective music video for her new song “21”. The young singer’s latest visual features a series of clips from her 21st birthday party, life on the […]

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]]> Turning 21 feels like a rite of passage for most individuals who reach this age, and Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. is no different. She celebrated her milestone year with a reflective music video for her new song “21”.

The young singer’s latest visual features a series of clips from her 21st birthday party, life on the road and other important moments that marked her year. She went through a lot over the course of the last 12 months, and this video was her way of celebrating all of her accomplishments.

“I wrote this song when I turned 21. It was one of the best years of my life! I’m experiencing all the things I prayed for as a kid and more. The scary part is, it’s just the beginning,” said H.E.R. in a statement.

H.E.R. cemented her status as one of R&B’s most promising rising stars in the last few months. She received nominations for various prestigious accolades, including five Grammys – and managed to walk away with two of them.

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