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Drake And Nicki Minaj Call For ‘Something New’ After The Grammys Failed To Nominate The Weeknd

Getty Image The ‘Certified Lover Boy’ rapper said it is time to ‘accept that what once was the highest form of recognition may no longer matter.’ …

The music world is still high on their disappointment with the Grammys after they did not nominate The Weeknd for their 2021 show. The snub left the music world, and the singer’s adoring fans especially, up in arms after The Weeknd ruled much of the year thanks to his After Hours album and the many highlights that came from it. The Weeknd shared a tweet hours after the nominations were revealed that called the award show “corrupt,” a claim The Recording Academy refuted. A day after The Weeknd’s tweet, Drake and Nicki Minaj took to Instagram to call for changes to occur while showing their support for the singer.

“I think we should stop allowing ourselves to be shocked every year by the disconnect between impactful music and these awards and just accept that what once was the highest form of recognition may no longer matter to the artists that exist now and the ones that come after,” Drake said the post to his Instagram story. “It’s like a relative you keep expecting to fix up but they just can’t change their ways. The other day I said @theweeknd was a lock for either album or song of the year along with countless other reasonable assumptions and it just never goes that way.” He added, “This is a great time for somebody to start something new that we can build up over time and pass on to the generations to come.”

Continuing his message in a second post, Drake mentioned Lil Baby, Pop Smoke, PartyNextDoor, and Popcaan as other names who he felt were wrongfully left off the nomination list for the 2021 Grammys. Nicki Minaj showed her support for The Weeknd by reposting Drake’s first message to her Instagram story. This comes after she re-expressed her frustration with losing the Best New Artist award to Bon Iver back at the 2012 Grammys.

You can check out Drake’s message in the tweet above.

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

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Aaron Fisher cranks the volume on emotion and energy for “Deliverance”

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Turn the volume up and hold on tight. Aaron Fisher’s new single “Deliverance” is a high-octane ride of raw energy, crisp guitar work, and an absolute chorus meant to be blasted from car windows and living room speakers alike.

“Deliverance” enters with an authoritative zap and delivers what listeners yearn for with a high-impact track that earns its landing. Fisher’s voice is most expressive when he hangs the notes in the chorus, allowing emotion to drip through every moment while the guitar hums and howls in perfect confluence. There’s something so deep and satisfying about how that sustained vocal line locks into place with the instrumentals. It’s one part built for live shows, blaring speakers, and cathartic singalongs.

However, the beauty of “Deliverance” is in its gratuitous fun. It’s solemn but never overly so. You can pump this one loud and still hear the freedom in it, a certain kind of song you’d score your victories to or lean on during long drives with only the open road and your thoughts. The chorus, in particular, is as catchy and anthemic as the kind of song you can’t stop humming for hours afterward.

There’s also a palpable chemistry between Fisher’s voice and the guitar. The elements flow as one, constructing a pulse with your head bobbing from start to end. The track beckons listeners to a feat that stands accomplished with this much ease on every song. In a world deep to its gills with background music and algorithm-fed noise, “Deliverance” carves through with intent. Aaron Fisher is making experiences. And here, with this track, he’s provided a reason to crank it up and return to it repeatedly.

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Orca turns heartache into choreography with ‘Dance’

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Orca releases his new single, “Dance,” and constructs a world where every feeling sways, spins, and stumbles like a couple trying to cling on just a little longer. The artist from Jerusalem once again shows that vision about perspective, and his is luxuriant, visceral, and animatedly cinematic.

Orca excels at folding vulnerability into smooth, R&B-influenced sound beds. For those who like T-Pain’s atmospheric production and moody pulse, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Chris Brown, and Jeremih should feel right at home. But what distinguishes “Dance” is its storytelling. This is a slow-motion relationship unraveling when love has a choreography and every step matters.

The metaphor of dance is so beautifully applied throughout. Orca depicts love as a fragile, delicate performance. Two people move in concert until one misstep breaks the whole rhythm. There’s nothing showy about the footwork here, only a casual, emotionally charged exchange in which those uncertain pauses and stumbles feel like heartbreak in progress. Orca glides meaninglessly through melodies with a soulful fluidity that packs passion and pain.

“Dance” occupies that jam between bedroom R&B and late-night brooding. It’s sexy without being slick and gooey, without being maudlin. Orca’s songwriting is considered, his vision is lucid, and his message is human. Love is a dance, and it requires two people who understand the moves, trust the tempo, and are ready to lead and follow equally.

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Whether you’re nursing the embers of something that could have been or mourning a love you got out of sync with, “Dance” hits differently. It’s a track hanging around, not because it demands your attention, but because it breathes truthfully.

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