AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoAriana Grande vs. the White House: The pop star demanded President Trump’s team stop using her 2024 song “Bye” in immigration-related TikTok posts, calling it “barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense,” and her team moved to remove the track. MENA music spotlight: Lebanese alt-R&B singer Sunkissed Child released “I Said It,” leaning into grittier, shouty vocals and Middle Eastern melodic motifs as she turns heartbreak into a raw anthem. Morocco rap update: ElGrandeToto dropped “SALGOAT (Vol. 2),” doubling down on darker, more experimental production while keeping the SALGOAT persona. Istanbul live music: Portuguese fado singer Sara Correia (“Storm of Fado”) announced a June 25 Istanbul performance tied to her album “Tempestade,” describing Turkish audiences as deeply connected to the emotion of fado. Festival industry note: The Follow Your Heart Film Festival closed its New York edition at AMC Empire 25, reporting 2,988 submissions from 90+ countries and 70 finalists, with an anthem performed live by vocalist Veronika Znamenskaya and pianist Ilya Ishchenko.
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