 Jenna Mourey, a celebrity YouTuber known online as Jenna Marbles, just announced she's quilting her youtube channel, which has more than 20 million subscribers. Since starting her channel in 2010, Mourey has been one of the biggest YouTubers on the platform and was the most subscribed-to female YouTuber for several years. Mourey said that she "can't exist" on her main channel anymore, and said she wasn't having fun with it, which has been her main goal. She noted that she doesn't try to sell anyone anything and doesn't have sponsors. Marbles known largely for her comedic skits and rants, some of which, she noted in an apology video titled "A Message" on June 25, contain offensive content. Mourey said that she has received backlash for old videos in recent weeks, as quarantine has cultivated an ongoing "callout" and "cancel culture" during which many famous creators have been scrutinized for old content that has aged poorly. In Mourey's case, she specifically addressed a number of videos that are no longer available to view on her channel, because she set them to "Private" on YouTube. In 2011, Mourey, who did a series of videos imitating celebrities, did a video imitating the rapper Nicki Minaj. She wore a pink wig and her dark spray tan drew accusations of blackface. She was also accused of using a "blaccent." Those accusations aren't new and have been circulating online for years, and Mourey privated the video years ago, but clips have still circulated. In addition to the Minaj impersonation video, Mourey apologized for a 2011 parody rap song she made called "Bounce that D---." She rapped "Hey ching chong wing wong, shake your king kong ding dong. Sorry that was racist, I'm bad at rap songs," and she also wore a stereotypical Asian rice hat in the video. "It's awful, it doesn't need to exist, it's inexcusable, it's not okay," Mourey said in the video. "I'm incredibly sorry if this offended then, now, whenever, it doesn't need to exist. It shouldn't have existed. I shouldn't have said that ever. It's not cool, it's not cute, it's not okay, and I'm embarrassed that I ever made that, period." Then she apologized for a 2012 video she says she "privated" shortly after making it during what she said was "one of the worst years of my life." Mourey says she ranted about girls that "slept around" and says it was "incredibly slut-shamey" and that she experienced a lot of "internalized misogyny at that point in my life." Since Mourey says she "privated" that video very quickly after posting it, there was no one demanding an apology for it, but she wanted to express guilt over making anyone ever feel bad about their bodies. She also said she was "privating" all her old — and some of her most popular — videos about what guys and girls do, respectively. Examples of these since-privated videos were "What Girls Think About During Sex" and "How Girls Get Ready in the Morning," and many showed Mourey dressed as a male for the male counterparts of those videos. "I don't think that making jokes about your gender is funny and I know that there are a lot of people that struggle with their identity and that have very fluid identities [...] I just don't want content in the world that [...] doesn't make sense and can be hurtful and can be harmful," Mourey said. She also said that she receives tweets about people she follows and is friends with telling her she's racist for doing so, and Mourey said "I'm a person trying to navigate the world the same way you are. So I don't always know what's right and what's wrong but the truth is I'm just trying my best." Mourey said she has received comments asking her to address the old videos as well as comments suggesting she doesn't have to. She emphasized that it was her decision to apologize for them and to step away from YouTube because she never wanted to hurt anybody or offend anybody with her videos and content. "I've spent a lot of the past few days privating almost all of my old content," Mourey said in the video. "And I'm sorry if any of that holds any nostalgia for you, but I'm literally not trying to put out negative things into the world."
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 Ty Dolla $ign drops"Ego Death" featuring Kanye West, FKA Twigs, and Skrillex. The track has an electro-hop feel to the track. Last year, Dolla $ign spoke on Kanye's influence on his upcoming album for his cover story with Spin. "I had a meeting one time with Kanye and played him the album," Ty said. "He was like, 'Bro, nah. You need to do what you do. Add more bass, add more drums, add more … the real sh*t, that's what no one else is doing.' That conversation definitely inspired me and made me go back and go crazy with the live instruments." TD$ partnered up with Triller to create a 9D experience for the listener -- the first-ever of its kind. With 9D, additional effects such as reverb come into play, allowing the music to give the sensation that it's moving around in the headphones.  Kenzie‘s new song featuring Sia, “Exhale“, just dropped along with a quarantine filmed music video. Kenzie even enlisted a bunch of her friends to be in the video, including Johnny Orlando, Dove Cameron, Sage Rosen, Hayden Summerall, Emily Skinner, Dylan Conrique, Abbi Dicenso, Cameron Field, Charlize Glass, Tati McQuay, Gio Pilla, and Lucas Stadvac.  Big Hit Entertainment announced the upcoming release of "Graphic Lyrics," a series of graphic books depicting five songs by BTS. The "Graphic Lyrics" books will include fan-favorite tracks "A Supplementary Story: You Never Walk Alone," "Save Me," "House of Cards," "Run" and "Butterfly," and it will feature artistic illustrations decoding each song's lyrics. "With 'Graphic Lyrics,' we are introducing a new way of enjoying music for the first time with BTS songs and are planning to continue the series with Big Hit’s multi-label artists as well,” Big Hit Entertainment said in a statement. “We expect the 'Graphic Lyrics' series, which captures the sensitivity of paper books by translating music in writing and painting, to be a unique experience not only for BTS fans but also for the public audience." The series of five books will officially hit shelves and online retailers on June 29, with pre-sales beginning Tuesday (June 23) at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on Big Hit's Weverse shop, Amazon and more.   
Charlie Puth announced his "Girlfriend" single is coming out Thursday, June 25.
The pop star posted the cover art on his Instagram today (June 22), a neon blue-hued picture of him squatting down while wearing hot pink leopard trunks and white sneakers. OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder teased Puth in the comments by writing, "U got Riff Raff to do ur cover art!!!! Jealous !!!"  Jungkook sets a record as the first and only singer worldwide to surpass 10 billion views on Tiktok. He's also set several records on twitter and is the recipient of MTV's intagrammer global award. To add to this his immense popularity Jungkook the most searched idol on YouTube and Google.   Justin Bieber is denying the rumors that he was involved in a sexual assault that took place in 2014. In a series of tweets, the Biebs shut down the rumors before they even had a chance to spread more. “In the past 24 hours a new Twitter appeared that told a story of myself involved with sexual abuse on March 9, 2014 in Austin Texas at the Four seasons hotel,” Justin explained to fans. “I want to be clear. There is no truth to this story. In fact as I will soon show I was never present at that location.” He continued, “As her story told I did surprise a crowd in Austin at SXSW where I appeared on stage with my then assistant side stage and sang a few songs. What this person did not know was that I attended that show with my then gf Selena Gomez.” Justin then backed up his statement with several news stories about him being with Selena Gomez, who he was with at the time, at the event. Ansel Elgort also denied claims he was also involved in a sexual assault a few years ago. 
City Girls returned on Saturday (June 20) with their latest studio album, City on Lock.
The album includes collaborations with Doja Cat, Lil Durk, Lil Baby and Yo Gotti. The album was delayed due to member JT serving a prison sentence from 2018 to 2019 for credit card fraud charges. She served a 15 month sentence. “CITY. ON. LOCK. OUT NOW! We worked so hard on this project. We want to thank EVERYONE for always supporting us and being in our corner. We have always wanted to give yal the music yal deserved no matter what. City Girls & City Boys STAND TF UP! Cuz the city on motherf–king LOCK. ???,” the duo wrote on Instagram.  After being accused Friday of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in 2014, Ansel Elgort responded to the claims with a statement posted on his Instagram account. His accuser, identifying herself only as Gabby, posted on Twitter Friday morning a detailed account of how 26-year-old Elgort, best known for his film roles in “Baby Driver” and “Divergent” series, assaulted her after meeting her online. Elgort denied sexually assaulting her Saturday evening and called their relationship “consensual.” “I was distressed to see the social media posts about me that have been circulating in the past 24 hours,” he wrote on Instagram. “I cannot claim to understand Gabby’s feelings but her description of events is simply not what happened,” he said. “I have never and would never assault anyone. What is true is that in New York in 2014, when I was 20, Gabby and I had a brief, legal and entirely consensual relationship. Unfortunately, I did not handle the breakup well. I stopped responding to her, which is an immature and cruel thing to do to someone. I know this belated apology does not absolve me of my unacceptable behavior when I disappeared.” “As I look back at my attitude, I am disgusted and deeply ashamed of the way I acted. I am truly sorry. I know I must continue to reflect, learn, and work to grow in empathy,” he concluded. Gabby, who currently resides in New York according to her Instagram profile, described the sexual encounter: “It was my first time and I was sobbing in pain and I didn’t want to do it the only words that came out of his mouth were ‘we need to break you in.’” The account where the accusation appeared has since been deleted. The story remains unverified. Elgort is set to co-star in Stephen Spielberg’s upcoming remake of “West Side Story” opposite Rachel Zegler, a 19-year-old actress from Clifton. Filming took place in Paterson last summer.  Keedron Bryant became an internet viral sensation with a video of him singing “I Just Wanna Live” in response to racial injustice and the Black Lives Matter movement and now he’s signed a record deal! The 12-year-old has signed with Warner Records and released his first single, the the full version of the song. You can watch Keedron‘s original viral video HERE. “I Just Wanna Live” was written by Keedron‘s mom, Johnetta Bryant, and produced by Dem Jointz, with 100% of net profits going to the NAACP. |
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