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Solange Knowles Just Dropped Some Powerful New Music

Solange Knowles’ album A Seat at the Table was one of the best records of 2016. The LP was both sonically breathtaking—a lush collection of funk and psychedelic-soul—and culturally important. Like her sister Beyoncé’s album Lemonade, A Seat at the Table is a deep exploration into the lives of black women—their triumphs, their hardships, and their lived experiences. It’s a record that takes on new meaning with every listen.

And now Solange has given us another gift: fresh new music she just dropped this week, according to W magazine. On Friday morning (August 25) the singer debuted a new online “dossier” called “Seventy States,” which includes a slew of goodies: unreleased content from A Seat at the Table, new poetry, a never-before-seen original performance, and yes, new music. You can check out the exciting package, in full, right here.

If you’re a Solange fan, then you know “Seventy States” isn’t the only project she’s announced this week. The 31-year-old revealed she is headed to Marfa, Texas, to perform “Scales,” a combination of arrangements from A Seat at the Table, alongside a new art installation by Donald Judd. She also just launched a new performance art tour called Orion’s Rise, which will make stops in New York City, Berkeley, California, and Washington, D.C.

These new endeavors come on the heels of Solange wiping her Twitter clean in response to the racially-charged violence that happened in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend. “Been trying to study myself. Been trying to practice self preservation,” she wrote on Instagram Stories shortly after the attacks. “My son’s first day of school has been in the midst of seeing these bullsht images that still tell him this system was built to be against him. How mofos supposed to have a fresh start with education, seeing this sht?”

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Taylor Swift Just Dropped Her New Song, and It's Her Sexiest Yet

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Stop everything you’re doing right now: Taylor Swift just dropped her new single, and it’s friggin’ amazing.

It’s called “Look What You Made Me Do,” and it’s by far Swift’s sexiest song yet. Listen to it, below:

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The track is certainly a departure from Swift’s 1989 sound.

This new song is the culmination of six days of mysterious promo. Swift hinted new music was coming on Friday (August 18) when she blacked out her Instagram and Twitter pages. However, things really kicked into overdrive on Monday (August 21) when she dropped a video of a snake’s tail on social media. Fans immediately took this as a reference to the snake emoji people started using to describe her after the Kim Kardashian-Snapchat debacle. (Remember that nonsense from 2016?) Swift followed this up with another snake video on Tuesday—and then a third one Wednesday morning.

And that’s when it happened: At 12:30 P.M. EST Wednesday, Swift revealed the name of her album (Reputation), the cover art (see below), and its release date (November 10). She also included a message that her first single would drop Thursday night, and now here we are: in pop-music utopia.

So what can we expect from this new album? The cover art suggests Swift’s new direction is darker and grittier than 1989, which took home the 2016 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Fans should still expect a pop aesthetic, but one grounded in harder beats and sonics than, say, “Blank Space.” We’re definitely on board with that.

This new music is coming off the heels of Swift winning her countersuit against former radio DJ David Mueller. (If you’re unfamiliar with that story, Swift claimed Mueller reached under her skirt and grabbed her bare bottom during a meet-and-greet in 2013. Mueller said the claims were false and sued Swift for $3 million in damages. Swift countersued for just $1—and the court sided with her.)

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