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Sorry folks, that PPAP song is really stuck in our brains (scroll down, if you dare).

So that was the day that brought us: new music and videos by Coldplay, The Horrors and Arcane Roots; a chat with folk singer Lisa Hannigan; Neil Hannon on his problem with modern pop music; Stormzy's Love Island chaos; Paul Weller on the early years; and the woman who's taking on Beyonce at her own game.

Back tomorrow with some live festival tips from The Lemon Twigs.

Sorry. Just sorry. There's an earworm coming - and you're not going to thank us for it.

Piko-Taro, the fictional pop artist created by Japanese comedian Kazuhito Kosaka - whose Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen, external ditty went viral last year, has been enlisted as part of a new publicity campaign for the United Nations.

The revamped version of P-P-A-P promotes 17 goals to save the globe.

Never mind saving the globe, fitting those goals on top of that beat is enough of a challenge. As is saying 'Sustainable Development Goals' when you're Japanese.

Forbes

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Hip-hop and R&B are now the most popular types of music in the US, reports Forbes, external.

For the first time since Nielsen Music started measuring music consumption, rock is no longer top dog.

According to latest figures released in Neilsen's annual mid-year report, R&B and hip-hop are now responsible for 25.1% of all music consumption in the US., while rock claims 23%.

And it's all down to streaming.

While rock music accounts for 40% of all album sales, the number of records bought is in decline - and streaming is growing significantly. And that is making all the difference.

In fact, R&B/hip-hop is almost as popular on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music than the next two most popular genres (rock and pop) combined.

At least seven of the most popular songs, external on streaming platforms in 2017 are in the hip-hop genre.

Ed Sheeran is not one one of them.

The Horrors have delved into the dark side with the visuals for their new music video for the single Machine.

It's been taken from their new album V, which comes out in September.

Ironically, despite the title, this is not a video to watch while operating heavy machinery.

Turn.Up.Loud.

Paul Glynn
Music News LIVE reporter

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More from this weekend's Latitude festival now, where another Irish performer Lisa Hannigan brought the BBC Music Stage tent to a standstill with her hypnotic and beautifully-arranged folk performance on Sunday afternoon.

The set featured rootsy songs from her latest album At Swim, including Anahorish; a Seamus Heaney poem set to music.

Afterwards we grabbed a quick word with Lisa before she dashed off into the woods to see her guitarist John Smith perform his own solo acoustic set.

Lisa said: "It was so nice - very relaxed, in classic Latitude fashion.

"Normally festivals are stressful, but it was beautiful in that tent with loads of lovely people there. I bloody loved it!

"In the tent, it feels more like a gig, outdoors you're competing with lots of other things.

"With some music you need silence - and the quiet bits in between - to give the songs structure. Because we were in a tent, it was grand."

Hannigan, who began her career singing on Damien Rice's records, is now three records into her own solo career and well versed in the "defiant fun" of the festival circuit crowd.

"Music is a big strong thing. I don't know if it takes you away completely, but it exists as an important thing on it's own."

While she dazzled the Henham Park audience, Lisa however does not expect to be knocking Justin Bieber or Ed Sheeran out of the charts anytime soon

She added: "I'm not gonna be bothering the charts - I'm a folk singer.

"I don't think, 'I was nearly in the charts, then Ed Sheeran messed it up for me'! I just feel like the whole idea of the charts now is a bit passe."

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After Ed's appearance on Game of Thrones last night, surely anything is possible.

The singer said she hoped to see more women on the festival circuit in future too.

"I work with a lot of women: my tour manager is a woman, my manager, my PR people, sometimes I play with women in the band.

"Sometimes I've seen on festival posters, when you take away the men's names, it looks sparse.

"I hope that it's changing but it doesn't put added pressure on me. Everyone has their own internal pressure."

She added: "But I would like to see more ladies play."

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Lisa, whose favourite act of the weekend was fellow Irish band Saint Sister, said she will "probably start thinking about writing a new record" soon.

As for new songs, it depends which side of bed she gets out of in the morning.

"If it's going well, I'll write a song in 15 minutes.

"But it sometimes takes a few months before that 15 minutes presents itself. You just have to wait and see."

Well just like Andy Warhol almost said Lisa; everyone gets their 15 minutes, sooner or later.

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An Irish mum of five has paid tribute to Beyoncé's first picture of twins Rumi and Sir Carter with her own version of the famous picture.

Sharon Kellaway, from Kilworth in Country Cork, recreated the look with five-month-old-twins Senan and Zoe in her back garden.

She told the BBC: "I saw the picture and thought it was great, so I threw on a pink blanket and did my own version.

"It wasn't meant to be a big deal, I just threw on the pink blanket for a laugh and sent it to my husband and friend in Canada.

Bravo, Shazza, bravo...

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Depeche Mode fans in Belarus are sick to their stomach after the band cancelled a gig - with singer Dave Gahan reported to be recovering from a bout of food poisoning.

The British synthpop legends announced on their website, external that they had been unable to perform the show at Minsk Arena on Monday night "due to band member illness".

The Belorusskiye Novosti, external website described the incident with Gahan as "the most expensive poisoning in the music history of Belarus".

It quoted the Belarusian gig organiser, Andrey Alekseyev, as saying that the singer fell ill at 1530 local time and cancelled two hours before the show was due to begin.

Organisers said they had sold 7,000 tickets for the 12,000-capacity venue, and urged fans to retain their tickets as the show might be rescheduled.

Belarusian Naviny.by website posted a photo on its Facebook page , externalof the singer posing with medical staff before he left the hospital.

"I really feel sorry for those who have been looking forward to the show and possibly travelled for a long distance to get there," said Yevhen Bocharenko, speaking in Ukrainian on Facebook.

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Department store Selfridges launches an in-store music venue in London this Thursday and Unkle, Joe Goddard and Shura are among the names already signed up to play across the next three months.

Stores in Birmingham, Manchester and London will all host gigs as part of Music Matters At Selfridges, which runs until October.

Selfridges' Linda Hewson said she wanted the campaign "to celebrate and honour the power of live music".

The 170-capacity venue on London's Oxford Street will also include a programme of ‘New Music Nights' featuring up-and-coming artists.

Well, he sings so many songs about heartbreak, it seems only fair that Garth Brooks should do his bit to encourage romance by helping a young couple pay for their forthcoming honeymoon.

The singer said he and his wife would foot the bill for a trip to Hawaii after Drew Bargsley and Chelsea Townsend got engaged at his concert in Oklahoma City.

Garth later said he'd spoken to his missus who had agreed to pay but told the audience: "No-one else get engaged tonight".

According to Forbes, Garth has net worth of £60m. He could buy half the Pacific islands for that...

Coldplay have shared the new video for their track Miracles.

The video is a celebration of US immigration and namechecks Mahatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and Muhammad Ali.

Eagle-eared listeners will even hear a sample of fourth-generation American immigrant Marty McFly from Back to the Future and a guest appearance from rapper Big Sean.

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Check out the Power of Stormzy

The grime artist stepped off a plane and tweeted that he was desperate for info on TV's Love Island (we pass no judgement...) - only to discover that he was responsible for a major row between Love Island couple Olivia Attwood and Chris Hughes.

The altercation began during a game when the islanders were read tweets from viewers, and they had to guess who the tweets were about.

It included one from Stormzy, suggesting Chris was too good for Olivia - and triggered a full-on hissy fit.

Time to Shut Up, Stormzy?

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The Modfather, music icon and new daddy (for the eighth time), Paul Weller has been reminiscing about his early days playing during lunch break at school

"The audience was all girls, which was cool. It didn't go anywhere other than that," he told 6 Music.

"But that was the first time I played in front of anyone. We did covers, anything with three chords."

Listen above to hear the singer talk about becoming politicised and his memories of the first Jam album, which celebrates its 40th birthday this year.

Lana Del Rey has announced details of a rare, surprise UK show at The O2 Academy in Brixton on Monday.

"What’s up London. I’m going to play a show July 24th at Brixton Academy, pre-sale registration starts now," the pop singer wrote on social media.

Tickets go on sale at midday tomorrow - Wednesday 19 July - ahead of the release of her fourth album, Lust for Life, on Friday.

Fingers at the ready folks...

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Annie Mac's Hottest Record in the world on Monday night was not a club banger but the latest from Kingston alt-rockers Arcane Roots.

With Off the Floor, the band say they "really wanted to abandon any notion of what we need to do or what was expected".

"It's been great to hear people speak kindly about it."

Listen above for some rock tune-age.

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Now we don't want to be accused of broadcasting fake news - because

a) it's not news

and

b) it's clearly fake

But, who can resist the idea that Taylor Swift left her apartment "in a suitcase" (and not in a morbid way).

There was an internet frenzy on Monday after a celebrity news/photo agency released a photo of two men carrying a giant black suitcase out of Taylor Swift's New York City apartment.

The photo was accompanied with a caption alleging that Swift herself was inside the suitcase.

The full photo caption is below; all typos are included, for accuracy.

Somebody typing in a hurry, perhaps?

Now, we know Taylor is slim - and sometimes a little camera-shy - but surely this is step too far. Even Katy Perry wouldn't send her packing like this...

When asked for a comment, a representative for the Splash News agency said that the service intended either to retract the photo entirely or make an amendment to the caption.

Paul Glynn
Music News LIVE reporter

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Now Neil Hannon knows a thing or two about writing a pop hit.

With his band The Divine Comedy, the 46-year-old Irishman has been chronicling the landscape with songs about topics as varied as public transport, indie discos and millionaire French heiresses.

So, he's in a good position to pass comment on the state of the UK Top 40.

Warning: Look away now modern chart music fans.

Speaking backstage before his show at Latitude Festival on Sunday, for which he was clad in full-on Napoleonic gear, he said: "I have a bit of a problem with the sound of modern ultra pop records... and I love pop music!

"I make slightly weird pop music, but it generally last three minutes and has choruses.

"My problem is the sound.

"I have a big problem with auto-tune on vocals too.

"I know it's not for me, but i still get annoyed that it's not for me.

"MAKE POP MUSIC FOR ME! Ha ha."

He added: "I don't know whether it's getting older or generally the charts mean less to kids.

"Maybe I'm just lost in the wilderness listening to my Petula Clark records! Maybe I should be collaborating with Mr Weeknd...I know who that is, you know..."

Perhaps all three of them should get together. We'd certainly give that a spin on New Music Friday here on MNL.

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Neil can still be found these days "constantly writing songs" - though not love or break-up songs ("there's been enough of them written by other people") or else hanging at home throwing a ball at the dogs and trying to usher pigs out of the kitchen due to his 'other half's' work with animal rescue.

He's less keen...

"We end up with a lot of animals. I love to look at them but I'm not too hands on.

"I just like to sit in a room and write songs.

"I would do it all day if I was allowed but life gets in the way and you have to go and be sociable with people, or play festivals and promote your record."

While his attempts to come across as a misanthrope are unconvincing, Neil's genuine love of writing and performing is still evidently there.

"Once I'm here it's lovely.

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"When I'm on stage is probably when I'm truly happiest. Who wouldn't like all the adulation.

"I probably wouldn't write music if I didn't like sharing it.

"Its just all the rubbish in between home and here that's so boring."

Before leaving for the stage, the descendant of two generations of clergymen promised not to "go all Bono" on the Suffolk crowd.

"I've had to guard against that."

Once the festival season is over Neil and the band will hit the road again for their own UK and Ireland tour in November/December.

You can listen again to a full Jo Whiley Latitude special show from Radio 2 last night here.

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Canada's rocking PM Justin Trudeau has shared the music that is making him move (we hesitate to say, dad dance...) this summer, with a new Spotify playlist.

He tweeted the accurately-titled PM Mix, with the questions: "What am I listening to this summer? What should I be?"

There's a good selection of Canadian artists on there, such as Drake, K.D. Lang, Alessia Cara, The Tragically Hip, Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber (on Despacito, what else?).

There are a few suprising additions on there as well, Scots glum rockers Del Amitri and Irish balladeers The Script.

You can head to Spotify if you have an account there or else See his full selection, external

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"I’m proud of the music, we the Beatles made and that I’m still making," Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr tells Billboard's Andy Meek, in an interview to mark his 77th birthday.

“The great thing with the Beatles’ music - we worked very hard, and it’s still relevant today,” he says.

“Those songs John and Paul wrote, and the music George and I and John and Paul played - that’s what makes me proud. We worked very hard to make those tracks, and every sort of couple of years, a new batch of teenagers get into it. You know what I mean? It’s relevant year after year. It just amazes me.”

"I’m still doing what was my dream at 13, and that’s playing," says Starr, who will be reunited with fellow Beatle Paul McCartney on his forthcoming album, Give More Love - released this September.

And not only is he still recording and writing, the drummer even manages his own Twitter account.

"Twitter, that’s the one I do myself,” he tells Billboard.

But with age comes wisdom.

“I do it at a reasonable hour. Sometime in the afternoon, when I’ve been up for a while."

Are you listening, Kanye?

Deadline Hollywood

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It's what the world has been waiting for - here's the pitch...

Yep, the story of Mariah Carey’s rise to stardom is being told in a new series being developed by the US network Starz.

According to a report in Deadline, Mariah herself will be executive producing alongside The Revenant producer - and director of the Rush Hour franchise - Brett Ratner.

No casting news as yet but who would be your choice? Let us know @BBCMusic on Twitter.

Mariah's relationship with the big and small screen has been patchy at best - starting with the critically mauled Glitter in 2001 - itself a semi-biopic.

She was praised for her role in the Oscar-winning Precious and, earlier this year, voiced Mayor McCaskill in The Lego Batman movie.

So, back to Ed Sheeran.

To be fair, he did say he was planning on quitting Twitter last month - but then changed his mind. Just promised to limit his reading material to Harry Potter.

" I haven't quit anything, I'm just not reading anything, except Harry Potter," he wrote on Instagram on 5 July.

So Voldemort he can handle, but it seems an evening with Lord Walder Frey finished him off.

The singer has completely shut down his account on Twitter, after his appearance serenading Arya Stark in the opening episode of Game of Thrones, series seven, was met with - well, let's call it - a wee bit of derision.

One unhappy Game of Thrones fan wrote: “That Ed Sheeran cameo on #GameOfThrones was remarkably awful. Could he have been roasted by a dragon at least?”

Time for a speedy exit on your broomstick, Ed.

Next stop, Springfield.

Yes that's right - Ed is moonlighting in a "musically-themed" episode of The Simpsons this autumn.

"Me and Lisa have a whole thing going on," quipped Sheeran in his Instagram post (still available).

The singer - a longtime fan of the show - is reported to be playing Lisa Simpson's love interest and Milhouse's nemesis in Haw-Haw land, a parody of the Oscar favourite La-La Land.

The role was recorded over the phone, with executive producer Al Jean, describing it as "the perfect part", external for him.

From orange to yellow.