It's been fun.

But that's it for us today, scroll back down for The Weeknd's beef with a high street fashion brand, Jonny Greenwood in the running for a big award, Khalid scooping fourth place in the BBC Sound of 2018 poll, new music from the likes of David Byrne, a video from the Manic Street Preachers and also find out what a Yaybahar is.

Plus, hear from our Newbie Tuesday artist Bessie Turner about being a rock star on a boat.

We'll be back with all the hump day music goodness that you can handle tomorrow. We'll leave you with those questionable lyrics by Mahalia in her track Sober (scroll down for a child's thoughts on them).

We totally forgive her creative mathematical equation.

OK - time for some more new music videos now.

First up, the Welsh rock 'n' roll legends, whose forthcoming album Resistance Is Futile is out on the 6 April.

The video for first single International Blue sees the lads strolling around Nice in the south of France while a mysterious Japanese woman drops pearls of wisdom.

Watch above.

Next up, having previously teamed up with a member of One Direction in Louis Tomlinson, Grammy-nominated DJ/Producer Steve Aoki has now joined forced with one of the Fifth Harmony girls.

The collab with Lauren Jauregui is apparently all about "love and wanting" and sees the girlband star working her way around a crowded nightclub dancefloor.

You'll never guess who's on the decks in da club though...only Steve. What were the odds?

Check that one out above too and then pick your favourite.

Leicester singer-songwriter Mahalia was picked by 1Xtra as one of their Hot for 2018 artists earlier this week.

We've already seen her at a BBC Music Introducing night and know she is fab but that hasn't stopped a child from questioning the accuracy of her songwriting.

Check it out above. Time to study up on some maths young lady...

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Prince Harry and fiance Meghan Markel are appearing on Brixton radio station Reprezent - aka The Sound of Young London - this afternoon.

The newly-engaged couple want to learn more about how to use media platforms to engage with young people.

Looks like the team are ready.

Go on - everyone's doing it.

A little bit like new chants at football matches, we don't know where these social naming games come from but we love it when it happens suddenly for no apparent reason.

The hashtag #MakeABandLessInteresting is currently trending on Twitter.

It does exactly what it says on the tin and it's a whole lotta fun.

Here's some of our favourites so far.

BBC film critic Mark Kermode has been discovering a strange new instrument called the Yaybahar that is used on the soundtrack of the new western Hostiles.

We want one of these for our front rooms. But sadly there is only one that exists.

Unless anyone (other than Mark) wants to build us one?...

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Eight years after their last album, the Black Eyed Peas have come out of nowhere with a a conscientious new track Street Livin.

Now a Fergie-less trio (for now at least) will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo deliver their thoughts on the black experience, including the war on drugs and police brutality.

Because of the nature of the subject we cant embed it here but head on over to their YouTube channel for the video which sees Will's face digitally entered into various photographs.

The soundtrack topped the first Billboard 200 of 2018 on the same day that This Is Me, from the film, won a Golden Globe.

Released four weeks ago, the album which features songs performed by Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron and Zendaya - sold 106,000 total copies.

It's the first soundtrack to top the US album chart since Fifty Shades Darker in March last year.

Ed 'Conquerer of worlds' Sheeran's Divide is at number two followed by his pal Taylor Swift's Reputation.

Paul Glynn
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After performing an enchanting set at the BBC's famous Maida Vale studios, most up and coming UK artists would be wise to keep their feet firmly on terra firma.

Not Bessie Turner.

She went back to the boat where she lives with boyfriend/drummer Ben, in the remote and bohemian Suffolk village of Pin Mill.

But then Bessie - who has previously lived in a caravan - is not like everybody else.

The singer, who was picked up by BBC Music Introducing in Suffolk, has been singing/playing guitar since she was a child but only found her voice in recent years after be-befriending a group of local artists, creative types and "mad old hippies".

"I had a tough few years and didn't want to be seen or heard by anybody and never really had the confidence to push it to record labels," says Bessie.

"I'd been in an awful relationship and played solo shows where I wasn't strong enough or confident enough.

"Then, about two years ago... you know when you just meet new people who change your perspective on everything?

"I found myself immersed in artists and musicians in Ipswich and Suffolk - a bit like Nico and the Velvet Underground!"

She adds: "I've got lots of mad, old hippy friends who are part of an artists' co-operative and [they stress] how important it is to create and make life and memories.

"I showed them a few songs and they were like 'wow! [Bessie uses a stronger word than 'wow' but you get the idea], this needs to be heard. How many songs do you have?'

"If I worked on every idea I've ever had, I would have hundreds."

Now that her mojo is finally working and she has the band she was "always desperate to be in" around her, the singer/songwriter has set about recording a debut EP 2222 (out next month or "March latest") and has even made a start on a 'very different' debut solo album.

You will have heard tracks from the upcoming EP if you caught her fledgling performance at last summer's Latitude Festival

Bessie pays for her recording by working shifts in a pub, a catering company and an events company - and we chat over the phone in the small window in between her band photo-shoot and charity work as a care worker.

A DIY hippy ethos and a lack of funds led to Bessie, Ben and friend/videographer Chris setting up their own 'non-label record label' Don't Try Records.

This has enabled them to get drunk, then record songs and videos - like first single The Big Sleep (above) - more easily.

"I've always been shy and nervous and insecure - you wouldn't think that if you saw me after a few pints though!" she confesses.

"It was just an expeirment.

"We were all just banging our heads against the walls a bit, so just said; 'let’s just try and be creative and do something’ and it really worked in our favour."

Her creative mashup of two Christmas classics (above) certainly worked during the afore-mentioned Maida Vale session last month.

And if you like the sound of that, you can catch Bessie and the band performing plenty of intimate gigs over the coming months., external

As for a gig on the boat? Well, that one might have to wait for now. Officially at least.

"We rehearse on the boat which saves money, because studios are like 40 quid a time and we don't really have that money.

"We're planning on doing a gig, as there's space. But it might have to be family and friends because if someone fell over the edge I might get in trouble with the insurance people!"

Read more: Newbie Tuesday #8 Isaac Gracie - the slightly anxious star in the making

Rap superstar and mogul Diddy, or Love to his closest friends, has offered his support to Canadian singer The Weeknd - who ended his association with H&M amid controversy over a catalogue picture of a black child (scroll down).

He posted an artistic take on the offending image above with the message: "Put some respect on it!! When you look at us make sure you see royalty and super natural God sent glory!!

"Anything else is disrespectful."

She has one of our most anticipated new albums coming in February and now Blackpudlian singer-songwriter Rae Morris has shared a new brass-infused live treatment of the track Push Me To My Limit.

Take the phone off the hook (or switch it to silent if you weren't born in the 1970s), switch off heavy machinery, park the car and close your eyes to get the most out of it.

Billboard magazine

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The remaining members of SHINee have pledged to continue with a planned Japanese tour in their first public statement following the death of band member Jonghyun.

SHINee’s Onew, Key, Minho and Taemin uploaded handwritten letters to the band's official website, external.

They came just over three weeks after Jonghyun took his own life at the age of 27.

“Many people are worried about us, but we decided to do the planned Japanese shows,” Key wrote. “This decision is something that Jonghyun would want from us, and I believe that it's the most SHINee-like thing to do, to keep our promise to the fans and put on great performances.”

“Eternally a member of SHINee, Jonghyun is in our hearts and the hearts of our fans,” Onew added.

Read more, external.

Walsall R & B singer and this year's Brit Critics' winner Jorja Smith says she was robbed in public yesterday.

The 20-year-old singer posted an angry looking clip of herself on Instagram (above) alongside the caption: “Whoever robbed me on these streets will receive karma.”

Lower down, she also notes; “Careful with them cute bags,” and “also less talking on the phone while walking.”

Plenty of her loyal fans online appear ready to spring into action, shall we say, in her defence.

Jorja finished fourth on the BBC sound of 2017 list and in a few hours we'll find out who takes that slot this year.

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The Chicago hip hop star apparently rapped down the phone for a young sick fan just days before she died.

Debbie on Twitter, external wrote that: “This girl in my town had cancer and Kanye called her a couple days ago to rap for her."

She added: “I think Kim was there too. Wasn’t even blasted on social media or anything. She passed yesterday. I have so much respect for him tho. Making her happy in her last moments.”

Although Kanye hasn't said anything, his wife Kim Kardashian appears to have validated the story by linking to the Tweet with the message; "We are praying for her family."

The Talking Heads frontman has announced American Utopia, his first album since 2004 will be out on 9 March.

The first single from the album Everybody's Coming to My House was co-written by Brian Eno and feature's Mercury Prize-winner Sampha.

On the single, Byrne sings: "We're only tourists in this life / Only tourists but the view is nice."

He said in a statement: "These songs don't describe an imaginary or possibly impossible place but rather attempt to depict the world we live in now. Many of us, I suspect, are not satisfied with that world - the world we have made for ourselves."

Read more, external and check out the new single above.

New York pop sensation Lady Gaga has given her thumbs up for Oprah Winfrey to run for president in the next election in 2020.

Reports in the US suggest the queen of media is seriously thinking about running, after her powerful speech at this week's Golden Globes (above).

Gaga - who was a vocal supporter of losing Democrat nominee Hilary Clinton - wrote on Twitter; "Oprah for president? She's got my vote," while post-Freddie Mercury Queen frontman Adam Lambert agreed with her.

Should Oprah be worried?...

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He's already up for five Grammys in his native US and now R&B sensation Khalid has taken fourth place in BBC Music's Sound of 2018 list.

The 19-year-old is already a star in the US where his debut album, American Teen, has sold over a million copies.

"The success was very rapid," he says. "It's crazy."

His announcement follows on from yesterday's number five artist - Pale Waves.

Read more.

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Anyone who listened to Ken's critically-lauded 2017 album Damn will know that he's not a big fan of the US President to say the least.

It was probably for the best the rapper and Mr Trump appear to have narrowly avoided each other last night when Ken played the first ever half-time show at a College Football Playoff, just outside the Atlanta stadium were The Donald was in attendance.

Ken played three tracks from his politically-charged chart-topping album as well as new single All the Stars at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park.

The game itself, between Alabama Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs, was played at the nearby Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Trump apparently left the match before the half-time show began which, for the fans inside the stadium, actually consisted of two marching bands.

College football is huge in the States and Ken's gig was broadcast on ESPN.

While he failed to address the nearby President directly the message in his lyrics will still have come across.

There have been plenty of reactions, external on Twitter.

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The Radiohead guitarist and composer has been shortlisted for his ongoing relationship with director Paul Thomas Anderson.

He wrote the score for his latest movie Phantom Thread, starring Daniel Day-Lewis in what has been billed as his final role before retiring from acting.

Jonny was previously nominated for another of Anderson's films There Will Be Blood (also starring Day-Lewis) in 2007.

Here are the scores in conetion for an award when the winner is announced on 18 Februrary.

• Blade Runner 2049 - Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer
• Darkest Hour - Dario Marianelli
• Dunkirk - Hans Zimmer
• Phantom Thread - Jonny Greenwood
• The Shape Of Water - Alexandre Desplat

Read more about this year's Bafta nominees and below is the trailer for Phantom Thread featuring Jonny's work.

Canadian popstar The Weeknd says he "will not be working" with high street fashion label H&M amid controversy over one of its recent adverts.

The clothing retailer has apologised after being called "racist" on social media for showing a black child modelling a hoodie bearing the slogan "coolest monkey in the jungle."

The Weeknd says the advert made him feel "shocked and embarrassed."

The singer has previously sold merchandise through H&M and modelled for the company.

The company said the image "has now been removed from all H&M channels and we apologise to anyone this may have offended."

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