The music video for "I Hate My Ex," directed by SMILEZ himself, radiates with his signature style. Flipping through a digital yearbook of exes (played by SMILEZ's army of Insta model friends), we carousel by the women of his past.

In the music video for "All In My Head," Honey and Blue take a new spin on epic and fateful love stories. Co-directors Amber and Darling bring us back to high-school days to express the playfulness and optimism that might have informed the cross-country lovers' passion.

Big thanks to Yves-Emmanuel and Marc-Antoine Rouhana of the Lebanese rap duo R.Y.M who connected with Dopecausewesaid/NxtNow Music for an exclusive interview to discuss their new single/animated video “Al Qiyama”, and much more.

Riot Games is celebrating the 2023 VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) with innovative music activations including the VCT anthem “Ticking Away” by acclaimed artists Grabbitz and bbno$, a robust lineup of Finals Opening Ceremony performances, and various pop-up activations around Los Angeles.

Pop singer-songwriter Anna Vrahliotis returns to the music scene with the release of her fourth EP, “A Little Thing Called Love.” Like her other records, Anna is the sole writer, for which songwriting she takes the most pride in. Written in two months, this EP is abundant in vivid imagery for which Anna is known.

Los Angeles based Jessica Antoine is a humanitarian, musician and actress who is taking the entertainment industry by storm. Watch her brand new music video for “KREMAS”.

Watch the brand new music video for “Nostalgic”, one of the featured songs on the recently released debut album “Montains” by Washington DC based band Squares.

Lebanese rap duo R.Y.M are proud and honored to present their latest single entitled “Al Qiyama” (Arabic for resurrection). Watch the Roudy el Hajj developed animated music video now.

BITTERS is the alt-pop project featuring British front-woman Claudia Mills. She just released her brand new music video directed by Sea Shimooka for focus track 'Suicide Butterflies' off the 'I'm Fine' EP. The video showcases a queer love story in this fantasy narrative.

BandLab Technologies unveils an exciting new brand vision for ReverbNation, the renowned artist services platform that empowers independent musicians worldwide. The new branding introduces a refreshed visual identity, along with plans to invest into new features and expand ReverbNation’s suite of artist services.

“Lucid Nightmares”, our latest NN Song of the Week, comes to us from Madison, WI based multi genre music producer, songwriter, composer, audio engineer, and multi-instrumentalist Thomas O'Shea, aka TY’O.

Directed by Dublin-based Olivia McLaughlin, Tebi Rex’s “People Pleaser”, our NN Music Video of the Week, transports viewers into the shoes of a people pleaser with the inability to say “no”. The intimate cinematography emulates the first day on the job feeling, evoking emotions of being trapped in a cycle of unfulfilling and neverending “yeses” that lead to nowhere but unhappiness.

In 2019, Berlin based Rory Kenny started AI music creation platform Loudly to make music creation and integration easy for creatives after watching their struggles firsthand at previous roles. Check out our exclusive interview with Rory now.

The newly launched Everwave music creation collaborative platform provides artists from around the world an open online studio, where they can hop on any “wave,” the starting template for each collectively evolving work.

Versatile NYC based hip hop producer Eitan Noyze recently dropped a super dope new record entitled “Hornography”. It's an eclectic and hard-hitting mix of jazzy tracks made exclusively via horn samples from across different genres and styles. The music manages to get your body moving and touch your soul in all the right ways.

Summerdrive - the project of New York-based multi-instrumentalists Jake Stam, Matt Montgomery and Tim Coakley - reveal their new single, “Shimmer", our NN Song of the Week. Guided by retro synths and propulsive percussion, “Shimmer” is an intoxicating single that showcases the bands unique blend of alternative-rock, indie-pop, and 80’s-inspired synthpop.

Alt pop meets western pop singer-songwriter Sidney Bird has released "bitters", a song is about snobby young men in high society who act childish and chauvinistic. The Palm Springs filmed comedic clip, our NN Music Video of the Week, tells the story of a housewife and her pool boy.

AI-powered music platform Loudly unleashes the artist in all of us, making it possible for anyone to compose a one-of-a-kind, high-quality song in seconds.

Throughout the “Coffee Queen” video, we get clips of his queen, dressed in an equally vibrant orange to his ever-yellow glow—but somehow, she's always evasive, alone, or dissolving away. Fortunately, we can rest assured that the same will not be true of SMILEZ—this raging yellow star is here to stay.

Directed by Andon's long-time collaborator Steven Bernard, the "Love Language" music video brings the emotional journey to life. Stylized with lo-fi filters and saturated colors, the video follows Andon through the ups and downs of his search for someone to accept him fully.