What’s Trending: Thursday, February 3rd, 2021
#TaylorSwift #EdSheeran
o The Swifties and the Sheerios are convinced that the two are about to do a remix.
o The two have been besties for years and yesterday Ed made a very cryptic post about a possible collaboration.
o It was a photo of an autographed CD that had a picture of a playing card that’s one half joker and one half blonde queen that looks exactly like Taylor Swift.
o The caption said, “Signing some cds of something coming in a bit, keep an eye out.”
o Fans are going crazy at the idea that they could be releasing a duet version of “The Joker and the Queen” off of his latest album, = (Equals.)
o He’s made multiple references to her in his video for “Overpass Graffiti” including a leather jacket with a patch that says “Taylor Swift” on it and a fake newspaper article that has her name mentioned on it.
o The two have collaborated several times before.
#RockHall2022
o ICYMI the Rock Hall has named it’s 2022 Nominees!
o 17 nominees are being considered for induction this year, including seven who made the list for the first time ever!
o The first time nominees are Beck, Duran Duran, Eminem, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon, and A Tribe Called Quest.
o The other nominees are Pat Benatar, Kate Bush, DEVO, Eurythmics, Juda Priest, Fela Kuti, MC5, New York Dolls, Rage Against The Machine, and Dionne Warwick.
o The list of inductees will be announced in May 2022 with the induction ceremony set for this fall at a yet-to-be-announced location.
o To be eligible for nomination, an individual artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination.
#MountainDew
o Taco Bell fans know of their Baja Blast flavor---it was specifically created for the chain back in 2004.
o But now the Mountain Dew is taking things to the next level with Hard Mtn Dew Baja Blast.
o It’s a lime-flavored soda and it joins the already announced watermelon, black cherry and original Mountain Dew flavors in the hard seltzer lineup that were originally announced in August 2021.
o Every can is 100 calories and 5% ABV and contains caffeine, but there’s no added sugar.
o The products are expected to hit shelves either this month or next. As for where – that’s anyone’s guess. The company says that the spiked seltzers will be released “in a limited number of states.”