What’s Trending: Friday, April 9th, 2021
#Prince
o An unheard studio album that he recorded in 2010 will be released on July 30th.
o The 12-track collection is titled Welcome 2 America and it covers a variety of issues and themes that concerned him about the state of the country at the time that are still very relevant.
o In advance of its release, the title track has been released.
o You can pre-order the album now and it will be available on CD, vinyl LP, and digitally.
#LVAces
o The WNBA is heading into a historic 25th season and that is reason to celebrate!
o To mark the occasion, Nike has come through with three versions of new uniforms for each of the leagues 12 teams.
o And we may be biased but the Las Vegas Aces uniforms are the best!
o There’s the white Nike Heroine Edition for home games, the red Explorer Edition for road games, and the black Nike Rebel Edition which is inspired by the teams’ home city. For the Aces, they say it is “Black. Bold. Beautiful.”
o The VP of Women’s Apparel Design at Nike says, “The Las Vegas Aces’ uniforms bring together the best of what Las Vegas has to offer, from the luxury and thrill of the strip to the classic and fresh nuances that makes Vegas a desert oasis.”
o Every jersey is numbered 1/144, honoring the 144 spots across the league that are open to and earned by athletes season after season.
o The Rebel Edition jersey is available now through an exclusive Nike presale.
#Music
o Study: Music can be as addictive as fast food, money, and alcohol.
o McGill University researchers say that good music triggers an area of the bran called the nucleus accumbens, which is the reward center.
o Scientists discovered firing up the neurons increased with a listener’s enjoyment.
o The more participants appreciated the sounds, the more their brain it up with pleasure.
o That produces the feel-good chemical dopamine and that is the key to behaviors by controlling a person’s addictive urges.
o It seems that it would be one of the less harmful addictions so maybe music is the best medicine.
#DollyParton
o Jeni’s Ice Creams is a brand known for creating flavor collaborations with musicians.
o But they were not prepared for how popular their new collaboration with Dolly Parton would be.
o She worked with the brand to create the flavor Strawberry Pretzel Pie and it was only limited to 10,000 pints.
o The flavor was released online and in stores yesterday and it was so popular that the Jeni’s website immediately crashed.
o They hype was not just online! Dolly fans flooded their local Jeni’s Ice cream stores to try to get some, with lines going around the block in several locations.
o Though many fans were left disappointment, they can celebrate the fact that the money went to a good cause. Proceeds are being donated to her Imagination Library Charity which gifts books to young children.