This isn’t the first time artists have received shares from HYBE . When the company went public last October on the Korean stock exchange, the seven members of BTS each got shares valued at $8 million . But sources say the equity being awarded to Ithaca’s artists is coming out of Braun’s stake.
HYBE, the company behind powerhouse K-pop group BTS, said Friday (April 2) that it would pay cash and shares to acquire Ithaca Holdings , in a move designed to help the Korean company establish a strong U.S. presence in music and entertainment.
In February, HYBE and Universal announced the Korean company would create a joint label with Geffen Records and co-produce an American Idol -like show to search for the next global K-pop boy band . The new label will be run out of Los Angeles, where HYBE plans to open a newly expanded U.S. office later this year .
From Publisher: Billboard
Justin Bieber’s ‘Justice’ Presents a Consistent Spiritual Message
The cover of Justin Bieber’s sixth studio album “Justice” shows the pop singer crouched in a highway tunnel. The deluxe version of the album, released March 26, features 22 songs and includes collaborations with Khalid, Daniel Caesar, Quavo and many others.
Justin Bieber’s sixth studio album, “ Justice ,” is a reflective pop album that finds Bieber at a variety of moods and production styles.
The 27-year-old pop icon released the album March 19 under Def Jam Recordings , followed by a deluxe version with six additional tracks just a week later. “Justice: Triple Chucks Deluxe” weighs in at a hearty 22 songs, providing listeners just over an hour of music, compared to 16 tracks on the original.
Bieber’s sound is hard to nail down on this album. The music on “Justice” ranges from Christian-inspired ballads, true-to-form Bieber pop anthems, Afro-pop dancehall bops and radio-friendly hip-hop tracks, featuring everyone from Tori Kelly to Skrillex to DaBaby . While many of the collaborations are fun and dynamic, the mood of the album shifts so drastically from track to track that “Justice” as a whole feels disjointed to listeners.
The cover artwork for Bieber’s single, “Anyone,” from his new album, “Justice,” features Bieber laying down exhausted after a boxing match. In the song, Bieber asserted his love for his wife, Hailey Baldwin Bieber, who he married in 2018.
According to Bieber, there are a few reasons why this album is called “Justice.” In an interview with Vogue, Bieber shared that his first name “Justin” actually means “justice” in Latin, which he felt was an appropriate album title in a year filled with so much pain and racial discrimination. For these reasons, Bieber said he decided to include two Martin Luther King Jr. sound bites in the record.
It seems like Bieber’s decision to include the MLK snippets came from an earnest place. In an interview with the Zach Sang Show , Bieber said his reasoning for including the sound bites was that he wanted to amplify King’s voice to his younger audience. However, because King’s words are lacking context and do not relate to the subject matter of the rest of the record, their inclusion feels performative at best and inconsistent with “Justice” as a whole.
