{"id":479884,"date":"2018-12-14T07:47:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T14:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=769242"},"modified":"2018-12-14T07:47:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T14:47:09","slug":"this-week-in-music-natalie-portman-zayn-bruce-springsteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/this-week-in-music-natalie-portman-zayn-bruce-springsteen\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Music: Natalie Portman, Zayn, Bruce Springsteen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Listen to this week\u2019s YouTube Music playlist here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Natalie Portman, \u201cWrapped Up\u201d
<\/strong>Sounds like:<\/strong> Two stars at their peak<\/span>
<\/span>Perfect for:<\/strong> Comfort and solace following tragedies on both the large and small-scale
<\/span>Vox Lux<\/em> has become one of this year\u2019s most polarizing films, but there\u2019s nothing to debate about its plot-driving track \u201cWrapped Up,\u201d written by Sia. In the film, a stripped down version of this ballad is performed by the younger version of Natalie Portman\u2019s character Celeste after tragedy hits her hometown. When Portman as an older, more cynical and glitzier Celeste performs it, the song is as amped up as her life has become, with tear-inducing, heart-racing harmonies above a stadium-worthy arrangement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zayn, \u201cGood Years\u201d
<\/strong>Sounds like:<\/strong> A former teen idol prematurely looking back<\/span>
<\/span>Perfect for:<\/strong> Remembering just how far Zayn\u2019s voice can go
<\/span>Today, Zayn releases his 27-song sophomore album,<\/span> Icarus Falls<\/em>. \u201cGood Years\u201d served as the final preview of the album. It\u2019s an emotional ballad that dismisses the hoopla of his previous solo songs, instead focusing on his impressive voice and some life reflections as the former One Direction member hopes he didn\u2019t waste all his good years.<\/span><\/p>\n

RuPaul, \u201cGet to You (This Christmas)\u201d
<\/strong>Sounds like:<\/strong> An Eighties Christmas blitz<\/span>
<\/span>Perfect for:<\/strong> A very happy holi-slay
<\/span>RuPaul loves the holidays, and the drag superstar\u2019s latest holiday album, title<\/span> Christmas Party<\/span><\/em>, is his best yet. Released in November,<\/span> Christmas Party<\/span><\/em> was an important component of the<\/span> RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/span><\/em> Holi-Slay Spectacular<\/span><\/em>, which aired on Vh1 last Friday. \u201cGet to You\u201d was part of an important group lip-sync number and is a highlight of both the show and album with its driving retro synth and irresistible hook that serves up plenty of Eighties realness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dolly Parton and Miranda Lambert, \u201cDumb Blonde\u201d
<\/strong>Sounds like<\/strong>: A modern revival of a worthy classic by two of country\u2019s finest<\/span>
<\/span>Perfect for:<\/strong> Reminding yourself that these are two of music\u2019s smartest blondes
<\/span>Dolly Parton and Miranda Lambert are among the wittiest, catchiest writers of their country generations, and the pair make for a match made in heaven on their remake of Parton\u2019s 1967 hit \u201cDumb Blonde.\u201d The song is part of the soundtrack for Netflix\u2019s new film<\/span> Dumplin\u2019<\/span><\/em>, which features remade versions of Parton classics or new songs written by the icon. On \u201cDumb Blonde,\u201d she and Lambert sing with each other like they\u2019re looking into a mirror.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bruce Springsteen, \u201cThe Promised Land\u201d
<\/strong>Sounds like: I<\/strong>ntimate reflections from our greatest rock & roll star<\/span>
<\/span>Perfect for:<\/strong> Sitting with a specially curated review of Bruce\u2019s career by the man himself
<\/span>Bruce Springsteen\u2019s time on Broadway is coming to an end tomorrow, but Springsteen on Broadway will live on. One of the shows was shot for a Netflix special that you can stream this weekend, and the official album is out today. One highlight is the stripped down take on \u201cThe Promised Land,\u201d which serves as a somber revision of the<\/span> Darkness on the Edge of Town<\/span><\/em> classic while reflecting on the first time Bruce drove cross-country as an up-and-coming star and saw the American west.<\/span><\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Listen to this week\u2019s YouTube Music playlist here. Natalie Portman, \u201cWrapped Up\u201dSounds like: Two stars at their peakPerfect for: Comfort and solace following tragedies on both the large and small-scaleVox Lux has become one of this year\u2019s most polarizing films, but there\u2019s nothing to debate about its plot-driving track \u201cWrapped Up,\u201d written by Sia. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-479884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 12:23:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}