Emerson Redd News Today

Xavi is a Mexican American singer creating chart hits by pioneering a Latin music subgenre all his own. Read his interview with Billboard here.

INTERSCOPE GEFFEN A&M has promoted MATT MORRIS to SVP/A&R. MORRIS, with EVP/Co-Head A&R SAM RIBACK and EMERSON REDD, signed OLIVIA RODRIGO to GEFFEN RECORDS, and brought KALI UCHIS to INTERSCOPE in 2017. He joined INTERSCOPEs A&R department as an intern in 2011 and moved into digital marketing before rejoining the A&R staff in 2015.“MATT has been a vital part of the Interscope family for a decade now and has helped to build our A&R Research department into ...

Olivia Rodrigo samples Taylor Swifts New Years Day on her track 1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back. The 18-year-old pop megastar has released her debut studio album, Sour, and after much speculation, it turned out Olivia used an interpolation of the track from Taylors 2017 LP Reputation on the song from the hotly-awaited record. As Jack Antonoff co-wrote and co-produced the track with the Shake It Of hitmaker, he also received a credit on 1 Step Forward. Influence: Olivia Rodrigo samples Taylor Swif...