The Lede ✓ || Season I Episode III: Add Some Spring in Your Life
By Kalisha Whitman
April 9, 2021
In this week’s episode of The Lede Verified we are Spring-ing into the new season with fresh ideas and perspectives. First, we talk about @lilnasx and the controversy surrounding his new song MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name). We also learn about how Covid-19 is changing personal training with Blanca Fernandez (@builtbyblanca). Lastly, we take a look into new and innovative ways to tidy your home this Spring featuring: @mariekondo @jessicahaizman @thehomeedit and @buzzfeed. 2021-04-09
‘It’s old school and it’s beautiful’ – The Snuts celebrate chart success Scottish indie rockers The Snuts have scored a number one with their debut album WL. The four-piece, from Whitburn in West Lothian, denied US pop star Demi Lovato the crown after a closely-fought race this week. Fronted by 26-year-old singer and guitarist Jack Cochrane, The Snuts also become the first Scottish band in 14 years to enter at number one with their debut, since The View’s Hats Off To The Buskers in 2007. Titled WL, the album pays tribute to the Whitburn Loopy, the trouble-makers and youths from their hometown, and had been backed in the race for number one by fellow chart-topping Scot Lewis Capaldi.
Lil Nas X Satan shoe buyers can get a full refund after Nike lawsuit
The company that sold customized Nike Air Max 97s
featuring satanic symbols and a red liquid in the sole
that supposedly contains human blood will buy back customers’ shoes for a full refund.
Nike settled a lawsuit with MSCHF, the Brooklyn-based
art and design studio behind the Lil Nas X branded “Satan” shoe that made waves on social media. Nike said the alterations and sales were unauthorized.
As part of the agreement, MSCHF will issue a voluntary recall for the Satan shoes, buying back the sneakers at the $1,018 sale price. Nike said it hoped the recall would remove the shoes from circulation. Other details of the settlement were not released.
By Cappuchino
Apr 9, 2021
Well, it seems like Lil Nas X and MSCHF were promoting some kicks for nothing. Well, they did the a lot of attention over their Satan shoes, but when Nike got wind of the shoes, Nike wasn t happy. Of course, the company denied having any involvement with the shoe that allegedly contained a drop of human blood in the sole. MSCHF produced the custom shoes that were inspired by Lil Nas song and video, Montero (Call Me By Your Name. Nike then hit the company, MSCHF with a lawsuit and wanted a judge to force them to stop selling the shoes, which, went for about $1000. TMZ reports Nike settled its lawsuit against the company by blocking the sale of the shoes. The settlement includes having MSCHF to launch a voluntary recall to buy back all 666 Satan Shoes it s sold for their original retail prices in order to remove them from circulation. Nike says anyone who doesn t return their Satan Shoes for a full refund will have to contact MSCHF if they encounter a pr
Lil Nas X scores his first No. 1 debut on
Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart with “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” which crowns the tally dated April 10.
“Montero” bows with 46.9 million U.S. streams in the March 25-April 1 tracking week, according to MRC Data.
It’s Lil Nas X’s second Streaming Songs No. 1, following “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. The streaming hit first crowned Streaming Songs in April 2019 and eventually ruled for a record 20 weeks.
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