She paused the rollout to say thanks, hype women everywhere, and tease that her EP era officially starts now.
Gratitude before the next drop
Thuli Phongolo checked in with supporters ahead of her EP landing this week
The message was basically, wait, let me say thank you before we keep moving
She made it clear that the love so far actually mattered
Looking back at the first release
Before the EP noise fully kicks off, she reflected on her debut track HAI SUKA
She acknowledged every kind of support, loud or quiet
The encouragement helped shape her confidence going forward
Why HAI SUKA exists
She explained the song was made with women front and center
The message leans into self-empowerment and independence
It is about choosing your...
She sat down to do her makeup, accidentally did a soft life TED Talk, and the internet learned way more about Rachel John than expected.
A chill video that blew up fast
A TikTok clip from Rachel John started circulating hard
The vibe was low-key, calm, and very unbothered
People stuck around for the storytelling, not just the makeup
Why was everyone already watching
Public curiosity has been climbing thanks to her link to Siya Kolisi
Their relationship has quietly kept her in the spotlight
The timing made the video hit even harder
What she shared while getting ready
The clip dropped on January 20, 2026
She walked through her background, interests, and goals while doing her makeup
It felt more like a personal catch-up than...
Fake pregnancy rumors jumped off the internet and into real life, so Shelati Sekhabi finally snapped back and asked people to shut it down.
What blew this up
Former House of Zwide actress Shelati Sekhabi got dragged into pregnancy rumors that were completely made up
The gossip picked up enough speed online that random people started stopping her in public
At that point, ignoring it was no longer an option
Why did she speak out
She originally stayed quiet because the story was flat-out untrue
Once it became clear that people actually believed it, she felt boxed into responding
The situation crossed from annoying to invasive really fast
How she addressed it
Sekhabi went straight to her Instagram Stories to clear the air
She...
The internet tried to tear her down, fans said absolutely not, and Thatohatsi came back online with gratitude, faith, and a call to forgive.
What set everything off
So, things went wrong after podcasters on Piano Pulse made comments about her body
The remarks were about her appearance, not her music, which instantly rubbed people the wrong way
What started as bad takes snowballed into full-on online harassment
How it hit Thatohatsi
Thatohatsi caught the brunt of the backlash personally
The Thandaza singer ended up wiping all her Instagram photos
The situation crossed from criticism into cyberbullying territory fast
The internet was not having it
Fans jumped in almost immediately to defend her
Fellow musicians and industry people...
Sound Radix just unleashed a beta synth that wants your hands on the controls, not your presets folder, and now Windows users finally get in on the chaos.
Beta drop with new territory unlocked
So yeah, Sound Radix pushed out a beta build of a new additive synth called Radical1
This round opens the doors to Windows users, not just macOS folks
The beta also ships with a fresh batch of Radical presets to poke around with
What Sound Radix is aiming for here
The whole instrument is built around expression, motion, and hands-on messing around
This is less about static patches and more about sounds that react and evolve while you play
It is clearly designed for people who like shaping tone in real time instead of scrolling endlessly...
HoRNet just rage-quit the limiter guessing game and built a plugin that hits your LUFS number automatically, no vibes-based math required.
A limiter for people sick of guessing
So yeah, HoRNet Plugins dropped a new loudness maximizer called ZeroLoud
The pitch is simple: stop eyeballing thresholds and let the plugin calculate exactly how loud your track needs to be
It is aimed squarely at anyone tired of bouncing five versions just to miss the target anyway
The actual problem everyone knows too well
Mastering usually turns into limiter roulette
You tweak the threshold, eyeball makeup gain, export, stare at the LUFS meters, sigh, then repeat
Every track behaves differently, so the process never really gets easier
The frustration is...
Beatskillz just dropped a limiter that promises stupid-loud masters without wrecking your mix, and yeah, that is the entire pitch.
Big limiter energy, small damage
So basically, Beatskillz rolled out a new mastering limiter called LoudBody
The whole point is hitting commercial loudness while your punch, clarity, and stereo spread do not get nuked
It is very much aimed at people tired of choosing between loud and clean
How the engine actually behaves
Under the hood, LoudBody runs an adaptive hybrid setup that mixes limiting and clipping on the fly
Instead of smashing everything the same way, it reacts in real time, which means fewer nasty artifacts
The end result is more volume without that brittle, crushed-aftertaste vibe
Stereo...
Sony Music has just entered Vietnam, bought half the room, launched a boy band, and essentially said we're playing the long game.
Sony Music enters the Vietnam market
So yeah, Sony Music decided Vietnam was the move, then went straight for ownership instead of vibes
Last month, Sony Music grabbed 49 percent of 1Label JSC, which sits under Vietnamese media heavyweight YeaH1 Group
The deal quietly reshuffled the corporate family tree, because nothing says global expansion like paperwork
New joint venture, new name, new boy band
After the ink dried, Sony Music and YeaH1 spun up a joint venture called SYE Holdings
Almost immediately, SYE rolled out a fresh boy group named UPRIZE
Meanwhile, 1Label basically rebranded itself into SYE...
Drake is not done fighting Not Like Us, pushing back on a judge’s ruling and daring an appeals court to rethink how rap lyrics get treated in defamation law.
The case is back from the dead
Three months after losing in court, Drake is officially appealing the dismissal of his defamation lawsuit.
The target remains Universal Music Group, not Kendrick Lamar directly.
Where the appeal landed
A 117-page appellate brief hit the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on January 21.
The filing asks the court to undo an October ruling from Judge Jeannette Vargas.
What the original lawsuit claimed
Drake sued in January 2025, months after Not Like Us dropped in May 2024.
The accusation was that UMG knowingly pushed lyrics he...
