Missy Elliott + G-Dragon: Niliria

Missy Elliott's KCON debut, Wild Ones' sporty music video and more in our look at the songs we tweeted this week

There’s more to Seoul than “Gangnam Style.” While Justin Timberlake pleased Brooklyn at the VMAs, his Korean counterpart G-Dragon (who rose to fame through his pop band Big Bang and whose solo career has been equally influential) was rapping a duet with Missy Elliott at LA’s annual KPOP convention. While we were happily stunned to see Elliott—who’s kept a pretty low profile these last few …

BANKS: Waiting Game

Missy Elliott's KCON debut, Wild Ones' sporty music video and more in our look at the songs we tweeted this week

LA-based singer BANKS manages to combine sultry with spooky on her recently released single “Waiting Game.” From her debut EP London, set for release 10 September, the song features haunting background hums, blown-out beats and throbbing vibrations. Part trip-hop, part dark R&B and bleak pop, “Waiting Game” was produced by Sohn, and BANKS’ alluring, sweetly melancholic vocals—describing a despairing love affair—dance over it beautifully. A …

The Beach Boys: Kokomo

Missy Elliott's KCON debut, Wild Ones' sporty music video and more in our look at the songs we tweeted this week

This week’s #PrivateJam comes to us from The World’s Best Ever founder Dave Wilfert, whose own website has been polling the creative industry’s musical taste for years in its playlist-based column called Sound Advice. Wilfert exposes his nostalgic side with The Beach Boys’ “Kokomo,” a tune that made major waves with its classic Caribbean vibes and a guest appearance of John Stamos, better known as …