Music News for Your Weekend

JUSTIN BIEBER URGES AMERICANS TO VOTE: Justin Bieber took to Twitter to urge his fans to get out there and rock the vote on November 6th. “Living in the US I see how this country affects not only people here but all around the world,” he wrote. “There are so many things people need help with that I hope all of you who can get out and Vote and make your voices heard.” He added, “I would if I could.” Justin is a Canadian citizen, and therefore unable to vote in the U.S. Bieber joins a number of high-profile celebrities using social media to encourage people to vote, including Taylor Swift, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Billy Eichner, Yara Shahidi, Tom Hanks and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

DAN REYNOLDS’ ‘BELIEVER’ DOC TO BE HONORED AT HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS: Dan Reynolds’ documentary Believer will be honored with the Hollywood Documentary Award at the 2018 Hollywood Film Awards, held November 4th in Los Angeles. At the award ceremony, the Imagine Dragons frontman will also be performing the song “Skipping Stones,” which he wrote for the film, alongside famed film composer Hans Zimmer and producer Tim Edgar. Believer follows Reynolds as he tries to bridge the gap between his Mormon faith and the LGBTQ community. It premiered on HBO over the summer.

JOSH GROBAN AND IDINA MENZEL RELEASE CHARITY DUET ‘LULLABY’: Josh Groban and Idina Menzel are currently touring together, and have teamed up to record a duet version of “Lullaby,” a song from Josh’s album Awake. You can hear it now at Billboard.com. The song, with lyrics in both Spanish and English, is part of a benefit album called Singing You Home, which will raise money for organizations that help immigrant families separated at the border. The whole album comes out today, and also features tracks by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ingrid Michaelson and Kristin Chenoweth.

SHAWN MENDES GETS ‘LOST IN JAPAN’ IN NEW MUSIC VIDEO: Shawn Mendes has released the music video for his hit song “Lost In Japan.” The 19-year-old singer travels throughout Japan as he falls in love with a pretty girl in the new video for his sultry single. Shawn also teamed up with DJ Zedd for the new remix of his hit song – which was featured on his self-titled third studio album that he released back in May.

STEVE AOKI & BTS DROPS ‘WASTE IT ON ME’: Steve Aoki’s collaboration with BTS on the brand new song “Waste It On Me” has debuted. The song is off of his new album Neon Future III, debuting on November 9th. “We’re happy for this meaningful and heart-felt collaboration,” the members of BTS said. “The song is just so amazing, we really enjoyed working on it. It’s our first song that is entirely in English. It was refreshing and fun to record the song. We hope this would be a good present for our fans.”