Daily Music Headlines December 12, 2025

Jay-Z’s Marcy Pen Capital Partners has partnered with South Korea’s Hanwha Asset Management to launch a $500 million joint fund aimed at scaling Korean beauty, food, entertainment, and other K-culture brands globally.

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Eurovision 2024 winner Nemo has returned their trophy to the EBU in protest of Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2026, saying it contradicts the contest’s stated values amid the ongoing Gaza war.

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Spotify has begun beta testing a new AI feature called Prompted Playlist in New Zealand, allowing users to generate and refine playlists using natural-language prompts.

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Snoop Dogg has been named the first-ever honorary coach for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milano Cortina.

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Lenny Kravitz is making his video game debut in 007: First Light, voicing and portraying Pirate King Bawma in the upcoming James Bond title set for release on March 27, 2026.

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Timothée Chalamet has declined to confirm or deny online rumours linking him to British rapper EsDeeKid, playfully fueling speculation during a UK radio interview.

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The Sundance Film Festival 2026 lineup includes music-related premieres Antiheroine, a Courtney Love documentary, and The Moment, a Charli XCX-led hyper-pop mockumentary satirizing pop stardom.

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Rolling Stone – Top 5 Songs of the Year

#5 Kehlani – “Folded”

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#4 Bad Bunny – “Baile Inolvidable”

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#3 KPop Demon Hunters/Huntr/x – “Golden”

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#2 MJ Lenderman and This Is Lorelei – “Dancing in the Club”

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#1 Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra”

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