December 10, 2024
PRESS RELEASE
Apple Music expands reside international radio providing with three brand-new stations
The new Apple Música Uno, Apple Music Club, and Apple Music Chill live-hosted radio stations supply listeners extra unique reveals from among the world’s most important artists, together with Becky G, Rauw Alejandro, Grupo Frontera, Honey Dijon, Jamie xx, FKA twigs, Nia Archives, Brian Eno, Stephan Moccio, and extra
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple right now launched three new reside international radio stations on Apple Music. Music followers all over the world can now tune in to Apple Música Uno, Apple Music Club, and Apple Music Chill — along with Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, and Apple Music Country — and take heed to live-hosted radio without cost, and not using a subscription, on Apple Music Radio.
“Apple Music Radio is the beating coronary heart of our service, representing the intersection of outstanding human voices and curation with cutting-edge know-how that shapes and influences tradition,” mentioned Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice chairman of Music, Sports, and Beats. “We put a whole lot of time and care into ensuring these new radio stations are actually bespoke, extremely curated, and hosted by among the world’s finest music commentators with distinctive programming that we all know our listeners will love.”
Since launching in 2015, the award-winning Apple Music Radio has grow to be the house for unique programming by high international music consultants and content material that music lovers can’t discover anyplace else — from interviews with the most important artists on the planet throughout genres, to reveals hosted and formed by the artists themselves.
“Music is essential to our well being and happiness, and what Apple Music Radio brings is a way that your music is all the time there for you, all the time on, and ready so that you can simply faucet in,” mentioned Zane Lowe, Apple Music’s international inventive director and lead anchor for Apple Music 1. “In a world of AI and algorithms, Apple Music Radio is reside. It’s actual folks, it’s a shared occasion, and I’m so excited to be broadening that have to listeners worldwide with three new stations.”
Introducing Apple Música Uno
Apple Música Uno speaks on to the wealth of stylistic range in Latin music all over the world. The focus will all the time be on music, particularly what’s new, present, and shifting tradition — from Música Mexicana and reggaetón, to tropical, Latin pop, and extra. Latin celebrity Becky G is the station’s official launch host, and fellow luminaries Rauw Alejandro and Grupo Frontera will host particular reveals of their very own. On a each day foundation, listeners can be welcomed by Evelyn Sicairos and Lechero, two outstanding radio personalities whose ardour for music and drawing cross-cultural connections will set the tone and vitality for the station as a complete. They will every host their very own flagship playlist present 5 days every week, with Sicairos helming La Oficial Radio, and Lechero taking up ¡Dale Play! Radio. Additional programming will embody Puro Pop Radio, knowledgeable by the beloved playlist of the identical title, whereas weekend programming will take cues from Cumbia Pa’ La Fiesta, Canciones Caras, and Por Siempre Hits.
The first music to air on Apple Música Uno can be Bad Bunny’s new launch, “EL CLúB.” Artists will continuously present track-by-track breakdowns of their very own albums, in addition to a glance into the songs which have most not too long ago impressed them. On-air expertise will communicate Spanish and English.
“I really feel extremely honored to have my very own Apple Music radio present and be the voice of Apple Música Uno, the place I can curate a few of my favourite tracks and share my experiences with my followers,” mentioned Becky G. “Growing up, I used to observe and take heed to music applications that impressed me a lot, and I used to be all the time in awe of the artists earlier than me. Now, years later, I can’t imagine I get to have my very own present and hopefully encourage others in the identical approach. I hope followers will tune in, snicker with us, take pleasure in some nice music, uncover new tracks they haven’t heard earlier than, and go away feeling impressed.”
Introducing Apple Music Club
Apple Music Club is house to anybody who loves dance and digital music, in addition to membership tradition. But it’s additionally extra formidable than that. Whether in Berlin or Brooklyn, London or Tokyo, each occasion or membership night time should finish in some unspecified time in the future. It gained’t on Apple Music Club, the place mixes from the globe’s most necessary and forward-thinking DJs and dance flooring can be thoughtfully curated right into a set that’s absolutely alive, and occurring across the clock, on daily basis of the 12 months. Tim Sweeney and NAINA will act as guides, offering context round every combine, which can cowl a full spectrum of sounds, from the competition circuit to the underground — all of them additionally out there at any time as DJ Mixes on Apple Music.
To kick off the endless occasion, Sweeney will play the long-lasting membership observe “Big Fun” by the pivotal digital dance music band Inner City. New and unique mixes from Honey Dijon, Jamie xx, FKA twigs, and Nia Archives have additionally been confirmed, along with units from Apple Music curators Circoloco, Tomorrowland, The Warehouse Project, cloth, Hï Ibiza, Stone Island Sound, and lots of extra.
“My present is a sequence of recordings taken from The Floor, a membership that I opened for 10 days in London in May 2024,” mentioned Jamie xx. “I invited all my mates and collaborators right down to play units alongside me. Some of my favourite DJs and artists seem in these units, so I’m very grateful to them, and I’m so glad to have the ability to have all these units right here in a single place for listeners on Apple Music.”
Introducing Apple Music Chill
Apple Music Chill is an escape, a refuge, a sanctuary in sound — a spot listeners can flip to all through their day. It’s a radio station dedicated to a temper. Programming can be a steady circulate of chill highlights throughout genres, interspersed with aware moments meant to remind listeners to make the time to search out heart and calm. The purpose is to supply respite by skilled curation, a spot the place listeners can really feel relaxed at any time.
Apple Music Chill will kick off with the unique premiere of Beck’s new recording of George Harrison’s “Be Here Now,” the primary music to air on the station. Listeners will even discover the velvety tones of discerning tastemakers like Brian Eno, Stephan Moccio, and Zane Lowe expertly taking them by tales of calm and wellbeing in their very own hosted reveals, whereas Apple Music’s Sabi will act as station information all through the week.
“All my listening life I’ve been drawn to the slower, quieter, extra mysterious finish of the musical spectrum,” mentioned Eno. “My radio present provides me the prospect to share with others among the issues I’ve discovered there.”
Radio has a devoted vacation spot throughout all the Apple Music ecosystem. Apple Music listeners can discover a newly up to date Radio tab, which can make interviews and reveals hosted by artists throughout all stations simpler than ever to find.
Over the previous decade, Apple Music Radio’s state-of-the-art studios in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, London, Paris, and Berlin have grow to be a welcome and key vacation spot for each established and rising artists from all over the world to launch new music, break information, and communicate on to their followers.
Fans can take pleasure in Apple Music Radio wherever they take heed to Apple Music, together with iPhone, iPad, AutomobilePlay, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Mac, HomePod, and on the net at music.apple.com. They can even ask Siri to play Apple Música Uno, Apple Music Club, and Apple Music Chill, along with Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, and Apple Music Country.
About Apple
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About Apple Music
Apple loves music. Apple revolutionized the music expertise with iPod and iTunes. Today, the award-winning Apple Music celebrates musicians, songwriters, producers, and followers with a catalog of over 100 million songs, expertly curated playlists, and one of the best artist interviews, conversations, and international premieres with Apple Music Radio. With authentic content material from probably the most revered and beloved folks in music, autoplay, time-synced lyrics, lossless audio, and immersive sound powered by Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, Apple Music provides the world’s finest listening expertise, serving to listeners uncover new music and revel in their favorites whereas empowering the worldwide artist neighborhood. Apple Music is on the market in 167 nations and areas on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple Vision Pro, Apple TV, HomePod, AutomobilePlay, and on-line at music.apple.com, plus common good audio system, good TVs, and Android and Windows gadgets. Apple Music is ad-free and by no means shares shopper knowledge with third events. More data is on the market at apple.com/apple-music.
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