Last week, Taylor Swift surprised fans with the release of Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, a stripped-back, raw performance of her latest album, Folklore. The performance was released globally on Disney+ on November 25, but was not available to watch in the UAE.
That is until Friday, December 4, when it will be available to watch on OSN Streaming.
Folklore is, as the name suggests, a folky departure from the country and pop incarnations of Swift, and the log cabin setting of Long Pond Studio befits the chilled release.
Watch Taylor Swift and Bon Iver perform 'Exile' here:
Hot off her six Grammy Award nominations last week, fans can watch as Swift is joined by Aaron Dessner of The National rock band, Jack Antonoff who is part of the indie bands Bleachers and Fun, and Bon Iver's Justin Vernon for the performance session. Although they created and released the record together during global lockdowns, the Long Pond session is the first time Swift, Dessner and Antonoff had been together in the same room.
During the film, Swift performs each Folklore song in album order, and discusses the 17 tracks and the stories behind them.
'Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions' is available to stream from Friday, December 4; OSN Streaming starts at $9.50 per month
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Moon Music
Artist: Coldplay
Label: Parlophone/Atlantic
Number of tracks: 10
Rating: 3/5
India squads
Test squad against Afghanistan: Rahane (c), Dhawan, Vijay, Rahul, Pujara, Karun, Saha, Ashwin, Jadeja, Kuldeep, Umesh, Shami, Pandya, Ishant, Thakur.
T20 squad against Ireland and England: Kohli (c), Dhawan, Rohit, Rahul, Raina, Pandey, Dhoni, Karthik, Chahal, Kuldeep, Sundar, Bhuvneshwar, Bumrah, Pandya, Kaul, Umesh.
ODI squad against England: Kohli (c), Dhawan, Rohit, Rahul, Shreyas, Rayudu, Dhoni, Karthik, Chahal, Kuldeep, Sundar, Bhuvneshwar, Bumrah, Pandya, Kaul, Umesh
The specs: 2019 GMC Yukon Denali
Price, base: Dh306,500
Engine: 6.2-litre V8
Transmission: 10-speed automatic
Power: 420hp @ 5,600rpm
Torque: 621Nm @ 4,100rpm
Fuel economy, combined: 12.9L / 100km
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana
Rating: 4.5/5
US households add $601bn of debt in 2019
American households borrowed another $601 billion (Dh2.2bn) in 2019, the largest yearly gain since 2007, just before the global financial crisis, according to February data from the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
Fuelled by rising mortgage debt as homebuyers continued to take advantage of low interest rates, the increase last year brought total household debt to a record high, surpassing the previous peak reached in 2008 just before the market crash, according to the report.
Following the 22nd straight quarter of growth, American household debt swelled to $14.15 trillion by the end of 2019, the New York Fed said in its quarterly report.
In the final three months of the year, new home loans jumped to their highest volume since the fourth quarter of 2005, while credit cards and auto loans also added to the increase.
The bad debt load is taking its toll on some households, and the New York Fed warned that more and more credit card borrowers — particularly young people — were falling behind on their payments.
"Younger borrowers, who are disproportionately likely to have credit cards and student loans as their primary form of debt, struggle more than others with on-time repayment," New York Fed researchers said.
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Name: Grubtech
Founders: Mohamed Al Fayed and Mohammed Hammedi
Launched: October 2019
Employees: 50
Financing stage: Seed round (raised $2 million)
