Prior to receiving a plaque marking 5m adjusted sales for smash “Without Me” and sitting down for an interview with writer
Lizzy Goodman, Capitol star
Halsey—resplendent in a
Nine Inch Nails T-shirt—joined her label team for this Congressional photo op. Seen just before moving a bill to ban us out of committee are (l-r)
CMG VP Global Marketing
Arjun Pulijal, EVP Promo
Greg Marella,
UMPG ruler
Jody Gerson, CMG boss
Steve Barnett, Halsey, CMG EVP of A&R
Jeremy Vuernick, COO
Michelle Jubelirer, EVP Marketing
Mitra Darab and EVP of Marketing
Robbie McIntosh.
What else went down during Capitol Congress? We're glad you asked. Let's take a magical trip back in time.
The year was 2019; the place was a magical land called Hollywood.
In his opening remarks (which followed an amusing cold-open short film in which a mad-with-power
Lewis Capaldi takes over the Tower), Barnett ticked off an array of recent successes, including hits by Capaldi,
Sam Smith, Halsey and
NF, heaped praise on his global team and proclaimed "Diversity is our superpower. We don't just welcome it; we strive to achieve it and embrace it fully."
Megastar
Katy Perry, who debuted her new single, "Small Talk," for the assembled faithful and received a plaque marking 100m song certificiations, poses with
Steve Barnett and team. Perry is one of just five artists ever to join the 100m certified songs club with their digital singles (see an exhaustive chronicle of her
RIAA certs
here), which entitles her to a free large popcorn at any
Arclight. Seen just before a screening of that scary nun movie in an adjoining cinema are (l-r)
Ambrosia Healy,
Greg Marella,
Mitra Darab,
Ashley Newton, Perry, Barnett,
Michelle Jubelirer, managers
Bradford Cobb and
Ngoc Hong-DelVecchio and
Robbie McIntosh.
This dynamic action shot of Barnett and colleagues crystallizes the cinematic intensity of the Congress. Seen just before their stunt doubles stepped in for the kung-fu sequence are (l-r)
Will Tanous,
Boyd Muir,
Jody Gerson, Barnett,
Michelle Jubelirer,
Michele Anthony and
Jeff Harleston.
Niall Horan kicked the star power up a few notches, performing two songs from his forthcoming sophomore album (with producer
Greg Kurstin tinkling the ivories) and graciously accepting a plaque for 3m+ global adjust sales for debut set,
Flicker. He also posed for the above photo in the green room, joined by
Ashley Newton,
Greg Marella, Kurstin, Barnett, Jubes,
Mitra Darab,
Robbie McIntosh and
Modest's
Will Bloomfield, before challenging Lewis Capaldi
to a dance-off.
Quality Control and
Motown announced a partnership with
Imagine Kids+Family to produce an animated series for kids based in the Atlanta hip-hop/culture scene. Seen before morphing into their toon avatars are (l-r) Quality Control's
Pierre "Pee" Thomas, Marginal Media Works CEO
Sanjay Sharma, QC COO
Coach K Lee, Imagine Kids+Family prez
Stephanie Sperber,
Quavo, CMG SVP
Brian Nolan, VP
Ryan Allingham and
Motown head
Ethiopia Habtemariam.
Habtemariam sat down with filmmaker
Melina Matsoukas (
Insecure,
Master of None,
Beyoncé's "Formation") to discuss the latter's feature directorial debut, the drama
Queen and Slim, which hits theaters 11/27. Jody Gerson talked about
She Is the Music with
Annenberg Inclusion Initiative leader
Dr. Stacy L. Smith.
BJ the Chicago Kid was at the center of a freshly announced
Bose-CMG partnership, in which augmented-reality spy glasses play a central and terrifying role.
"I believe I speak for our entire global team when I say, '무료 샌드위치에 자신을 도와주세요,'" offered
Capitol ruler
Steve Barnett to
SM Entertainment chief and leading K-Pop impresario
Young-min Kim. The occasion was the
Capitol Congress confab in Hollywood, and as Barnett intimated in his impeccable Korean, the sandwiches were indeed complimentary.
A
CMG-Caroline partnership with SM has produced the new K-Pop supergroup
SuperM, which will bow in the U.S. in October; we'll just end the suspense now by telling you the lineup:
Taemin,
Baekhyun,
Kai,
Taeyong,
Mark,
Lucas and
Ten.
I
know, right?
Seen just before enjoying a breezy rom-com in an adjoining cinema are (l-r)
Caroline's
Matt Sawin, Young-min Kim, Caroline boss
Jacqueline Saturn, SM's
Soo-man Lee, COO
Michelle Jubelirer and Barnett.
Announcing a deal between
ESPN and
Cletus the Van/Caroline’s
Judah & The Lion that will find the band providing music for something called “college football” are (l-r)Senior Manager at Sync
Gabriella Henriques,
Triple 8 Management’s
Paul Steele, ESPN Music Director
Kevin Wilson, CMG COO
Michelle Jubelirer, ESPN’s
Emeka Ofodile and CMG SVP, Agency
Brian Nolan.
All in all, it was better than a day at the movies.
