One Liners: Jason Derulo, Corinne Bailey Rae, Kaliii, more

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DEALSWarner Chappell has signed a publishing deal with rapidly rising rapper Kaliii. “There’s a new generation of talented lyricists making waves in the industry right now and Kaliii is a clear standout above the rest”, says the company’s North American President Ryan Press. “She’s an incredibly talented songwriter who knows what she wants in her career and the whole Warner Chappell team is grateful to be joining her on this journey”.————————————————–LABELS & PUBLISHERSJKBX, the new music rights investment platform headed up by The Orchard founder Scott Cohen, will officially launch on 12 Sep providing – and I quote – “retail investors and music fans with the opportunity to reserve royalty shares of globally-recognised songs offered by its affiliate, Jukebox Hits Vol 1 LLC”.

So, basically, people will be able to confirm an interest in buying royalty shares in relation to the song rights in works recorded by the likes of Beyonce, Adele, Taylor Swift, OneRepublic, Ed Sheeran, Kelly Clarkson, Major Lazer and Jonas Brothers.————————————————–RELEASESJason Derulo has released new single ‘Body Count’. “This record is about having a more playful and casual attitude toward romantic and physical relationships and focusing on creating memorable experiences together”, he says. “Like the song says, ‘I don’t really care about your body count cause I just want to make that body count’”.Corinne Bailey Rae has released new track ‘Erasure’.

Wanna hear it? Well, it’s only currently available as the b-side to a limited edition seven-inch of recent single ‘New York Transit Queen’. “Some of the themes of ‘Erasure’ are concerned with the erasure of black childhood so I wanted it to be unhinged and witchy, allowing broken down collapsed mental.