coup de main - noun
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Definition of coup de main : an attack that achieves complete surprise.

Coup De Main presents: Billie Eilish announces April 2019 New Zealand show.

After selling out two Auckland headline shows and a much lauded performance at Laneway Festival 2018, Coup De Main is delighted to announce that we are bringing Billie Eilish back to New Zealand this April to play Auckland’s Spark Arena on Wednesday, April 24th, before heading to Australia for shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle.

Review: M·A·C’s Monochrome collection.

M·A·C have started out the New Year with a series of new collections, one of which being the Monochrome collection - which has seen six of the brand’s most popular lipstick shades extend themselves into lipglass, powder blush, matte and frost eye shadow.

Ruby Woo (the lip colour of choice of Este Haim, FYI) is the boldest and brightest red you could ever want in a lip colour - and the other product releases in the collection are equally as bold.

Astrid S releases new song 'Someone New'.

Astrid S has shared a new song, 'Someone New', which was co-written with Charli XCX, and follows up previous singles 'Closer' and 'Emotion'.

About the new song, Astrid says: "'Someone New' is a song about being a little obsessed with an ex. I wanted it to sound a bit childish and desperate, but still have a chorus you can sing along to in your car. I made it with Noonie Bao, Charli XCX, Jakob Hazell and Svante Halldin. I’m very excited for people to hear it."
 
Watch a lyric video for 'Someone New' below...

Olivia O’Brien releases new single ‘Love Myself’.

Olivia O’Brien has just dropped a new single in the form of ‘Love Myself’, the self-aware track that will serve as the finale to her upcoming debut album, set for release this Spring (/Autumn in New Zealand).

In the song, O’Brien reaches new heights of introspection, singing, “I don’t even know who I wanna be,” before proclaiming, “I don’t need to be the same as everyone else / I just need to motherfucking love myself.”

Marina’s new single is called ‘Handmade Heaven’ and is out on Friday!

Marina (who has now dropped & The Diamonds from her name) has finally announced her new music is coming! It appears that a new single called ‘Handmade Heaven’ will be released this coming Friday, as teased via her Spotify account - where playing old songs brings up specific letters spelling out the name of the new song.

She also took to Twitter to reveal some new information about her music…

Interview: 2019 Must-Know - UMI

Spending her days studying at the University of Southern California, LA based singer-songwriter UMI captures a unique essence of nostalgia in her R&B influenced songs. In ‘Remember Me’, she wisely reflects, “Cause I'm getting older / Know that I've changed / And I can't go back now,” a song that was written while reminiscing on the mixed feelings around heartbreak.

Broods - ‘Too Proud’ music video.

Having just released their brand new album ‘Don’t Feed The Pop Monster’, Broods have dropped a new music video for ‘Too Proud’, ahead of performing the song live on The Late Late Show with James Corden on February 7th.

About the video, the band say: “‘Too Proud’ is for everyone who has ever felt that stigma that mental health struggles are shameful. It’s NOT shameful... If you can relate to the feelings conveyed in this video and song please take care of yourself and don’t hesitate to reach out to someone who can help.”

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