Role Model has a lot going for himself. The 27-year-old musician released his second studio album Kansas Anymore back in July and spent a month on the road with Gracie Abrams this fall, opening her Secret of Us tour. He even kicked off his own semi-sold out tour earlier this …
Read More »Does Your Favorite Pop Star Write Her Own Songs? Thank Taylor Swift
Some lessons need to be learned over and over again. When Bob Dylan and the Beatles broke through in the Sixties, they paved the way for generations of artists to write their own songs. But by the early 2000s, the charts had been largely reclaimed by pro songwriters and svengali …
Read More »T-Pain Wants People Criticizing Mark Zuckerberg's 'Get Low' Cover to Log Off and Touch Grass
T-Pain is standing on the frontlines to protect real lovers from bitter loners after teaming up with Mark Zuckerberg on a special acoustic cover of “Get Low.” The pair cut the Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz record as a gift to the META founder’s wife in honor of their …
Read More »The Weeknd Dropped His Most Immersive Music Video Yet, but There's Only One Way to See It
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The Weeknd is known for creating immersive visuals, from his darkly cinematic music videos to his memorable Super Bowl performance. Now he’s getting even more immersive, teaming up …
Read More »The Latin Grammys Turn 25 — and Hold Tight to Tradition
Happy silver anniversary to the Latin Grammys! After the Spanish bombast of the 2023celebration in Sevilla, the Latin Grammys celebrated its 25th year on Thursday night at the Kaseya Center in Miami.Were Latin music’s biggest night a person, she would be old enough to rent a car (sans the young-driver …
Read More »Will Trump Be Able to Install His Extreme Cabinet Without Senate Confirmation?
Donald Trump has followed up his election win earlier this month by tapping a series of devout loyalists, conspiracy theorists, and zealots to occupy the highest ranks of the federal government. Some of them —like Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — are so thinly qualified for …
Read More »'Friday Night Lights' Creators Set Plans for Teen Drama Revival
The return of the true teen drama — because most high school students probably aren’t living in the world of Euphoria — will continue as Universal Television begins developing a revival of Friday Night Lights. The football-focused series ran for five seasons between 2006 and 2011. Now, director Peter Berg, …
Read More »Are FLO the Next Great Girl Group?
When we first encountered U.K. trio FLO on their debut single “Cardboard Box” in 2022, they were singing circles around an unfaithful man while packing his things to kick him to the curb. The record channeled Nineties R&B with scholar-like expertise and established them as an indisputable one-to-watch. On their …
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Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week Rauw Alejandro enlists Bad Bunny to lure a past lover into another rendezvous, Shawn Mendes shares the intricacies of his quarter-life crisis, and FKA Twigs offers an explosive …
Read More »Lil Durk Pleads Not Guilty to Murder-for-Hire Charges, Gets Trial Date
Grammy-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk has pleaded not guilty to charges he directed a murder-for-hire plot that led to the shooting death of Georgia rapper Quando Rondo’s cousin at a Los Angeles gas station two years ago. The 32-year-old artist, born Durk Banks, entered the plea Thursday and was remanded …
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