Welcome to our weekly rundownofthe best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week,Childish Gambino dropped his seventh, and possibly last, album, Jimin shares his second solo set, and Madison Beer serves up a pulsating dose of dance pop. Plus, new music …
Read More »Ricardo Montaner Revisits His Biggest Hits 40 Years Later on New Album
Ricardo Montaner is looking back at his storied career with a new perspective — and giving his classic ballads an update. On Friday, the musician dropped Ricardo Montaner 2 (Versión Montaner), on which he re-recorded and re-mastered some of his most notable songs, including “Tan Enamorados.” “To be able to …
Read More »Jimin of BTS Is Tapping Some Deep Beatles Love on His New 'Muse'
Jimin of BTS is turning heads worldwide with Muse, his ambitious and experimental new solo album. One of the tracks getting the most attention is the great single, “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band,” featuring South Korean rapper Loco. Jimin takes explicit inspiration from the Beatles 1967 psychedelic masterpiece, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely …
Read More »Elon Musk Bet Big on a Self-Driving 'Robotaxi.' Can Tesla Actually Build One?
Back in April 2019, during a presentation on Tesla’s progress toward a fully autonomous driving system, Elon Musk made a startling prediction: “Next year for sure, we will have over a million robotaxis on the road,” he said. What the CEO meant was that Teslas sold with a “Full Self-Driving” …
Read More »Neil Young's 'On the Beach' at 50: His Bummed-Out Masterpiece Reigns Supreme
Happy 50th anniversary to Neil Young’s On the Beach, an album that, to put it mildly, is not a very sunny one. Young himself called it one of the most depressing records he’s ever made — and that was after he wrote and recorded the famously funereal Tonight’s the Night. …
Read More »Meet the Costco Guys, the Father-Son Duo Behind the Song of the Summer
What’s the song of the summer? Is it “Espresso“? “Not Like Us“? “Hot to Go“? This writer would like to humbly submit another candidate: “We Bring the BOOM!” by A.J. and Big Justice, a Boca Raton, Florida-based father-and-son duo with flawlessly groomed eyebrows, heavy New Jersey accents, and a predilection …
Read More »Big Sean Announces Album 'Better Me Than You' Following Leak
Skip the leaked version: Big Sean‘s new album Better Me Than You is dropping on Aug. 9. On Friday, a day after a Kanye West fan allegedly leaked much of his album online, Big Sean announced the release of his LP, and dropped a new single, “Yes.” “The pressure of …
Read More »Mabel No Longer 'Second Guesses' Her 'Female Intuition'
Mabel is learning to trust her gut. On Friday, the British pop singer released her single “Female Intuition,” which captures the star learning to trust her decision-making in life and in her art. “It’s about trusting your instincts and letting your intuition be your guide,” she tells Rolling Stone. “I …
Read More »We Went to Erykah Badu and Desa Potato Head's Wellness Festival
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. “My name is Erykah Badu and I’m a cold motherfucker.” It’s 6:30 am on the rooftop of Desa Potato Head and a crowd of yogis, writers, singers, dancers, …
Read More »From Shaolin to Symphonies: RZA Announces New Orchestral LP 'A Ballet Through Mud'
RZA will journey from Staten Island to symphony halls withthe Wu-Tang Clan mastermind’s upcoming orchestral album, A Ballet Through Mud. The producer rediscovered the project during the pandemic when he revisited lyrical songbooks he penned as a teenager in “Shaolin.” RZA then transformed those early works into a ballet that …
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