S wizz Beatz, the Bronx-bred superproducer turned art collector, and Rema, the upstart Nigerian artist who’s become a global superstar, are sitting in one of the larger rooms at the Record Plant in Hollywood. This is the type of place where Swizz, 45, has worked since he was a teenager, …
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G rimes is a self-taught, self-produced artist who released her first album on a small indie label more than a decade ago. Aespa is a girl group formed during the pandemic by one of K-pop’s leading labels, composed of four extremely hardworking women — Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning — …
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A tlanta’s storied Stankonia Studios feel like the site of a family reunion as J.I.D walks in with a grin and daps up Big Boi with Stevie Wonder’s “As” spilling from the speakers. Both are soft-spoken, and you can barely hear what they say to each other as they exchange …
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I didn’t bring my stilts,” dad-jokes Lindsey Buckingham as he eyes Omar Apollo, all six feet five of him. Apollo lets out a chuckle as he leans against the recording console, where Buckingham’s band, Fleetwood Mac, happened to have made Tusk 45 years ago. Buckingham, a 74-year-old guitar hero, might …
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T he first order of business when Thalía and Becky G meet up at New York’s Power Station is what music the two pop stars are going to play in the background of their photo shoot. Quickly, the room decides on Bad Bunny, and within minutes, “Tití Me Preguntó” is …
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L atto and Snoop Dogg are preparing for their Musicians on Musicians cover shoot at Hollywood’s historic United Recording studios, when Snoop shouts out a song he’d like cued up: “Can we turn on that ‘Rip me out the plastic, I’m actin’ brand-new?’” Latto lets out a yelp like she …
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Halloween is getting closer, and Duran Duran are feeling the spooky energy. On Friday, the band will release their studio album Danse Macabre, a 13-song collection featuring covers of on-theme songs from Billie Eilish, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Rolling Stones, and more — including one rendition of the 1977 …
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There are no grudges held between Cher and Madonna – if you are to believe Cher, at least. Rumors of a feud were reignited, when, as part of her 40thanniversary Celebration Tour, Madonna introduced a clip from a 1991 interview where the “Believe” singer calls the Queen of Pop “mean.” …
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In a post captioned only “Act One,” followed by a snake emoji, Megan Thee Stallion teased a brand new project. In the short video posted to the rapper’sInstagram, the camera draws in on her lips mouthing, “Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past, over and …
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Taylor Swift is not just like us – she’s better. In his first interview since his son, Travis Kelce, went public with the “Karma” singer, Ed Kelce revealed toPeople Magazinethe moment that showed him what kind of person Swift is. “I’ll tell you something very special that I noticed about …
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