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Fresh off a year that saw Mt. Joy sell out Madison Square Garden, the Los Angeles-via-Philadelphia indie-rock quintet will return in 2025 with their fourth studio album, Hope We Have Fun. The LP, which will arrive on May 30, marks Mt. Joy’s first album since 2022’s Orange Blood. “It’s always …

DJ Khaled and Cardi B have joined Natania and Subhi for Desi Trill’s Belinda Carlisle-sampling single “Higher Love.” The record, which will appear on the soundtrack to the new Smurfs movie, flips “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” into a multilingual love song. “Think about me, I’m on your mental/Give …

Irish rock favorites Fontaines D.C. are back with their first new song of 2025, “It’s Amazing to Be Young.” The track captures the confusion and frustration of youth, but also the euphoria and overwhelming sense of possibility it can instill, even in the face of a cruel world. On the …

Noah Weiland, son of late Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, convenes with his dad’s spirit via a Chucky doll in the strange but sweet new video for his cover of STP’s “Sex Type Thing.” The younger Weiland paired his stripped-down acoustic cover of the 1993 track with a music …

Jennie and Doechii have more than enough to brag about. The Blackpink singer is gearing up for the release of her debut solo album Ruby on March 7, and the Florida rapper is fresh off of her Best Rap Album win at the 2025 Grammy Awards. On their new collaboration …

Jerry Butler, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and original lead singer of the Impressions who later embarked on a successful career as a solo artist and a Chicago politician, has died at the age of 85. Butler’s niece confirmed her uncle’s death to the Chicago Sun-Times, adding …

Lady Gaga is going to Brazil. On May 3, the musician will headline a performance at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro as part of the Todo Mundo no Rio initiative, which aims to highlight economic benefits of entertainment in the city. The event will be free and open to …

Djo’s tour in support of their upcoming album The Crux has taken Joe Keery and company to Australia, where they visited the talk show Triple J and, as per tradition, performed a cover of another artist’s music for “Like a Version,” in this case Haim’s hit “Gasoline.” Keery said of …

Party like it’s 2010 all over again: The Cataracs and DEV have reunited! On Friday, the production duo and pop singer behind “Like a G6” and “Bass Down Low” reconnected after 15 years for the new single “Make Ya Body Whistle,” marking the return of recession pop. The Cataracs and …

Voletta Wallace, the mother of rapper Christopher “The Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace who spent decades preserving her late son’s legacy, has died at the age of 78. Thomas Yanac, coroner for Monroe County, PA, confirmed Wallace’s death to Rolling Stone, adding that she died of natural causes on hospice care at …