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Swifties are done seeing the world of The Tortured Poets Department in black and white. Now, The Life of a Showgirl, the forthcoming 12th studio album from Taylor Swift, has drenched their reality in screaming color — shades of orange and teal, to be exact. The record marks the fifth …

Tyler, the Creator has released the music video for “Sugar on My Tongue,” a song from his Don’t Tap the Glass album. The self-directed visual showcases Tyler and dancers in a sterile, tiled room, with a climactic scene featuring a nude Tyler cutting off his tongue, and his also-nude love …

Ian Shelton doesn’t remember why he was at the airport that day. Maybe to visit his girlfriend, or perhaps a tour stop with his band, Militarie Gun. Regardless, he was feeling decidedly even-keeled when he recorded the tragic voice memo that kicks off the band’s latest record, God Save the …

Sheila Jordan, the jazz vocalist who tugged at the boundaries of music whether she was scat-singing or freshly interpreting songs by Kurt Weill, Rodgers and Hart, or Jimmy Webb, died on Monday. She was 96. Jordan’s death was confirmed by her daughter Tracey Jordan, a music executive, who said her …

Daryl Hall and John Oates have privately resolved the legal dispute involving the very public breakdown in their business partnership, court filings confirm. “The claims have been adjudicated in arbitration. Given the entry of final judgment in arbitration, plaintiffs will be contemporaneously filing a notice of voluntary dismissal with the …

BigXThaPlug is going big with his collaborations for his upcoming album, I Hope You’re Happy. The rapper, born Xavier Landum, revealed the track list, which features Luke Combs, Jelly Roll, Shaboozey, and more, during a visit to Apple Music’s new L.A. studio, which opened this week. The 11-song set also …

Jhayco was arrested early Tuesday morning for cocaine and cannabis possession after being seen by officers with “white powder on his nose,” the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office tells Rolling Stone. The reggaeton singer — real name Jesus Manuel Nieves Cortes — was driving a red two-door Corvette when he was …

In a brief but powerful letter, Madonna asked Pope Leo XIV to visit the Gaza Strip “before it’s too late.” In a Monday Instagram post, the pop icon called on the religious leader as attacks from Israel continue amid its war with Hamas. “Most Holy Father, please go to Gaza …

Raekwon and Havoc of Mobb Deep are headed on tour. Weeks after RZA teased the two hitting the road at Wu-Tang Clan’s Madison Square Garden farewell show, they announced a 19-city national tour starting in November in Portland, Oregon, and ending a month later in Miami Beach. The tour marks …

Efforts to resolve allegations that hip-hop producer Metro Boomin raped a woman in a Beverly Hills hotel nine years ago have broken down, setting the stage for a trial to begin next month. A new court filing signed by lawyers on both sides and obtained by Rolling Stone says a …