Shakira released a new single “Acróstico” on Thursday, a piano-backed love song reflecting on lost love and gratitude. The singer-songwriter appeared to draw from her past experiences for the song, and shared its heartfelt lyric video on Instagram. “You taught me that love is not a scam/And that when it’s …
Read More »Janelle Monáe, BTS, Lil Durk, and All the Songs You Need To Know
Welcome to our weeklyrundown ofthe best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Janelle Monáe gets sensual, BTS deliver for a sleek salute to our planet, Phoebe Bridgers lends vocals to new songs by Arlo Parks and Rob Moose, and Lil …
Read More »Clairo Takes Her Intimate Indie Gems to Electric Lady for Live EP
Clairo has dropped Live at Electric Lady, a cozy EP released off Spotify. Clairo — a.k.a. Claire Cottrill — announced the EP on Thursday afternoon, hours before dropping it at midnight E.T. She wrote in her caption that the EP contains “all her favorites,” including her hit “Bags” and Sling …
Read More »Hear Pearl Jam's 'Alive' How It Was Always Meant to Be: Played by a Bluegrass Band
Deep inside every hard-hitting Pearl Jam grunge-a-palooza lurks a bluegrass hoedown dying to do-si-do. Eddie Vedder himself has proven this time and again by switching between the rock group and his own solo ukulele ballads. And now the long-running bluegrass quartet Iron Horse — who have strummed, chicken-picked, and mandolin-ified …
Read More »The 2023 ACM Awards Got a New Venue, But Said the Same Old Things
Well, that was something. The 2023 ACM Awards ended on a Texas-sized downer, with Dolly Parton giving the premiere of the new song “World on Fire” from her upcoming rock project and showering the audience not only with confetti, but with a sense of impending doom while dancers twirled around …
Read More »Detroit's Veeze Is Back To Rapping Like There's Nothing To Lose
Detroit rap is the most hilarious subgenre in hip-hop right now. And the experience is even more palpable with an in-person Veeze ad-libbing bars as he recently did during a listening session of his upcoming album, Ganger, in Rolling Stone’s New York offices. “What’s wrong with that bitch?” he incredulously …
Read More »BTS Sing 'The Planet' for Animated Series 'Bastions'
BTS released “The Planet” as the theme song for Bastions, an upcoming South Korean animated series, on Thursday. The track will be used as the theme song for the new project, according to NME, and the show’s soundtrack will also feature work fromHeize,LE SSERAFIM, BB Girls (formerlyBrave Girls) andAleXa. “You’re …
Read More »No, Lana Del Rey Certainly Did Not Leak Jack Antonoff's Wedding Date in 'Margaret'
If you’re a Jack Antonoff obsessive, besotted with details around his upcoming nuptials to Emmy-nominated actress Margaret Qualley, you’ll need to find another wedding to crash in December. Since the release of Lana Del Rey‘s latest album, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Antonoff stans (Stantonoffs?) …
Read More »Lil Durk, J. Cole Team Up on Inspirational New Single 'All My Life'
Lil Durk has dropped a new single “All My Life,” featuring J. Cole. The track will appear on the rapper’s forthcoming eighth LP, Almost Healed, set for release May 26. The single arrives along with a music video, which was directed by Steve Cannon. The song, which Lil Durk teased …
Read More »Don Omar and Cosculluela Meet in the Middle on 'Bandidos'
Consider the hatchet buried between Don OmarandCosculluela. The two reggaeton artists decided to meet in the middle on their first-ever collaboration, “Bandidos,” which simmers over a theatrical beat and makes room for both musicians to boast about their skillset while settling their feud. “It has been a great journey to …
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