Music

The recording industry may slowly be waking up to the fact that some of its most important creators are wildly undervalued — one sign is the first-ever Songwriter of the Year Grammy, which Tobias Jesso, Jr. recently won for his behind-the-scenes work with Adele, Harry Styles, FKA Twigs, Omar Apollo, …

Breland may call Nashville home, but the country/hip-hop artist was raised in New Jersey, just across the river from Philadelphia. Naturally, he’s an Eagles fan and on Friday he joined Philly’s Andie Summers, the 2022 CMA Award-winning DJ of country station 92.5 WXTU, to drop a hype video ahead of …

An omnipresent force, Rihanna has managed to be inescapable since the release of her eighth and most recent studio album Anti in 2016, while also being perpetually hounded about when her grand return to music would finally arrive. For the first few years following the record, the singer’s trajectory followed …

Following the TikTok virality of Grupo Frontera‘s song “Bebé Dame” with Fuerza Régida, the Mexican group is back for another collaboration, this time with Marca Registrada. On Thursday night, the bands released the Tejano song “Di Que Sí” with an accompanying video seeing both groups coming together. Backed by the …

Even if you don’t know Ronald Banful’s name, you know his work. As GuiltyBeatz, the Ghanaian DJ and producer has had a hand in some of the most vital music of the past few years: He was an essential collaborator on Tems’ If Orange Was a Place and several Beyoncé …

Paramore have mastered the art of maturing gracefully. Beginning with the band’s self-titled 2013 album, they have slowly peeled themselves away from the mainstream emo/pop-punk world they once dominated (all while dealing with constant lineup shake-ups). In the process, Paramore have found themselves attached to a different kind of musical …

The evidence against the three men standing trial for the 2018 murder of XXXTentacion includes video evidence, cell phone evidence, and social media posts where they flash money believed to have been robbed from the late rapper. But Mauricio Padilla, the attorney for defendant Dedrick Williams, has implicated Toronto artist …

Taylor Swift just wants to stay in the “Lavender Haze,” and now she has a choice between the original Midnights edition and the newly released remix with German DJ Felix Jaehn, whose remix of Omi’s “Cheerleader” track topped charts worldwide when released in 2015. The new version of “Lavender Haze” …

Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, has dropped one of its bands after an investigation from German outlet Der Spiegel this week revealed that some of the group’s members allegedly had Neo-Nazi affiliations in Germany and were previously in bands that performed songs that contained lyrics denying the …

It’s a New York day in the life of Jesse Malin in the songwriter’s new video for “Downliner (Afterglow Version).” Malin makes his bed, brushes his teeth, goes grocery shopping, folds his rock & roll T-shirts, and even wraps a gift as the melancholy ballad plays behind him. Captivating stuff, …