With Coldplay, Jin is a sky full of stars. Ahead of the band’s live stream of their show in Argentina, Rolling Stone can exclusively premiere footage of Chris Martin and Jin rehearsing the BTS star’s new single, “The Astronaut.” The clip captures a smiley Jin high-fiving the Coldplay frontman and …
Read More »Chappell Roan Is the Independent 'Thrift Store Pop Star' Ready to Take Over the World
When rising pop star Chappell Roan left Missouri for Los Angeles, she thought she hit the jackpot. Born Kayleigh Rose Amstutz in the town of Willard, Missouri, she’d grown up feeling stifled by her small, conservatively Christian upbringing. “I felt so out of place in my hometown,” the now-24-year-old recalls. …
Read More »Brockhampton Reveal Their Final Album 'The Family'
Six months after announcing their “final album,” the group has detailed their last LP, The Family. As revealed in an album teaser posted Thursday on Brockhampton’s YouTube, The Family will arrive on Nov. 17. The Family preorder page offers a few more details, with the limited edition box noting that …
Read More »Motley Crue Guitarist Mick Mars Retires From Touring
Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars, who cofounded the band in 1981, has decided to retire from touring while his band continues its world tour. For years, Mars, who is 71, has pressed forward despite a diagnosis of the debilitating disease ankylosing spondylitis, a form of arthritis that affects the spine. …
Read More »Taylor Swift Forced to Minimize Her Disordered Eating Experience Because People Complained
Taylor Swift had to water down her artistic expression and how she chose to portray her lived experience with disordered eating because people found the use of the word “FAT” in her “Anti-Hero” video offensive. During one scene of her “Anti-Hero” visual, Swift originally looked down at a scale, and …
Read More »'Midnights' Co-Producer Sounwave Says 'Karma' Was a 'Last-Minute Hail Mary' He Sent Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s Midnights has been billed as the first truly collaborative album she’s made with producer Jack Antonoff, but the LP and the extended 3am version feature plenty of other names, both old and new in the Swift realm. One of those is Mark Anthony Spears, a.k.a. Sounwave, who collaborated …
Read More »A Brief History of Drake and 21 Savage Collaborations
Last weekend, Drake and 21 Savage announced their joint project Her Loss, set to be released this Friday. The title hints that the album might lean more into Drake’s lovelorn wheelhouse than 21 Savage’s steely menace, and finds two of the rap world’s biggest artists expanding their musical synergy for …
Read More »Kanye West 'Escorted' Out of Skechers HQ After Arriving 'Unannounced and Uninvited'
Ye really thought this would work. After being dropped by Adidas yesterday, Kanye West showed up “unannounced and uninvited” at Skechers‘ headquarters in Los Angeles on Wednesday. His motive? It’s unclear, but it comes after the end of his most lucrative partnership with the German sportswear brand. After a “brief …
Read More »Charli D'Amelio Forays Into Music With Debut Single 'If You Ask Me To'
Charli D’Amelio has gone from TikTok star to reality TV personality to Dancing with the Stars favorite — and now, with her new single, she can add budding singer to the list. On Tuesday night, following the finale of her family’s Hulu series The D’Amelios, D’Amelioreleased her debut single, “If …
Read More »Taylor Swift Surprises Crowd at Bon Iver's London Show With 'Exile' Duet
Taylor Swift made a surprise visit to Bon Iver‘s concert in London on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at the OVO Arena in Wembley. As Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, began the first few verses of “Exile” from Swift’s eighth album, Folklore, the Midnights artist walked on stage. Immediately, the crowd lost it. …
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