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. …
Read More »Nicki Nicole and Trueno's Unbreakable Bond — and the Future They See Together
O ver the past several years, two of Argentina’s biggest careers have run parallel to each other: In the port city of Rosario, singer and rapper Nicki Nicole broke into the music scene when her 2019 track “Wapo Traketero” became a hit and showcased her gritty, darkly hued R&B sound …
Read More »U.S. Girls Turn Suburban Kitsch Into a Beautiful Existential Ballad on New Song 'Bless This Mess'
U.S. Girls turn a kitschy suburban household phrase into a stunning alt-pop ballad on their new song, “Bless This Mess.” The song harkens back to the diva ballads of yesteryear, with Meg Remy crooning about life’s constant complications and entanglements over a delicate electric piano. The track also arrives with …
Read More »Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet Announce Debut Collaborative Album 'Signs of Life'
After 12 years of working together and developing an extensive collaborative partnership, Neil Gaiman and FourPlay String Quartet are ready to share their debut album. Sign of Life, which is set for release on April 28, is led by the newly-released singles “Credo” and “Bloody Sunrise.” The latter single recounts …
Read More »AC/DC's Brian Johnson on the Highway Out of Hell: 'I Thought I Was Done'
Brian Johnson has become used to extremes. In the past few months, the caterwauling AC/DC lead singer has both made a triumphant comeback after deafness forced him off the road in 2016 and huddled in his mother-in-law’s Florida attic with a candle while Hurricane Ian decimated nearby coastal towns. Then …
Read More »Kanye West Can't Complain If No One's Calling Him a Billionaire, Because He Might Not Be One Anymore
Eight short days ago (or eight incredibly long days ago, depending on how you look at it), Kanye West was complaining to Chris Cuomo that people don’t call him a “billionaire” enough. Well, now that he’s lost his Adidas deal, he may not even be a billionaire anymore. According to …
Read More »Kanye Is Never Coming Back From This
“I can say antisemitic things and Adidas can’t drop me,” the artist formerly known as Kanye West proclaimed on Drink Champs just over a week ago. “Now what?” he rhetorically asked, with the sneering audacity of a man whose millions of dollars, millions of fans, and substantial high-powered connections have …
Read More »The Beatles' 'Revolver' Box Set Pulls Back the Curtain on the Fab Four's Shared Genius
Some Fab Four folklore: In 1966, when Paul McCartney tried to impress Bob Dylan with an acetate of “Tomorrow Never Knows” — the sprawling, experimental acid freakout that concludes the Beatles‘ seventh (and arguably best) LP, Revolver — Dylan quipped, “Oh, I get it: You don’t want to be cute …
Read More »Oxlade's 'Ku Lo Sa' is Big. He's Thinking Bigger
After an electric performance in front of an eager crowd, the Nigerian singer Oxlade considered spending his last day in Cyprus exploring the island’s pristine beaches, but instead opted for some indoor bonding with old friends from back home that now live in the Mediterranean country. “I was like, nah, …
Read More »Taylor Swift Is the First Artist to Sell 1 Million Records in Week One Since… Taylor Swift in 2017
The days when a superstar could sell a million records for their album’s opening week are supposed to be at an end — a relic of a time before streaming services, when fans still mainly purchased albums and directly drove artists’ album sales. But as Taylor Swift often does, she …
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