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Balenciaga has officially cut ties with Kanye West following the rapper’s string of antisemitic and offensive remarks. Following its third-quarter earnings report Thursday, the fashion label’s parent company Kering said in a statement to WWD, “Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this …

Midnights is officially a record-breaking album. On Friday, Spotify revealed that Taylor Swift‘s new album had become the most-streamed project in a single day in the streaming service’s history. Sharing Spotify’s tweet, Swift wrote, “How did I get this lucky, having you guys out here doing something this mind-blowing?! Like …

BST Hyde Park London will host a history-making set in 2023 when Blackpink headlines the British Summer Time festival, crowning the four-piece as the first K-pop act to lead a major UK festival. Blackpink are scheduled to perform on July 2 at the festival presented by American Express. General sale …

Cardi B‘s court battle over the cover art for her mixtape Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1 is over. On Friday, days after the rap star appeared in court to battle the $5 million lawsuit, a jury in Santa Ana found that the artist did not use the likeness of Kevin …

It took Stromae nine years to return to music. The reason, he says, was simple: “I needed to get inspired by normal stuff.” After seeing international success with his 2010 club-pop single “Alors on Danse” and making history as the first French-singing performer to sell out Madison Square Garden, in …

Kanye West might have plans as ambitious as running for president. In the midst of all the chaos from West’s past month, his team filed a slew of trademark applications that would allow West to create his own mini-community — or as West intends to call it, the “Yecosystem.” West’s …

A bout a year ago, Karen O was scrolling through Instagram when she came across a photo of Japanese Breakfast frontwoman Michelle Zauner that left her a little concerned. It was from a stop on Zauner’s relentless tour over the past couple of years, which has included more than 100 …

In her song “Metal Firecracker,” Lucinda Williams pleaded with her traveling companion not to reveal any of the secrets they talked about on their journey. But in 2023, Williams herself will share those untold stories in a new memoir titled after that lyric in the Car Wheels on a Gravel …

Lana Del Rey had to return to square one after her car was broken into in Los Angeles, resulting in the theft of a backpack containing multiple devices that housed important work material. The singer took to Instagram to share in a series of posts on her private account, explaining …

In the two-plus decades since twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin started making music together, they’ve become more than just a beloved pop duo; High School, the Clea DuVall-created TV show based on their joint memoir of the same name, debuted on Amazon FreeVee earlier this month, and their LGBTQ …