Music

The last time Lolo Zouaï made an album, she was “super-hardcore dreaming” from behind the host stand during her shifts at Bareburger in New York City. She wanted a future when she could fully focus on her craft instead of making milkshakes for customers. “I remember I wrote a note …

Journalist Jonathan Abrams spent the last four years compiling an enlightening, entertaining, and deeply researched history of hip-hop. Abrams traces the music’s humble beginning in the Bronx and DIY block parties to some of the most popular music in the world today. In this exclusive excerpt from “The Come Up: …

Hours after her infamous Alex Jones/vaccine skepticism tweet, M.I.A. shared some additional unfounded thoughts about the efficacy and safety of the Covid-19 vaccine in an interview with The Guardian. M.I.A. — whose comments come alongside the arrival of her new album, Mata, today, Oct. 14 — reportedly tied her vaccine …

This story was originally published in the Dec. 4, 1986 issue of Rolling Stone. Eyeing a gold Jacuzzi in his $750-a-night suite at the Stouffer airport hotel in Los Angeles, Run, the deffest rapper in the world, exclaims, “Me go to Michael Jackson‘s for dinner? I just don’t know if …

Ringo Starr has decided to cancel the handful of remaining shows on his 2022 tour because he has tested positive for Covid-19 again. “I’m sure you’ll be as surprised as I was I tested positive again for Covid the rest of the tour is off I send you peace and …

Who said a bachata star can’t sing rancheras? On Friday, Romeo Santos joined música Mexicana heavyweight Christian Nodál for the emotional, tequila-soaked video for “Me Extraño,” which shows the two of them trading verses about love and regrets at an opulent bar. The song follows Santos — fresh out of …

Pop goes punk on Louis Tomlinson’s gritty new single “Out of My System,” the second offering from his forthcoming sophomore album Faith in the Future set for release on Nov. 11. Crafted alongside Nicolas Rebscher and Dave Gibson, the instrument-driven track reflects the 30-year-old singer and songwriter’s cognizance of how …

Another day, another Twitter tiff between rappers. This time, the fracas is between Nicki Minaj, the ever-polarizing rap icon seeking more Grammy gold with “Super Freaky Girl,” and Latto, the buzzing Atlanta MC whose “Big Energy” hit is one of the biggest songs of 2022. The drama started with Nicki …

Even critically acclaimed icons have bouts of insecurity. For Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler, Tinta y Tiempo was an album that “almost didn’t happen.” In the past, the Oscar-winning veteran had stepped out in the world and shared bits and pieces of unfinished tunes with fellow artists — something that had …

We’re getting Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds in the same holiday film, Spirited — so of course, there had to be some cheesy new Christmas songs to come with it! On Friday, Republic Records released the first single from the movie’s soundtrack, “Bring’ Back Christmas,” where Reynolds — who plays …