ASAP Rocky has been teasing his forthcoming album Don’t Be Dumb by name for over two and a half years, over the span of which he: performed potential tracks on it at Rolling Loud twice, starred in two high-profile feature films, began raising one infant with Rihanna, welcomed another, and …
Read More »Watch Rosé Tap Bruno Mars for 'Apt' at Blackpink's Los Angeles Show
Rosé surprised fans with an appearance from Bruno Mars at Blackpink‘s second concert in Los Angeles over the weekend. The singer enlisted Mars to perform their joint single, “Apt.,” which dropped last fall. Mars joined Rosé onstage at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium to showcase the flirtatious track, which sees the …
Read More »Woody Guthrie's 'Deportee,' an Ode to Deported Workers, Has Never Been More Relevant
For anyone who follows the news, the story will sound eerily familiar: migrant workers rounded up by immigration officials, put on a plane and transported to a deportation center and, ultimately, Mexico. The shocking twists, however, are the year it happened — 1948, in Fresno County, California — and the …
Read More »Bebe Buell, a Grand Dame of Rock, Stares Down Cancer in Empowering Song 'Skin Suit'
Bebe Buell turns 72 today, and the rock & roll grand dame has never been more vital. Or more appreciative of her time on this planet. Last summer, the singer, songwriter, and model was diagnosed with breast cancer after a routine mammogram. She had a lumpectomy, and then a breast …
Read More »How Jessie Murph Brought 'F-ck It and We'll See What Happens Energy' to Her Daring New Album
When Jessie Murph returns home to northern Alabama, she heads to the gas station for an oversize cup of boiled peanuts. It’s one of several rituals she now enjoys when she comes back to the region that Murph despised growing up in and fled as a teenager. “My relationship with …
Read More »How All Time Low Turned Outside Noise Into New Music
Twenty years into their career as a band, All Time Low hit a crossroads. They had just re-recorded and released a compilation album, revisiting the catalog hits that made them pop-punk pioneers in the mid-aughts. As All Time Low tapped into the nostalgia of past milestones, they were forced to …
Read More »Nikki Sixx Says 'Health Issues' Kept Mötley Crüe From Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Show
Nikki Sixx said health issues were the reason Mötley Crüe did not partake in Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell show in Birmingham, England, earlier this month. The band’s presence wouldn’t have been out of the question, as the Back to the Beginning show featured a bevy of rock legends, including Metallica, Slayer, …
Read More »'Weird Al' Yankovic Conquers Madison Square Garden at Historic New York City Concert
It took 46 years, 14 albums, five Grammy Awards, well over 1,000 live renditions of “Fat,” and way too many Hawaiian shirts to even contemplate counting, but “Weird Al” Yankovic finally took the stage at Madison Square Garden on Saturday evening as part of his biggest tour ever. It was …
Read More »Blackpink's Deadline World Tour Is a High-Voltage Homecoming
When Lisa spoke to Tyla for Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians last year, she said she couldn’t wait to get “together with the girls” again. After a year and a half of solo ventures — Rosé teaming up with Bruno Mars on “APT.,” Lisa starring in White Lotus, Jennie commanding …
Read More »The Sabrina Carpenter You Don't Know
Sabrina Carpenter is as good as any current pop star at cultivating controversy and attention —the latest evidence was the now-subsided furor over her absurd Man’s Best Friend album cover, which seems to take cues from Spinal Tap’s Smell the Glove. “She’s leaning into it and laughing about it at …
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