Paramore will return to the road on a new tour for the first time in four years this fall. The trek, which kicks off Oct. 2 at the Mechanics Bank Theater in Bakersfield, California, includes some previously announced festival slots, including Austin City Limits and When We Were Young, the …
Read More »Israeli Heartthrob Mergui Drops First English-Language Single 'Sucks to Know You'
Mergui has been a household name in Israel for a while now, but with his first-ever single in English, he’s ready for U.S. audiences to get to know him, too. On Friday, the curly-haired heartthrob released his single “Sucks to Know You,” a middle-fingers-up, guitar-driven anthem about healing from heartbreak. …
Read More »Celebrating — and Arguing About — the Best Pop of 2022 So Far
From the Weeknd’s Dawn FM to Omar Apollo’s Ivory to Sky Ferreira’s “Don’t Forget” and Lizzo’s “About Damn Time,” the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now dives deep into the best pop songs and albums of the year so far. Staff writer Tomás Mier joins host Brian Hiatt for …
Read More »Omar Apollo Gets Romantic on His New Single — and He's Got More New Music on the Way
Omar Apollo has been enjoying a career high since dropping his excellent album Ivory back in April — but he’s not done releasing new music. On Friday, he shared “Archetype,”an emotional R&B song that shows off his vocal range and extends the sonic universe he built on his full-length debut. …
Read More »'J-Hope Isn't Limited to Bright Things': The BTS Star Breaks Down His Full-Length Solo Debut
RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook haveofficially been together as BTS since 2013, working tirelessly while becoming the biggest band in the world. The group recently announced it would be embarking on a new chapter together, one that, for now, places an emphasis on solo activities. Although …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Lizzo's 'Coldplay'
The methods of expressing and receiving love can be the hardest communication to decipher. At the close of her just-out fourth studio album, Special, Lizzo delivers an ode to all the hopeless romantics who share those hard-to-express feelings by creating playlists and sharing music as a symbolic romantic language. “Coldplay” …
Read More »Bella Poarch Fights Grimes in 'Dolls' Video Featuring Madison Beer, Chloe Cherry
Just ’cause they built a bitch, doesn’t mean she won’t fight back! On Thursday, Bella Poarch released the music video for her new song “Dolls,” and it serves as a continuation to the video for her debut single, “Build a B*tch,” which dropped last year. The Andrew Donoho-directed video follows …
Read More »Skillibeng Is Breathing New Life Into Dancehall
Jamaican artist Skillibeng is looking to breathe new life into dancehall. He recently caught the attention of Nicki Minaj, who remixed his song “Crocodile Teeth” on her recent reissue of Beam Me Up Scotty. Now, the 25-year-old joins Rolling Stone for an episode of On Your Radar. “By the beat …
Read More »'My Ovaries Ain't for You to Bully': Latto Puts Misogynists on Blast With 'Pussy'
Latto is channeling her “Big Energy” and taking aim at gender roles and sexism with her powerful new single, “Pussy.” The defiant track, accompanied by a subversive image of a woman with her legs spread in front of a building resembling the White House, directly calls out the various types …
Read More »Steve Lacy's 'Gemini Rights' Is Brilliantly Mercurial
Gemini Rights feels like the product of a grand jam session, and is, in fact, Steve Lacy’s most collaborative solo effort to date. Lacy is, as a guitarist and producer, one of the driving forces behind R&B outfit the Internet. He’s also a highly sought-after musical thought partner to several …
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