Music

YBN Cordae and Anderson .Paak trade whimsical boasts on new song, “RNP,” which was produced by J. Cole. The new track will appear on YBN Cordae’s forthcoming debut album, The Lost Boy, which will be released on Friday via Atlantic. On “RNP,” the pair’s rhymes playfully glide over Cole’s bouncy …

Indie-pop act Half Alive have released their latest single “Pure Gold.” The song arrives with an appropriately colorful and jubilant visual that features the trio jumping and dancing around. Produced by Ariel Rechtshaid (Adele, Vampire Weekend), “Pure Gold” will appear on Half Alive’s forthcoming debut album Now, Not Yet, along …

On Tuesday, Beyoncé announced The Lion King: The Gift, an album that will accompany the remake of the famous Disney animated film, which opens Friday. Some familiar collaborators will be joining Beyoncé (Jay-Z, Pharrell), but track list is notable for also including stars from Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, artists …

Wale has paired up with singer-songwriter Jeremih for a brand new single, “On Chill,” which marks a listen from the rapper’s upcoming album. Wale previously worked with Jeremih on 2014’s “The Body” and song marks a reunion for the two. The slick track, produced by L.T. mOE and VA, centers …

Oscar Scheller and Lily Allen express all the existential angst you feel when you’re waiting to hear back from someone and your phone is dying on Scheller’s new track, “1%.” “Three dots, they can mean anything,” he sings of the ominous “someone’s typing” glyph on most phones early in the …

A handful of Bruce Springsteen rarities, including the unreleased studio rendition of “I’ll Stand By You,” highlight the soundtrack for the upcoming film Blinded By the Light. Springsteen initially penned “I’ll Stand By You” – previously known as “I’ll Stand By You Always” – for inclusion in the 2001 film …

I don’t understand the story Jaden Smith is trying to tell me. He’s pitching me, with rapid intensity, the plot of his new 17-song concept album, ERYS. Mentions of classic late-Seventies cinema intertwine with colorful substances that make people into zombies. Jaden’s description of the new album is all plot-driven, …

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Randy Rogers Band show their appreciation for a bunch of hell-raising fans in the new “Crazy People” video, which was released on Wednesday. The song appears on the Texas outfit’s latest album Hellbent, which dropped in April. As a song, “Crazy People” chronicles the transformation of a kid from his …

Gary Clark Jr. constructs a trippy path to peace in his vivid, partly animated “Got to Get Up” video. The singer-guitarist uses several cultural icons — including Martin Luther King Jr., Bob Marley, John Lennon, James Brown, Bruce Lee and Nelson Mandela — as signposts of positivity to combat various …