Music

It’s not hard to spot the hardcore fans at U2 shows. They’re the ones wearing vintage Lovetown Tour T-shirts who scream louder for “Acrobat” than “Pride (In the Name of Love),” call out guitar tech Dallas Schoo by name when he brings the Edge a new instrument, and leap into …

Mariah Carey reflected on the making of her music video for “We Belong Together,” the second single off her 2005 album, The Emancipation of Mimi, for Vevo Footnotes. In chyrons that play around her video, she recalls writing the song with Jermaine Dupri and how gratifying it was to make …

For documentary filmmaker Randall MacLowry, the Black folk hero John Henry was a natural subject. The mythical 19th-century figure who helped install railroad tracks by way of his sledgehammer skills, Henry has been saluted in literature (Colson Whitehead’s John Henry Days), dance (part of a program by the Alvin Ailey …

This spring, the art gallery Gagosian LA will exhibit 36 of Paul McCartney‘s recently rediscovered photos, including some that featured in the former Beatle’s Eyes of the Storm book and many that have never been shown before. The photos were taken between December 1963 and February 1964. And the exhibition, …

About halfway into an acceptance speech at a Beverly Hills awards ceremony Thursday night, Stevie Nicks revealed that she’s recording new music. “I’m actually making a record right now,” she said. “I call it ‘The Ghost Record,’ because it just kind of happened in the last couple weeks, because you …

It’s the end of an era: WaleMania is over. On Friday, the musician announced that he’ll be concluding his annual WrestleMania weekend event series after 10 years. “I hope everybody has a great time tonight. This will be the final Walemania,” Wale wrote on X, sharing a video of the …

Japanese Breakfast brought the “Melancholy Inn” to Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday night with a performance of “Picture Window.” The track appears on Japanese Breakfast’s latest album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) — hence the neon “Melancholy Inn” sign casting its blue glow on Michelle Zauner and the rest of …

Becky G is going to give a “glimpse” into her life in an upcoming documentary. On Friday, the Mexican American star announced that her upcoming film, Rebbeca, will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 12. “I can’t believe I am writing this right now… I am so honored …

Drake has doubled down on his defamation and harassment claims against Universal Music Group (UMG), filing an amended complaint Wednesday that argues the NFL’s decision to ban the word “pedophile” from Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance supports his allegation that “Not Like Us” is defamatory. “The version of the …

The social media pop fan ecosystem is fragile. Its participants are easily excitable and just as effortlessly aggrieved, their collective nervous system tied somewhat intrinsically to social media notifications. On Tuesday, Pop Crave posted: “Fans speculate Tate McRae is featured on Morgan Wallen’s new album after she posted a Tennessee …