Music

From the very beginning of his fifth albumShawn, Shawn Mendes makes it clear he still doesn’t know who he is. Opening track “Who I Am” is riddled with the anxiety and disillusionment of a quarter-life crisis: “Got a lot of talk in my brain right now…Everything’s hard to explain out …

In 1980, two months before his assassination outside the Dakota Apartments in New York, John Lennon was gifted a Patek Philippe watch by his wife Yoko Ono for his 40th birthday. Ono purchased the timepiece for $25,000, an amount that would equal $95,500 today, and holds an estimated value of …

Fresh off receiving six nominations at the 2025 Grammys, Shaboozey is back with a new song fittingly titled “Good News,” the singer’s first original track since the release of his breakout 2024 LP Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going. Shaboozey — who had been teasing “Good News” on social …

Following her album and tour announcement earlier today, Tate McRae has dropped her a new single, “2 hands.” The pop star worked on “2 hands” with an all-star team of hitmakers: Ryan Tedder, Lostboy and Amy Allen. It’s an electro-pop love song, with McRae requesting “a little less talk/and a …

The Kid Laroi has dropped a new single, “Slow It Down,” which features Quavo. The track centers on a lyrical reinterpretation ofJuvenile’s 2003 number“Slow Motion” as the dual singers croon,“You’re moving too fast, I’m trying to make it last.” The song marks the first collaboration between The Kid Laroi and …

Grammy-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk has pleaded not guilty to charges he directed a murder-for-hire plot that led to the shooting death of Georgia rapper Quando Rondo’s cousin at a Los Angeles gas station two years ago. The 32-year-old artist, born Durk Banks, entered the plea Thursday and was remanded …

Those who’ve missed out on Jack White‘s last-minute pop-up shows he’s been playing for the past few months will have another chance to see him, with the rock star announcing a full-fledged world tour Thursday evening. The No Name tour will officially begin on Dec. 1 at a festival appearance …

Elton John and Brandi Carlile have shared a joint single, “Never Too Late.” The song appears in documentary, Elton John: Never Too Late, out Dec. 13 on Disney+. Carlile wrote the song after seeing an early cut of the documentary, and took influence from Bernie Taupin’s signature style. She and …

Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week Rauw Alejandro enlists Bad Bunny to lure a past lover into another rendezvous, Shawn Mendes shares the intricacies of his quarter-life crisis, and FKA Twigs offers an explosive …

Two different worlds of pop music collided at the 2024 Latin Grammy Awards. Rising Colombian star and Best New Artist nominee Ela Taubert was joined by surprise guest Joe Jonas for a special performance of “¿Cómo Pasó?” Taubert and Jonas helped get the awards show going with a Spanglish version …