Music

Stray Kids picked up the boy band torch at the American Music Awards 50th anniversary special on Sunday night. The eight-piece group took the AMAs stage for the first time for an ‘NSync-inspired boy band tribute that borrowed music and choreography from the veteran group’s No Strings Attached album cycle. …

Halsey wasn’t kidding when she printed a statement about her shapeshifting abilities on the cover of her upcoming album, The Great Impersonator. “Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Behold the marvel of a century,” it reads. “Witness the uncanny ability of a woman who can become anyone, anything your heart …

Sean Combs’ mother, Janice Smalls Combs, says she is “devastated” by the “narrative created out of lies” about her son, likening the fervor surrounding the Bad Boy Entertainment founder to a “public lynching.” The 83-year-old released a statement in defense of Combs on Sunday night —her first public comments since …

Lee Sasi attended the Nova music festival in the Re’im forest of Southern Israel where Hamas militants murdered 380 people on Oct. 7, 2023. In coordinated attacks, heavily armed fighters killed more than 1,200 Israeli civilians and soldiers and took 251 hostages across the region that day, marking the worst …

Leading up tothe Grammy nominations on Nov. 8, Rolling Stone is breaking down 13 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. In a genre where 30-track playlists are often presented as “albums,” country music had a banner …

Cissy Houston, the Grammy-winning gospel singer and Whitney Houston’s mother, died Monday in New Jersey. She was 91. The singer was in hospice, where she was receiving care for Alzheimer’s disease, at the time of her death. In a statement, her daughter-in-law, Pat Houston, said that she was surrounded by …

Tomorrow X Together are gearing up for the release of a new mini album, The Star Chapter: Sanctuary, set to arrive Nov. 4. The K-pop stars announced the new project Monday, Oct. 7, sharing a short, shimmering visualizer, in which the the “X” logo from Tomorrow X Together’s last release, …

At 43, the Chilean singer-songwriter Gepe has been traveling back in time. “Maybe it’s an age thing, but lately I’ve been connecting with my childhood,” he says. “Many of my friends are also paying attention to the music that they listened to when they were kids. Must be a sign …

The first major benefit concert to support North Carolina storm relief has been announced. Luke Combs, Eric Church, Billy Strings, and James Taylor will headline “Concert for Carolina” on Oct. 26 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. All proceeds from the concert will be split between Combs and Church …

Nell Smith, the young musician whose talents led to a collaboration with the Flaming Lips, has died. She was 17. Smith’s death was confirmed via Instagram by Simon Raymonde, bassist-keyboardist for the Cocteau Twins, as well as the head of Bella Union, the label that was preparing to release Smith’s …