Hayley Williams is taking it back to hard times, or rather, the good old days. The singer surprise-released new R&B-inflected song “Good Ol’ Days” just before taking the stage at Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians event in New York. Hours before Williams was set to join Jack Antonoff for a …
Read More »Young Miko Reveals New Album, 'Do Not Disturb' Is Coming Nov. 7
Young Miko has officially unveiled the name of her upcoming album: The Puerto Rican artist is getting ready to drop Do Not Disturb, and it’ll be out Nov. 7 via Capitol Records. Along with the title reveal, Miko offered another taste of the project with the focus track “Likey Likey.” …
Read More »Listen to Kehlani's EP of 'Folded' Remixes by Brandy, Toni Braxton, JoJo, and More
In recent months, Kehlani’s “Folded” has become the R&B star’s highest-charting song to date. Over the course of its rise, some of the genre’s most beloved voices put their own (wash, rinse, and) spin on the romantic hit. Now, the singer has dropped her Folded Homage Pack EP of remixes …
Read More »Lewis Capaldi Moves on With New Single 'Almost,' From Upcoming EP Ahead of 2026 Tour
Lewis Capaldi can’t quite seem to move on; he laments on his latest single, “Almost.” The singer-songwriter previewed the record during his recent appearance on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. While heartbreak might anchor him in place emotionally, Capaldi isn’t planning to stay put for long. The single arrives …
Read More »Megan Moroney Confronts Heartbreak and Healing on Tender Ballad 'Beautiful Things'
Megan Moroney‘s long-anticipated ballad “Beautiful Things” is out now. On Friday, the country queen released the sweet single she’s been performing on her Am I Okay? tour, which is set to be featured on her third album. “Words can make a mockingbird forget they’re born to sing/Lies can break a …
Read More »Ace Frehley's Solo Bandmates on What the Kiss Guitarist Was Really Like
When Ace Frehley played what would be his final concert last month, he took the stage with a rhythm guitar player who had been by his side longer than any other in his solo bands: Nashville shredder Jeremy Asbrock. Together, they tore through Kiss classics like “Deuce” and “Cold Gin,” …
Read More »Alexandra Kay Lets the 'Armor Fall' on New Album 'Second Wind'
Alexandra Kay is leaving the heartbreak in the past and is ready to share her healing journey through her music. On Friday, the country singer released her album, Second Wind, which follows Kay as she finds love again after a volatile relationship and divorce that inspired 2023’s All I’ve Ever …
Read More »The Taliban Drove This Afghan Trumpeter Into Exile. He Still Dreams of Home
A s the Taliban entered Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2021, Qudrat Wasefi, a resolute 22-year-old trumpeter, flung open the windows of his music school’s empty wood-paneled studio and started to play as loudly as he could. “I thought it was my last time,” he tells me, crammed into a …
Read More »Lzzy Hale on Halestorm's Growing LGBTQ+ Audience
“Why can’t you love me, like a woman can?” Lzzy Hale sings in Halestorm’s forthcoming single, “Like a Woman Can,” a highlight of the Nashville-based rock band’s new album, Everest. Hale, who came out as bisexual in 2022, has never been shy about her sexuality. She’s written and sung about …
Read More »Monaleo Is a Black American Princess for Our Times
B.A.P.S (short for ““Black American Princesses”) was a 1997 comedy starring Halle Berry and the late Natalie Desselle as two working-class women from Georgia who luck their way into the world of the Beverly Hills elite. Dismissed by critics at the time as “tacky” and “abysmally awful,” and accused of …
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