Ariana Grande gives Penn Badgley a taste of his own You-style obsessive stalker medicine (crossed with a bit of Catwoman) in the new music video for her Eternal Sunshine track, “The Boy Is Mine.” Directed by Christian Breslauer, the clip stars Badgley as Mayor Max Starling, an ambitious, young political …
Read More »Watch Kelly Clarkson Jumble Bon Jovi's 'Blaze of Glory' Lyrics in Blooper Reel
Even a singer as legendary as Kelly Clarkson can have trouble nailing the correct lyrics sometimes. Clarkson shared a blooper clip on Thursday as she went through a performance of Bon Jovi‘s “Blaze of Glory” for her latest “Kellyoke,” flubbing the words during several takes. “That is the song that …
Read More »BIA Talks Fashion, Artistic Optimism, and Working With JID in 'Lights Out' Behind the Scenes Video
BIA knows that relentless optimism can come across as corny or a script for a Better Help advertisement. But with her new single “Lights Out,” she found it imperative to string together words of encouragement to bring herself out of the dark. “When the light’s out/Still can see me shining, …
Read More »Tems' 'Born in the Wild' is a Searing Spiritual for a Tortured Generation
Like many loving mothers, Témìládè Openiyi’s mom prophesied that her daughter would be extraordinary. She had imagined her baby girl on a more traditional path (college, office job) as she reared her, but when Témìládè – whose name means “The crown is mine” in Yoruba – decided instead to remake …
Read More »Sarah Gayle Meech Taps Into That Sweet, Sweet Seventies Country with 'Love Me' Video
No trip to Nashville is complete without a day (or late night) spent at Robert’s Western World when Sarah Gayle Meech is onstage: The queen of the honky-tonk plays the last true country bar in town every Thursday and Saturday. On Friday, Meech dropped her new video for “Love Me,” …
Read More »Bon Jovi and Jason Isbell Ride the 'Waves' on New Song
Bon Jovi’s new album, Forever, has officially arrived, and with it the group’s collaboration with Jason Isbell, “Waves.” The track is vintage Bon Jovi, with guitar riffs and hooks that soar to the rock & roll heavens. Isbell helped write the song, along with the band’s John Shanks, and provides …
Read More »Gracie Abrams Finally Releases Viral Single 'Close to You' Seven Years After Recording Demo
Gracie Abrams puts her heart in the line of fire on her latest single, “Close to You,” released seven years after she first teased it with a 20-second snippet on Instagram in 2017. The completed version of the record will appear on her forthcoming studio album, The Secret of Us, …
Read More »Noeline Hofmann's Song 'Purple Gas' Caught the Ear of Zach Bryan. They Just Released It as a Duet
Up until today, not many music fans knew the name Noeline Hofmann. That’s to be expected: The 20-year-old indie country singer lives the rural life in Southern Alberta, Canada, and only recently appeared on the radar of the music industry. Credit at least a little bit of that awareness to …
Read More »Black Keys' Dan Auerbach Featured on New Johnny Cash Song 'Spotlight'
Johnny Cash has a new posthumous release out Friday called “Spotlight,” featuring guitar parts from the Black Keys‘ Dan Auerbach. “Spotlight” is the second single released ahead of Cash’s upcoming album Songwriter, comprised of demos Cash wrote over several years and recorded at Nashville’s LSI Studios in 1993. Cash’s son, …
Read More »Ariana Grande Declares 'The Boy Is Mine' on 'Fallon,' Confirms Penn Badgley Will Star in Video
Ariana Grande returned to the The Tonight Show on Thursday to deliver a slick performance of “The Boy is Mine,” the single from her latest album,Eternal Sunshine. Gliding across the stage, which was fashioned as a hazy rooftop, the singer and actress wore a glittering mask fixed with cat ears …
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