Before she twisted stories of doomed relationships into metaphors about high-speed getaway cars or mapped out a decade-old breakup in a 10-minute short film, Taylor Swift walked a fragile line. The country-pop songs on which she carefully excavated past relationships with romantic writing were met with acclaim. But in turn, …
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With his short fade, skinny jeans, toned bod, and tattoos, Carl Lentz wasn’t like other men of the cloth. As the lead pastor of Hillsong NYC, a megachurch specializing in youth-courting “come as you are” sermons and “Coldplay for Christ” music, Lentz became a bona-fide celebrity, palling around with A-list …
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Donald Trump knows he needs media giants like Fox News and CNN to help him win back the White House in 2024. He’s been busy pushing them to bend to his will. CNN is certainly complying. The network invited him to spend over an hour pushing lies to millions of …
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The video opens with a trio of near-identical white men, all grinning broadly and kissing, hugging, and goofing off in front of the camera. The voice-over is chirpy and energetic, the way most TikTok VOs are: “If you would have told me one year ago that I would be going …
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On that dreadful Monday, March 27th, when six souls lost their lives in the Covenant shooting, my father-in-law called me to break the news. “There’s been a shooting at a school in Green Hills,” he started, and I dropped to the ground. I couldn’t breathe, my head was spinning. I …
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Days after Jamie Foxx’s daughter, Corinne, confirmed her dad was out of the hospital, Fox announced that father and daughter are set to co-host a new music-centric game show, We Are Family, premiering in 2024. The show has a Masked Singer-like vibe, with a familial twist: Disguised celebrities — musicians, …
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BTS member Suga‘s solo concert at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles on Sunday evening was packed with a sold-out crowd waiting for the moment to scream out the lyrics to “Suga‘s Interlude.” The record, which appeared on Halsey‘s album Manic in 2020, received its live debut when the singer …
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Peter Gabriel first learned about former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Rolling Stone. He doesn’t remember the exact date, but a 1975 article about Georgia’s Allman Brothers Band and their support for Carter’s presidential campaign is likely what caught his eye. “I’ve always been interested in American politics, and I …
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There’s nothing like Ed Sheeran‘s vocals and a guitar. On Monday, Rolling Stone premiered a special episode of On Deck, featuring a performance from our recent cover story subject. During the set at the Moonfire Ranch in Malibu, Sheeran went through three songs from his new album, Subtract. The video …
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Over the weekend, the management team of Ryuichi Sakamoto shared a final parting gift from the towering musician, who died in March — a playlist he compiled for his funeral. The 33-song set runs for about two-and-a-half hours and primarily features compositions by prominent Western composers like Erik Satie, Bach, …
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