The solo debut from BTS’ Jimin starts off with something unexpected—horns that sound like they’re coming from an energy-depleted carnival band, bleating out a few jaunty notes before completely falling into a heap. It’s not a harbinger of how the six songs that follow will go, but it does indicate …
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What better way for SZA to end her SOS tour than bringing two of her collaborators onstage for a performance? Fans at SZA’s final show in Los Angeles Thursday were treated to a surprise as the R&B songstress brought out Phoebe Bridgers and Lizzo to perform. Sporting jeans and a …
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Puerto Rican rapper Myke Towers is undeniably a product of the underground, even on his most chart-friendly projects. Since arriving in 2016 with his debut, El Final del Principio, his star has risen on the strength of his uncanny flow and cadence, sharp lyrics, and prolific work ethic on a …
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The only people more tired of hearing about the Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber drama that has had social media users in a chokehold for the past month are the people involved in the drama themselves. What started as TikTok users analyzing posts from the two women in search of …
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It’s easy for people to put on a peaceful facade and betray themselves at the slightest unforeseen convenience, but that’s not the case with LA-born, Brooklyn-based multihyphenate Navy Blue. He has issues getting his dog to chill during a couple of junctures of our recent Zoom call. Some may have …
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Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz has been working in television writing and production for over 12 years. But the script for the HBO Max original series Gordita Chronicles was the first time she’d ever seen a TV series that mirrored her own family’s story. “My mother came to the US from Colombia in …
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Luke Combs dropped his mammoth 18-track album Gettin’ Old today, an LP already distinguished by the hit single “Love You Anyway” and the early favorite “5 Leaf Clover.” But it’s a cover song from 1988 that has fans buzzing: Combs’ version of Tracy Chapman’s radio staple “Fast Car.” The country …
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Linkin Park have shared another unreleased track, “Fighting Myself,” form the upcoming 20th anniversary reissue of their second album, Meteora, out April 7. “Fighting Myself” is vintage Linkin Park, with Mike Shinoda spitting angst-ridden bars over simmering production, before late singer Chester Bennington bursts in with a monster chorus, paired …
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Rissi Palmer had a brief brush with the country-music mainstream in 2007 when her song “Country Girl” made it onto Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. Its success makes her one of only three Black women, alongside Linda Martell and Mickey Guyton, to have ever achieved the feat with a solo …
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As an early cryptocurrency adopter, the greater web3 space naturally attracted my attention. After buying my Bored Apes, I grew immensely fascinated by the communities forming around digital assets and knew this was not a fluke. I noticed similarities between my video game marketing days at BDE Ventures and web3, …
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