The British singer and producer Nia Archives already has fans in Beyoncé and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, as well as scores of young people drawn to the 23-year-old musician’s emotive dance tunes — a sound she describes as “crying in the club” music. In the past few years, she’s toured …
Read More »Metro Boomin Flexes His Superpowers With The 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Soundtrack
No one would make a better choice to helm the soundtrack to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse than Metro Boomin, the trap whiz with albums like Not All Heroes Wear Capes and Heroes & Villains in his discography. Part of a recent renaissance for blockbuster soundtracks (Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé respectively …
Read More »Beyoncé Continues Honoring Tina Turner on Tour With 'River Deep – Mountain High' Cover
The Renaissance tour has turned into something of a Tina Turner tribute show in more ways than one. The legendary singer has had an obvious impact on Beyoncé‘s career over the more than three decades during which she has actively redefined pop showmanship. But since Turner died last week at …
Read More »Beyoncé Praises Blue Ivy's Paris Performance During 'Renaissance' Tour: 'I'm So Proud'
Beyoncé‘s world tour isn’t even halfway over, but the singer is already reflecting on one of her favorite moments from the trek. On Monday, the singer gave her daughter Blue Ivy a sweet shout-out on social media followingthe 11-year-old’s surprise cameoduring her mom’s“Renaissance” tour Paris stopFriday. “My beautiful first born,” …
Read More »Beyoncé Honors Tina Turner at Paris 'Renaissance' Show
Beyoncé is honoring Tina Turner. During her tour stop in Paris’ Stade France on Friday, Beyoncé stopped her show to remember the legendary singer, who died earlier this week. “I just want to take a second and honor Tina Turner,” she told the crowd. “If you’re a fan of mine, …
Read More »When Beyoncé Met Her Idol, Tina Turner: 'She's the Ultimate'
It’s difficult to understate Tina Turner‘s enduring influence on modern musicians. Since the announcement of her death on Wednesday, May 24 at 83 years old, artists across genres have testified to it. “She was my moms hero, she was the ultimate superhero to me too,” Kid Cudi wrote on Twitter. …
Read More »Why Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' Tour Is a Stadium-Shaking Triumph
Beyoncé‘s Renaissance tour, a stadium-shaking dance party built around last year’s album of the same name, won’t begin its U.S. run until a July 12 show in Philadelphia, but thanks to TikTok and YouTube, stateside fans already have a decent sense of the show. It begins with Beyoncé essentially serving …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar Hops on Surprise Remix of Beyoncé's 'America Has a Problem'
Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé reunite for the first time in seven years on the surprise new remix for Renaissance’s “America Has a Problem,” which arrived with no warning late Friday. In his first new verse in over a year, Lamar bounces from horoscopes and sudoku to CGI and AI (“Even …
Read More »Beyoncé Celebrates the Massive Team Behind the 'Renaissance' Tour With Full Credits
Any tour is a massive undertaking that requires an unbelievable amount of planning and logistics. That goes for a band in a van pulling double (or triple, or quadruple) duty as performers, drivers, merch salespeople, and backline technicians, or the biggest pop stars on the planet, who need hundreds of …
Read More »Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' Tour Has Freaking Robots
Another minute, another few early highlights from Beyoncé’s Renaissance world tour opener in Stockholm, Sweden, today, May 10. This time, dancing robot arms and brilliant era-bending mash-ups. During her performance of “Cozy,” Beyoncé showed off some of the tour’s outrageous and elaborate stagecraft and props. This bit involved two swinging …
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