Billie Eilish discussed the intense body scrutiny women endure, especially compared to men, and opened up about her sexuality and experience with womanhood in a new interview with Variety. The musician spoke candidly about her early predilection for big, baggy clothes and her desire not necessarily to avoid being sexualized …
Read More »'Barbie' Amplifies $100 Million Fortune With Nearly a Dozen 2024 Grammy Awards Nominations
Barbie’s cultural chokehold has reached the Recording Academy. Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster, which brought in over $100 million, was an ode to girlhood that understood the fundamental function music plays in our collective and individual existential crises. When Hollywood’s award season begins in a few weeks, Barbie is certain to …
Read More »Girl Power Will Dominate the Grammy Nominations for Best Pop Solo Performance
Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. If it is truly “the year of the girl” as many have claimed in light …
Read More »Duran Duran Have Gone Fully Goth on Their New Album. Wait, What?
Do not ask Simon Le Bon — a man whose name literally translates to “Simon, the Good” — why Duran Duran‘s latest album revels in the bad, the gothic, and the macabre. “I’ve got no fucking idea, mate — it wasn’t mine,” he jokes on a Zoom from his home …
Read More »Troye Sivan Gets Melancholic With Billie Eilish 'What Was I Made For?' Cover
Get the tissues out. On Tuesday, Troye Sivan visited BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge to cover Billie Eilish‘s “What Was I Made For” from the Barbie soundtrack. Backed by a keyboard and soft electric guitar, Sivan closed his eyes and sang the lyrics to the heart-wrenching track Eilish co-wrote. “Think …
Read More »Billie Eilish's 'Happier Than Ever' Follow-Up Album Has Entered 'Final Stages'
Throughout her career, Billie Eilish has found ways to dominate the pop sphere, even between album cycles. Between her 2019 debut album, When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go, and its 2021 follow-up, Happier Than Ever, the singer and songwriter won a Grammy Award for “Everything I Wanted,” …
Read More »Billie Eilish, Peter Gabriel, Bootsy Collins and Other 'Artist for Action' Raise Voices to End Gun Violence
Billie Eilish, Peter Gabriel, Bootsy Collins, Sheryl Crow, and many other musicians have united to raise awareness of gun control via a new initiative called Artist for Action to Prevent Gun Violence. The goal, in Eilish’s words, is to “end the gun violence epidemic.” Those artists — as well as …
Read More »Billie Eilish Brings Out Boygenius, Labrinth at London Show
During Billie Eilish‘s show at London’s Electric Ballroom on Tuesday, the singer brought out Labrinth and Boygenius as her surprise guests. Eilish performed “When the Party’s Over” with the trio, and “Never Felt So Alone” with Labrinth, their haunting collaboration that released in April. The singer announced the London gig …
Read More »Billie Eilish Is Learning to Embrace Change as She Makes Her Next Album
It’s only been two years since Billie Eilish released her second album, Happier Than Ever, but as she continues to work on her follow-up, it feels like everything about the music-making process has changed. “Everything is different about it,” Eilish told Dua Lipa during an interview on the latter’s At …
Read More »See Billie Eilish Perform 'Billie Eilish' With Armani White at Osheaga Fest
Last summer, rapper Armani White scored a viral hit with “Billie Eilish,” his semi-ode to the big t-shirt-wearing singer. Eilish herself headlined Montreal’s Osheaga Festival Saturday and, with White also on the fest’s lineup, she brought out the rapper to deliver the track during her set. During the latter half …
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