Conan Gray and Tate McRae will make their main stage debuts at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards when the show airs live Sept. 7 on CBS from the UBS Arena in New York. They join newly-announced performers Jelly Roll, Doja Cat, and Post Malone. Gray will perform “Vodka Cranberry” …
Read More »Conan Gray Wears His Heart on His Sleeve Confidently and Comfortably
Upon announcing Wishbone earlier this year, Conan Gray described the experience of these songs pouring out of him over the last two years. His latest was written mostly alone while on tour and became “an egregiously niche soundtrack” to his own life and for the friends he let hear it …
Read More »Conan Gray Gets His Heart Broken in 'Vodka Cranberry' Video
Not all love stories end with a happy kiss. On Friday, Conan Gray released the video for “Vodka Cranberry,” the second single from his albumWishbone, which captures the seeming end of his and Corey Fogelmanis’ love story, as told in the lead single “This Song.” The Danica Kleinknecht-directed video opens …
Read More »Conan Gray Kisses Role Model at Governors Ball During 'Sally, When the Wine Runs Out'
Conan Gray brought an extra dose of diva to his role as Sally during Role Model‘s set at Governors Ball on Friday. As per tradition, Role Model brought a special guest to dance with him on stage during his hit “Sally When the Wine Runs Out.” Except for this show, …
Read More »Conan Gray Teases New Album With 'This Song' — and Sets Fall Tour
Conan Gray took a detour into retro, bombastic synth-pop with last year’s Found Heaven, and his new single, “This Song,” is yet another evolution — a melancholy, indie-ish, string-enhanced mid-tempo track with production by Phoebe Bridgers collaborator Ethan Gruska. The song is the first release from Gray’s next album, Wishbone, …
Read More »Conan Gray Announces New Album 'Wishbone'
Conan Gray surprised fans this morning by announcing that his fourth album,Wishbone,will be released on August 15th. The lead single, “This Song,” is set to drop next week. Gray shared the news in a lengthy post, revealing that he had been slowly writing new music on his own, late after …
Read More »Blink-182 Crack Dick Jokes, Melanie Martinez Enters 'Portals' at Lollapalooza Day Four
Lollapalooza 2024 wrapped on a high note Sunday night, with the welcome return of Blink-182, who last headlined the festival in 2017. According to organizers, more than 100,000 fans showed up at each of the four days (during Chappell Roan’s performance, it felt like all 100K from Day One showed …
Read More »How Conan Gray Turned the Wreckage of Heartbreak Into His 'Very First Love Song' With 'Alley Rose'
Three albums into his career, Conan Gray wrote what he calls his “first ever love song,” a lovelorn ballad titled “Alley Rose” from Found Heaven. The 25-year-old musician had written about love before, but not from the perspective of having truly been put through the emotional wringer by way of …
Read More »Hozier, Reneé Rapp, Laufey Among Headliners for All Things Go Fest 2024
All Things Go Festival will return for another year of queer and a queer-beloved lineup. On Tuesday, the Baltimore-based music fest announced that Laufey, Bleachers, and Janelle Monáe will headline the festival’s first day; and Hozier, Reneé Rapp, and Conan Gray will take the baton for Day Two this September. …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Is 'Grateful' For Everyone Who Screamed With Her at MSG — Including David Byrne
For four nights at Madison Square Garden, Olivia Rodrigo unlocked the inner pop-rock rage queen in her tens of thousands-deep audience. Those shows brought the first North American leg of the Guts world tour to a close as the singer and songwriter gets ready to head over to Europe for …
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