Justin Blau, the DJ/producer and NFT hotshot better known as 3LAU, has been accused of not adequately compensating one of his collaborators with the proceeds he made from a blockbuster NFT sale in early 2021. The artist Luna Aura (real name Angela Anne Flores) has filed a new lawsuit against …
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Anish Adhikari awoke at the Qatari labor camp at 4 a.m. to diarrhea from last night’s rotten fish. His tonsils were swollen from the limited water made available by his employer while working 14 hours a day in 125-degree heat. But he remained hopeful that building air conditioners for 80,000 …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen to Bring Soul Covers and Comedy Chops to 'Tonight Show' Takeover
Bruce Springsteen, fresh off his annual chance to tell a few dirty jokes, will head to The Tonight Show next week for a special run of shows in support of his new covers album, Only the Strong Survive (out this Friday, Nov. 11). The “takeover” will kick off Monday, Nov. …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Turns Soul Oldies Into Living History on 'Only the Strong Survive'
It’s been a decade of reminiscence and reflection for Bruce Springsteen. He’s revisited classic albums on tour, retold his life story on the page and Broadway stage, and written songs about late childhood friends. Even when he released 2020’s Letter to You, his first proper E Street Band record in …
Read More »Selena Gomez Wasn't Sure She Was Ready To Tell This Story
S elena Gomez has a lot of baggage. She says this is true both “literally and figuratively,” and she says it while I am rolling my own literal baggage across the threshold of her Los Angeles home, having first rolled it past the security gate, then up the verdant hill, …
Read More »Watch Selena Gomez Talk 'My Mind and Me,' Celebrating 30, and Her Rolling Stone Cover Shoot
During her December-issue cover shoot, Selena Gomez spoke to Rolling Stone about her remarkable new documentary, My Mind and Me, an intimate portrait of the superstar’s struggle with mental illness over six years. Though Gomez is no stranger to the spotlight, she reveals that working on this documentary pushed her …
Read More »Go Behind the Scenes of Selena Gomez's Rolling Stone Cover Shoot
For the first time ever, Selena Gomez appears on the cover of Rolling Stone, with a stunning shoot and intimate interview in our December issue. In the story, the musician, activist and Only Murders In The Building star opens up about her journey with bipolar disorder, battling the tabloids, the …
Read More »'What If I Don't Like Music Anymore?': A Wildly Honest Conversation Between BTS' RM and Pharrell Williams
Weclome to RollingStone’s2022Musicians on Musicianspackage, the annual franchise where two great artists come together for a free, open conversation about life and music. Each story in this year’s series will appear in our November 2022 print issue, hitting stands on Nov. 8. A t this point in their reign as …
Read More »Finneas and Rick Rubin on Making Hits and Keeping Your Ears Fresh
I t’s about two hours before Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas O’Connell, are due onstage in Brisbane, Australia. For the moment, though, Finneas’ mind isn’t on the gig; he’s backstage, loading up Zoom so he can meet one of his heroes. “I feel like we’ve been meant to meet …
Read More »Rina Sawayama and Shania Twain on Starting Late and Writing About Hard Times
I T’S NO LONGER the mid-Nineties, but Shania Twain is still the reigning queen of country pop. Just look at the over-the-top reaction from the Gen Z crowd when Harry Styles brought her onstage at Coachella this year, or check out Post Malone rocking out during Twain’s AMAs appearance a …
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