For Canadian singer/songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr., 2015 was a dizzying year of spectacular success and total flame-out, pretty much all at once. In March of that year, he released his debut album, Goon, a collection of Laurel Canyon-y throwback piano-pop that critics loved. By the end of October, he realized …
Read More »Rob Sheffield's Top 25 Songs of 2022
Give 2022 some credit—any year with Kate Bush crashing Top 40 radio can’t be all bad. So let’s celebrate a superbly crazy year for music, when brilliant tunes kept exploding all over the stylistic map. These are my 25 favorite songs of 2022. (Although many other gems are over on …
Read More »Rob Sheffield's Top 20 Albums of 2022
What a year for music—any of my top half-dozen or so could have been Number One some other year. But these are my faves, with pop idols, guitar bangers, rap poets, disco visionaries. All these albums keep giving up new surprises for me. The double-digit years are always pivotal for …
Read More »2022 People's Choice Awards: See the Complete Winners List
Kenan Thompson hosted the 2022 People’s Choice Awards live from Santa Monica, California on Tuesday. The ceremony, which aired on NBC and E!, boasted a host of high-profile performances and even more winners across music, film, television, and social media. Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Lizzo, and more were prominent …
Read More »Harry Styles Sings 'Songbird' in Tribute to Christine McVie
Harry Styles honored the lateFleetwood MacsingerChristine McVie, whodiedon Wednesday morning at the age of 79, during his show on Thursday night in Chile. The singer performed a tender acoustic ballad of “Songbird,” which was featured on the band’s 1977 Rumours album and was one of a handful of tracks written …
Read More »Hold On…Wilson Phillips' First New Song in 10 Years Is a Harry Styles Cover
Wilson Phillips‘ last single was 2012’s “Good Vibrations,” which isn’t shocking considering it’s a cover of a song co-written by the father of two of the band’s members. But now the California trio have completely branched out for their first new song in 10 years: a rendition of Harry Styles‘ …
Read More »2022 American Music Awards: See the Complete Winners List
On Sunday, the 2022 American Music Awards aired on ABC and Bad Bunny dominated the nominations with eight nods, closely followed by Beyonce, Drake, and Taylor Swift, who each received six nominations. Adele, Harry Styles, and the Weeknd each garnered five nods. In the end, Swift swept all six of …
Read More »Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde Reportedly Break Up — and His Stans Are Weirdly Happy About It
After news of Harry Styles‘ and Olivia Wilde‘s two-year relationship ending made its rounds on social media, the pop star’s fans have responded with odd, but not surprising, enthusiasm. According to multiple reports, Styles and Wilde came to the mutual decision as the “As It Was” singer prepares for his …
Read More »Skittles Reminds Fans to Keep Their Candy to Themselves After Harry Styles Injured by Flying Skittle
Skittles wants to know what happened to treating people with kindness. The candy company took to social media to voice their support for Harry Styles, who was injured after a fan at one of his Los Angeles shows tossed a handful of Skittles on stage and at his face – …
Read More »Dita Von Teese Is Having a Main Girl Pop Moment
Lately, younger fans of Harry Styles and Taylor Swift have been trying to piece together the puzzle of exactly who Dita Von Teese is. The burlesque legend had a cameo in Styles’ leading man debut Don’t Worry Darling then popped up in the video for Swift’s Midnights single “Bejweled.” Von …
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