Jack Antonoff and Bleachers brought out the guests Friday during their set at the Newport Folk Festival, welcoming the likes of Hayley Williams, Jeff Tweedy, Weyes Blood and more to the stage during what was billed as “The Ally Coalition Talent Show.” Waxahatchee, Rufus Wainwright, and Dan Reeder also took …
Read More »Watch Margaret Qualley Debut Musical Alter Ego Lace Manhattan
Margaret Qualley is used to embodying larger than life characters on screen. Now, she has a musical alter ego in the form of Lace Manhattan. With help from her Grammy-winning producer husband Jack Antonoff as well as Oscar-winning director Ethan Coen, Lace Manhattan will have two new songs featured in …
Read More »Sabrina Carpenter Cold-Plunges Before Every Show and 16 Other Things That Didn't Make Our Cover Story
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Sabrina Carpenter is a really good hang. “Most people who are friends with a pop star would be like, ‘People don’t know that she’s so funny,” says her best friend, Paloma Sandoval. “But actually, it’s this incredibly unique situation where everyone knows that. …
Read More »Sabrina Carpenter Cold-Plunges Before Every Show and 16 Other Things That Didn't Make Our Cover Story
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Sabrina Carpenter is a really good hang. “Most people who are friends with a pop star would be like, ‘People don’t know that she’s so funny,” says her best friend, Paloma Sandoval. “But actually, it’s this incredibly unique situation where everyone knows that. …
Read More »How Sabrina Carpenter Dream-Come-True'd Her Whole Life
P ut your arms in and get your chest below the water … just breathe in and out, super slowly.… You’re doing great. Like, damn … we’ve got 20 seconds left. Want to keep going? I’m in the private suite of a swanky spa in Central London one morning in …
Read More »Why Did Sabrina Carpenter Make a New Album So Quickly After 'Short n' Sweet'?
On Aug. 29, Sabrina Carpenter will release her seventh studio album, Man’s Best Friend. It arrives exactly 359 days after her last record, the massive Short n’ Sweet. That’s an unusual move these days, when stars typically wait longer between releases. Plus, Carpenter is still touring behind Short n’ Sweet, …
Read More »Jack Antonoff Credits Taylor Swift For Launching Production Career
Jack Antonoff credited his longtime collaborator Taylor Swift for helping launch his career as one of the most accomplished producers of his generation, recalling in an interview that Swift’s decision to give Antonoff more creative control rather than go to a bigger-name producer lead him down his path. “I actually …
Read More »Lana Del Rey Worked With Carrie Underwood Songwriter for New Album
While Lana Del Rey’s upcoming album The Right Person Will Stay may not be the pure country project she teased back in February, it does apparently feature one of Nashville’s most successful songwriters. Luke Laird, who co-wrote Carrie Underwood staples like “Last Name” and “Undo It,” along with hits for …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar Addresses Super Bowl Drama and Five Other Takeaways From 'GNX'
With no warning—and because he can—Kendrick Lamar dropped his new album GNX on Friday afternoon. The record takes its name after the 1987 Buick featured on the album’s cover, the same year Kendrick was born. The rapper behind the biggest song of the year, who may be responsible for the …
Read More »Sabrina Carpenter Playfully Snubs Jack Antonoff, Arrests Margaret Qualley at L.A. Show
Margaret Qualley is a “hottie with substance,” indeed. During the last stop of Sabrina Carpenter‘s U.S. tour in L.A. Monday, the pop star joked with her producer Jack Antonoff, and made his wife Margaret her “Juno girl.” During each show on her recent tour run, Carpenter selects one person in …
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