Meet Slut Pop‘s new sibling: Slut Pop Miami. On Valentine’s Day, Kim Petras released the follow-up EP to her 2022 Slut Pop, with equally-slutty and even-sexier songs from the original project. The project — which a press release said was “inspired by hedonistic trips to Miami” — encompasses 12 tracks …
Read More »Odesza Closes Life Is Beautiful 2023 With a Vegas-Worthy Spectacle
Sunday brought a close to the 10th Life Is Beautiful music festival in Las Vegas, and with it the end of the summer festival season. Life Is Beautiful, which has taken place in the city every year for the past decade (save for a pandemic-related 2020 cancellation), brought tens of …
Read More »Kim Petras Surprise-Drops Previously Leaked LP 'Problématique'
Kim Petras stans, it’s finally here. On Monday, the singer surprise-released her originally-scrapped, partially-leaked album, Problématique. The 10-track LP features songs such as “Born Again,” “Something About U,” “Dirty Things,” and “All She Wants” featuring Paris Hilton. All of the songs are co-produced by Dr. Luke, Aaron Joseph, and Vaughn …
Read More »How Dr. Luke Staged a Comeback in the Shadows
I N JULY 2014, the songwriter, producer, and mogul Lukasz Gottwald, a.k.a. Dr. Luke, paced the halls of one of his favorite workplaces, Conway Studios in Hollywood, and mused about thriving under pressure. The way he saw it, he faced more of it as a behind-the-scenes hitmaker than artists do. …
Read More »Sofia Reyes Was Kim Petras' 'Spanish Teacher' as She Recorded 'TQUM' Remix
Who better than Kim Petras to uplift Sofía Reyes and Danna Paola‘s goal of making Mexican pop global? On Thursday, the trio of pop stars released a remix of “TQUM,” or “Te Quiero un Montón,” which is Petras’ favorite song of the summer. “I’m still in shock,” Reyes tells Rolling …
Read More »Kim Petras Celebrates Community Amidst 'Brutal' Transphobia: 'The Dolls Have Each Other's Backs'
Kim Petras spoke about finding and celebrating community as a way of dealing with the deluge of hate directed at trans people in a new interview on Call Her Daddy. “It’s such a beautiful, beautiful community and that’s one thing that I just like want people to know: The dolls …
Read More »Kim Petras Makes Her Big Move
It has taken Kim Petras 15 years to get a debut album out. In the interim, the German singer —songwriter’s steady rise has made her one to watch among pop artists: Her “Era 1” singles, released from 2017 to 2019, were a cool homage to fizzy 2000s bubblegum, and her …
Read More »Kim Petras Announces 'Feed the Beast' World Tour
Kim Petras has announced a world tour in support of her album Feed the Beast. The pop star’s debut full-length album will be released on Friday. Petras’ 34-date trek will kick off in the Americas this August with a few previously scheduled radio shows and festival appearances. The North and …
Read More »See Paris Hilton, Kim Petras Perform 'Stars Are Blind' at Heiress' First-Ever Concert
Paris Hilton staged her first-ever concert Wednesday in Los Angeles, but not without some help: The heiress-turned-singer brought out Kim Petras to perform their new rendition of “Stars Are Blind” at the Fonda Theater. The gig also featured surprise onstage appearances by Saweetie and Ultra Nate. Hilton’s first concert came …
Read More »Paris Hilton Revisits 'Stars Are Blind' 17 Years Later Alongside Kim Petras
Sliving for this moment! Seventeen years after changing gay clubs forever with the release of “Stars Are Blind,” Paris Hilton is revisiting her club banger, dropping a new “Paris’ Version” of the track featuring her good friend Kim Petras. The track opens with Hilton’s vocals over a refreshed version of …
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