Psychedelic rock, pop, and reggaetón are headed to Saturday Night Live next month. NBC announced Monday that Lil Yachty, Jonas Brothers, and Karol G will perform on SNL in the coming weeks. Quinta Brunson, Molly Shannon, and Ana de Armas are set to take on hosting duties in that respective …
Read More »Lindsay Lohan and a MILF Porn Star Among Celebrities Charged With Illegally Promoting Crypto
Herbie: Fully Loaded actor Lindsay Lohan and an adult performer known for playing MILFs are among those being charged in an cryptocurrency fraud scheme, according to a press release from the Securities and Exchanges Commission, published Wednesday afternoon. The press release states that eight celebrities, including Lohan, adult performer Kendra …
Read More »Lil Yachty's Psychedelic Relaunch: 'I Don't Have To Be High To Make It Sound High'
I n 2016, a 19-year-old Lil Yachty emerged as a fresh-faced, red-haired maverick eagerly planting Generation Z’s flag in hip-hop. Songs like “Minnesota” intrigued many, but rap traditionalists denigrated him as a “mumble rapper” — an upstart who, they claimed, was insulting the essence of hip-hop one warbled vocal run …
Read More »The Wildest Left-Turn Albums Ever, From Lil Yachty to Queen to Taylor Swift
Lil Yachty‘s ambitious new album, Let’s Start Here, is an out-of-nowhere dive into psychedelic rock from an artist who formerly described his genre of choice as “bubblegum trap.” Say what you will about the project — critical reaction has ranged from marveling at his boldly realized transformation to umbrage over …
Read More »With 'Let's Start Here,' Lil Yachty Emerges as Music's Boldest Creative Director
Lil Yachty is rich. The 25-year-old musician posts TikToks featuring exotic Italian furniture, and goes vintage shopping with Drake. By the time he graduated high school, he’d already bought his mom a house. He caused a mild international incident with his viral hit “Poland,” a loosie released late last year …
Read More »Lil Yachty Says 'I Love You' Too Fast and Ruins the Vibe in 'Say Something' Video
Hopeless romantics always run the risk of tarnishing their favorite things with the memories of relationships that didn’t exactly work out for them. In the video for his latest Let’s Start Here single “Say Something,” Lil Yachty learns this the hard way after he jumps the gun on a date …
Read More »Lil Yachty, Rae Sremmurd and All the Songs You Need to Know
WELCOME TO OURweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week Gorillaz deliver a smooth new jam, Lil Yachty gets romantic, and Blondshell rocks out, plus great new songs from Rosalia, Rae Sremmurd, and more. Check out the list, …
Read More »Lil Yachty Ready to Get Going With New Album 'Let's Start Here'
Lil Yachty appears ready to release his first new album in three years later this month. On social media Tuesday, Jan. 17, the rapper shared what was ostensibly the weird-as-hell cover art for his next LP — a surreal image of a group of besuited adults sporting some deranged smiles …
Read More »Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, Blink-182, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
We’ve reinvented our Songs You Need to Know franchise as a weekly playlist of the best new music — featuring the week’s biggest new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week we’ve got new songs by Lil Baby, Farruko, and G-Herbo, as well as a brand-new …
Read More »Having Taken the Wock to Poland, Lil Yachty Takes 'Poland' to Streaming Services
Lil Yachty has officially released his instantly-viral song, “Poland,” about taking codeine cough syrup to — you guessed it — Poland. Yachty first released “Poland” on Soundcloud last week after snippets of the song were leaked online. The 83-second track quickly gained traction with its woozy, 8-bit beat (produced by …
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