Lizzo is a runaway bride in her new video for “2 Be Loved (Am I Ready).” On Monday, the singer released the visual to accompany her latest single from her Specialalbum, released earlier this summer. The video opens with Lizzo walking down the aisle, recreating the scene from her “Truth …
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Lyrics from two songs on Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance were updated as a result of discussions on social media. A verse on “Heated” was altered after activists noted it contained language that has been described as ableist. Then, the singer Kelis shared a series of Instagram posts expressing frustration that …
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Jimmy Fallon tried to help Jamie Campbell Bower do a bit of image rehabilitation for his villainous Stranger Things character, Vecna, on The Tonight Show Tuesday, Aug. 2. For the bit, Fallon asked Bower to read a handful of quotes and lyrics that obviously do not match the ominous, hair-raising …
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Beyoncé will remove the word “spaz” from one of her new songs, “Heated,” after she received criticism from disability advocates. A rep for Beyoncé tells Rolling Stone, “The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced.” It’s unclear how the “Heated” lyric will be changed; as of …
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Lizzo shocked a select group of her most diehard fans during a pre-recorded segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live!Wednesday when she appeared on the late-night show as a part of a stunt dubbed “Undercover Sing.” The unsuspecting fans are told they’ve been invited to listen to songs from the “Truth Hurts” …
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Lizzo probably knows that most of us will likely never get a whiff of Harry Styles‘ scent — though we’ll keep dreaming — so she did us a favor and revealed his signature scent. In an ask-me-anything segment with Elle UK, the “About Damn Time” singer shared some very specific …
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There is no reason to believe that Lizzo intended to make a political album with Special. These 12 songs are a sonic bouquet of soul, R&B, hip-hop, and pop, about the radical joy of facing down your past and loving yourself anyway. The album takes us on an intensely vulnerable …
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From the Weeknd’s Dawn FM to Omar Apollo’s Ivory to Sky Ferreira’s “Don’t Forget” and Lizzo’s “About Damn Time,” the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now dives deep into the best pop songs and albums of the year so far. Staff writer Tomás Mier joins host Brian Hiatt for …
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The methods of expressing and receiving love can be the hardest communication to decipher. At the close of her just-out fourth studio album, Special, Lizzo delivers an ode to all the hopeless romantics who share those hard-to-express feelings by creating playlists and sharing music as a symbolic romantic language. “Coldplay” …
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Lizzo got a surprise visit from Coldplay’s Chris Martin, whom she was able to thank in person for inspiring her forthcoming Special track, literally titled “Coldplay,” during an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. The full interview airs today, July 13, at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT. The …
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