Lorde and Charli XCX worked it out on the remix live last night, with a surprise performance of their collaborative version of Charli XCX’s “Girl, So Confusing.” At Lorde’s Ultrasound World Tour stop at Kia Forum in Los Angeles Saturday, the singer invited Charli XCX out during the encore. Lorde …
Read More »Lorde Pulls Out 'No Better' for the First Time in Over a Decade at Ultrasound World Tour Opener
Lorde sure had her fun at the Ultrasound World Tour opener. The singer kicked off the tour in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, with an electric setlist focusing on her fourth studio album Virgin. But she took fans by surprise when she performed “No Better,” which she hasn’t sung live since …
Read More »A Pop Star's Best Promotional Tool in 2025 Is New York City
The day after the MTV Video Music Awards, Doja Cat told her fans to meet her in Union Square in New York City. There, an old school phone booth was set up (sponsored by Spotify) where fans took pictures and picked up the phone to hear snippets of her new …
Read More »Blood Orange Mourns Beautifully on 'Essex Honey'
“As exciting as watching trees sprout” is decidedly a pejorative idiom. Still, it’s somehow the perfect way to describe these elegiac bops. Indeed, Devonté Hynes, on his fifth studio LP as Blood Orange, manages to make life’s contemplative moments seem urgent, celestial, and rehabilitative. No actual trees sprout on the …
Read More »Blood Orange Announces Headlining Fall Tour
Blood Orange will be bringing his coastal grooves across the world this fall. The musician, who also works as a record producer under his birth nameDev Hynes,has announced a run of headlining tour dates across Europe, Canada, and the U.S. Blood Orange will kick things off with a set at …
Read More »Fans Claim Lorde's 'Virgin' CDs Don't Work in Most CD Players
Lorde is selling CD versions of her new album, Virgin, that are crystal clear, recyclable, and not listenable — at least for some fans. Across social media, fans have been voicing issues with the clear CD, saying that it doesn’t work on several different players. One fan on TikTok recorded …
Read More »Glastonbury 2025's Biggest Moments: Olivia Rodrigo, Lorde, Kneecap
This past weekend, the music-loving hordes returned to Worthy Farm, and once again the Glastonbury Festival did not disappoint. The four-day event featured a plethora of great performances, politically charged controversies, and a couple of wild surprises. Here’s our run down of the eight biggest moments of Glastonbury 2025. Lewis …
Read More »Lorde Teases 'Virgin' B-Sides, Says One of Her Favorite Songs Was Cut at the 'Last Minute'
Lorde has revealed several behind-the-scenes facts about her latest album, Virgin, including that one of her favorite songs didn’t make the final track list. In a post on social media Monday, Lorde wrote that she cut a song from the album at the “last minute because I thought it diluted …
Read More »Lorde Drops 'Virgin' LP, Including a Special 'Bathwater' Vinyl: Here's Where to Buy It
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Let’s hear it for the vinyl of the year: Lorde has officially dropped her new LP, Virgin, four years since her last studio project. With the album’s lead …
Read More »Lorde on Dropping 'Virgin': It 'Broke Me Apart and Forged a New Creature Out of Me'
Lorde is feeling “simply crazy” after dropping her new album, Virgin. On Friday, hours after releasing her new LP, the musician reacted to it being out in the world by sharing some snapshots of the music-making process. “This album broke me apart and forged a new creature out of me,” …
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