Dove Cameron gets dark and mythical on her new single. On Friday, the pop star released the video for “Romeo,” her follow-up to earworm “French Girls,” and just days after her triumphant opening set for Dua Lipa. “‘Romeo’ is about a love that feels mythic – a love that feels …
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,” …
Read More »Lorde's Fourth Album 'Virgin' Is Finally Here
Lorde‘s long-awaited fourth album is here. Virgin is available to stream on all platforms now. The Grammy winner’s Virgin is the singer-songwriter’s first album in four years, following up the indie-folk LP Solar Power. She wrote and produced every song with Jim-E Stack, and the album features additional production and …
Read More »Lewis Capaldi Makes Triumphant Return With Emotional New Song 'Survive'
Lewis Capaldi has made a triumphant return to music, two years after an emotional moment at Glastonbury led to the singer taking a break from his career. “Survive” is Capaldi’s first new song in nearly two years and was co-written with RØMANS, who also co-wrote his megahit “Someone You Loved.” …
Read More »Reneé Rapp Gets That Her Boo Wants to Be 'Mad,' But Why?
Why you mad? Reneé Rapp‘s love interest is choosing chaos and anger over cuddles on Rapp’s new single “Mad,” which was released Friday. On the rocky track, Rapp sings to a partner who’s clearly pissed, even though they could be doing something way more fun. “All of the time you …
Read More »Lorde Performs 'Virgin' in Full at Surprise Glastonbury Set
Lorde celebrated the release of Virgin by performing the entire album live for the first time at a surprise, early-morning set at Glastonbury. The musician confirmed the set Thursday night and took the stage at 11:30 a.m. Friday, with a very full crowd there to meet her, despite such little …
Read More »Rome and Dirty Heads Reunite for Breezy Summer Gem 'Slow & Easy'
Rome Ramirez, former frontman of Sublime with Rome, has teamed up with reggae rockers Dirty Heads for a new song, “Slow & Easy. In a statement, Rome calls the breezy summer tune “the culmination of my mantra, my friends, and my family all wrapped into one.” The accompanying video, directed …
Read More »Sean Combs' Lawyer Calls Cassie Relationship 'Great Modern Love Story' in Closing Argument
Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage One day after a prosecutor calledSean Combsthe “vicious” leader of a criminal enterprise, the music mogul’s lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, stood before a jury in lower Manhattan Friday and said his client was simply living a colorful “lifestyle” filled with swinger relationships …
Read More »How Many Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen Lyrics Can You Identify in This New York Writer's New Song?
Steven Keene, a New York singer-songwriter, challenges fans of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen to identify as many of the creative giants’ lyrics as they can in his rollicking new song “Thesaurus.” Just shy of four minutes, there’s nonetheless a lot to digest in Keene’s word-packed song, which he sells …
Read More »LL Cool J Takes a Trip Through NYC Rap History in New 'Hip-Hop Was Born Here' Trailer
LL Cool J digs into how New York City shaped the creation and evolution of rap in the new trailer for the upcoming docuseries, Hip-Hop Was Born Here. The five-part series will offer a kind of historical and musical tour of the five boroughs as LL Cool J visits the …
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