Ayra Starr and Wizkid have shared a new video for their sensual single “Gimme Dat” from April. In the dream-sequence short, Starr tantalizes a music lover while wearing a red dress that gives that emoji and rolls around on a life-sized vinyl. “Diallo, Diallo/If I give you my love, oh/Make …
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Jay-Z is doubling down, adding new allegations to the malicious prosecution and defamation lawsuit he filed against his Jane Doe rape accuser and her lawyers in Alabama. In an amended complaint filed late Monday in Mobile, the Roc Nation founder alleges his accuser “has not stopped” making statements about him …
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Fiona Apple released the music video for her new song, “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home),” featuring women impacted by pretrial detention. In a statement, the singer-songwriter opened up about the inspiration behind her track. Apple said that during her time as a court watcher for over two years, she “took …
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Shakira stopped by The Tonight Show to revisit her hit single “Hips Don’t Lie” with the help of original collaborator Wyclef Jean. The Colombian took the sand-covered late-night show stage in a red ensemble and spent the first minute of the song proving she still has the same hip-wagging skills …
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Lorde‘s custom Thom Browne ensemble at the Met Ball may contain hints about her forthcoming LP, Virgin. Speaking to Emma Chamberlain on the red carpet for Vogue, the singer said the gray two-piece dress is an “Easter egg” for the new music. “This is my creation,” Lorde said. “It’s something …
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Yungblud will peel back the complex layers of hero worship on the first part of his forthcoming double album Idols, out June 20. In a statement, the musician explained the concept behind the 13-track project, saying: “We turn to others for an identity before turning to ourselves. Self-belief, self-reclamation, self-evolution …
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Fitz and the Tantrums take fans on a funky lunar voyage with their new single “Man on the Moon,” the title track from the band’s upcoming album. Man on the Moon, out July 25 via Atlantic Records, is heralded by the band as their most daring album yet, with Fitz …
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Ye (fka Kanye West) spent approximately three minutes doing an interview with Piers Morgan before storming off, which, to be fair, is probably about as long as we’d want to spend talking to Piers Morgan. Which is not to say that, in this instance — to paraphrase the tweet — …
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An intrepid YouTuber has re-created Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” using dialogue plucked from 331 different movies and TV shows. The Unusual Suspect — who has previously given the “CinemaSings” treatment to wordy tracks like Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (257 films were needed for that one) and M.I.A.’s “Paper …
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The Who‘s Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are holding a press event in London on Thursday where they will be making a “special announcement followed by an exclusive Q&A session” that will be livestreamed to fans around the world. (They’re already soliciting questions via their social channels.) Enticingly, the project …
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