The life cycle of a Foo Fighters song doesn’t always end with a track being recorded, released, and performed on tour. They have records that have made it onto albums, but never onto a tour setlist. They also have some that never made it past the early recording stages, but …
Read More »Black Keys' Patrick Carney Escalates Irving Azoff Feud to 'Sarcastic Tweet' Level
Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney took a not-so-subtle shot at former manager and music industry heavyweight Irving Azoff on X amidst the fallout from the band’s canceled 2024 tour. At around 1:44 a.m. ET, Carney dug up and retweeted an old Azoff tweet from January 2018, in which the music …
Read More »R.E.M. Didn't Want to Announce Songwriters Hall of Fame Reunion Because That Would 'F-k It Up'
It didn’t take “a comet,” as Mike Mills joked it would, just an induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame to prompt R.E.M. to perform together for the first time since 2007. In the lead up to the event, sat down for an interview with CBS Mornings, the majority of …
Read More »Pharrell Williams Channels His Inner Gentleminion on 'Despicable Me 4' Soundtrack Cut 'Double Life'
Pharrell Williams rides a slick bass line through “Double Life,” his latest contribution to the musical universe of the Despicable Me franchise. The record appears on the soundtrack for Despicable Me 4, out July 3. The first time the musician teamed up with the animated film franchise was a decade …
Read More »Normani Says Embracing Her Blackness on 'Dopamine' Felt Like 'Showing Up for Myself'
In her review of Normani‘s debut album Dopamine, Mankaprr Conteh points to the pop-R&B singer’s “creative reverence” for Black culture across its 13 songs. For Normani, staying true to her identity as a Black woman across the LP was more than intentional. It was necessary. When speaking to Rolling Stone …
Read More »Shakira's Team Wanted Her to Change the 'Sharp' Lyrics to 'Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53'
Shakira poured everything she had into her music following the tumultuous end of her relationship with former soccer star Gerard Piqué. “I had this urge to express myself through my art, my visions, my music, transferring all that pain, all those sharp emotions to a space outside myself,” she says …
Read More »Billie Eilish Reveals She's 'Never Been Dumped': 'I've Only Done the Breaking Up'
Many of the relationships Lana Del Rey and Billie Eilish have been in are forever immortalized in their music, but the details about how they began and — more importantly — how they ended are usually more complex than what can fit into a three-minute-long song. In conversation for Interview …
Read More »Shakira Reveals a Day in Her Life: Singing Along to Burna Boy and Watching 'Friends' Before Bed
A day in the life with Shakira might start with spraying some of her red perfume, cruising down the roads of Miami with Burna Boy on blast, and end with her watching an episode of Friends. During her Rolling Stone cover shoot, the Colombian star shared some favorite recommendations and …
Read More »Bronze Avery Ditches a Steamy Hookup for the Perfect 'Queer Summer' in 'Heatwave'
Bronze Avery gets sweaty and sexy and leaves behind a hottie after a hookup in his new video for “Heatwave.” On Thursday, the rising pop star celebrated the release of his debut album Heatwave with the visual for its title track with Rolling Stone. “The ‘Heatwave’ music video is rooted …
Read More »Meghan Trainor Is First in Line to Take Katy Perry's 'American Idol' Spot: 'I Have Begged for This Job'
Please, please, please let Meghan Trainor replace Katy Perry on American Idol. The singer is currently campaigning to take over the role as the long-time judge exits the show after seven years. During a recent appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Trainor told Andy Cohen: “I have begged for this …
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