Singer-songwriter Raye opened her maiden Saturday Night Live appearance with a performance of “Escapism,” from last year’s My 21st Century Blues, her debut studio album. The scene on stage was similar to when Raye recorded a live version of her album at London’s Royal Albert Hall last fall. For that …
Read More »See Noah Kahan Bring Out Shawn Mendes for 'Stick Season' at Toronto Concert
Noah Kahan has spent the past few weeks popping up as a surprise guest at other artists’ concerts, and on Saturday the situation was flipped at Kahan’s Toronto gig as the singer welcomed Shawn Mendes onstage to join him on “Stick Season.” “I’ve been watching this young man’s career for …
Read More »FireHouse Singer C.J. Snare Dead at 64
C.J. Snare, founding singer of the long-running hair metal band FireHouse, has died at the age of 64. The group — which scored Hot 100 hits in the early Nineties with the singles “Love of a Lifetime” and “When I Look Into Your Eyes” — revealed Snare’s death Sunday on …
Read More »Beyoncé Becomes First Black Woman to Nab Number One Country Album With 'Cowboy Carter'
Beyoncé has made history with Cowboy Carter as she’s become the first Black woman to ever top Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Cowboy Carter also debuted as the Number One album — her eighth to top the Billboard 200 — in the country overall, Billboard announced on Sunday. Beyoncé dethroned …
Read More »See Arlo Parks Bring Alt Rock-Inspired 'Devotion' to 'Fallon'
Fresh off her co-write on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, Arlo Parks appeared on Friday’s Tonight Show to perform her own “Devotion.” The Nineties rock-inspired track features on Parks’ most recent LP My Soft Machine, one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of 2023. “‘Devotion’ to me is a song about feeling …
Read More »Taylor Swift Soundtracks the Five Stages of Grief With New Apple Music Playlists
As she gears up for the release of The Tortured Poets Department later this month, Taylor Swift has shared five new playlists on Apple Music comprised of her old songs, angled around the five stages of grief and heartbreak: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Swift shared brief audio messages …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Brings Out Noah Kahan for Surprise 'Stick Season' Duet at MSG
Olivia Rodrigo has manifested her dream collaboration. Back in January, when speaking toVariety at the Governors Awards in Hollywood, the singer was asked who she would love to duet with. Putting it “out there in the universe,” Rodrigo replied, “I love Noah Kahan.” She added, “I think he’s so great …
Read More »Doja Cat Is Too Grown for This Shit on 'Masc'
Doja Cat: Queen of trolling (but also of being real). On Friday, Doja Cat released her single “Masc,” featuring Teezo Touchdown just in time for her headlining Coachella performance next week. The song was among the new tracks of Scarlet 2 Claude, the deluxe edition of her fourth studio album. …
Read More »J. Cole Responds to Kendrick Lamar Diss on Hard-Hitting '7 Minute Drill'
J. Cole has offered a reply to Kendrick Lamar’s guest verse on Future and Metro Boomin‘s “Like That,” which saw the rapper taking shots at Drake and J. Cole. Drake sort of responded to the diss on his current tour, but Cole took a more direct approach with “7 Minute …
Read More »G-Eazy Taps Coi Leray, Kaliii to Celebrate Women on 'Femme Fatale'
G-Eazy has dropped a new single, “Femme Fatale,” featuring Coi Leray and Kaliii. The song, an upbeat ode to women, samples Caribbean reggae funk group 20th Century Steel Band’s song “Heaven and Hell Is On Earth” and sees G-Eazy declaring himself a “feminist.” “In ‘Femme Fatale,’ I really wanted to …
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