Last year, everything was lining up for Puerto Rican rapper YOVNGCHIMI. After releasing a string of catchy trap tracks, Bad Bunny recruited him as a guest on his album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, drawn by the strength of CHIMI’s hits, fan acclaim, and genuine street cred. …
Read More »Tyler Childers Surprises, Thrills at Robert Earl Keen's Texas Flood Benefit
Robert Earl Keen was three songs into his headlining set at his Applause for the Cause benefit last Thursday night, as a crowd of 5,600 exhausted, sweaty, and fulfilled fans hung on his every word. They had been brought here through tragedy, but this was a night of healing at …
Read More »Lady Gaga Added to 2025 MTV VMAs Performance Lineup
Lady Gaga will return to the MTV Video Music Awards on September 7 for her first performance on the show in five years. MTV announced the addition of Gaga — the most nominated artist at this year’s VMAs with 12 nods — on social media Saturday, just over a week …
Read More »Lady Gaga Reveals 'The Dead Dance' Release Date for 'Wednesday' Season 2
Lady Gaga announced that her new single “The Dead Dance” — set to feature on the wildly popular Netflix show Wednesday — will release on Sept. 3, the same day Part Two of the series drops. Reposting a photo of herself on X at Spotify and Netflix’s Wednesday Graveyard Gala …
Read More »Sabrina Carpenter Has Sex on the Brain, and 4 Other Takeaways From 'Man's Best Friend'
Sabrina Carpenter tried to warn you. “The album is not for any pearl clutchers,” the “Espresso” pop goddess told Gayle King, before dropping her new album, the hotly awaited Man’s Best Friend. And she wasn’t kidding about that. Sabrina has returned with her most libidinally charged, riotously funny album — …
Read More »Sabrina Carpenter's Album 'Man's Best Friend' Is Finally Here
Hours before releasing her latest album, Sabrina Carpenter gave listeners a fair warning: “The album is not for any pearl clutchers.” Today, the pop star officially released her highly anticipated, not-for-prudes seventh studio album, Man’s Best Friend. The 12-track album opens with the LP’s first single, “Manchild,” and concludes with …
Read More »The Killers Replace Doja Cat as Austin City Limits Festival Headliner
The Killers will serve as replacement headliners at the Austin City Limits Festival in October after Doja Cat dropped off the lineup on Friday. The singer, who was scheduled to lead the Sunday lineups on October 5 and 12 at the long-running Texas fest, announced on social media Friday that …
Read More »Metallica Seek, Destroy the Hamptons at Smallest Show in a Decade
Look, it’s not as if Metallica in the year of the Lord 2025 is anything remotely like these lovable 20-year-old miscreants who terrorized the Bay Area and beyond. They’re all in their sixties now, kinder, gentler, and presumably insanely loaded rock gods who you could see being the quirky, out-of-place …
Read More »Sabrina Carpenter on Album Cover Backlash: 'Y'all Need to Get Out More'
Maybe some of y’all just need to touch grass. In a new interview with CBS Mornings, Sabrina Carpenter addressed the backlash she received to her first round of cover artwork for Man’s Best Friend. “Y’all need to get out more, I think,” she told Gayle King. “Between me and my …
Read More »Sabrina Carpenter Reveals 'Tears' Video Featuring Colman Domingo in Drag
Sabrina Carpenter‘s seventh album, Man’s Best Friend, is hornier than ever. The much-teased record was released today alongside the scintillating video for its second track, “Tears,” featuring Colman Domingo in drag. The video opens with Carpenter, dressed to kill in a pale blue skirt suit and sun hat, waking up …
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