J.I.D is sitting in the green room of the Universal Music Group’s offices watching a replay of a football game. He had just finished eating some takeout when I walked in. The Atlanta MC has had hundreds of performances in his career, but he’s never quite had a set like …
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Before his death, Jimmy Buffett put his distinct spin on one of the most Buffett-esque songs Bob Dylan ever wrote, “Mozambique,” even enlisting Emmylou Harris — who sang backup on the original — to reprise her role. The cover will appear on the upcoming posthumous Buffett album, Equal Strain on …
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Bad Bunny loves to keep people guessing, and he wanted fans to stay on their toes before he dropped his latest album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana. This summer, he told Rolling Stone he likely wouldn’t release more music until 2024. Then his team hinted that maybe …
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Michelle Williams’ next role: The voice of Britney Spears. The Oscar-nominated actress revealed Friday that she will serve as the narrator on the audiobook of the pop singer’s upcoming memoir The Woman in Me. Spears herself will also read the introduction to her tome on the audiobook, which will arrive …
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Yng Lvcas will always wave the Mexican flag high. After the success of “La Bebé” with Peso Pluma, the Mexican reggaeton musician released his LP Super Estrellas Friday — and he hopes the LP will prove there’s authentic reggaeton coming out of Mexico. “I came to this world to leave …
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Most PinkPantheress songs are over before they’ve had a chance to really begin, averaging around two minutes in length and forging a craving for more. But heading into her long-awaited debut album Heaven Knows, out Nov. 10, the singer and songwriter is lingering for a little while longer. The record’s …
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Bad Bunny lives lavish and dines with the finest in the video for “Monaco,” which dropped Friday. The video opens with Bad Bunny as an old Hollywood star being photographed by paparazzi as he enters a restaurant to have dinner with his friends as Al Pacino watches from another table. …
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What does an artist as big as Bad Bunny — the most streamed artist in the world for multiple years — do to follow up an album like last summer’s acclaimed Un Verano Sin Ti? How does he navigate the danger of listeners feeling like he’s close to hitting a …
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¿Qué hace un artista tan grande como Bad Bunny — el artista más reproducido en el mundo durante los últimos tres años — para seguir un álbum como el aclamado Un Verano Sin Ti? ¿Cómo navegar el peligro de que sus oyentes sientan que está cerca de agotarse creativamente? Recordándoles …
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Brittany Howard has announced her new album What Now, the Alabama Shakes singer’s first solo LP since her acclaimed 2019 debut Jaime. Ahead of What Now’s release, Howard has shared the album’s first single and title track, complete with a video directed by Danilo Parra: “‘What Now’ is maybe the …
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