Lust or Slut? Those are the two answers most Swifties have come up with while attempting to decode the first vault teaser trailer for 1989 (Taylor’s Version). Taylor Swift shared the visual to her Instagram account with the cryptic caption: “You can tell me when the search is over… if …
Read More »The Watson Twins Sang Behind Jenny Lewis. Now They Own the Spotlight
When the Watson Twins sang for Jenny Lewis on her 2006 album Rabbit Fur Coat, they viewed it as simply doing a favor for a friend. Lewis was the Watsons’ neighbor in the Silver Lake neighborhood of L.A., and Chandra and Leigh Watson always liked an opportunity to jam. Back …
Read More »Black Music Action Coalition Slams Jann Wenner Comments, Book for 'Offensive and Absurd Erasure'
The Black Music Action Coalition called Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner’s exclusion of Black and female musicians from his upcoming book The Masters “an offensive and absurd erasure.” The organization — which was founded in the summer of 2020 amidst the uprising against police brutality and wider reckonings with systemic …
Read More »Matthew McCon-YeeHaw? Hear McConaughey Dedicate a Country Song to Texas
Matthew McConaughey will always call Texas home. Rolling Stone has an exclusive first listen of the actor joining Gordon Wright for “Texas My Home,” a track written for Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright’s audiobook Mr. Texas. “It’s one of a kind/And a state of mind,” McConaughey and Gordon sing. “It’s …
Read More »Snoop Dogg and Chris Stapleton Remake 'In the Air Tonight' for 'Monday Night Football'
Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” will never be used as evocatively as it was in Miami Vice’s 1984 pilot — Fire up the Spyder, Crockett, and load that shotgun, Tubbs! —but Monday Night Football isn’t afraid to try. ESPN’s football franchise teamed up Snoop Dogg, Chris Stapleton, and drummer …
Read More »Pussy Riot Bring Their 'Riot Days' on the Road
Pussy Riot is plotting their return with a U.S. tour. On Tuesday, the Russian feminist protest group announced their “Riot Days” tour. The Riot Days collective — currently comprising Maria “Masha” Alyokhina, Diana Burkot, Olga Broisova, and Alina Petrova — will start their tour in Montreal on Nov. 1, before …
Read More »Marilyn Manson's Nasty Nose-Blowing Results in Fine and Community Service
Marilyn Manson blowing his nose on a camerawoman isn’t the most abhorrent act he’s been associated with, but it was enough for a New Hampshire judge to sentence him to 20 hours of community service and a $1,400 fine on Monday. The punishment stemmed from a 2019 incident when the …
Read More »Edgar Barrera, Shakira, Karol G Among Artists Leading This Year's Latin Grammy Nominations
The nominations for the 2023 Latin Grammys are here — and though the award show is undergoing big changes by switching up its venue and heading to Spain this November, the contenders in each category are pretty familiar to the Latin Recording Academy. Major pop acts and Latin Grammy veterans …
Read More »Travis Scott Questioned Over Astroworld Tragedy
Travis Scott faced questions about the 2021 Astroworld tragedy during a civil deposition that reportedly lasted almost eight hours Monday, Sept. 18, according to The Associated Press. The deposition, which took place in Houston, was tied to the hundreds of lawsuits that have been filed over the crowd crush, in …
Read More »Taylor Swift Calls Swifties to Action on National Voter Registration Day
A week ago, Taylor Swift brought in a history-making haul of trophies at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. Among the categories that she dominated, many of them were fan-voted, allowing her to rack up votes from her devoted Swifties. Now, the singer is urging them to bring that same …
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