Madonna‘s Celebration tour has been put on hold while the singer recovers from a medical emergency that hospitalized her in the intensive care unit for multiple days, according to a statement shared via the official Instagram account for her manager, Guy Oseary. “On Saturday June 24, Madonna developed a serious …
Read More »Snippetcore Is the Post-Genre at the End of the Internet
I n the summer of 2021, as the vibes shifted around us, 20-year-old musician Wolfacejoeyy uploaded a 19-second clip from a song called “Miss Me” to his TikTok page. Joey, who started making beats at 14, says he was encouraged in an Instagram group chat with rappers Sofaygo and Dom …
Read More »Christine and the Queens on Expanding His Voice and Making Art Accessible to Everyone
The Future of Music Interview is a Q&A in which our favorite artists and producers share their vision of what’s next, weighing in on everything from AI to emerging scenes to the artists inspiring them the most. When Christine and the Queens, the progressive French pop artist who also goes …
Read More »Luh Tyler Has a Flow That Is Wise Beyond His Years
Luh Tyler, at the ripe age of 17, has already had some of rap’s biggest names, and his personal idols, slide into his DMs. “When Drake followed me… I didn’t even know he followed me,” says the precocious young rapper, who approaches the notion of a global superstar following him …
Read More »Ready to Sing Elvis Karaoke … as Elvis? The Weird Rise of AI Music
F or Benoit Carré, the future revealed itself in six notes. In 2015, Carré, a cerebral, bespectacled songwriter then in his mid-forties, became the artist-in-residence at Sony’s Paris-based Computer Science Laboratory, headed by his friend Francois Paçhet, a composer and leading artificial-intelligence researcher. Paçhet was developing some of the world’s …
Read More »How to Make a Viral AI Hit
Two months ago, an anonymous songwriter wearing a sheet over their head set the music world aflame when they shared a song they recorded on their own featuring an uncanny copy of Drake’s voice, made possible with artificial intelligence. “Heart on My Sleeve” — still imperfect, but catchy and close …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo Shares Sneak Peek of Moody 'Vampire' Video
Olivia Rodrigo shared a teaser of her upcoming music video to accompany her single “Vampire,” out June 30. The visual, directed by Petra Collins, features Rodrigo laying across a misty field as the camera cuts to shots of a full moon and a glassy lake while a dramatic piano plays. …
Read More »Unhearable Music: A Sci-Fi Tale
W hen she wakes up in the recovery room, Maurice hears nothing. It’s not like hiking in the redwoods, where the lack of city sounds creates an illusion of silence. This is a complete audio void. Still groggy from the drugs, she closes her eyes and dreams of the tiny …
Read More »RZA on How Afrobeats Will Reshape Hip-Hop
The Future of Music Interview is a Q&A in which our favorite artists and producers share their visions of what’s next, weighing in on everything from AI to emerging scenes to the artists inspiring them the most. When RZA, then known as Prince Rakeem, got dropped from Tommy Boy after …
Read More »AI Reviewed a Record — We Had Some Notes
Here at Rolling Stone, we’re always looking for new music reviewers, young hot shots fresh off the street who are ready to blow us away with their innovative style and fresh insights. We also have a soft spot for terrible ideas. So we figured hiring a supersmart robot to write …
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