On Tuesday, Janelle Monáe began giving select fans a chance to preview her new album, The Age of Pleasure, as she hits Chicago, Washington D.C., Atlanta, and New York for what she’s calling Pleasure Playbacks. When we sat with her this spring for Rolling Stone’s June cover, she was teasing …
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No one would make a better choice to helm the soundtrack to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse than Metro Boomin, the trap whiz with albums like Not All Heroes Wear Capes and Heroes & Villains in his discography. Part of a recent renaissance for blockbuster soundtracks (Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé respectively …
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Two weeks ago, Kid Cudi finally gave his fans what he thought they wanted: a sneak peek at the new music he’s been teasing for months. But the snippet he shared for a single titled “Flex,” scheduled for release on June 2, wasn’t embraced — in fact, they disliked the …
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Trey Songz has been hit with a $10 million sexual battery and assault lawsuit from a woman accusing the 38-year-old of grabbing and exposing her breast while at a pool party, according to court records obtained by Rolling Stone. The woman, who is using the pseudonym Jane Doe, claims the …
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Guns N’ Roses played their first show of 2023 Thursday night at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, and it featured their most radically reworked setlist since the dawn of the reunion era back in 2016. The most notable moment took place midway through the night when they dug out …
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Gunna addresses the YSL gang case and the fallout from his plea deal on his new song “Bread & Butter.” Gunna is upfront about it all from the get-go, as the song starts with a smattering of news reports about his arrest in May 2021 as part of a massive …
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New daily affirmations have arrived courtesy of Becky G on “the Fire Inside.” The singer’s latest release, from the soundtrack to the Eva Longoria-directed film Flamin’ Hot, matches the celebration of Mexican-American heritage in the film with self-assured words of encouragement: “Nothing can hold you back/No one can kill your …
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Ilsey, the singer-songwriter who cowrote “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart,” is now following her own heart on a Neil Young cover with Bon Iver. The musicians covered “Heart of Gold,” taking Young’s folky pining and turning it into a poppy meditation on the original’s lyrics that sometimes veers into the …
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Rob Grant fully embraces his “nepo daddy” moniker on his newest single. On Thursday, Lana Del Rey joined her father on the release of “Lost at Sea,” the title track of his debut album, out next Friday. “Lost At Sea is a deeply emotional and ethereal song. It combines the …
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For those who’ve seen Joshua Ray Walker perform, they know his voice can alternately hush and rouse a crowd. (Catch him perform “Voices” if you ever get the chance and be amazed.) The Texas songwriter delivers one of his most dynamic recorded takes on “Cuz I Love You” — a …
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