From the sonic and lyrical influence of the Lover track “The Archer” to the harrowing revelations of the “Dear John” sequel “Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve,” the depths of Taylor Swift‘s new album Midnights deserve deep examination. That’s exactly what happens on the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, in which …
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Drake and 21 Savage will be releasing a new collaborative album called Her Loss next week. The Toronto and Atlanta rappers recently teamed up for “Jimmy Cooks” from Drake’s seventh studio album, Honestly, Nevermind, which arrived in June. Her Loss arrives on Oct. 28. In a new visual directed by …
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Billy Gibbons knows what time it is. When Courtney Benson — manager for the Time‘s perennially sharp dressed man, Morris Day — spotted the ZZ Top frontman’s mile-long beard at the Beverly Hills Hotel, he introduced himself. “Billy got up in the middle of the lounge and did my famous …
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Just three years ago, in “Daylight,” the climax of Lover, Taylor Swift announced, “I wanna be defined by the things that I love, not the things I hate, not the things that I’m afraid of, not the things that haunt me in the middle of the night.” Guess she got …
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No one wants to see your thang-a-lang without consent. On Thursday night, the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Gale released “D Pic,” her edgy pop-rock single about receiving nasty, unsolicited sexts from men — and how they gotta fucking stop. The video for “D Pic” follows Gale (pronounced gah-leh) and a group …
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From the moment the world heard the frantic majesty of Arctic Monkeys’ classic debut, 2006’s Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, it was obvious the U.K. foursome were headed for rock greatness. But great bands have always reserved the right to swerve into detours that baffle some …
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The Beatles could pack an emotional punch like no other band. Their 1966 masterpiece Revolver is full of moments where John, Paul, George and Ringo reach right for the heart. But not “Yellow Submarine.” Until now. The world has always cherished this song as a cheerful kiddie novelty, something the …
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Seated among plaques of Madonna, Janet Jackson, and Lil Wayne at Noble Studios in Harlem,the Charlotte-raised rapper Mavi tells me about how a chance encounter with Zora Neale Hurston’s You Don’t Know Us Negroes helped change the direction of his life. Earlier this year, he read her essay about High …
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Three hours after releasing her album Midnights, Taylor Swift kept the surprises coming by dropping Midnights (3 a.m. Edition), an extended version of the LP that features seven additional songs. Swift had been promising that something “special” and “very chaotic” was coming and she delivered, calling these “3 a.m. tracks,” …
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At age 43, Shooter Jennings has called Los Angeles home for over half of his life. The City of Angels remains an endless well of unique, once-in-a-lifetime characters — whether glorious or depraved, righteous or demonic — for the Grammy-winning producer. And it’s those figures that inspire Jennings’ creativity, both …
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