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,” …
Read More »Shooter Jennings Crushed a Set of Warren Zevon Songs at the Rebels & Renegades Festival. He Says More Gigs May Be Coming
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 …
Read More »Taylor Swift Envisions Her Bratty Kids Fighting at Her Funeral, and Other Nightmares, in 'Anti-Hero' Video
Taylor Swift flashes forward to her funeral to watch her bratty kids bicker over her estate in the wild new music video for her Midnights track “Anti-Hero.” The interstitial skit is just one facet of an endearingly goofy clip that, as Swift explained on Twitter, allowed her to let her …
Read More »Canadian Sports Anchor/Swiftie Slips Every 'Midnights' Song Title Into Morning Broadcast
Faizal Khamisa, an anchor on the Canadian channel SportsNet, let his inner-Swiftie shine this morning, slipping in the name of every track on Midnights over the course of a broadcast on Friday, Oct. 21. Unlike the Philadelphia traffic reporter who delivered an entire report filled with Beyoncé song titles in …
Read More »Watch Jennifer Hudson and Babyface Compose New Grocery Story-Inspired Songs From Scratch
Ketchup and mustard are two of the least likely words to pop up in a songwriting session. But on the latest episode of the Jennifer Hudson Show, the host and her guest Babyface prove that no phrase is too outlandish to be made into a smooth R&B song. Using lyrical …
Read More »Hacker Who Stole Unreleased Ed Sheeran, Lil Uzi Vert Songs Sentenced to Prison
A computer hacker who made $147,000 stealing unreleased music from Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Adrian Kwiatkowski exchanged the music by Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert for cryptocurrency on the dark web after hacking into their cloud-based accounts, the Associated Press reported. …
Read More »Latto and Flo Milli See Stars in One Another
W elcome to Rolling Stone’s 2022 Musicians on Musicians package, the annual franchise where two great artists come together for a free, open conversation about life and music. Each story in this year’s series will appear in our November 2022 print issue, hitting stands on Nov. 1st. “My Capricorn sis!” …
Read More »Arctic Monkeys Launch New Tour in Support of 'The Car': Here's Where to Get Tickets
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Do u wanna know where you can see Arctic Monkeys live? Good news: Leading up to the band’s new studio LP, The Car, out now, the group announced …
Read More »Balenciaga Officially Cuts Ties With Kanye West
Balenciaga has officially cut ties with Kanye West following the rapper’s string of antisemitic and offensive remarks. Following its third-quarter earnings report Thursday, the fashion label’s parent company Kering said in a statement to WWD, “Balenciaga has no longer any relationship nor any plans for future projects related to this …
Read More »Taylor Swift Breaks Spotify Single-Day Album Stream Record: 'How Did I Get This Lucky'
Midnights is officially a record-breaking album. On Friday, Spotify revealed that Taylor Swift‘s new album had become the most-streamed project in a single day in the streaming service’s history. Sharing Spotify’s tweet, Swift wrote, “How did I get this lucky, having you guys out here doing something this mind-blowing?! Like …
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