The countdown to Midnights continues. After sharing lyric snippets on billboards in London and New York City, Taylor Swift and Spotify raised up a few more prominent teasers in São Paulo, Brazil and Nashville. The billboard in São Paulo featured the line, “just like clockwork, the dominoes cascaded in a …
Read More »ENHYPEN Wrap Up Their U.S. Tour With Stop at 'Rolling Stone on Twitch'
ENHYPEN capped off their U.S. tour Monday, appearing on Rolling Stone on Twitch — while dozens of their fans packed the streets outside our New York office. The group’s fans, called ENGENE, were buzzing for hours outside the building holding up signs, cutouts of Jungwon’s head, and climbing nearby scaffolding …
Read More »Kanye West Lashes Out When Challenged by Chris Cuomo Over Antisemitic Comments: 'I Don't Have to Understand or Accept'
Kanye West’s priorities are miles away from where they likely should be. During a recent interview with Chris Cuomo, the musician was pressed on his recent antisemitic comments harder than he has been since declaring his plans to go “death con 3 on Jewish people.” But his attempts to clarify …
Read More »Carrie Underwood on Why Singers Need to Hit Their Notes and How She Got Axl Rose Out of Hiding
Carrie Underwood has eight Grammy wins and 16 total nominations over her career, with the bulk of her recognition coming in the vocal performance categories. There’s good reason for that: Underwood has some of the most powerful pipes not just in country music, but anywhere. Even Axl Rose was persuaded …
Read More »BTS Will Still Be Able to Perform for ARMY Even as They Serve in the Army
Over the next few years, all seven members of BTS will fulfill their mandatory military service in South Korea, extending the group’s previously-announced hiatus until 2025. But, luckily for that all-important other ARMY, the news doesn’t mean BTS won’t still be around in some capacity. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, a …
Read More »Spoon Goes Dub: Inside the New Remix Project 'Lucifer on the Moon'
Spoon’s Britt Daniel has always loved gadgets, held a soft spot for studio wizardry. And it’s these tendencies that have helped keep the Austin indie-rock outfit so intriguing and inventive over the last two-and-a-half decades. But for Spoon’s tenth album, Lucifer on the Sofa, Daniel wanted to do away with …
Read More »Black Thought and Danger Mouse Deliver Pensive Ode to MF Doom in 'Belize' Video
The hip-hop duo Black Thought and Danger Mouse delivered a pensive ode to the late musician MF Doom in the music video for “Belize,” which appeared on their recently released collaborative album Cheat Codes. Super-producer Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton filmed the video under the direction of UNCANNY, also appearing in …
Read More »George Floyd's Family Feel 'Betrayed' by Kanye West, as They Consider Suing Rapper and Candace Owens
An attorney for the family of George Floyd says the family feels “betrayed” by Kanye West’s false claim that the 46-year-old’s death was from fentanyl and not a police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Attorney Lee Merritt confirms to Rolling Stone that the Floyd family is …
Read More »Dwayne Johnson Singing Loretta Lynn's 'Don't Come Home a Drinkin” With Kelly Clarkson? Why Not
Dwayne Johnson is an unabashed country music fan, particularly of the outlaw variety —he cites Sturgill Simpson, Cody Jinks, and Jamey Johnson as modern-day favorites. If it’s got teeth, The Rock is all in, which is probably why it wasn’t the least bit strange for him to cover “Don’t Come …
Read More »Jack Harlow Recruits Drake, Jayson Tatum, and Thousands of Fans for 'Like a Blade of Grass' Video
Jack Harlow’s last few music videos have been high-production events — he served as a motivational speaker and business executive in “Nail Tech,” then made some stealthy moves through the night in “First Class” and took over the Kentucky Derby with Drake in “Churchill Downs.” But the newly released video …
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