Sam DeRosa is taking the high road after a breakup. On Friday, as she released her EP The Good Parts, DeRosa premiered the music video for her song “After the Tears” with Rolling Stone. The video follows the songwriter — who’s penned songs for Lovelytheband, Fitz and the Tantrums, and …
Read More »Taylor Swift to Join Jimmy Fallon on 'The Tonight Show' After 'Midnights' Drop
Taylor Swift is celebrating Midnights with Jimmy Fallon. On Friday, The Tonight Show announced that the singer will be joining the show on Monday, Oct. 24 to talk about the release of her new album. The interview will mark Swift’s first late-night appearance this year. That same night, Meghan Trainor …
Read More »Why Ed Sheeran Credits Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee With Inspiring His Music Career
Without Queen Elizabeth II, Ed Sheeran might not have become the international star performer we know him as now. During a recent appearance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert – immediately after explaining his habit of gifting friends giant penis statues – the musician recalled the life-changing formative experience …
Read More »Madison Beer Defeats a Clandestine Poker Star in Video for New Single 'Showed Me'
If there’s one thing Madison Beer knows how to do, it’s slay. On Friday, the singer released her single “Showed Me (How I Fell in Love With You),” which flaunts the singer’s sexier, sultry side. vIn the track’s accompanying video, she puts that sultriness to work as she defeats an …
Read More »Crazy Diamond: Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett Focus of Upcoming Documentary
Syd Barrett, who walked Pink Floyd through the gates of dawn before mental illness forced his departure from the then-rising group, will be the focus of an upcoming documentary featuring new interviews with his former bandmates. Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd will …
Read More »Lil Baby Brings 'Russian Roulette' to 'Fallon' With a Message: 'Don't Compare Me to No Other Rapper'
Lil Baby wants you to know that he’s one of a kind. During his latest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the rapper debuted “Russian Roulette,” the closing track from his newly released studio album It’s Only Me. On the record, the Atlanta native delivers a message to …
Read More »Darlene Love Records First Christmas Song In Nearly 30 Years, Reveals She Won't Be in 'Lethal Weapon 5'
Darlene Love was scrolling through Facebook earlier this year when she came across an interview with 23-year-old Fifties pop throwback singer Chris Ruggiero citing her as one of his favorite vocalists. “Very few people his age talk about our music,” says Love, 81. “I found it just mind-blowing.” The Facebook …
Read More »'It's Hyphy Pop!' Lolo Zouaï Logs Into a Cyber Dream World on 'Playgirl'
The last time Lolo Zouaï made an album, she was “super-hardcore dreaming” from behind the host stand during her shifts at Bareburger in New York City. She wanted a future when she could fully focus on her craft instead of making milkshakes for customers. “I remember I wrote a note …
Read More »'It Turned the World Upside Down': How New York City's 1977 Blackout Jump-Started the Hip-Hop Era
Journalist Jonathan Abrams spent the last four years compiling an enlightening, entertaining, and deeply researched history of hip-hop. Abrams traces the music’s humble beginning in the Bronx and DIY block parties to some of the most popular music in the world today. In this exclusive excerpt from “The Come Up: …
Read More »Spice Girls Take It Back to 1997 With Alternative Video for 'Spice Up Your Life'
The Spice Girls will always be icons. On Thursday, the beloved girl group released an alternative music video for their single “Spice Up Your Life,” featuring previously unseen footage from the group’s original shoot. “TheSpiceworldera was such a fun time for us; we’d just had a number one album withSpice, …
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