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American Idol season 17 winner Laine Hardy was arrested Friday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on charges of illegally intercepting communications, a representative of Louisiana State University confirmed to Rolling Stone. Hardy was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on grounds of “interception and disclosure of wire, electronic, or oral …

Giveon is fighting the truth because it’s the last thing he wants to hear — and boy, do we get it. On Thursday, Giveon marked his return with his first single of the year, “Lie Again.” In the accompanying video, he walks through the streets of Downtown Los Angeles as …

Justin Bieber promised “Honest,” and he delivered his new track featuring Don Toliver on Thursday. The song arrives with accompanying video directed by Cole Bennett. The pair sing about the virtues of being true to loved ones while enjoying time snowmobiling, hanging in a ski lodge and lounging fireside with …

The Beach Boys will kick off a year-long celebration of their 60th anniversary in June with a vastly expanded edition of their greatest hits comp Sounds of Summer. When it was initially released in 2003, Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys contained 30 of the group’s …

When she was an infant, Lola Kirke had a nurse who would sing Patsy Cline’s “Crazy” to her as a soothing gesture. She would later encounter the song in a new way in Jumpin’ Jim’s Ukulele Country music book, which she received as a teenager learning to play the ukulele. …

Tegan and Sara have dropped new single “Fucking Up With Matters.” The track from their upcoming 10th studio album is their first new music released on the Mom+Pop label. Co-produced by John Congleton, the song addresses the “turbulence” the twin sibling musicians have gone through and grown from alongside the …

A revelatory new biography of the Notorious B.I.G., Justin Tinsley’sIt Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him, is due out May 10, just before what would’ve been the Brooklyn legend’s 50th birthday. On the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Tinsley takes us through the …

Portugal. the Man appeared on The Ellen Show to perform their recent song “What, Me Worry?” with the help of a string section and a group of back-up singers. The group brought a sense of levity to the performance, augmented by psychedelic video backdrops. The Portland-based band released “What, Me …

A new documentary about the life and career of George Michael will get a special theatrical release on June 22. George Michael: Freedom Uncut is described as Michael’s “final work” in a release, and the late musician is credited as a co-director on the film along with David Austin. Heavily …

In advance of their forthcoming studio album, Dropout Boogie, the Black Keys have dropped the neo-soul banger “It Ain’t Over,” marking the second glimpse of the record following the March release of lead single “Wild Child.” Dropout Boogie, out May 13 on Nonesuch Records, marks the blues rock duo’s eleventh …