Lorde is feeling “simply crazy” after dropping her new album, Virgin. On Friday, hours after releasing her new LP, the musician reacted to it being out in the world by sharing some snapshots of the music-making process. “This album broke me apart and forged a new creature out of me,” …
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Santa Fe Klan is bringing Saweetie to his barrio. On Friday, the Mexican star released his new single, “Locos,” which features a sexy verse from the Bay Area rap queen. “I really loved working with Saweetie—she’s super cool, great vibe… I feel like we connected, and honestly, I don’t think …
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Lorde celebrated the release of Virgin by performing the entire album live for the first time at a surprise, early-morning set at Glastonbury. The musician confirmed the set Thursday night and took the stage at 11:30 a.m. Friday, with a very full crowd there to meet her, despite such little …
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On “Ditto,” the last track on My Face Hurts From Smiling, a surprising rap mixtape from a certain four-time Grammy winner, the star in question declares, “It’s a Lizzo summerrrrrrr.” The tape — which Lizzo finalized a mere 10 minutes before we meet on Zoom — does make a strong …
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Rome Ramirez, former frontman of Sublime with Rome, has teamed up with reggae rockers Dirty Heads for a new song, “Slow & Easy. In a statement, Rome calls the breezy summer tune “the culmination of my mantra, my friends, and my family all wrapped into one.” The accompanying video, directed …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage One day after a prosecutor calledSean Combsthe “vicious” leader of a criminal enterprise, the music mogul’s lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, stood before a jury in lower Manhattan Friday and said his client was simply living a colorful “lifestyle” filled with swinger relationships …
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Steven Keene, a New York singer-songwriter, challenges fans of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen to identify as many of the creative giants’ lyrics as they can in his rollicking new song “Thesaurus.” Just shy of four minutes, there’s nonetheless a lot to digest in Keene’s word-packed song, which he sells …
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There was a period in the late Nineties and early aughts when every blockbuster movie was seemingly accompanied by an equally-popular soundtrack, with the songs and A-list artists almost as inescapable as the action on screen. From Titanic and Twilight to The Fast & The Furious, the songs released from …
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LL Cool J digs into how New York City shaped the creation and evolution of rap in the new trailer for the upcoming docuseries, Hip-Hop Was Born Here. The five-part series will offer a kind of historical and musical tour of the five boroughs as LL Cool J visits the …
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A teenager in Germany has been charged with helping to plot an attack on Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour concert in Vienna. The suspect, identified as Mohammad A, was accused of interpreting bomb-building instructions and translating an Islamic State terrorist group oath of allegiance for the main suspect of the attack …
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