Over the past couple of years, Timbaland has positioned himself as one of the few contemporary pop figures willing to fully embrace the use of artificial intelligence in music. He’s partnered with the AI music platform Suno (which is being sued by the RIAA for copyright infringement), started his own …
Read More »Clairo, Lucy Dacus, Nao, More Join No Music for Genocide Boycott
On Oct. 10, the No Music for Genocide collective announced that Clairo, Lucy Dacus, Nao, and more have joined their ranks. Last month, the decentralized organization kicked off a boycott movement protesting what a United Nations commission and other organizations have deemed Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza in their …
Read More »Frank Zappa's Halloween Live Series Continues With Box Set of Famed 1978 Residency
Frank Zappa’s famed and fiery Halloween 1978 residency at New York’s Palladium will be the focus of an upcoming box set, the latest in a long series of live albums revolving around the guitarist’s favorite holiday. Halloween 78, out Oct. 24 via Zappa Records/UMe, will be released in a series …
Read More »Lady Gaga Sets Appearance in 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'
Lady Gaga is a little too chic to keep any lumpy cerulean sweaters in her closet, but she’ll have her pick of designer garments when she appears in The Devil Wears Prada 2. According to Variety, Mother Monster will appear in the forthcoming sequel to the fashion film, which is …
Read More »No Doubt to Reunite for Sphere Residency in Las Vegas
No Doubt is Vegas bound. Gwen Stefani will reunite with her bandfor six shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas, according to multiple reports. The short run will kick off May 6, with five more shows scheduled through the month, wrapping May 16. The other gigs will take place May …
Read More »María Zardoya Finds Beauty in the Natural World on Her Solo Debut as Not for Radio
In late August, María Zardoya began posting a series of quiet voice notes for fans on Spotify, guiding them gently toward Not for Radio, a project she formed outside of her breakthrough band, the Marías. She wanted to welcome people into an entire world she’d built — an “alternate reality,” …
Read More »Neil Young Says to 'Forget' Amazon: 'Soon My Music Will Not Be There'
Neil Young has announced that he plans to remove his music from Amazon, the latest move in the rocker’s ongoing battle against Big Tech. “The time is here. Forget Amazon,” Young wrote on his Archives’ Times-Contrarian this week. “Soon my music will not be there.” Young didn’t specify whether he …
Read More »Alemeda and Doechii Really Would 'Beat a B!tch Up' in Fiery New Video
Alemeda has teamed up with Doechii for a new single. On Friday, the Ethiopian American singer dropped her long-teased collaboration with the Swamp Princess, “Beat A B!tch Up,” while also unveiling the track list for her upcoming EP, But What the Hell Do I Know. “‘Beat A B!tch Up’ is …
Read More »An American Singer and Activist on What She Experienced as a Prisoner in Israel
Carsie Blanton needed to say farewell to her guitar. The singer-songwriter was somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean sea on a sailboat last week when the 10-person crew decided to play some music. They passed around the guitar, sang a song or two, including Blanton’s “Little Flame” (sample lyric: “Prison cells/Freedom …
Read More »Zayn and Jisoo Fall for Each Other in Cosmic 'Eyes Closed' Video
Zayn and Jisoo fly past Saturn and fall for each other on their new single, “Eyes Closed.” On Friday, the Blackpink superstar and former One Direction heartthrob teamed up for the dreamy duet, which dropped alongside an otherworldly video. In the sleek visual, Zayn and Jisoo float through a spaceship, …
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