Live from the Beacon Theater in New York City, Jack Antonoff formed a supergroup with Hayley Williams. Their headlining performance for Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians 2025 was backed by Bleachers, the band Antonoff has led for the past decade. During the event, Williams remarked that she loved the band …
Read More »Hayley Williams, Jack Antonoff, María Zardoya, Role Model Rock Rolling Stone's Musicians on Musicians Event
The excitement outside of New York’s Beacon Theatre was palpable on Thursday night. Hours before Rolling Stone’s Musicians on Musicians franchise took over the Upper West Side venue, fans lined up on the sidewalk off Amsterdam Avenue. Some played patty-cake to pass the time before doors opened, while others sported …
Read More »Amaarae and Tinashe Aren't Afraid to Match Each Other's Freak
A maarae is scrolling through the Notes app on her phone, which is crammed with questions and observations about Tinashe. When she was a teenager in Ghana, Amaarae was obsessed with the singer’s mix of melody and movement. It’s part of why she’s so excited about their Musicians on Musicians …
Read More »Black Thought and Redman: A Lyrical Summit Between Two Legendary MCs
W ithin minutes of arriving at the studio for their Musicians on Musicians shoot, Redman and Black Thought are exchanging daps and catching up like old friends — because they are. The two voluble MCs, who took parallel paths to fame in the Nineties, laugh and swap stories in the …
Read More »Lucy Dacus and Janelle Monáe Are Each Other's Biggest Fans
S unlight is spilling through the wide windows at Wondaland West, Janelle Monáe’s rustic creative campus tucked in the hills above Hollywood, when Lucy Dacus takes her place on set. The two artists — in matching navy Thom Browne blazers — are sitting across from each other in worn leather …
Read More »Gracie Abrams Grew Up Listening to Cyndi Lauper. Here's What Happened When They Met
F orty-two years ago, Cyndi Lauper told the world that “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” on her debut single. And right now, she’s sitting in a north Brooklyn studio with Gracie Abrams and doing just that. They’re bopping their heads to Rickie Lee Jones’ “The Last Chance Texaco” and …
Read More »Jack Antonoff and Hayley Williams on the Joy (and Drama) of Being in a Band
O ne day in 2013, Jack Antonoff was sitting in a car in Los Angeles with his friend Hayley Williams when he decided to play her a new song. Back then, Antonoff was best known as a member of the band Fun., and he hoped to release the track, “I …
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