Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones hasn’t spoken to singer John Lydon, a.k.a. Johnny Rotten, since they clashed on a 2008 reunion tour, and he just helped fight off Lydon’s unsuccessful lawsuit to prevent the use of the band’s music in Pistol, the new Hulu series about the band.But even so, …
Read More »Blackpink's Superstar Confessions: Inside Our Cover-Story Interviews
The new episode of Rolling Stone Music now dives into the world of Blackpink, with reporter Haeryun Kang joining host Brian Hiatt to discuss her experience hanging out with Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé for the group’s Rolling Stone cover stories. Kang, a journalist and filmmaker, spent time with the …
Read More »Secrets of 'Harry's House': The Ultimate Breakdown of Harry Styles' New Triumph
One of the world’s biggest pop stars is a music geek obsessed with obscure Wings tracks, a guy who named his new album after a 1973 release by Japanese pop pioneer Haruomi Hosono. As confirmed by Harry Styles‘ third and most diverse album, Harry’s House, and the distinctly indie-rock-ish Number …
Read More »Why Kendrick Lamar's New Album Is His Most Controversial Work
Kendrick Lamar takes aim at his own image and delves into the darker sides of his psyche on his long-awaited new album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. “I am not your savior,” he raps, while almost compulsively revealing his sexual history, a bout with writer’s block, relationship troubles, and …
Read More »Sheryl Crow Looks Back at Her Incredibly Underrated Career
Sheryl Crow is looking back on her often under appreciated but hit-packed career in the new Showtime documentary Sheryl —and she does the same on the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. “Radio for me doesn’t exist anymore,” she says in the episode, which draws from two in-depth interviews …
Read More »New Biography Reveals Biggie and Tupac Were Closer Than You Thought
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 …
Read More »Stop Calling Yourselves 'Americans,' Rapper Residente Says
“The whole project for ‘This Is Not America’ is to change the world,” says Residente. In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, the Puerto Rican rap star – who’s won more Latin Grammys than any other artist – tells Julyssa Lopez about the concept behind his incendiary new …
Read More »Exclusive: BTS Almost Didn't Perform at the Grammys, and Five Other Revelations From the Awards Show Producers
The Grammys aren’t done evolving, according to the ceremony’s executive producer, Ben Winston, who took over the show last year from Ken Ehrlich, the show’s mastermind for over 40 years. Winston and Raj Kapoor, the show’s executive producer and showrunner, joined the latest episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now …
Read More »Where Nirvana Meets Prince: The Untold Story of Batmusic
One of Nirvana‘s weirdest, most whispery songs, complete with musings on the emotions of aquatic life, is a streaming smash nearly 31 years after its release — thanks to its use as a bellwether for Bruce Wayne’s emotions in The Batman.The Nevermind track “Something in the Way,” which was never …
Read More »'There's a Demon in All of Us': Keith Richards on Facing Down Death and More
The late Charlie Watts once pointed out that for all of Keith Richards‘ self-destructive behavior, the Rolling Stones guitarist has always had a “strong will to live.” But Richards himself isn’t quite sure how he made it this far: “We are all built in different ways,” he says, “and I …
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