Last year, Tommy Hilfiger returned to New York Fashion Week in Brooklyn after a three-year hiatus — and hasn’t taken the foot off the gas since. This year, head honcho Tommy Jacob Hilfiger and SZA hosted a brunch to celebrate the brand’s Fall 2023 campaign, which stars the Grammy-winner, her …
Read More »SZA Tries and Fails at Love (With Justin Bieber) in New 'Snooze' Video
SZA has dropped a darkly comedic and surreal video for “Snooze,” which chronicles the rise and fall of five romantic relationships between SZA and characters played by popstar Justin Bieber, actors Woody McClain and Young Mazino, star producer/songwriter Benny Blanco — and a robot in a fitted cap. Tacked to …
Read More »SZA Teases 'Snooze' Video While Previewing New Song
SZA teased a behind-the-scenes clip from her upcoming “Snooze” video and previewed an unreleased track at the same time on Saturday. In the steamy clip, SZA dances for what appears to be a robot propped in a chair. “Bts from snooze video but not snooze audio,” SZA captioned the clip …
Read More »Taylor Swift, SZA, Doja Cat Lead 2023 MTV VMA Nominations
Taylor Swift, SZA, and Doja Cat will all have multiple chances to add a few more Moonmen to their trophy cases at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards. Swift led all nominees this year with eight, while SZA picked up six, and Doja Cat earned five, as did Kim Petras, …
Read More »Nadine El Roubi Defies Afro-Arab Taboos, One Freestyle At A Time
Nadine El Roubi couldn’t care less about the haters. At 27, the Sudanese independent artist has learned to embrace her womanhood and confront Afro-Arab taboos head-on, dismissing critics without a second thought. Take her feel-good anthem “New Era,” an electrifying declaration of her evolved mentality: “Let these bitches know I’m …
Read More »H.E.R. Thinks Live Instruments are Coming Back to Pop
THE FUTURE OF Music Interview is a Q&A in which our favorite artists and producers share their vision of what’s next, weighing in on everything from AI to emerging scenes to the artists inspiring them the most. As a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist who was more than happy to record a club …
Read More »SZA and Lizzo to Headline 2023 Made in America Festival
SZA and Lizzo have been named headliners for the 2023 iteration of Made in America, Jay-Z’s annual two-day festival hosted at Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. With the two superstars at its helm, the event scheduled for Sept. 2 and 3 struck gold with this year’s lineup. At a time …
Read More »Summer Walker Searches For The Right Balance on 'Clear 2: Soft Life'
Over the course of four years and three albums, Atlanta singer-songwriter Summer Walker has developed an incredible talent for detailing the messy epiphanies of Black romance. The 27-year-old artist writes like a student of the late Betty Wright, Mary J. Blige, and K. Michelle, women who describe love with as …
Read More »SZA and Doja Cat Unleash 'Kill Bill' Remix
Doja CatandSZAunleashed their newest collaboration, a remix of theSOShit, “Kill Bill.” The pair hinted at the track just hours before its drop, with Doja tweetingSZA, “sis… I did something bad.” The new version opens with Doja delivering a relentless verse, followed by SZA’s original chorus. “I’m in a funk so …
Read More »Post Malone, SZA, Doja Cat, And All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to our weeklyrundownof the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, the first release of the year from Post Malone, Kelly Clarkson teases her highly anticipated album Chemistry, Doja Cat adds to the narrative in a remix with SZA, …
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