Welcome to our weekly rundown ofthe best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week,Kesha has a spiritual awakening in her first release in three years, Jack Harlow returns, Labrinth catches the feels, and Taylor Swift gets moody with The National. Kesha, “Eat …
Read More »Ron DeSantis F-cked With the Wrong Fandom
Earlier this week, on the Disney forum DISBoards.com, a user named KYMickey posted a meme of a demonic-looking white man with a passing resemblance to Gov. Ron DeSantis dressed in a Prince Charming costume, in front of Cinderella’s castle. “DeSantis World,” the caption reads, referring to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. …
Read More »See the Real Donna Summer — Singer, Actress, Mother — in Doc Trailer
The trailer for Donna Summer: Love to Love You, a new documentary about the late disco legend, focuses on the identity crisis she felt, juggling stardom, motherhood, and just who she wanted to be. “My approach to singing, I approach it as an actress,” she says in an archival interview. …
Read More »Labrinth Packs a Lifetime of Moods, Feels, and Maxed-Out Drama Into A Half-Hour of Music on 'Ends & Begins'
The third album from British composer-singer-producer Labrinth only clocks in at about 28 minutes, but it’s a megadose of mood. The LP’s darkly hued tracks about love and loneliness come wracked with so much tension it often seems as if like they—and Labrinth himself— fall apart at any moment. Labrinth’s …
Read More »Billy Strings and Willie Nelson Tout the Benefits of Being 'California Sober' in New Collab
Billy Strings sings an ode to the high life in “California Sober,” a new duet featuring the great Willie Nelson. The song is Strings’ first release under his new deal with Reprise Records and arrives just in time for Nelson’s 90th birthday. “California Sober” is an up-tempo bluegrass tune that’s …
Read More »The Online Racists Stealing Military Secrets
Jack Teixiera’s odyssey from online racist to alleged classified-information shitposter to federal inmate shocked many — but it shouldn’t. In recent years, the Defense and Justice departments have investigated a number of servicemembers for involvement in far-right groups — and found they also appear to enjoy sharing the government’s most …
Read More »'Citadel' Is a $300 Million Disaster for Amazon
Imagine for a moment that in the late 2000s, Marvel did not simply announce a movie about Iron Man, but that they would simultaneously go into production on Captain America, Thor, and Avengers films, with even more in immediate development, and that these would be among the most expensive movies …
Read More »Kesha Wants to Come Back as a Cat — and Other Things We Learned From the Pop Star
If you ask Kesha something as simple as “How are you feeling?” she just might launch into a monologue about the meaning of life. I spent nearly an hour on Zoom with the pop star talking about her next album, Gag Order, and although I was able to include the …
Read More »Jerry Springer, Ringmaster of Pugilistic Talk-Show Circus, Dead at 79
Jerry Springer, the controversial and influential talk-show host who fused chaos and entertainment while showcasing the underbelly of America on daytime television, died Thursday at the age of 79. Springer’s family confirmed his death in a statement to Rolling Stone, noting that he died peacefully at his home in the …
Read More »'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' Is a Coming-of-Age-Movie Masterpiece
When was the first time you realized you were a woman? Was it when you got your first period? Was it when you had your first heartbreak? Was it when you were in ninth grade and the unibrowed kid on your school bus wouldn’t stop calling you a slut, despite …
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