Lil Nas X is gearing up for his first headlining tour as the 20-date Long Live Montero North American and European trek kicks off at Detroit’s The Fillmore on Sept. 6. With stops in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles and more, the tour will span through November where …
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Drake cruised to a record-extending 34th week at the top of the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart, picking up 31.9 million song streams for the week of September 17th through the 23rd. Drake’s total was down from the 396.1 million song streams he accumulated last week, though three weeks after …
Read More »Lil Nas X Yearns for Lasting Love in 'That's What I Want' Video
Lil Nas X has dropped his debut album, Montero, on streaming services (it officially arrives on Friday) and he’s also shared the video for the LP track “That’s What I Want.” The Stillz-directed clip opens on the rapper-singer finding lovers on the football field and by a campfire, but by …
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Ryan Tedder has written songs for some of the most popular artists in the world: Beyoncé, Adele, Taylor Swift. Still, he’s never had an experience quite like the first time he hit the studio with Lil Nas X. “He was holding a bunch of horse balloons that his label had …
Read More »Polow da Don Is Changing Country Radio One Drake Song at a Time
Last week, a new radio station went on the air in Nashville with a premise that’s at once wildly radical and painfully obvious. Instead of imagining country radio as an episode of The Bachelorette — 25 guys, one woman — set on a gated island, WYCZ envisions the format as …
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