Bad Bunny performs his single “Mia” while marching through the streets of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico in a pre-filmed segment from Tuesday’s Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon and the Roots‘ Black Thought and Questlove join the rapper, banging around on timbale sticks, maracas and a tambourine. The piece opens with …
Read More »Chance the Rapper Removes R. Kelly Collaboration From Streaming Services
Chance the Rapper has removed his 2015 collaboration with R. Kelly, “Somewhere in Paradise,” from most digital streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal, Pitchfork reports. The decision to pull the song comes after Chance appeared in the Lifetime docuseries, Surviving R. Kelly, which delves into the accusations of …
Read More »The 1975, Florence and the Machine Lead 2019 Brit Awards Nominees
The 1975, Florence + The Machine, Jorja Smith and Dua Lipa each received multiple nominations for the 2019 Brit Awards, which honors music both released in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Ariana Grande, Drake, Eminem, Cardi B and Travis Scott were among the North American acts to receive nods ahead …
Read More »Tank Returns With Raunchy New Single 'Dirty'
R&B veteran Tank casually catalogs a sweaty night in his new single “Dirty.” This is a skeletal track, barely there at times: A few piano chords, a smattering of drums. The sparse instrumental puts all the focus on Tank’s erotic lyrics. But as the action heats up, the singer’s tone …
Read More »Normani Describes Her Experience Dealing With Racism in Fifth Harmony
Normani has no problem being honest. In a new interview, she doesn’t shy away from the hurdles she faced being a black woman in the world’s most successful girl group. At one point the “Love Lies” singer shares that she would cry during certain sessions, naming “No Way” as an …
Read More »Ryan Adams Details 'Big Colors,' First of Three 2019 Albums
Ryan Adamsmapped out big plans for 2019 as the rocker announced he would release three albums this calendar year. The first of the trio, Big Colors, arrives April 19th. After hinting about his 2019 plans on social media, Adams offered up details about Big Colors to the Washington Post‘s daily …
Read More »Pink Floyd's Nick Mason: My Five Favorite Syd Barrett Songs
For the past two decades, Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason was forced to watch from the sidelines while Roger Waters and David Gilmour launched their own wildly-successful solo tours with sets packed full of Floyd classics.Last year, he decided to finally put together his own touring unit called Nick Mason’s …
Read More »Tegan and Sara Plot New Memoir 'High School'
Tegan and Sara will publish their first memoir, High School, in fall 2019 via MCD, a division of the publishing house Farrar, Straus and Giroux. High School will be a coming-of-age story that chronicles Tegan Sara’s time as teenagers in Calgary, Canada during the Nineties. The book will be written …
Read More »The First Time: Charli XCX on Spice Girls and Other British Pop Stars
Brit pop’s leading bad girl is back. After supporting Taylor Swift on her epic Reputation stadium tour, Charli XCX surprised her fans this fall with the single “1999,” featuring singer-songwriter Troye Sivan. The video highlights some of the biggest cultural touchstones of the Nineties, including AOL, the Spice Girlsand 1997 …
Read More »Georgia Anne Muldrow Nods to Aretha Franklin, Fela Kuti in 'Overload' Video
Shapeshifting soul singer Georgia Anne Muldrow channels Aretha Franklin‘s backstage poise in her new “Overload” video. The clip cuts between the musician during a dressing room interview (decked out in a Fela Kuti T-shirt) and belting into a vintage microphone. Director Capricorn Clark detailed the Franklin influence in a statement …
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