A few years ago, Rico Nasty’s unique style of rap was making her one of the most interesting and exciting voices in hip-hop. Jonny Pierce, frontman of the Drums, saw her do an interview with Narduwar where she mentioned that she was really into his band’s music growing up. “When …
Read More »Trump Posts (Then Deletes) Attack Against Judge's Clerk During Trial
Donald Trump has been slapped with a (partial) gag order. The former president has been making in-person appearances in Manhattan court this week for a civil fraud trial brought against him by the state of New York, taking advantage of the press coverage to malign those associated with the case. …
Read More »Moon Bin, Member of the K-Pop Group Astro, Dead at 25
Moon Bin, a member of the popular K-pop group Astro, died Wednesday, April 19. He was 25. Astro’s label/management company, Fantagio, confirmed his death in a statement following reports that Moon Bin had been found dead in his Seoul apartment by a manager. A cause of death was not given. …
Read More »Trump Looks to Ditch His Own Social Media Site
In the months ahead of what’s likely to be a brutal Republican presidential primary, Donald Trump and his 2024 campaign are laying the groundwork for his big, bombastic return to major social media platforms. Such a return, though, would inevitably involve Trump screwing over one of his own companies — …
Read More »Outtakes Calling: Inside Joe Strummer's Personal Archives
During the time she was married to Joe Strummer starting in 1995, Lucinda Tait would often hear her late husband at work in the kitchen of their house in Broomfield, in southwest England. “He had a typewriter, an old-fashioned one that would go ‘clack clack,’” Tait recalls. “When I went …
Read More »After Roe's Fall, They Turned Their Songs Into Abortion Fund Donations
When singer-songwriter quinnie teased a snippet of her new song “Touch Tank” at the start of the summer, she wasn’t expecting for the single to become a trending track on TikTok. “He’s so pretty when he goes down on me,” she sings over a gently strummed guitar. “Gold-skinned eager baby, …
Read More »Here's How 'The Umbrella Academy' Handled Elliot Page's Transition — and Why It Was the Right Call
This post contains spoilers for the third season of The Umbrella Academy, which is now streaming on Netflix. When Elliot Page came out as nonbinary and trans in late 2020, the initial response was rightly focused on what it meant personally for the Oscar-nominated Juno star and what it might …
Read More »Watch Harry Styles Perform a Stripped-Back Version of 'Boyfriends' on 'The First Take'
Harry Styles has only performed the newest cuts from his third studio album, Harry’s House, a few times before kicking off the latest leg of his extensive “Love on Tour” trek. Still, the musician was up for the challenge of performing “Boyfriends” in just one take on the Japanese YouTube …
Read More »070 Shake Is Absolutely Free: 'Your Words Can't Hurt Me, Your Fire Can't Burn Me'
Four years ago, 070 Shake made one of the most memorable entrances in recent music history. “I let go of everything that I know,” she belted, two minutes and 30 seconds into Kanye West’s “Ghost Town.” “And nothing hurts anymore/I feel kinda freeeee.” That feeling of spiritual release, a sense …
Read More »Zora on Finding Hope and Joy in a Hostile World: 'It's Honestly What Saved My Life'
When Zora Grey was 16, she wanted to be a jazz singer. So she tried out at a vocal audition at her performing-arts high school in Los Angeles — only to be slotted instead into a music technology class where kids learned how to make beats using Ableton and Logic. …
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