This past Sunday, Bernie Sanders held a rally at Detroit’s Cass Technical High School, where Jack White — a Detroit native and graduate of Cass Tech — got onstage to stump for the candidate and perform a short set of songs. White and his band opened with a mashup of …
Read More »Hear Megan Thee Stallion and VickeeLo Team Up For 'Ride or Die'
Megan Thee Stallion and VickeeLo have joined forces for “Ride or Die,” a fast-talking song off the upcoming collection Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack.The soundtrack, which drops November 15th, is currently available for preorder. “I’m really excited to be on theQueen & Slim soundtrack because this movie is going to …
Read More »Kanye West, Despite Himself, Is Bigger Than Ever
In 2013, Kanye West made his ambitions known. Between taking shots at Hedi Slimane and sincerely asking what Lady Gaga knew about cameras as a stunned Zane Lowe looked on, West talked about money — the money he no longer had, the money he needed to knock down barriers, and, …
Read More »Queen Enlist Fans Around the World for Three New Music Videos
Queen tapped 10,000 people from 120 countries to help them create three new music videos for “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Don’t Stop Me Now” and “A Kind of Magic.” Queen, YouTube Music, Universal Music and Hollywood Records came up with the fan music video initiative as a way to celebrate the original …
Read More »Watch David Byrne Perform 'One Fine Day' With Brooklyn Youth Chorus on 'Kimmel'
In honor of Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s special New York City week, David Byrne joined the Brooklyn Youth Chorus to perform “One Fine Day” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. For the dramatic performance Byrne uses the backstage hallways and rooms as well as the stage itself, taking a solitary microphone …
Read More »Becky G Turns Femme Fatale in Long-Awaited Debut, 'Mala Santa'
Between collaborations with Daddy Yankee, Maluma and J Balvin, Mexican-American pop star Becky G has established herself as urbano’s favorite sidekick. But in the video for her steely reggaeton single, “Mala Santa,” she proved she can do bad all by herself. “Mala Santa” is the title track from her highly …
Read More »Kim Gordon's Solo Debut 'No Home Record' Is Her Most Accessible, Immediate Work Since the Breakup of Sonic Youth
You know this sadly familiar scenario: Band with three distinctive singers and writers — and a steady, dependable drummer who seems to get along with them all — collapses, and what follows are individual projects with plenty of sterling moments instead of a group record that will never be. The …
Read More »Latin Pop Boy Band CNCO Blows Up With 'Que Quiénes Somos'
Much like their English-language predecessors One Direction, CNCO were assembled from a hodge-podge of contestants on a televised singing competition — but instead of The X Factor, it was the first season of La Banda, the Spanish-language show helmed by Simon Cowell and Ricky Martin, which aired in 2015. Comprised …
Read More »Tyler, the Creator Heard Eminem's Homophobic Slur, Seems Unbothered
“Walk on Water” was supposed to be too big to fail. The saccharine and sentimental 2017 collaboration between Eminem and Beyoncé had all the surface-level machinations of two pop stars trying to engineer a surefire hit without ever asking if there was a reason for their song to exist. Apathy …
Read More »Grammy Preview 2020: Diplo on His Country Roots and the Genius of Lil Nas X
First-round Grammy voting is currently underway, and running through October 10th. For our 2020 Grammy preview, we asked a series of likely contenders to reflect on their past experiences at the ceremony, look ahead to the future, and break down the albums and singles that could earn them a statue …
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