Juice WRLD is the latest streaming star to dominate the upper reaches of the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart: Tracks from his first posthumous album, Legends Never Die, accounted for eight of the Top Ten this week. The leader was “Come & Go,” a punk-pop collaboration with the electronic …
Read More »Bush's Songs Remain the Same on 'The Kingdom'
“When will you know if the song’s been sung?” Gavin Rossdale sings obliviously on The Kingdom’s “Quicksand.” It’s a question he apparently didn’t take too seriously when writing that tune or the other 11 modern warhorses on the long-running band’s eighth album, which trudge through the same monochromatic grunge he …
Read More »Flashback: One Direction Members Audition for 'The X Factor'
Containing footage from the beginning of their career until now, One Direction said good-bye to fans with areflective video for “History” in 2016. For the boy band, however, it all began in 2010, when the future bandmates auditioned separately on the U.K. singing competition The X Factor,later beingassembled into a …
Read More »Juice WRLD's 'Legends Never Die' Solidifies His Legacy
During his 18 months in the national spotlight, Juice WRLD was consumed by the concept of death, which offered a neat, compact metaphor for his infinite emotional suffering. As he emerged in 2018 as one of pop’s most vital young voices, he described himself in his music as someone circling …
Read More »Wrabel, Kesha Bare Everything in 'Since I Was Young' Video
Wrabel and Kesha have shared their new music video for “Since I Was Young,” a track off of Wrabel’s upcoming debut LP. Directed by Michael Kessler, the video works within the confines of quarantine; Wrabel and Kesha strip down — literally and figuratively — in their separate homes, baring all …
Read More »In 'My Man,' Becky G Is the Star of Her Own Video Game
Singer-songwriter Becky G melds her regional Mexican roots and reggaeton-pop swagger in her new single, “My Man.” Inspired by Jenni Rivera’s feminist banda anthem, “La Gran Senora”, the track was written by Becky alongside producer Di Genius, Elena Rose, Edgar Barrera, Fresh, Maurice “Verse” Simmonds, Janée “Jin Jin” Bennett and …
Read More »Kesha Drops New Song with Wrabel, 'Since I Was Young'
L.A. singer-songwriter Wrabel has teamed up with his frequent collaborator Kesha for a new song, “Since I Was Young.” In the standalone single, Wrabel tells the story of how he became the person he is today, starting from his first cigarette at 16, “trying to impress some guy or some …
Read More »Justin Timberlake Voices Support for Removing Confederate Monuments
Justin Timberlake called for the removal of Confederate monuments as part of a larger effort to address the history and perpetuation of racism in America. In an Instagram post Monday, Timberlake noted that his home state of Tennessee has a plethora of Confederate monuments and said he’d been following the …
Read More »Talking Heads Drummer Chris Frantz on His New Memoir and the Last Time He Saw David Byrne
Before Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club drummer Chris Frantz started writing his new memoir, Remain in Love (out July 21st), he had to figure out one very important thing. “I kept thinking to myself, ‘What’s the tone going to be?’” he tells Rolling Stone. “The last thing I wanted …
Read More »Green Day, Weezer, Fall Out Boy Announce Rescheduled 'Hella Mega' Tour Dates
Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy have announced new 2021 North American tour dates for their Hella Mega stadium tour. Initially slated to begin this summer, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tickets are available for the newly scheduled dates. The groups will head to Australia and …
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