Donald Glover may be done making things for you to enjoy. His newest single as Childish Gambino, “This is America,” joins the second season of his FX series, This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Donald Glover’s ‘This is America’ Is a Nightmare We Can’t Afford to Look Away...
Pray for me/I’m about to hit the ‘Ye button I don’t wanna say nothin’ wrong/But it’d be wrong if I ain’t say nothin’ Imagine if I ain’t say somethin’/Wouldn’t none of these niggas say nothin’?—Kanye West, “Champions” Is there a such thing as bad press? This month, Kanye West – undeniably one of the most famous, successful, critic-proof hip-hop artists in history This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Kanye West’s ‘Lift...
British funk outfit Jungle unveiled their first new music since 2014, sharing two tracks “Happy Man” and “House in L.A.” Both cuts will appear on Jungle’s forthcoming second LP, though a release date and title have yet to be announced. “Happy Man” finds Jungle This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: UK Funk Collective Jungle Return With Two New...
In 2017, two of the most popular singles in America were bilingual: Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” featured a yearning guest verse from Justin Bieber, while J Balvin’s club missile “Mi Gente” gained incendiary power thanks to a Beyoncé cameo. In both cases, the English-speaking singers made notable effort to acknowledge the dominance of Spanish-language pop by singing in Spanish; This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Pop’s New Bilingual...
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The news dropped earlier this week that Phil Collins is bringing his Not Dead Yet tour to America for a run of arena dates that kicks off October 5th at the BB&T Center in Fort This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Flashback: Phil Collins Says ‘Farewell’ on 2005...
Before I ever heard Liz Phair, I heard about Liz Phair. The Midwestern indie-rock gossip train had made the trip from Chicago, her hometown, to the Minneapolis record store where I worked in high school weeks before an advance copy of her 1993 debut, Exile in Guyville, did. Listening to the men I worked alongside pick apart this woman none of them knew – whom they called an amateur and This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Review: Liz Phair’s ‘Girly-Sound...
George Clinton and his legendary funk outfit Parliament unveiled an outrageous new video for their song “I’m Gon Make U Sick O’Me,” the group’s first new song in 38 years. The clip co-stars rapper This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: See George Clinton, Parliament’s Trippy Hospital Adventure in New...
Paul Simon has never had much use for drugs beyond a brief flirtation with LSD in the 1960s. But in early 1998 when his Broadway musical The Capeman closed after a mere six-week run, he turned to a powerful South American hallucinogenic, ayahuasca, to numb the pain. He’d first encountered it nearly a This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Inside Paul Simon’s Definitive New...
J. Cole will embark on a massive North American tour this summer in support of his latest album, KOD. The 34-date trek kicks off August 9th at the American Airlines Arena in Miami and includes This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: J. Cole Plots Sprawling North American...
Father John Misty brought his ballad about bad hotel behavior, “Mr. Tillman,” to The Tonight This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Father John Misty Brings Bad Behavior Anthem, ‘Mr. Tillman,’ to...
Madonna performed a surprise set during this year’s Met Gala on Monday. Fitting the event’s theme, “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination,” the singer covered Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and performed her classic, “Like a Prayer.” For “Prayer,” Madonna and a group of backup singers appeared This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: See Madonna’s Surprise Performance of ‘Like a Prayer,’ ‘Hallelujah’ at Met...
Nicki Minaj announced on the Met Gala red carpet that her new album Queen will arrive on June 15th. “It’s a big night for me because I just let the world know that my album is coming June 15 and it’s called Queen, and I can’t wait,” Minaj said in a red carpet interview. “I’m dressed like a This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Nicki Minaj Announces New Album...
Future teamed with Chance the Rapper and King Louie on “My Peak,” an oft-bootlegged track that Future officially released Monday. The DJ Esco-produced track has been around since at least February 2017, when Chance the This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear Future Team With Chance the Rapper, King Louie for ‘My...
Long known for his sonic and sartorial experiments as lead guitarist of Limp Bizkit, multi-instrumentalist and producer Wes Borland will strip away the body paint and perform new solo material at this year’s Moogfest, which takes place May 17th through 20th in Durham, North Carolina. Along with drummer Alex Rosson, Borland will use an This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Hear New Songs from Wes Borland’s Electronic Project Before Four-Hour Moogfest...
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Unlike some professional songwriters, who spew out demos at a rapid clip and see what sticks, Savan Kotecha spends weeks tinkering with each of his tracks. This exacting approach has led to credits on name-making hits for One Direction (“What Makes You Beautiful”), This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Why Your Favorite Artist Is Releasing More Singles Than...
In his first post-prison interview, the rapper Meek Mill spoke with Dateline about his new intentions as a free man. The special, hosted by Lester Holt, also examined the implications of This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Meek Mill on ‘Dateline’: ‘I Feel Like a Sacrifice For a Better...
Phil Collins announced his first major North American tour in 12 years. The 15-date “Not Dead Yet, Live!” launches October 5th in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and concludes October 28th in Los Angeles. The tour, titled after his 2016 memoir Not Dead Yet, is billed as a celebration of Collins’ This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Phil Collins Plots First Major North American Tour in 12...
Mark Ronson opens up about his teenage struggle with a panic disorder in an intimate homemade video as part of the Child Mind Institute‘s 2018 #MyYoungerSelf social media campaign. “When I was 14 or 15, I started to get these pretty heavy panic This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Mark Ronson Talks Teenage Panic Attacks for Mental Health Awareness...
