Perfume Genius turned his remote performance of “On the Floor” for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon into a dance number. In an empty venue, Perfume Genius — born Michael Hadreas — and his band gave a gorgeous live rendition of the single featuring the singer-songwriter passionately dancing to the …
Read More »Phoebe Bridgers Performs Disco-Karaoke 'Kyoto' at Home on 'Colbert'
Like many artists performing on late night these days, Phoebe Bridgers had to get creative with her at-home stage setup for her latest appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. This time, she went full karaoke. Bridgers performed “Kyoto,” from her new album Punisher, in front of a glittery curtain …
Read More »Beyoncé Details 'Black Is King' Visual Album, Shares New Trailer
Beyoncé has shared the new trailer for Black Is King, her new visual album inspired by The Lion King: The Gift and arriving on Disney+ on July 31st. “You were formed by the heat of the galaxy. What a thing to be, both unique and familiar,” Beyoncé says in voiceover. …
Read More »Inside the Making of the World's First Socially Distanced Venue
Following a months-long hiatus after wrapping up a European tour, beloved English rock band the Libertines are once again readying a live gig, but the environment couldn’t be more different. With band members sequestered in different countries since the pandemic started, the first time the Libertines will see one another …
Read More »Cameron Diaz Basically Retired From Acting to Become a Winemaker
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you’ve been wondering where Cameron Diaz has been lately, the likely answer is on her porch, listening to jazz and drinking rosé. Its an apt image for …
Read More »Can Millions of Deep Conversations With Total Strangers Beat Trump — and Heal America?
On a Thursday in May, a 77-year-old man, whom I’ll call L., answered the phone. L. said he lived at the end of a long driveway in the woods of Wisconsin. The voice on the other end of the call belonged to Adam Kruggel, a complete stranger whose home was …
Read More »Six Months Later, No One Can Top 'The Box'
Nothing has come close to “The Box.” Roddy Ricch‘s squeaky, sticky surprise hit dominated the first half of 2020, topping the list of the biggest songs in the U.S. from January through June by a hefty margin. After it reached Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs Chart …
Read More »Music at Home: Aimless Driving Playlist
My husband and I have gone a lot of drives since moving to New Jersey last year — to small seaside towns, to rolling farmlands, through the notorious Meadowlands and their belching sulfuric funk. Those drives have taken on new significance as more and more New Jersey citizens don masks …
Read More »Trump Campaign Staff: 'You Get Made Fun of If You Wear a Mask'
As the number of cases of coronavirus continues to climb, President Trump is sticking with his campaign strategy of downplaying the horrific reality that is the worsening pandemic with the hope that voters will follow his lead of whistling past the COVID-19 graveyard. According to a Friday report in Politico, …
Read More »Alanis Morissette Speaks for the Vulnerable on New Song 'Reckoning'
Alanis Morissette has released “Reckoning,” the latest single from her upcoming album Such Pretty Forks in the Road. The LP will be released on July 31st. While many of the Forks singles have dabbled in melancholia and mixed blessings, “Reckoning” takes an explicitly darker tone. Morissette sings about “predators and prey” over …
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