Billie Eilish describes collaborating with her brother Finneas, becoming a fan of Tyler, the Creator and Childish Gambino, and receiving the news that her breakout single “Ocean Eyes” had garnered attention in the latest installment of “The First Time.” The first song Eilish and Finneas wrote together was 2017’s “Bellyache,” …
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Rap’s biggest commercial asset of the year has been broad, virality-prone comedy. If a rapper isn’t impersonating one of the most infamous label bosses in the genre’s history, singing about about horses and hot-pressed sandwiches, or pandering to TikTok, the song is likely a tree falling in a very empty …
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Ed Sheeran claimed the top spot on Rolling Stone’s Artists 500, bumping Drake to Number Two for the first time since the chart launched earlier this month. Sheeran ended the week of July 12th through July 18th with 107.8 million song streams, while Drake notched 103 million. After landing at …
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Bobby Rush has a way with words. At 85, the blues singer writes about the world in a rural American vernacular that has all but disappeared.“If you have a chicken and you’re feeding him, if you take away its food like corn, they squawk,” the “Chicken Heads” singer recently told …
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There’s a brand new video for “Old Town Road,” the song that officially won’t quit. The animated clip, directed by Somehoodlum, comes after the recent remix of the track that includes new verses from Young Thug and YouTube star Mason Ramsey. In the video the singers join Lil Nas X …
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St. Vincent carries out a surreal smash-and-grab job in the video for “Half Love,” a new song from Red Hearse, the trio of Jack Antonoff, singer Sam Dew and producer Sounwave. The video was directed by Grant Singer and stars St. Vincent’s Annie Clark as a woman who rolls up …
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Dhani Harrison has known Jeff Lynne his entire life. But this summer is his first time touring with the Electric Light Orchestra. “I’ve played with him live, but I’ve never played with him in his band,” Harrison says. “I played with Jeff and Tom [Petty] a lot — things like …
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Beyoncé has unveiled new song “Spirit,” which will appear on her forthcoming album, The Lion King: the Gift, as well as on the soundtrack and in the film for the live-action remake of The Lion King. “Spirit” opens with resonant voices trading call and responses. Over rich piano, orchestral melodies …
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Eddie Money has canceled his summer tour dates after the rocker developed pneumonia following his recent heart valve surgery. TMZ reported Friday that Money, who was scheduled to headline a summer tour with Rick Springfield, would be on the mend for the rest of the year after undergoing surgery; a …
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Taylor Swift was less-than-supportive of the news that talent manager Scooter Braun had acquired her former label Big Machine Label Group. Given her notorious feuds with his clients Justin Bieber and Kanye West, Braun’s sudden ownership of her first six albums made the singer-songwriter feel “sad and grossed out,” as …
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