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The Chromatica Ball, Lady Gaga‘s most recent stadium tour, fought against numerous obstacles before it was able to fully bloom in 2022. The run was postponed twice — first when the world shut down during the pandemic in 2020, then again when only certain stops on the international run were prepared for the return of live music in 2021. When the Ball finally commenced, Gaga leaned into her biggest and weirdest musical modes.
The Chromatica Ball, Lady Gaga‘s most recent stadium tour, fought against numerous obstacles before it was able to fully bloom in 2022. The run was postponed twice — first when the world shut down during the pandemic in 2020, then again when only certain stops on the international run were prepared for the return of live music in 2021. When the Ball finally commenced, Gaga leaned into her biggest and weirdest musical modes.
- 5/8/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
“Be My Baby” is as universal as a pop song can be. It’s the song that made Ronnie Spector a timeless rock & roll legend, a teenage girl from Spanish Harlem who packed a lifetime of raw power into three minutes. Ever she belted out “Be My Baby” in 1963, it’s been the classic that sums up the whole Sixties girl-group era, with Phil Spector’s lavish Wall of Sound production. But it’s never left the airwaves. On Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs, “Be My Baby...
- 5/8/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
From “Fortnight” to “The Manuscript,” the latest episodes of Rolling Stone Music Now dive into every single track of Taylor Swift’s longest album ever, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. Along the way, we debate larger issues, including whether Swift intends all 31 tracks to be seen as the album proper, or if the latter half — added by surprise on the night of release — is actually more of a collection of bonus songs.
Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt for the discussions, which also place every song...
Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt for the discussions, which also place every song...
- 5/5/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Even before Beyoncé kicked off her solo career, it was clear that she was a legend-in-the-making. As the de facto leader of Destiny’s Child, she was a guiding light for the girl group and helped shepherd them to stardom in both the pop and R&b spaces. The group was at their height (and still very much together) as she launched her solo career, first with “Work It Out” for the Austin Powers in Goldmember soundtrack and then with more gusto on 2003’s “Crazy in Love.”
“Crazy in Love...
“Crazy in Love...
- 5/1/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
At the very moment Taylormania was hitting preposterous heights, threatening to turn the artist at its center into an untouchable icon, it turns out that the real Taylor Swift was spending her time between glittery three-hour concerts making some of her most fearless art. The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology is stuffed with the rawest, angriest, and most unguarded songs of Swift’s career – quite the opposite of the ingratiating, focus-grouped inoffensiveness that a skeptic might expect from an artist at her current level of visibility.
On the new episode...
On the new episode...
- 4/25/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Kate Bush has always been a fiercely original art-pop icon. But with “Running Up That Hill,” she achieved a new kind of feat. “Running Up That Hill” was a massive Top Ten, dominating U.S. radio all over the summer of 2022 — even though it was a song she released back in 1985. Her classic synth-goth anthem sounded ahead of its time in the Eighties. But only Kate Bush could make it a song that still sounds ahead of its time nearly 40 years later.
“Running Up That Hill” came out on Bush’s 1985 breakthrough album,...
“Running Up That Hill” came out on Bush’s 1985 breakthrough album,...
- 4/24/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift knows a thing or two about swerving when people least expect it. Still, nothing could have prepared listeners for the way she totally abandoned country music on her 2014 album, 1989. Sure, she had teased some Max Martin-assisted pop hits on her previous album, Red, but 1989 was a total 180 from the country starlet’s past, one that saw her teardrop-soaked guitar for sassier synths instead.
The crown jewel of the album is “Blank Space.” While lead single “Shake It Off” was an empowering kiss-off to the haters, the follow-up...
The crown jewel of the album is “Blank Space.” While lead single “Shake It Off” was an empowering kiss-off to the haters, the follow-up...
- 4/17/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
All Nonna had to do was give Ariana Grande some advice about love to make history.
Grande’s grandmother Marjorie Grande (or Nonna to the world) posed for a photo with a massive plaque commemorating her accomplishment of becoming the oldest person to land a song on the Hot 100 thanks to Grande’s “Ordinary Things.”
“Celebrating the one and only, most beautiful Nonna who has now made history for being the senior most person to ever appear on the @billboard Hot100 ,” Grande wrote on Instagram with a photo of her Nonna.
Grande’s grandmother Marjorie Grande (or Nonna to the world) posed for a photo with a massive plaque commemorating her accomplishment of becoming the oldest person to land a song on the Hot 100 thanks to Grande’s “Ordinary Things.”
“Celebrating the one and only, most beautiful Nonna who has now made history for being the senior most person to ever appear on the @billboard Hot100 ,” Grande wrote on Instagram with a photo of her Nonna.
- 4/16/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
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“This ain’t a Country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album,” Queen Bey shared online before the release of her critically acclaimed Renaissance follow-up, Cowboy Carter. On the heels of topping Billboard’s country charts — and making history as the first Black woman to score a Number One country album — Beyoncé has finally dropped Cowboy Carter on vinyl, weeks after its release date.
Featuring singles like “Texas Hold...
“This ain’t a Country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album,” Queen Bey shared online before the release of her critically acclaimed Renaissance follow-up, Cowboy Carter. On the heels of topping Billboard’s country charts — and making history as the first Black woman to score a Number One country album — Beyoncé has finally dropped Cowboy Carter on vinyl, weeks after its release date.
Featuring singles like “Texas Hold...
- 4/12/2024
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
In the Nineties, Missy Elliott and Timbaland were just a pair of kids from Virginia — but they ended up changing the sound of hip-hop and pop forever. The two geniuses would collaborate on production for their friends and eventually on Missy Elliott’s own successful string of albums and major hits. The most inventive of them remains “Get Ur Freak On,” the lead single off 2001’s Miss E…So Addictive.
This week on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, hosts Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield dig into everything that makes “Get...
This week on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, hosts Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield dig into everything that makes “Get...
- 4/10/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
In 2004, Rolling Stone launched its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Tabulated from a massive vote that had artists, industry figures, and critics weighing in, the list has been a source of conversation, inspiration, and controversy for two decades. It’s one of the most popular, influential — and argued-over— features the magazine has ever done.
So we set out to make it even bigger, better, and fresher. In 2021, we completely overhauled our 500 Songs list, with a whole new batch of voters from all over the music map. Our new podcast,...
So we set out to make it even bigger, better, and fresher. In 2021, we completely overhauled our 500 Songs list, with a whole new batch of voters from all over the music map. Our new podcast,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Swifties have known since early February that Taylor Swift has a new album, Tortured Poets Department, due April 19, with some notably provocative song titles (“So Long London,” “But Daddy I Love Him”) and big-name guest stars (Post Malone, Florence Welsh). But since then, information on the album has been scarce, so fans have more than filled the void, passing around possibly fake leaked snippets of songs while pranking each other with both ChatGPT-generated lyrics and a ridiculous viral parody where an AI-generated Taylor sings lines like, “I’m so happy...
- 3/29/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
In 2004, Rolling Stone launched its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Tabulated from a massive vote that had artists, industry figures, and critics weighing in, the list has been a source of conversation, inspiration, and controversy for two decades. It’s one of the most popular, influential — and argued-over — features the magazine has ever done.
So we set out to make it even bigger, better, and fresher. In 2021, we completely overhauled our 500 Songs list, with a whole new batch of voters from all over the music map. Our new podcast,...
So we set out to make it even bigger, better, and fresher. In 2021, we completely overhauled our 500 Songs list, with a whole new batch of voters from all over the music map. Our new podcast,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
You probably don’t know his face or his voice. But you definitely know his music. Max Martin, the Swedish genius behind so many hits from the past 25 years, has always been an elusive figure, remaining behind the scenes. He refuses to become any kind of celebrity. Yet he has helped create so many classics, including some on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs list: Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” (which comes in at 357) and the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” (240). He’s written or co-written 26 Number One hits,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Ariana Grande is feeling grateful after the success of her new album Eternal Sunshine.
On Monday, the singer shared a post on Instagram celebrating the LP after it debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 and its single “We Can’t Be Friends” also debuted at Number One on the Hot 100.
“I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart,” the singer wrote on Instagram. “It’s impossible to put into words what I’ve been feeling this week. This album is most special to me for many...
On Monday, the singer shared a post on Instagram celebrating the LP after it debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 and its single “We Can’t Be Friends” also debuted at Number One on the Hot 100.
“I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart,” the singer wrote on Instagram. “It’s impossible to put into words what I’ve been feeling this week. This album is most special to me for many...
- 3/19/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Ariana Grande is back on top of the Billboard 200 albums chart for the first time in more than three years as Eternal Sunshine debuts at Number One with 227,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S., the publication announced on Sunday.
Eternal Sunshine marks Grande’s fourth consecutive Number One album. Of her seven albums she’s released since her debut in 2013, all but Dangerous Woman have topped the album chart. Grande dethroned fellow Republic star Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time, which fell to Number Two. Meanwhile,...
Eternal Sunshine marks Grande’s fourth consecutive Number One album. Of her seven albums she’s released since her debut in 2013, all but Dangerous Woman have topped the album chart. Grande dethroned fellow Republic star Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time, which fell to Number Two. Meanwhile,...
- 3/17/2024
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
Wendy Williams’ legal guardian claimed that the talk show host was unable to consent to her participation in Lifetimes’ Where Is Wendy Williams? documentary that aired last month, according to an unsealed lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone.
Sabrina Morrissey, acting as Williams’ guardian, filed the suit in February just days before the docuseries aired. Morrissey filed the suit, which was sealed until Thursday, in New York seeking to block the project’s release — though it aired as planned on Feb. 24 and 25.
In the complaint, Morrissey claimed that Williams, referred in the suit as W.
Sabrina Morrissey, acting as Williams’ guardian, filed the suit in February just days before the docuseries aired. Morrissey filed the suit, which was sealed until Thursday, in New York seeking to block the project’s release — though it aired as planned on Feb. 24 and 25.
In the complaint, Morrissey claimed that Williams, referred in the suit as W.
- 3/15/2024
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
In 2004, Rolling Stone launched its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Tabulated from a massive vote that had artists, industry figures, and critics weighing in, the list has been a source of conversation, inspiration, and controversy for two decades — one of the biggest, and most argued-over, features the magazine has ever done.
In 2021, we completely overhauled the list, with a new batch of voters to better reflect modern-day consensus. Now, our new podcast based off the list, Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, will take a closer look at the entries...
In 2021, we completely overhauled the list, with a new batch of voters to better reflect modern-day consensus. Now, our new podcast based off the list, Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, will take a closer look at the entries...
- 3/13/2024
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
One of the biggest influences on Ariana Grande’s new album, Eternal Sunshine, turns out be the Beatles’ Rubber Soul. That inspiration isn’t exactly instantly evident within the album’s sleek production and Max Martin-assisted songwriting, but Grande said in an advance listening session for journalists that she had John, Paul, George, and Ringo in mind as she stuffed it full of unexpected melodic twists and half-buried ear candy.
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we discuss Grande’s newfound Beatlemania and much more, going...
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we discuss Grande’s newfound Beatlemania and much more, going...
- 3/13/2024
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Ariana Grande ‘Eternal Sunshine’ reviews: She addresses controversies on ‘honest’ and ‘mature’ album
A new Ariana Grande era has begun with the release of her seventh studio album, “Eternal Sunshine,” on March 8. And it may be one of her best if the reviews are any indication. As of this writing it has earned a MetaCritic score of 83 based on 12 reviews counted thus far: 11 positive and one somewhat mixed, but none outright negative.
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Brittany Spanos (Rolling Stone) is especially effusive, calling the album “some of the most honest and inventive music of her career … It’s a divorce album that goes through all the stages of grief, and the singer navigates a new beginning with some of the most honest and inventive songs of her career so far.” Neil Z. Yeung (AllMusic) adds, “Grande strikes a balance between the warm, lush R&b...
SEEGrammys 2025: What’ll it take for Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ to win (or lose) Album of the Year?
Brittany Spanos (Rolling Stone) is especially effusive, calling the album “some of the most honest and inventive music of her career … It’s a divorce album that goes through all the stages of grief, and the singer navigates a new beginning with some of the most honest and inventive songs of her career so far.” Neil Z. Yeung (AllMusic) adds, “Grande strikes a balance between the warm, lush R&b...
- 3/12/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
It’s only been a few days since Ariana Grande dropped her highly-praised seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine, and the singer is already giving her fans more to listen to. After teasing an expanded edition of the album over the weekend, Grande followed through on her promise and released the “Slightly Deluxe” version with four additional tracks.
These include her previously-shared duet with Mariah Carey on the single “Yes, and?” and a collaboration with Troye Sivan on “Supernatural.” It also boasts an acoustic version of “Imperfect For You” and an...
These include her previously-shared duet with Mariah Carey on the single “Yes, and?” and a collaboration with Troye Sivan on “Supernatural.” It also boasts an acoustic version of “Imperfect For You” and an...
- 3/11/2024
- by Jodi Guglielmi
- Rollingstone.com
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is seeking the help of a dedicated Swiftie — on a rather vague contractual basis, it must be said —to serve as a “Superfan Advisor” on all things Taylor Swift.
The most pertinent details about the role are admittedly a little dire for those thinking this is their chance at landing a dream job. It’s described as a part-time, zero-hour contract gig, meaning you’re not guaranteed a certain number of hours.
The salary is also described only as “Competitive Incentives,” whatever that...
The most pertinent details about the role are admittedly a little dire for those thinking this is their chance at landing a dream job. It’s described as a part-time, zero-hour contract gig, meaning you’re not guaranteed a certain number of hours.
The salary is also described only as “Competitive Incentives,” whatever that...
- 2/23/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Last year, Janet Jackson made her grand return to the stage with the Together Again tour after being off the road for four years. And now that she’s been bitten by the performance bug once again, she doesn’t want the fun to end. On Tuesday, the music icon announced the summer 2024 return of her Together Again tour.
Nelly will join Jackson as a special guest on the 35-date run scheduled to kick off on June 4 in Palm Desert. The musician will make stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco,...
Nelly will join Jackson as a special guest on the 35-date run scheduled to kick off on June 4 in Palm Desert. The musician will make stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
By now, fans of Dua Lipa know that her new album is psychedelia-inspired with contributions from Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the pop star dug deeper into the influences of her upcoming third studio LP, including the UK acts Primal Scream and Massive Attack.
In the profile, Rs staff writer Brittany Spanos reports that Lipa described the album as a “psychedelic-pop-infused tribute to UK rave culture” drawing heavy inspiration from Primal Scream and Massive Attack. Lipa named Primal Scream’s 1991 breakout album, Screamadelica, as a particular influence.
Other inspirations for the album include Britpop legends like Oasis and Blur, as well as ’90s rock and electronic acts like Moby and Gorillaz.
“This record feels a bit more raw,” Lipa explained in the interview. “I want to capture the essence of youth and freedom and having fun and just letting things happen, whether it’s good or bad.
In the profile, Rs staff writer Brittany Spanos reports that Lipa described the album as a “psychedelic-pop-infused tribute to UK rave culture” drawing heavy inspiration from Primal Scream and Massive Attack. Lipa named Primal Scream’s 1991 breakout album, Screamadelica, as a particular influence.
Other inspirations for the album include Britpop legends like Oasis and Blur, as well as ’90s rock and electronic acts like Moby and Gorillaz.
“This record feels a bit more raw,” Lipa explained in the interview. “I want to capture the essence of youth and freedom and having fun and just letting things happen, whether it’s good or bad.
- 1/16/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Britney Spears’ wrenching new memoir, The Woman in Me, is a classic celebrity tell-all — but she doesn’t quite tell all. There’s not a word in there about the recording her classic second album, Oops!… I Did It Again. Later, she mentions one of her greatest songs, “Toxic,” but again, there’s nothing about the process behind the track.
In the section about Spears’ lip-locked 2003 VMAs appearance with Madonna, Christina Aguilera — who, lest we forget, was also there — is written out of the performance altogether. And Spears never says...
In the section about Spears’ lip-locked 2003 VMAs appearance with Madonna, Christina Aguilera — who, lest we forget, was also there — is written out of the performance altogether. And Spears never says...
- 10/31/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Please Allow This Asian American music writer to articulate this at the level it deserves: Egregious racism and misogyny have a long history in rock & roll — from those on the industry side who have appropriated Black artists’ work to those at the top of the publications who dictated what has been featured. The gatekeepers have always been a boys’ club — specifically a white boys’ club.
Among the earliest influential U.S. music magazines, Rolling Stone was helmed by Jann Wenner from 1967 to 2018; Barry Kramer launched Creem in 1969 and published it...
Among the earliest influential U.S. music magazines, Rolling Stone was helmed by Jann Wenner from 1967 to 2018; Barry Kramer launched Creem in 1969 and published it...
- 10/23/2023
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is so dominant in theaters across the country that screenings of the Killers of the Flower Moon have had “Love Story” leaking in from next door during quiet moments. But the nearly three-hour-long Swift concert documentary is an intense theatrical experience in its own right, complete with singalongs, applause, and in some cases, young Swifties leaving their seats to stand, or dance, directly in front of the screen.
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we share many thoughts on the tour and...
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we share many thoughts on the tour and...
- 10/22/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Stevie Nicks surprised fans who were in attendance at her show at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday with news that Mattel told her they would be creating an official Stevie Nicks Barbie.
Following her performance of “Bella Donna,” she intimated with the audience, “I have something very exciting to share with you a few hours before the rest of the world.” During her speech, she said that the toy-maker approached her a year ago. “I was very overwhelmed. Will she be like me? Will she have my spirit?...
Following her performance of “Bella Donna,” she intimated with the audience, “I have something very exciting to share with you a few hours before the rest of the world.” During her speech, she said that the toy-maker approached her a year ago. “I was very overwhelmed. Will she be like me? Will she have my spirit?...
- 10/3/2023
- by Brittany Spanos and Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Australia’s University of Melbourne will host the Swiftposium 2024 in February to better understand Taylor Swift’s global impact. The three-day event will be an international academic symposium and will coincide with Swift bringing her Eras Tour to the country.
While Swift has been the subject of several university courses in the U.S., this is the first time a global symposium is being held to examine her impact on everything from the music industry to fandom to pop culture to the economy. The event will take place Feb. 11-13 at the University of Melbourne,...
While Swift has been the subject of several university courses in the U.S., this is the first time a global symposium is being held to examine her impact on everything from the music industry to fandom to pop culture to the economy. The event will take place Feb. 11-13 at the University of Melbourne,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
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If you’re anything like one of the millions of fans who dug into their pockets to see Taylor Swift live, the last thing you need is to waste even more cash on-trend pieces you’ll never wear again. So while finding an outfit for the Eras Tour, consider investing in aesthetic items that’ll have longevity after the concert.
Wardrobe pieces like cowboy boots, tights, and eyeshadow pallets are all core staples.
If you’re anything like one of the millions of fans who dug into their pockets to see Taylor Swift live, the last thing you need is to waste even more cash on-trend pieces you’ll never wear again. So while finding an outfit for the Eras Tour, consider investing in aesthetic items that’ll have longevity after the concert.
Wardrobe pieces like cowboy boots, tights, and eyeshadow pallets are all core staples.
- 8/16/2023
- by Kyle Lamar Rice
- Rollingstone.com
Rae Sremmurd parade around Los Angeles and Atlanta in the duo’s new video for “Sexy,” a standout from their 2023 LP Sremm4Life.
Keeping with the theme of the Right Said Fred-inspired single, the Ethan Iverson-directed visual finds the brothers Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi modeling clothes and living large. The song’s producer Mike Will-Made-It and reality star Sukihana cameo in the clip.
In our review of Sremm4Life, Rolling Stone’s Brittany Spanos wrote of the single, “‘Sexy’ provides a healthy dose of humor and fun in the middle of the LP,...
Keeping with the theme of the Right Said Fred-inspired single, the Ethan Iverson-directed visual finds the brothers Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi modeling clothes and living large. The song’s producer Mike Will-Made-It and reality star Sukihana cameo in the clip.
In our review of Sremm4Life, Rolling Stone’s Brittany Spanos wrote of the single, “‘Sexy’ provides a healthy dose of humor and fun in the middle of the LP,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Taylormania is in full swing. From 20,000 fans showing up outside sold-out Eras Tour stadium shows, to making history with four albums in the Top 10 simultaneously, her groundbreaking career has now inspired a university course on social psychology.
“Psychology of Taylor Swift — Advanced Topics of Social Psychology” at Arizona State University promises to teach “advanced topics in social psychology” that examine the Swift’s “work, her life, and her fans including romantic relationships, fiction/escapism, revenge, and social development.”
Taught by PhD student Alexandra Wormley, the class description asks, “As psychologists,...
“Psychology of Taylor Swift — Advanced Topics of Social Psychology” at Arizona State University promises to teach “advanced topics in social psychology” that examine the Swift’s “work, her life, and her fans including romantic relationships, fiction/escapism, revenge, and social development.”
Taught by PhD student Alexandra Wormley, the class description asks, “As psychologists,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
With the Eat the Rich movement in full force and Rfk Jr. spewing nonsense about antidepressants and vaccines as part of his campaign strategy, the Kennedy legacy has taken somewhat of a beating as of late. Which is why the famous family should be thanking their lucky stars for Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of JFK and himbo extraordinaire, who went viral earlier this week for an impromptu social media tirade about (holds breath)…. ordering at restaurants (exhales in relief).
On July 3, Schlossberg posted the rant on his Instagram stories, lecturing...
On July 3, Schlossberg posted the rant on his Instagram stories, lecturing...
- 7/5/2023
- by Ej Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
When a “fan” threw a phone at Bebe Rexha onstage last month, it was just one of many bizarre and unsettling recent instances of misbehavior at shows. Concertgoers have pelted GloRilla with bottles, invaded Ava Max’s stage, and forced Pink to become part of a stranger’s grieving process by apparently tossing the ashes of a dead relative onstage. But those incidents are just the most visible signs of a depressing trend: Particularly since the pandemic, people seem to have completely forgotten how to behave at shows.
In the...
In the...
- 7/2/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Before German pop singer Kim Petras had even released a studio album she made music history. “Unholy,” her duet with Sam Smith, made her the first openly trans woman to top the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and then it made her the first trans woman to win a pop Grammy. Now she’s out with her first ever full-length studio release, “Feed the Beast,” which dropped on June 23. Does it live up to her already historic track record?
SEEGrammy rules, explained: Breaking down the changes in categories, and who can vote for what in 2024
Well, it depends on who you ask. As of this writing the album has a MetaCritic score of 60 based on seven reviews counted thus far: three positive and four somewhat mixed, but none outright negative. On the positive side, Megan Graye (The Independent) says, “There’s something alluring about such an unapologetic and candid album. And really,...
SEEGrammy rules, explained: Breaking down the changes in categories, and who can vote for what in 2024
Well, it depends on who you ask. As of this writing the album has a MetaCritic score of 60 based on seven reviews counted thus far: three positive and four somewhat mixed, but none outright negative. On the positive side, Megan Graye (The Independent) says, “There’s something alluring about such an unapologetic and candid album. And really,...
- 6/25/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
When 20,000 people start showing up outside Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour stadium shows, it should become clear that something unique is happening. Streaming numbers make it clear as well: Seventeen years into Swift’s career, she’s managed to hit a new height of popularity. Call it Taylormania.
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt to discuss how Swift re-conquered the world after the 2019 release of Lover. (To hear the whole episode, go here to the podcast provider of your choice,...
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt to discuss how Swift re-conquered the world after the 2019 release of Lover. (To hear the whole episode, go here to the podcast provider of your choice,...
- 6/19/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
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The countdown to Midnights, Taylor Swift’s tenth studio album, is, thankfully, finally over. The follow-up to Folklore and Evermore, plus Taylor’s Versions of Red and Fearless, Swift previously described the new LP as “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.” Months since the album dropped and right in the middle of her massive Eras Tour, Swift has released the latest version, Midnights: Til Dawn Edition,...
The countdown to Midnights, Taylor Swift’s tenth studio album, is, thankfully, finally over. The follow-up to Folklore and Evermore, plus Taylor’s Versions of Red and Fearless, Swift previously described the new LP as “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.” Months since the album dropped and right in the middle of her massive Eras Tour, Swift has released the latest version, Midnights: Til Dawn Edition,...
- 5/26/2023
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
Tina Turner died today at age 83, and the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast tells the story of her one-of-a-kind musical journey. Rob Sheffield and Brittany Spanos join host Brian Hiatt for the discussion, which delves into HBO’s acclaimed 2021 documentary Tina (which reveals the lasting trauma inflicted by her late ex-husband Ike Turner’s abuse) and her two autobiographies.
The episode explores the remarkable story of her ’80s comeback, while also making the case for Turner as a rock artist, a label she’s also long chosen for herself,...
The episode explores the remarkable story of her ’80s comeback, while also making the case for Turner as a rock artist, a label she’s also long chosen for herself,...
- 5/24/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour, a stadium-shaking dance party built around last year’s album of the same name, won’t begin its U.S. run until a July 12 show in Philadelphia, but thanks to TikTok and YouTube, stateside fans already have a decent sense of the show. It begins with Beyoncé essentially serving as her own opening act via a mini set of ballads before exploding into a show built around the Renaissance album, with songs from her previous albums worked in among the new hits (or in some cases,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Pop singer-songwriter Kesha is back with her fifth studio album, “Gag Order,” which comes three years after her last effort, 2020’s “High Road.” It was released on Friday, May 19, and the early reviews have been highly favorable, adding up to a MetaCritic score of 82 as of this writing. What do you think of the collection?
If her score holds at 82, it would outdo the 81 she received for 2017’s “Rainbow,” her comeback album following a protracted legal battle over her accusations of sexual assault against her former producer Dr. Luke (“Gag Order” is the last album she will release under contract with his label). But it must be noted that the 81 for “Rainbow” was based on 27 reviews, while only five have come in for “Gag Order” as of this writing.
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Nevertheless, those reviews are full of praise. Four are classified as positive, while one is marked as somewhat mixed,...
If her score holds at 82, it would outdo the 81 she received for 2017’s “Rainbow,” her comeback album following a protracted legal battle over her accusations of sexual assault against her former producer Dr. Luke (“Gag Order” is the last album she will release under contract with his label). But it must be noted that the 81 for “Rainbow” was based on 27 reviews, while only five have come in for “Gag Order” as of this writing.
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Nevertheless, those reviews are full of praise. Four are classified as positive, while one is marked as somewhat mixed,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today around our TVs to watch Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker‘s new wedding special, which fans can now finally stream on Hulu. “Can you believe we got married three times?” Kardashian asks Barker in the trailer for Til Death Do Us Part: Kourtney & Travis. Now fans can witness it all at home, thanks to Hulu’s 30-day free trial.
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Streaming April 13, the 90-minute TV event gives fans of the newlyweds an intimate look into the three times the couple tied the knot,...
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Streaming April 13, the 90-minute TV event gives fans of the newlyweds an intimate look into the three times the couple tied the knot,...
- 4/13/2023
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
Lana Del Rey hasn’t had a solo hit single since 2014, and she’s shown far more interest in pursuing her own singular aesthetic vision than in chasing the charts. “It’s not meant to be popular,” she said, flatly, in her first Rolling Stone cover story, right after the release of 2014’s noir-rock classic Ultraviolence. “It’s not pop music.”
Despite all of the evidence that she is, in fact, a brilliant, alt-leaning singer-songwriter, the world keeps categorizing Del Rey as a pop star — perhaps in part because she is,...
Despite all of the evidence that she is, in fact, a brilliant, alt-leaning singer-songwriter, the world keeps categorizing Del Rey as a pop star — perhaps in part because she is,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Lana Del Rey dropped her ninth studio album on March 24. Called “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.,” it’s produced by Del Rey herself along with Mike Hermosa, Jack Antonoff, Drew Erickson, Zach Dawes, and Benji. But what do critics think of the 77-minute collection of songs behind that verbose title?
As of this writing “Did You Know” has a MetaCritic score of 80 based on 13 reviews counted thus far: 11 reviews are classified as positive, and two are somewhat mixed, but none are outright negative. That’s a few points above her career average of 76, but it’s on par with her last two releases: “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” (81) and “Blue Banisters” (80). Based on early listens, though, its user score is through the roof, with over 200 fans rating the album with an average of 9.7 out of 10.
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As of this writing “Did You Know” has a MetaCritic score of 80 based on 13 reviews counted thus far: 11 reviews are classified as positive, and two are somewhat mixed, but none are outright negative. That’s a few points above her career average of 76, but it’s on par with her last two releases: “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” (81) and “Blue Banisters” (80). Based on early listens, though, its user score is through the roof, with over 200 fans rating the album with an average of 9.7 out of 10.
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- 3/25/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Taylor Swift has no fewer than four new albums — Lover, Folklore, Evermore, and Midnights — to cover in the Eras Tour, which was both an opportunity and a major challenge. It wasn’t hard to imagine that she’d end up sidelining the quieter material of Folklore and Evermore in favor of her stadium-shaking pop hits, but instead, she pretty much plays everything, every night.
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Waiss Aramesh (who covered opening night in Glendale, Arizona for Rolling Stone), joins Brittany Spanos and host...
In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Waiss Aramesh (who covered opening night in Glendale, Arizona for Rolling Stone), joins Brittany Spanos and host...
- 3/22/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Miley Cyrus is just 30 years old, but on her way to her summational new album, Endless Summer Vacation, she’s already gone through a full career’s worth of nearly Bowie-worthy transformations: Disney star; can’t-be-tamed teen; twerking hitmaker; Flaming Lips-affiliated lysergic explorer; rootsy singer-songwriter; classic-rock cover artist; Eighties revivalist. And that doesn’t even include her all-time classic episode of Black Mirror.
On the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt for a deep-dive on all things Miley. (To hear the full discussion,...
On the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt for a deep-dive on all things Miley. (To hear the full discussion,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
If Taylor Swift can hold 20-somethings’ attention for 10 minutes, why not 10 weeks? That seems to be the thinking behind Stanford University’s new “All Too Well (Ten Week Version),” which promises “an in-depth analysis of Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well.’” The 50-minute weekly class, offered in the Winter ’23 quarter, is part of the school’s “Italic 99” courses, which “offer students an introduction to topics taught by alumni of the program.” Other courses part of the program include “Joining Hands: Practice in International Folk Dance” and a class that sounds particularly intriguing to Rolling Stone,...
- 3/9/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
What a moment to be a Miley Cyrus fan. “Flowers” is more than just a surprise comeback hit — it’s the triumph of Mileyism. It’s been 10 years since her last Number One hit, “Wrecking Ball,” at the height of her tabloid-scandal, electro-sleaze Bangerz era. But now she has finally transformed into the kind of old-school grown-up legend she’s always wanted to be. “Flowers,” the lead single from Friday’s Saturn-return post-divorce album Endless Summer Vacation, marks the culmination of her unlikely journey from Hannah Montana to world-wise adulthood.
- 3/8/2023
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
After three Album of the Year snubs in a row for three epochal Beyoncé albums, it’s hard not to wonder: What, precisely, is going on with Grammy voters?
In the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt to discuss the voting body’s biases and endless history of odd decisions, before moving on to the highs and lows of this year’s show. (To hear the episode, press play above, or find it here at the podcast provider of your choice.
In the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, Brittany Spanos and Rob Sheffield join host Brian Hiatt to discuss the voting body’s biases and endless history of odd decisions, before moving on to the highs and lows of this year’s show. (To hear the episode, press play above, or find it here at the podcast provider of your choice.
- 2/13/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Beginning at 5 p.m. Et, we’re live from the red carpet at the 65th Grammys Awards. Led in-studio by Rolling Stone on Twitch host Charlie Cooper, and on the carpet with correspondents Delisa Shannon and Jon Weigell, the show will feature guest appearances by Rolling Stone writers Brittany Spanos and Mankaprr Conteh, fashion director Alex Badia, and Twitch streamer Meester Keem — as well as tons of surprise celebrity appearances from the awards at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena.
To join the virtual chat, follow us on Twitch. For live coverage during the ceremony,...
To join the virtual chat, follow us on Twitch. For live coverage during the ceremony,...
- 2/5/2023
- by Christopher Cruz
- Rollingstone.com
Fans are freaking out about a new Amanda Seyfried musical.
On Tuesday night, “The Dropout” star won Best Actress at the 2023 Golden Globes for her performance as Elizabeth Holmes in the acclaimed limited series.
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Unfortunately, the actress wasn’t on hand to accept the prize in-person, but the stated reason left a lot of people confused and very excited.
Accepting the award on Seyfried’s behalf, the presenter explained that she is “deep in the process of creating a new musical this week.”
Fans immediately wondered what musical Seyfried is working on.
Amanda Seyfried can't be here tonight because she is “deep in the process of creating a new musical this week” Do Go On??
— Michael Schulman (@MJSchulman) January 11, 2023
What the fuck new musical is Amanda Seyfried deep in the process of creating
— Zach Schiffman...
On Tuesday night, “The Dropout” star won Best Actress at the 2023 Golden Globes for her performance as Elizabeth Holmes in the acclaimed limited series.
Read More: Amanda Seyfried Remembers Stripping Down For Early Role: ‘I Wanted To Keep My Job’
Unfortunately, the actress wasn’t on hand to accept the prize in-person, but the stated reason left a lot of people confused and very excited.
Accepting the award on Seyfried’s behalf, the presenter explained that she is “deep in the process of creating a new musical this week.”
Fans immediately wondered what musical Seyfried is working on.
Amanda Seyfried can't be here tonight because she is “deep in the process of creating a new musical this week” Do Go On??
— Michael Schulman (@MJSchulman) January 11, 2023
What the fuck new musical is Amanda Seyfried deep in the process of creating
— Zach Schiffman...
- 1/11/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
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