Music

Midnights is officially a record-breaking album. On Friday, Spotify revealed that Taylor Swift’s new album had become the most-streamed project in a single day in the streaming service’s history. Sharing Spotify’s tweet, Swift wrote, “How did I get this lucky, having you guys out here doing something this mind-blowing?! Like what even just happened??!?!” Though

Cardi B’s court battle over the cover art for her mixtape Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1 is over. On Friday, days after the rap star appeared in court to battle the $5 million lawsuit, a jury in Santa Ana found that the artist did not use the likeness of Kevin Brophy nor portray him in

It took Stromae nine years to return to music. The reason, he says, was simple: “I needed to get inspired by normal stuff.” After seeing international success with his 2010 club-pop single “Alors on Danse” and making history as the first French-singing performer to sell out Madison Square Garden, in 2015, the Belgian artist felt

Queen Ally Clarkson shares that the hit 90s song was “tragically inspired by the death of a gay teenager who was bullied” Kelly Clarkson is lending her voice to celebrate the LGBTQ community and discourage discrimination on Spirit Day. On Thursday, during her beloved “Kellyoke” segment of her talk show, Clarkson sang Third Eye Blind’s

Lana Del Rey had to return to square one after her car was broken into in Los Angeles, resulting in the theft of a backpack containing multiple devices that housed important work material. The singer took to Instagram to share in a series of posts on her private account, explaining that though the incident occurred

On Wednesday, Shakira — who confirmed her split from Gerard Piqué earlier this year — released her track “Monotonía” alongside Ozuna. In the new song, the Colombian singer seems to allude to the end of her marriage with Piqué. In the clip, she’s minding her own business, shopping for snacks, when she’s blown away, literally,

Jennifer Hudson and fellow American Idol alum Adam Lambert busted out a serious high-brow, deep cut duet on The Jennifer Hudson Show: the classic aria from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot, “Nessun dorma.” As Lambert explains in a brief interview before the performance, he learned the song in an opera course he took in high school,

RS on Twitch Dozens of fans crowded the New York City streets to catch a glimpse of the K-pop sensation ENHYPEN capped off their U.S. tour Monday, appearing on Rolling Stone on Twitch — while dozens of their fans packed the streets outside our New York office. The group’s fans, called ENGENE, were buzzing for

Beach Vibes Singer’s new visual cleverly tips to her tracks “Billions” and “Bunny Is a Rider” Following the critical success of “Billions,” Caroline Polachek is back with the official release of her new track, “Sunset.” Paired with a video peppered with scenes of a rocky beach town in Barcelona, the Sega Bodega-produced song weaves Polachek’s

Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company and the parent company to Kanye West’s longtime record label Def Jam Recordings, condemned antisemitism in a tweet on Monday, two days after West took to Drink Champs to voice stereotypes about Jews as well as false statements about the death of George Floyd. “There is no

After months of exploring options for possible exemption, BTS’ label has confirmed that all seven members of the K-Pop group plan to fulfill their mandatory military duties in South Korea. Jin will be the first to enlist following the release of his forthcoming solo material at the end of the month. According to a statement

First Class After co-hosting The Tonight Show earlier this month, rapper takes reins of SNL on Oct. 29 Jack Harlow will serve as both host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live when the show returns from a week off on Oct. 29. SNL made the announcement during Saturday night’s episode which also happened to

It’ll Be O.K. The show’s host and musical guest also drew attention to the website Bad Bitches Have Bad Days Too, a mental health resource. SNL host and musical guest Megan Thee Stallion on Saturday performed the single “Anxiety” from her second studio album, Traumazine. The 18-track album, which came out in August, offers “a

When Bad Bunny dropped his critically acclaimed album Un Verano Sin Ti, fans flocked to the dream-pop track “Andrea,” which features the Puerto Rican indie duo Buscabulla. Immediately, many listeners thought of Andrea Ruiz Costas, a Puerto Rican woman who was murdered by her partner in 2021. Though Bad Bunny later said that the song

Hotties need time off, too. Megan Thee Stallion is poised to experience a career highlight this weekend when she hosts (and performs on) Saturday Night Live, but she’s also dealing with some major material losses after her house was broken into Thursday night. On Friday, following a TMZ report that more than $300,000 worth of

ATLANTA — The rapper Yak Gotti got into a fight with another inmate in Fulton County jail on October 8, sheriff’s office officials confirmed Friday afternoon.  Yak Gotti – real name Deamonte Kendrick – emerged from the fray relatively unscathed, his mother Tasha Kendrick said. “He beat that boy’s ass,” she told Rolling Stone. Kendrick

Poker Face “The whole project just feels more mature and elevated,” Beer teases of her upcoming LP If there’s one thing Madison Beer knows how to do, it’s slay. On Friday, the singer released her single “Showed Me,” which flaunts the singer’s sexier, sultry side. In the track’s accompanying video, she puts that sultriness to

Las Babies Activas “As women, we have this opportunity to show the world what female empowerment can allow us to reach in the industry,” Chesca tells Rolling Stone You can count on Chesca, Villano Antillano, and Corina Smith to hype each other in the club “cuando suena el trá.” On Thursday, the trio released their

M.I.A. has decided to compare a conspiracy theorist lying about the massacre of innocent children to promoting the Covid vaccine. On Wednesday, after a jury decided that Alex Jones will have to pay the families of the children who died at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearly $1 billion in damages after spreading lies that the