Guaynaa and India Martinez attend a colorful flamenco performance in the new music video for “El Payo,” from his album La República, which dropped last year. In the music video, the Spanish singer teaches the Puerto Rican reggaetonero how to bust some flamenco moves as the two are surrounded by …
Read More »Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar Star in Epic Super Bowl Halftime Trailer
Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar answer Dr. Dre’s “call” to join him at the Super Bowl LVI in a new trailer for the star-studded halftime show. Directed by F. Gary Gray — who previously helmed the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton — the preview unites the …
Read More »Jewel-Box Heroes: Why the CD Revival Is Finally Here
In 2021, CD sales increased for the first time in 17 years. That’s mostly because of Adele, whose new album sold 898,000 of those shiny little discs. The last time CDs were this hot, Usher, Ashlee Simpson, and Hoobastank were the ones selling them. Now it’s Adele, BTS, and Taylor …
Read More »Ed Sheeran Wants to Build a Crypt on His Private Estate
Ed Sheeran wants a crypt built inside the yet-to-be-constructed private chapel on his Suffolk estate. In December, the “Bad Habits” singer requested a permit to make additions to the building plan for his Wynneys Hall Chapel — whose construction was approved in 2019 — that included the addition of a …
Read More »Gunna, Future, and Young Thug Drop Cash at a Strip Club in 'Pushin P' Video
Gunna, Future, and Young Thug party it up and show off their lavish lifestyles in the music video for “Pushing P,” one of the standout tracks from Gunna’s DS4EVER album, which dropped last Friday. The music video starts with candid moments of the three rap stars dropping the phrase “pushing …
Read More »Ronnie Spector Finished Revising Her Memoir Just Weeks Before Her Death
Ronnie Spector‘s acclaimed 1990 memoir Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness has long been out of print — but the legendary singer was revising the book in the weeks before her death due to cancer at age 78 on Jan. 12, according to publisher Henry Holt, …
Read More »How Afrobeats is Making the World Listen
In 2006, a crew of young musicians from Nigeria set up the Hottest Coalition of Nigerian DJs. The group comprised artists living in the country as well as in the growing diaspora around the world. Their mission was to promote the kind of music that was popular in West Africa …
Read More »Katy Perry and Alesso Drop Futuristic 'When I'm Gone' Video
Katy Perry and Alesso have dropped their new video for their electro-pop dance single “When I’m Gone.” The clip premiered during halftime at Monday night’s 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship game, marking the first time ESPN has premiered a music video during a live broadcast. The Hannah Lux Davis-directed …
Read More »Who Knew We Needed This Unseen Altamont Footage So Badly?
Grace Slick in a blue velvet suit. Gram Parsons bashing a tambourine. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young appearing like they like each other. Altamont will be forever known as the death of the Sixties, but the Library of Congress just made it a little sunnier with previously unreleased footage. The …
Read More »Josh Klinghoffer Thanks Betty White for 'Being a Friend' With 'Golden Girls' Cover
The death of Betty White just 17 days before her 100th birthday ended 2021 on a bitter note for fans of the sitcom icon. Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer may not be the most obvious choice to channel our collective grief in the aftermath of the loss, …
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