Month: July 2024

Four years have passed since Lady Gaga released her 2020 dance-pop symphony, Chromatica, although that gap may feel like a yawning void to some. Between the seismic social shift caused by a global pandemic and a steady, mind-boggling stream of historic events in the intervening months since, the last four […]

Prince was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Saturday (July 27) at a 40th anniversary screening of his film Purple Rain at Minneapolis’ Target Center. This is the second time this year that the SHOF has posthumously inducted a legendary songwriter. It honored the late Cindy Walker […]

There appears to be some clarity regarding the much-delayed Vultures 2 project from Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign. West’s YZY website provided an updated message explaining on Wednesday (July 31) that all orders have been fulfilled and shipped out, and V2 is set to arrive on Friday […]

Kehlani‘s been waiting for this moment for a long, long time. After easing the audience in with the smooth R&B of “Nights Like This” from their 2019 mixtape While We Wait, the Oakland-bred vocalist — backed by a full live band and three back-up singers — told the public radio […]

The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming charts dated Aug. 10, we look at two artists who have largely defined the summer in pop music so far, and […]

It’s impossible to know for sure whether Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco ever would’ve gotten together a decade ago, but the pop star does have some thoughts on the matter. Responding to a recent fan TikTok claiming “she would never date benny blanco” back in her “IT GIRL era” in […]

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Megan Thee Stallion is ready to be Kamala Harris’ body-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody-ody guard.   After performing at the politician’s campaign rally in Atlanta Tuesday (July 30), the rapper — dressed to impress in a blue pantsuit — posted a video backstage with her backup dancers doing the viral TikTok choreography to her song […]

Consumers are strained by everything from high food prices to soaring rents and mortgage costs — but aren’t giving up live music.  Two years after the concert industry roared back to life in the wake of the COVID pandemic, Live Nation had another recording-setting second quarter. Revenue grew 7% to […]

50 Cent is a savant in the art of war. With the litany of feuds 50’s been engaged in throughout his decorated career, the G-Unit mogul knows how to shrewdly navigate in battle, and he’s just about seen it all in hip-hop. As part of his The Hollywood Reporter cover […]