K-pop icons BTS have raised an impressive $3.6 million after teaming up with UNICEF to create a campaign called Love Myself. The joint campaign was launched nearly four years ago, and a press release from UNICEF announced the proceeds on Wednesday, celebrating its long run. Launched in November 2017, the …
Read More »Kane Brown, H.E.R. Team Up for 'Blessed & Free' Duet
Kane Brown’s collaborative streak continues with “Blessed & Free,” the country singer’s new recording with R&B singer-guitarist H.E.R. It follows the recent Blackbear collaboration “Memory” as well as the hit duet “Famous Friends” with Chris Young. Brown wrote the song with H.E.R. and an army of co-writers — Ilsey Juber, …
Read More »'This Isn't the End': #MuteRKelly Co-Founder Finds 'Relief and Sadness' in Verdict
In the summer of 2017, activists Kenyette Barnes andOronike Odeleye began the #MuteRKelly movement from their home base in Atlanta as a way to pressure corporations to financially divest themselves from the singer and bring attention to multiple sexual abuse allegations against the singer. As the movement went global, Barnes …
Read More »Youngboy Never Broke Again Tops Apple Music Pre-Add Chart with 'Sincerely, Kentrell'
Youngboy Never Broke Again has already launched three albums to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart, second only to Taylor Swift, who’s had four. But now, with his album Sincerely, Kentrell — released Friday — he could tie Swift’s record for the most Number One albums …
Read More »Watch Pearl Jam Play 'Better Man' With Brandi Carlile at Ohana Festival
Pearl Jam wrapped up the first weekend of the Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California, on Sunday night. It was just their second show since 2018, following their September 18th set at SeaHearNow in Asbury Park, New Jersey. It was an epic set featuring the live debuts of the Gigaton …
Read More »Check Back Into Frank Zappa's '200 Motels' With Giant 50th-Anniversary Reissue
Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels is getting a massive 50th-anniversary reissue for the 1971 film soundtrack. Long out-of-print, the new definitive six-CD box set arrives November 19th packed with the original, newly remastered soundtrack and four discs worth of unreleased demos, studio outtakes, work mixes, alternate takes, radio ads, interviews, and …
Read More »Flashback: Genesis Play 'Duchess' on 1981 'Abacab' Tour
Genesis kicked off their reunion tour Monday night with an incredible show at Birmingham, England’s Utilita Arena. The set contained many of their biggest hits, including “Invisible Touch,” “Turn It On Again,” “I Can’t Dance,” and “Throwing It All Away” but also made room for deeper cuts like an extended …
Read More »24kGoldn on Michael Jackson, Drake, and His Favorite Songs of All Time
24kGoldn’s guitar-laced, melodic hip-hop defies a single genre, so it makes sense that his favorite songs are as eclectic as his own music. The 20-year-old rapper submitted his ballot forRolling Stone’snew500 Greatest Songs of All Time rankings, voting for a healthy mix of post-2000s hip-hop and R&B with the occasional …
Read More »Ms. Minaj Isn't Going to Washington
Last week, Nicki Minaj‘s husband Kenneth Petty pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sex offender after moving from New York to California. And, in August, the rapper was sued — alongside Petty — for intimidation by the woman Petty attempted to rape in 1994. Yet, all the internet …
Read More »The War on Drugs Tap Indie Pop Outfit Lucius for 'I Don't Live Here Anymore'
The War on Drugs have released a new song, “I Don’t Live Here Anymore,” the title track from their next album, out October 29th via Atlantic Records. “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” is vintage War on Drugs with blazing guitars and twinkling synths careening over a heavy stomp of drums. …
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