In the days following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, musicians and celebrities spanning from Taylor Swift and Jazmine Sullivan to Billie Eilish, John Legend, Kendrick Lamar, and more have used their platform both online and in-person to voice their disappointment and frustration with the reversal that …
Read More »Taylor Swift Is Feeling (Class of) 22: To Receive Honorary Degree From NYU
Taylor Swift will receive an honorary degree from New York University — and address the class of 2022. The ceremony will be held on May 18 at Yankee Stadium, where Swift will receive a Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, and speak to the graduates. The event will also celebrate …
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 »Grammys 2021: Megan Thee Stallion, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift Lead Winners
Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish were among the big winners at the 2021 Grammy Awards Sunday night. The night notably saw all four major awards (Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist) go to women — just …
Read More »RS Charts: Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous' Holds at Number One Despite Racial Slur
Morgan Wallen‘s Dangerous: The Double Album spent its sixth consecutive week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, earning 7,800 sales and more than 95 million streams. Wallen’s six-week run at Number One matched the RS 200 record set last year by Taylor Swift‘s Folklore. But …
Read More »Maggie Rogers on Learning to Love 'Tim McGraw'
Maggie Rogers has included cover songs in her set since she was 17, from the Miracles’ “The Tracks of My Tears” to Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon.” “We’ve been doing more covers because they’ve been a way to stay creative during soundcheck,” Rogers, who is currently on tour in support of …
Read More »Taylor Swift Is a Punk-Rock Rebel — and She Just Proved It to the World
“I’m surprisingly nonconfrontational — you would not believe how much I hate conflict.” Taylor Swift,speaking to Rolling Stone in 2014 about her ongoing feud with an unnamed female pop star. Such a quote may, justifiably, lead you to presuppose that Swift lacks a certain steeliness — that, when it comes …
Read More »Taylor Swift's 'New Year's Day' Serviced to Country Radio
The old Taylor may not be able to come to the phone right now, but that doesn’t mean you won’t hear new music from Swift on country radio. In fact, a new track from her recently released sixth album Reputation, “New Year’s Day,” was just serviced to country radio by …
Read More »See Taylor Swift's Poignant 'New Year's Day' on 'Fallon'
Taylor Swift made a last-minute appearance on The Tonight Show on Monday to play a quiet, moving rendition of new song “New Year’s Day.” “New Year’s Day” is the final track on Reputation, a soft, keyboard-heavy outlier after a suite of crushing pop songs. On The Tonight Show, Swift played …
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