Ariana Grande and Jimmy Fallon squared off in a “Musical Genre Challenge” on Tuesday’s Tonight Show, attempting to perform pop and rap songs in seemingly incompatible styles. Grande, a noted vocal chameleon,pressed the “Random Genre Generator” button and received Kendrick Lamar’s “Humble” in a “goth-rock” style, which she interpreted as …
Read More »'Human Shazam' Questlove Identifies Prince Songs From Second-Long Clips
Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon dubbedQuestlovea “human Shazam” on Tuesday’s episode, and the Roots drummer backed up that lofty title during a jaw-dropping Prince edition of “One Second Song Quiz.” Fallon played the musician a series of second-long clips: the drums from “Raspberry Beret,” the swirling intro to “Baby I’m …
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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