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Charli XCX's Seventh Album Arrives July 24 — and She's Already Daring You to Mislabel It
After a year of deliberate misdirection, Charli XCX drops the name, date, and cover of 'Music, Fashion, Film' — an 11-track, 30-minute statement flanked by John Cale, Marc Jacobs, and Martin Scorsese. The album title is pulled from her own lyrics, the collaborators are icons, and the press cycle is already a performance in itself.
Spotify's New AI Assistant Is Convenient, Contextual, and Quietly Collecting Everything You Say
Spotify just launched a voice and text AI that lets you talk to your music library like it's a friend. The feature works. The privacy architecture around it deserves a harder look.
Two Dead at Toronto Salsa Festival — Police Say It Was Targeted, City Says Carry On
A double fatal shooting tore through one of Toronto's most beloved street festivals on Saturday night. The mayor wants you to know the parties aren't stopping — but the questions about who let this happen are just getting started.
Jay-Z Closes Yankee Stadium Residency With Beyoncé, Rihanna, and 30 Years of Proof
Three sold-out nights at Yankee Stadium and a parade of guests that reads like a who's who of the last three decades of popular music. Jay-Z didn't just mark an anniversary — he staked a claim.
Madonna Hits Billboard's Adult Contemporary for First Time Since 2019 — and That's Just the Warm-Up
A Sabrina Carpenter collab gives Madonna her 38th Adult Contemporary charting hit and her first in six years. The bigger story lands Tuesday, when 'Confessions II' is projected to open at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — a feat that would make her the first female artist to top that chart in five consecutive decades.
Music Industry's AI Labels Look Like Transparency — Read the Fine Print
The RIAA, Grammys, IFPI, and SAG-AFTRA just rolled out a voluntary labeling system for AI-generated and AI-assisted music. Voluntary is doing a lot of work in that sentence.
At 88, Anthony Hopkins Ditches Hollywood for the Concert Hall
The man who played Hannibal Lecter and won two Oscars has quietly been composing classical music his entire life. Now he's finally putting it on record — and the establishment is paying attention.
The Rolling Stones Drop Their First Album in a Decade — Madonna Won't Let Them Top the Chart
Sixty-plus years in, the Rolling Stones are still making records worth arguing about. The chart gods, however, are in a nostalgic mood — and they belong to Madonna.
U2 Are Back With New Music — and This Time They Actually Earned It
Nine years after their last album of original material, U2 surface with 'Street of Dreams' — a single shot through with euphoria and, for once, a reason to pay attention. The full album is coming, and the band seems to know the stakes.
Keith Richards at 82: The Rolling Stones' New Album Is Their Best Work in Decades
The Rolling Stones have released 'Foreign Tongues,' their 25th studio album, to the kind of reviews that bands half their age would kill for. The question isn't whether they still have it — it's why anyone ever doubted they would.
Harry Styles Breaks Wembley's All-Time Residency Record With 12 Sold-Out Nights
What started as six shows became a twelve-night Wembley takeover that no artist in the stadium's history has matched. The final night brought grief, family, and a Guinness certificate — in that order.
Nicks, McCartney, and a Beatles Song Unplayed for 62 Years: Inside the Swift-Kelce Wedding
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden turned into a once-in-a-generation concert. Paul McCartney resurrected a Beatles classic he hadn't touched since 1964 — and Stevie Nicks was there to witness it.
Lil Wayne No-Shows His Own Tour Opener and Leaves Fans in the Dark Until 11 PM
Thousands of ticket-holders at Bangor's Maine Savings Amphitheatre waited through the night for a headliner who never came. Wayne eventually apologized — but only after the crowd had already gone home.
Victor Willis, the Voice Behind 'Y.M.C.A.,' Dies at 74 — And the Song Outlived Every Attempt to Own It
The Village People frontman who co-wrote the defining anthems of disco's peak is gone. What he leaves behind is a catalogue that somehow survived a culture war, a presidential campaign, and the death of the genre itself.
Newborn Found Dead in Festival Porta-Potty — Michigan Police Ask Who Knows What
A sanitation worker at Electric Forest discovered a newborn's body inside a portable restroom at the Western Michigan campground on Sunday. Michigan State Police have opened a homicide investigation and are appealing to the tens of thousands of attendees for any information.
Ariana Grande Rewrites 'Thank U, Next' In Real Time — For The Man The Song Was About
Two weeks out of her relationship with Ethan Slater, Grande turned a birthday concert in Austin into something more interesting than a breakup story. The lyric change was the tell.