Young Thug, Gunna and Lil Baby navigate a trippy world in the new video for “Chanel.” The song appears on Young Thug’s Slime Language, which was released in August. While the song’s lyrics bouncily tout buying their respective women “anything she want” and “anything you see” including designer items ranging …
Read More »Malcolm Gladwell on 'Broken Record' Podcast, Hanging Out With Musicians
Over the past two decades, Malcolm Gladwell has been one of the most influential and popular public intellectuals in America. The New Yorker writer’s five books, starting with The Tipping Point, have sold millions and millions of copies. His theories — 10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery in a …
Read More »A K-Pop Movie Beat Out One Direction In U.S. Theaters
Boy band BTS has another few accolades to add to its litany of milestones this year. After having an album debut at Number One and being the first Korean group to play a U.S. stadium, the K-Pop group released a film this weekend that is alreadyAmerica’s highest-grossing event-cinema music production. …
Read More »Gary Busey Talks Buddy Holly, Almost Dying and Releasing His First Solo Song at 74
“I’M GONNA TELL YOU HOW IT’S GONNA BE!” Gary Busey is pacing the studio at Rolling Stone‘s office, sing-shouting the lyrics to Buddy Holly‘s “Not Fade Away.” He will do this often, without warning, in the middle of a conversation or just randomly as he sees fit, paying tribute to …
Read More »Hear John Legend, Joan Jett, Tony Bennett's New Christmas Songs
For the second year, Spotify brings early presents for every kind of music fan under its proverbial Christmas tree with 15 new tracks added to its hit playlist,Spotify Singles: Christmas Collection. The new batch is a mixed bag of artists, with boy band Why Don’t We’s rollicking “Feliz Navidad” to …
Read More »What's Going On With This Julian Assange Indictment?
Now that the midterms are over, the White House has reportedly shifted its focus to panicking over the Mueller investigation. We know Trump has, at least. The special counselwent quiet in the months leading up to last Tuesday’s elections, and there have been indications that indictments could be coming soon. …
Read More »Ozuna Transforms 'El Farsante' Into Acoustic Ballad at Latin Grammys 2018
Ozuna, the most-viewed artist on YouTube in any genre in 2018, performed a slick, assured medley at the Latin Grammys on Thursday. Ozuna opened in an unexpected setting: Seated with two acoustic guitarists and a cajon player, he reimagined his trap hit “El Farsante” — a version with Romeo Santos …
Read More »'Dumplin” Trailer: See Jennifer Aniston as Former Beauty Queen
Jennifer Aniston‘s character Rosie Dickson is reigning queen in her small Texas town as a former pageant winner who now runs the local pageant in the new trailer for Netflix’s forthcoming Dumplin’. However, when her self-proclaimed “fat” daughter Willowdean (Danielle Macdonald) enters the pageant, she starts a body positivity revolution …
Read More »'Dennis and Lois': Rockers Laud Famed Music-Obsessed Couple in Doc Trailer
Dennis Anderson and Lois Kahlert – the music-obsessed New York couple who inspired a Happy Mondays song and transcended traditional fandom with their decades of rock dedication –are the subjects of filmmaker Chris Cassidy’s new documentary Dennis and Lois. The movie will premiere as an official selection at the ninth-annual …
Read More »Alternate Endings for 'A Star Is Born' Revealed
While adapting the nearly century-old tale, Bradley Cooper mulled a variety of ways to re-do a pivotal scene of the film’s dramatic climax. Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich revealed some of them in theVarietycover story on Lady Gaga. [Warning: Spoilers ahead] Through all four major versions ofA Star …
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