The first teaser for Succession Season 3 is finally here, featuring all the Roy-on-Roy family infighting we’ve come to expect from the Emmy Award-winning series. Picking up from Kendall Roy’s betrayal of his father at the end of Season 2, Logan Roy must now scramble to secure allegiances within his family …
Read More »How Brand Leaders Can Make the Most of the To-Go Cocktail Trend
Is there a single thing from the pandemic that people can agree on? Maybe just one: To-go cocktails are a wonderful thing and they deserve to stay. Why didn’t to-go cocktails exist before? Well, to put it simply: Prohibition, or more accurately, post-Prohibition. After the repeal of Prohibition, U.S. states …
Read More »Enhypen Stake Their Claim as K-Pop's Global Ambassadors
There is no shortage of boy bands seeking to lay claim to the K-pop throne these days but when it comes to pure trajectory, few groups are scaling the scene as quickly as ENHYPEN. Debuting last November after being chosen by fans on I-LAND, a Making the Band-style reality show, …
Read More »'Loki' Episode 4 Recap: Back to the Office
A review of this week’sLokionDisney+, “The Nexus Event,” coming up — just as soon as a prince tells me how the real world works… And that, folks, is what all that setup was for. The first two episodes of Loki at times seemed to be straining mightily under the weight …
Read More »How Travis Barker Became Gen-Z's Pop-Punk Whisperer
This piece originally appeared as part of Rolling Stone’s annual Hot List, in the July/August issue of the magazine. When Jaden Hossler, the TikTok heartthrob now recording moody rock songs as Jxdn, was born, the future founder of his record label was busy making Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. …
Read More »RS Charts: Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour' Rebounds to Number One
Olivia Rodrigo‘s Sour rebounded to Number One in its fifth week on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart with 9,900 sales, 23,300 song downloads, and 119.6 million streams. Sour arrived at Number One in May with the biggest debut week of 2021. It was subsequently displaced by Taylor Swift‘s …
Read More »'False Positive': A Breach-Birth Version of Pregnancy Horror
Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby is timeless. This is despite — but also, it’s uncomfortable to admit, because of — our collective reservations about its director. On the subjects of men and women and marriage and sexual violence and gaslighting and the terrifying vulnerabilities of bringing a child into the world, …
Read More »Natalie Hemby Cuts Down Celebrity Worship in Thumping New Song 'Heroes'
Natalie Hemby prefers anonymity in her grooving new song “Heroes.” “I just wanna be a face in the crowd,” the songwriter and member of the Highwomen sings in the track, written with Jeff Trott and Aaron Raitiere. Premiering Friday, “Heroes” arrives with a gritty video that lifts the curtain on …
Read More »New Johnny Cash Live Album, 'At the Carousel Ballroom,' Captures Country Star in the Counterculture
A new Johnny Cash live album, recorded in San Francisco in 1968 by famed taper and audio engineer Owsley Stanley, is set for release September 24th via the Owsley Stanley Foundation and Renew Records/BMG. Johnny Cash, At the Carousel Ballroom, April 24th, 1968 finds the country legend performing in the …
Read More »David Dobrik Was the King of YouTube. Then He Went Too Far.
T he YouTuber David Dobrik is driving his white Tesla through the verdant hills of suburban Los Angeles, explaining the challenges of selling thin-crust-style pizza in L.A., his assistant Natalie texting in the back seat and Billy Joel on pause on the stereo, when he abruptly stops talking. “I got …
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