Taylor Swift took to social media and said she was “overwhelmed by grief” after a fan died before her Eras Tour show began in Brazil on Friday. “I can’t believe I’m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight …
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 »Surprise! The Best Grammys Ever
What can you say about a Grammy Night that begins with Harry Styles in a feather boa and ends with Billie Eilish saying, “What’s up, Ringo?” Just this: They should always do the Grammys this way. Last night was the best Grammy show ever, by an absurd margin — nearly …
Read More »RS Charts: Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' Tops RS 200 For Third Straight Week
Taylor Swift‘s Folklore takes Number One the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart for a third straight week, topping the chart with 133,300 units during the week of August 7th through August 13th. After seeing the biggest debut on the RS 200 since Lover, Folklore moved 64,700 sales and 83 …
Read More »Semisonic Announce Old-School Reunion EP 'You're Not Alone'
Comparisons between Led Zeppelin and Semisonic — the alt-pop band best known for the rousing 1998 hit “Closing Time” — are few and far between. But former Semisonic singer, guitarist and songwriter Dan Wilson thinks there’s at least one: It’s not easy to just dash off a good Semisonic song …
Read More »Taylor Swift Cancels All 2020 Tour Dates Due to Coronavirus
Taylor Swift has canceled her 2020 tour dates — including her Lover Fests — due to the coronavirus pandemic. Her planned U.S. shows will instead take place in 2021. “I’m so sad I won’t be able to see you guys in concert this year, but I know this is the …
Read More »Taylor Swift: The Rolling Stone Interview
T aylor Swift bursts into her mom’s Nashville kitchen, smiling, looking remarkably like Taylor Swift. (That red-lip, classic thing? Check.) “I need someone to help dye my hair pink,” she says, and moments later, her ends match her sparkly nail polish, sneakers, and the stripes on her button-down. It’s all …
Read More »How Artists Are Gaming Streaming Searches to Score Hits
At the end of June, the singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen announced plans for a new album titled Lover. “This record is deeply personal,” he said in a statement. “It’s about love, it’s about failure, it’s about drugs, it’s about sex, it’s about age, it’s about regret, it’s about itself (very meta, …
Read More »Hear Taylor Swift's Tender New Song 'Lover'
Ahead ofLover‘s official release next Friday, Taylor Swift has dropped the album’s romantic title track. The pop star announced the new song’s release while accepting her Icon Award at the Teen Choice Award on Sunday. In the Jack Antonoff co-produced track, Swift sings the tender lyrics of devotion over a …
Read More »Taylor Swift Reveals New Lyric Video for 'ME!'
Keeping very much in the theme of the song, Taylor Swift released yet another video (in addition to the original music video and two behind-the-scenes clips) for “ME!”, her new single featuring Brendon Urie that she released last week. The sparkly lyric video keeps with the rainbow, glittery aesthetic of …
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