Drake easily secured a record-extending 33rd week atop the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart for the week of September 10th through the 16th. Still riding high off the release of his latest album, Certified Lover Boy, Drake pulled in 396.1 million song streams, the fourth highest weekly stream count the …
Read More »Rolling Stone and Matua Announce Live: Las Vegas Party During Life is Beautiful Weekend
Rolling Stone is heading to Las Vegas this weekend for its inaugural Live: Las Vegas event, in partnership with Matua. The exclusive daytime pool party will take place during Life is Beautiful weekend at the Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino on Saturday, September 18th. The event will feature an exclusive …
Read More »Billie Eilish Wears Oscar de la Renta at Met Gala After Brand Says it Will Stop Using Fur
Billie Eilish looked stunning in the Oscar de la Renta nude tulle dress she chose for Monday’s Met Gala. The star made her Met Gala and co-hosting debut in the designer’s glamorous gown on the condition that the company stop selling products utilizing fur, The New York Times reports. The …
Read More »Ozuna's 'La Funka' VMAs Performance Was a 5-Year-Old's Fever Dream
Ozuna took the stage at the VMAs on Sunday for a sunny, bizarre performance of his new song, “La Funka.” Channeling an arcade claw game, Ozuna delivered the candy-coated single “La Funka” surrounded by a cohort of dancing teddy bears. Earlier this week, Ozuna teased the performance on his Instagram, …
Read More »Troye Sivan Drops Romantic Ode to His 'Angel Baby'
Troye Sivan has released new song “Angel Baby,” which was accompanied by a Lucas Chemotti-directed visualizer. It’s Sivan’s first new music of 2021 and comes a year after the release of his In a Dream EP. “I just want to live in this moment forever/’Cause I’m afraid that living couldn’t …
Read More »Why Charlie Watts Mattered: Our Podcast Tribute to the Rolling Stones' Late Drummer
Charlie Watts, who died August 24th at age 80, combined the tastefulness of a jazz accompanist with an unearthly gift for groove and funk, driving the Rolling Stones for six decades straight, getting stadium-sized audiences all around the world out of their seats. In the new episode of our Rolling …
Read More »Stevie Wonder to Headline Global Citizen Live in Los Angeles
Stevie Wonder will headline Global Citizen Live in Los Angeles. The concert takes place at outdoor venue The Greek Theatre on September 25th and will air live on BBC One the same day, and on ABC on September 26th. Tickets to attend the Los Angeles festival are available now. “It …
Read More »Watch Gorillaz Perform 'Jimmy Jimmy' on 'Fallon'
Gorillaz appeared on The Tonight Show along with AJ Tracey to perform their recent song “Jimmy Jimmy.” Presented like an animated music video, the performance only featured Tracey, with none of the band’s actual musicians shown onscreen. “Jimmy Jimmy” appears on Gorillaz’s new three-track EP, Meanwhile, released to celebrate Carnival and West …
Read More »Watch Chvrches Perform 'Screen Violence' Songs on 'CBS This Morning'
Chvrches appeared on CBS This Morning‘s “Saturday Sessions” to showcase three tracks off their recent album Screen Violence. The group performed singles “Good Girls” and “He Said She Said,” along with album cut “California.” Screen Violence, which dropped August 27th via Glassnote Records, is Chvrches’ fourth album. Recorded remotely between …
Read More »Chvrches Confront The Horrors Of The Internet On 'Screen Violence'
In some ways, a horror-themed album seems like the farthest thing you might expect from the Glasgow band Chvrches, known for iridescent synths and lead singer Lauren Mayberry ’s practically elfin, perennially chipper voice. But on their fourth LP, Screen Violence, Mayberry and band members Iain Cook and Martin Doherty …
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