No one pours emotion into bachata quite like Romeo Santos, and he’s just dropped one of his most sentimental bachata ballads yet — just in time for Valentine’s Day. Santos teased the new track, called “Sus Huellas,” last week on social media, and now the full song is here. It …
Read More »New Michael Jackson Musical Celebrates His Greatness While Mostly Avoiding the Dark Stuff
In the first of several such scenes inMJ, the new Broadway musical about one of the pop’s most explosive and, now, polarizing figures, a fictional MTV reporter tries to get Michael Jackson to open up. Jackson, played by Myles Frost down to the trademark billowy white shirt, curly ponytail, and …
Read More »Why Dolly Parton Damn Sure Belongs in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Y'all
Dolly Parton’s public life for the last 60 years has been like a daily act of performance art. While her interior life may or may not mirror the colorful, quirky exterior, there’s an air of rock & roll spectacle to the way she’s walked in those high-heeled shoes day after …
Read More »'What Can I Do To Make It Hit Harder?': How Sebastián Yatra Leveled Up His Sound
Only Sebastián Yatra can pack a 17-track album with rock, cumbia, reggaetón, and a Jonas Brothers collab. The Colombian singer’s third studio album, Dharma, is a versatile record that’s sure to bring fans to their feet. The album title reflects Yatra’s own experience of “accepting his reality” without living in …
Read More »Anitta Escapes a Zombie Lover in New 'Boys Don't Cry' Video
Anitta isn’t here to give any man her sympathy. On Thursday night, the Brazillian star released “Boys Don’t Cry,” an English-language, electropop earworm with a retro-futuristic vibe à la The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights.” “Sometimes you call me when you’re too drunk, oh God/Then you start telling me I’m the one, …
Read More »Jazmine Sullivan Has More Stories to Tell: Announces 'Heaux Tales, Mo' Tales: The Deluxe'
Jazmine Sullivan isn’t quite finished with her work as a narrator in the world of Heaux Tales. On Feb. 11, the R&B songstress will share Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe, featuring additional tracks and musical narratives she didn’t have a chance to tackle on the original. The extended edition …
Read More »Tove Styrke 'Fell Madly In Love' with Her BFF and Wrote a Song. Now We Get to Hear It
When Tove Styrke put pen to paper for her sensual new single “Show Me Love,” out Friday, it was meant to be just for her best friend, whom she had “[fallen] madly in love with.” But the song was so good, “I had to put it out,” she tells Rolling …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Bit the Head Off a Live Bat 40 Years Ago Today
When Ozzy Osbourne dies, hopefully several decades from now, his obituary will touch on a great many things. It’ll focus on the pivotal role he played in the creation of heavy metal as a member of Black Sabbath, the brilliant music he made with guitarist Randy Rhoads in the early …
Read More »FKA Twigs Plunges an Arrow Through Her Heart in 'Meta Angel' Music Video
In the music video for “Meta Angel,” FKA Twigs doubles as both hunter and prey as she puts an arrow through her heart, although not in the way Cupid may have intended. The song appears on the musician’s latest mixtape Caprisongs. Leaning into the thematic notion of rebirth on “Meta …
Read More »Jay-Z and Meek Mill Team Up to Block Rap Lyrics From Being Used in Court
Jay-Z is leading a list of music industry titans throwing their support behind a proposed New York state law that aims to stop prosecutors from using rap lyrics as purported blueprints to alleged crimes, Rolling Stone has learned. The rap superstar, born Shawn Carter, is teaming up with Meek Mill, …
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