Fourteen years since its release, Shakira and Wyclef Jean‘s bilingual mega-hit, “Hips Don’t Lie,” is the gift that keeps on giving. As of Monday, the song has made its debut on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart at Number 79. Following Shakira and Jennifer Lopez’s momentous Super Bowl halftime …
Read More »Watch Justin Bieber Bring 'Changes' Singles, Quavo to 'SNL'
Ahead of the Valentine’s Day release of Changes, Justin Bieber returned to Saturday Night Live to perform a pair of singles from his new album, “Yummy” and the Quavo-featuring “Intentions.” For “Yummy,” the singer turned the Studio 8H stage into a large green box where Bieber and a trio of …
Read More »Kelsea Ballerini Performs a Vulnerable 'LA' on 'Kimmel'
Kelsea Ballerini performed two songs off her upcoming album Kelsea on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday night, her latest single “Homecoming Queen?” and the vulnerable “LA.” “I’ve got a love n’ hate relationship with LA,” Ballerini sings in the atmospheric mid-tempo track, which finds the Tennessee native sharing feelings of …
Read More »Why an Aspiring Rapper (and Many Others) Are Pretending to Have Coronavirus
Mr. Rogers once said that in times of crisis, you should always look for the helpers. Unfortunately, Mr. Rogers did not live in the age of social media, where people are less likely to offer help and more likely to board an airplane and announce that they have coronavirus to …
Read More »Zola Jesus on Why She's Voting Bernie, Even Though She's Amy Klobuchar's Cousin
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) wants to convince Americans that she should be the next president of the United States — but her own cousin thinks otherwise. That cousin just happens to be Nika Danilova, a.k.a. goth-pop singer-songwriter/producer Zola Jesus. “I’m not fucking around with my Bernie support,” Danilova tweeted earlier …
Read More »Scenes from the Democratic Meltdown in Iowa
There was panic on the streets of Des Moines, Iowa, as Democrats wondered: Could life ever be sane again? Even before the state bungled the results of its all important caucus vote, internecine beef within the Democratic party was beginning to boil. The night before the caucus clusterfuck, while the …
Read More »Greta Gerwig and Her 'Little Women' Composer Choose Their Favorite Musical Moments
Little Women director Greta Gerwig tells Rolling Stone that she wanted the movie to be a “ballet, a musical” — and in order to create that effect, she enlisted the talents of composer Alexandre Desplat, who has won two Oscars for Best Original Music Score (for 2014’s The Grand Budapest …
Read More »Watch Bill Murray Return to 'Groundhog Day' in New Super Bowl Commercial
Bill Murray joyously returns to Groundhog Day in a new commercial that premiered online Sunday ahead of its broadcast during Super Bowl LIV, a game which happens to fall on Groundhog Day 2020. The minute-long spot marks Murray’s first-ever nationally televised commercial. In the Jeep ad, Murray’s Phil is once …
Read More »Inside Portland, Maine's Wildly Ambitious Music Scene
In our new series, we look at eight cities where live music has exploded — from legendary hubs like Chicago and Nashville, to rising hot spots like Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Raleigh, North Carolina. The latest is a left-field surprise: Portland, Maine, which is drawing promoters from major cities and ambitious …
Read More »Watch Meghan Trainor Fan Out Over Dr. Phil on 'Carpool Karaoke'
Meghan Trainor joined James Corden for “Carpool Karaoke” on The Late Late Show, noting, “Dude, I’ve been waiting years to take you to work.” During the segment, the pair join forces to sing a few of Trainor’s singles, including “All About That Bass” and “Like I’m Gonna Lose You.” In …
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