Leave it to Dolly Parton not to be limited by the conventionally accepted constraints of SXSW. In her first-ever appearance at the festival, she didn’t just play a show, she created her own universe — specifically, the “Dollyverse,” a cheerfully branded excursion into the digital Wild West of the metaverse. …
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After Rosalía released her 2018 album El Mal Querer, a baroque masterwork anchored in solemn flamenco traditions and glowing pop sounds, the Spanish artist’s world cracked wide open, and everything seemed to rush at her at once. There was endless praise: She was a creative genius. She was a hero …
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A blazing-yellow Bentley. Face tattoos. Booming bass lines in a parking garage. The burnt-out husk of a bullet-riddled car. As the rapper, who would look comfortably at home on a Tekashi 69 set, spits bars about Cartier and riches from behind the wheel, a woman and her son are held …
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Kanye West appeared to spend the early hours of Wednesday morning Googling Pete Davidson for his latest round of angry Instagram posts about Kim Kardashian’s new boyfriend. The posting spree started with a screengrab of what appears to be a Breitbart article from 2019 West somehow dug up about Davidson …
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One of the most high-profile benefit shows held to date in support of Ukraine took place in New York last night. Taking place at City Winery’s Manhattan location, the event featured performances by Gogol Bordello (whose leader, Eugene Hütz, was born in Ukraine), Patti Smith, the Hold Steady’s Craig Finn, …
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Rammstein‘s video for “Zeit,” the title track for their upcoming album, is the typically surrealistic and sensational kind of clip people expect from the German industro-metal group. There are shots of people drowning, scary wraith-like figures menacing kids in a fight, and the band members delivering babies as the sands …
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Florence and the Machine deliver a furious knockout blow on their new song, “Heaven Is Here.” The heavily percussive track rides the momentum of a hand clap current, punctuated by big hits of drums, piano, and acoustic guitar. Florence Welch’s vocals are equally punchy, but also balanced with some big, …
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In the fall of 2020, an interviewer asked Dayvon Bennett about the ongoing violence in his hometown of Chicago. “Somebody killed someone, everybody got family— now everybody that was close with them is trying to kill that person,” said the rapper, better known to fans by his stage name of …
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YG and Moneybagg Yo appeared on The Tonight Show to perform their joint single ,”Scared Money.” Standing in front of a replica bank vault surrounded by stacks of cash, the pair gave the thumping track a boisterous vibe. YG dropped “Scared Money,” which also features J. Cole, in February via …
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As a little kid, Gayle had a vision of who she wanted to be when she grew up: a “prim and proper” country singer, a “‘yes ma’am, no sir’ kind of girl” with no piercings, no tattoos, and especially no cursing. “I think I just wanted to really fit in,” …
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