Elle King has released a three-track EP of demos titled Elle King: In Isolation — recorded, as you might imagine, while quarantining in LA during the COVID-19 pandemic. “So many questions have begun to blossom within me through this time of isolation,” King wrote in a statement on the EP. “From …
Read More »MTV, Logo Join Effort to Help Transgender Voters Update Gov't ID for Election Day
MTV and Logo have teamed with the non-profit organization Trans Lifeline for a campaign to ensure that transgender youth update their government IDs properly ahead of Election Day. As part of the campaign, Kim Petras narrates a short that follows three transgender and non-binary young people — Coral, Owen and …
Read More »Black Lives Matter Co-Founder on Building a Movement Through Art
Patrisse Cullors can’t quite remember if she was six or seven when her home was raided by police. “We were children. My mom was young. I just remember them having no care in how they treated us,” says Cullors, who grew up with a single mom in Van Nuys, California, …
Read More »Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams Dream of Winning 'Eurovision' in Trailer for Netflix Comedy
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams are an Icelandic duo hoping to win the world’s biggest music competition in the new trailer for Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. The comedy comes to Netflix on June 26th. Ferrell and McAdams — as their characters Lars and Sigrit — previously …
Read More »See Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, BTS Honor Graduates on 'Dear Class of 2020' Special
Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, BTS, Michelle and Barack Obama and many more will deliver commencement speeches and congratulations to graduates as part of YouTube’s “Dear Class of 2020,” beginning Sunday at 3 p.m. EST. The four-hour special will also feature appearances by artists like Lizzo, …
Read More »YG Shares New Protest Song 'FTP (F-k the Police)'
YG has released a new protest song, “FTP (Fuck the Police),” amid nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. The rapper made the announcement on Instagram, adding that he would have to cancel his previously planned Hollywood and Vine demonstration in Los Angeles …
Read More »With Nation Afire, Trump Deflects by Designating Antifa a Terrorist Organization
President Trump is scrambling to place blame for the violence now sweeping the country as law enforcement clashes with protesters in major cities over the death of George Floyd at the hands of police. On Sunday, the president announced on Twitter that antifa, a loose coalition of anti-facist protesters, would …
Read More »Britney Spears Releases 'Mood Ring,' Her First 'New' Song in Four Years
The princess of pop is a generous queen. Britney Spears surprised fans Friday by dropping a track titled “Mood Ring (By Demand)” on all streaming services. The song was produced by DJ Mustard and was previously only available on the Japanese deluxe edition of her 2016 album, Glory. The slinky, …
Read More »David Crosby, Sheryl Crow, Joe Walsh to Perform at Virtual Joe Biden Fundraiser
David Crosby, Sheryl Crow, Joe Walsh, Rufus Wainwright and Jimmy Buffett will perform during Rock Out on a Night In With Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday, May 28th at 8 p.m. ET, as Variety reports. Hosted by Whoopi Goldberg and Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth, the streaming virtual fundraising event …
Read More »How Quarantine Inspired Faith No More's Roddy Bottum to Create a New Band With His Boyfriend
Roddy Bottum — the veteran Faith No More keyboardist who has also played with Nastie Band, Imperial Teen, and Crickets — is no stranger to pushing boundaries. He came out publicly in the early Nineties when that sort of brazen honesty could lose friends and any chance of being in …
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