Sharon Stone is suing the rapper Chanel West Coast over her song and video for “Sharon Stoned,” claiming the rapper used the actress’ “name for commercial purposes without her consent.” Chanel West Coast — real name Chelsea Chanel Dudley — released “Sharon Stoned” in 2018. The song, as the suit …
Read More »Watch Dua Lipa Return With Disco Kiss-Off 'Don't Start Now'
Dua Lipa is launching her sophomore album with the disco-tinged new single “Don’t Start Now” and a clubby new video. The singer won Best New Artist at this year’s Grammy Awards. For “Don’t Start Now,” Lipa reunited with the same team who wrote and produced her breakthrough hit single “New …
Read More »Taylor Swift Discusses Me Too, Her Favorite Lyricists in New Beats 1 Interview
In her latest interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1, Taylor Swift spoke openly about her experience with being slut-shamed early in her career, and praised movements like Me Too for helping to turn the tide. “I was 23 and people were… making slideshows of my dating life …
Read More »RS Charts: Post Malone Has the Number One Album Again
Post Malone‘s Hollywood’s Bleeding reclaimed the Number One spot on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart for the week of October 18th through the 24th, six weeks after the LP’s September 6th release. A relatively slow week for new releases bolstered Posty’s resurgence, which was fueled by streaming. In …
Read More »Hear Jeff Tweedy Discuss Wilco's 'Ode to Joy' on Our New Podcast
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy joins host Brian Hiatt on a new episode of our podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now, for an in-depth discussion of the band’s excellent new album, Ode to Joy, and much more. Tweedy explains how political lyrics slipped in (he sometimes writes dummy lyrics while listening to …
Read More »Dolly Parton, Galantis Host Bus Dance Party in 'Faith' Video
Dolly Parton joins Mr. Probz on Galantis‘ uplifting new song “Faith.” This is Parton’s first foray into EDM; the song will be featured on Galantis’ upcoming third album Church. “Faith” is a reworking of John Hiatt’s 1987 single “Have A Little Faith in Me.” Parton appears as the driver on …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, James Taylor Top Sting's Rainforest Benefit Concert
Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor and John Mellencamp will perform with Sting at the 30th annual Rainforest Fund benefit concert. Hosted by Robert Downey Jr., the event is set to take place at New York’s Beacon Theatre on December 9th. Named “We’ll Be Together” after a 1987 Sting single, the lineup …
Read More »Kanye West, a Punctual Man Who Never Misses Release Dates, Announces Christmas Album
Watch The Throne 2. Yeezus 2. Good Ass Job. Yandhi. Cruel Winter. Turbo Grafx 16. Child Rebel Soldier. That unnamed, but rumored Kanye West and Drake collaborative album. There’s a vast and tangled graveyard of all the announced, scrapped, and retooled Kanye projects that will never see the light of …
Read More »Yungblud, Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons Perform 'Original Me' on 'Colbert'
Yungblud and Dan Reynolds (frontman of Imagine Dragons) gave a bombshell performance of their new song “Original Me” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Tuesday night. The track comes from Yungblud’sUnderrated Youth EP, out now. TheColbert performance incorporates a rusty metallic car into the set, with the ever-boisterous Yungblud …
Read More »Yo Gotti Enlists Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Uzi Vert on 'Pose' Remix
Friday Yo Gotti dropped a remix of his latest single “Pose,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert and a new verse by Megan Thee Stallion, who had teased the release yesterday on her Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3utsfblDYG/ Megan’s verse isn’t very long, but she does make a very good case for…well, herself: “Need a …
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