These Black Artists Are Reclaiming Pop And Indie Music
Earlier this year, burgeoning British pop star Rachel Chinouriri shared a heartfelt and heartwrenching post with her followers on X. She’d just opened for Sabrina Carpenter’s European tour, meeting new fans and commanding arenas as if she were the headline act. Still, the Brit award nominee was met with a rude awakening once she started […]
Clipse Shares ‘Let God Sort Em Out’ Album Tracklist
The countdown to the Clipse comeback album, Let God Sort Em Out, continues, and the next nugget to be revealed from the long-awaited project is the tracklist. The Thornton boys shared the song titles and features on Spotify’s Countdown To, revealing that John Legend, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Tyler The Creator, and more will be featured […]
BTS Announce ‘Permission To Dance On Stage
Finally, after years, BTS members are wrapping up their mandatory South Korean military service. Furthermore, it has been reported that the group is eyeing a March 2026 comeback. None of that is officially set in stone yet, but what is confirmed is that BTS is about to release a new live album: Permission To Dance […]
The Weeknd Concert Review: SoFi Stadium
The Weeknd isn’t a streaming music star. Well, he is, often duking it out to be the top of the Spotify’s monthly play charts and holding both the most streamed song on the platform (“Blinding Lights” is about to cross 5 billion streams, with “Starboy” holding strong as the third-biggest song ever streamed). But to […]
The Best Vinyl Releases Of June 2025
Anybody who thought the vinyl resurgence was just a fad was mistaken: The industry has experienced a legitimate revival. As a result, music fans are interested in physical media in ways they may not have if the decades-old medium hasn’t made a comeback. That doesn’t mean everybody is listening to just their parents’ old music, […]
Lorde, Teddy Swims, & More
Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to slip through the cracks. Even following along with the Uproxx recommendations on a daily basis can be a lot to […]
Beyoncé’s Houston Show Has Scary Floating Car Malfunction
Beyoncé has earned a reputation for her supreme professionalism, but that doesn’t make her immune from rare performance mishaps — at least, not on her end. On her 2023 Renaissance Tour, she was saved from a potential wardrobe malfunction by her dancers, Les Twins. Meanwhile, her ongoing Cowboy Carter Tour had a mechanical malfunction on […]
Olivia Rodrigo’s Glastonbury 2025 Setlist
Olivia Rodrigo is maybe the most rock-forward pop star we have; She brought The Beeders on tour with her. So, when she brought out The Cure’s Robert Smith out at Glastonbury this past weekend, it wasn’t a huge surprise, but it was great. Introducing Smith, Rodrigo said, “I’m so wildly excited about this next guest, […]
Charli XCX Addresses ‘Boomer’ Criticism Of Glastonbury Set
Charli XCX was one of the big highlights of the Glastonbury festival this past weekend. Given that Charli is a major pop star and the world is how it is, though, she had faced some criticism for her performance, which doesn’t seem to be bringing her down. Yesterday (June 29), she tweeted, “really enjoying these […]
Cardi B’s Best Songs Since Her Debut Album
We’ve been waiting for so long and, finally, Cardi B has announced her upcoming second album, Am I The Drama?. This is the follow-up to her classic, Grammy-winning 2018 debut, Invasion Of Privacy. To say the pressure is on for Ms. Belcalis to evade the sophomore jinx can’t be stated loudly enough. Every song from […]