Olivia Rodrigo Announces The ‘Guts World Tour Book’
Olivia Rodrigo’s recently concluded Guts World Tour was a big one. Running from February 2024 to July 2025, it saw her perform for over 1.6 million fans across 100 headline shows in 64 cities, including 18 festivals. Rodrigo is now memorializing the experience in her new Guts World Tour Book. Announcing the book on social […]
Outside Lands 2025 Review: Just Keeps Getting Better
I saw Jack Johnson in the crowd at Outside Lands on Saturday night. It was just before Aussie rockers Royel Otis jumped into their bombastic, viral hit, “Oysters In My Pocket,” a total highlight moment of the festival. The familiar San Francisco fog was sitting atop the cypress tree canopies the way it always does […]
Sudan Archives ‘Ms. Pac Man’ Video: Powered Up
Sudan Archives continues the rollout for her upcoming album The BPM with a Y2K-influenced video for its new single, “Ms. Pac Man.” The Midwestern genre bender promised more straight-up rapping on her next album when she announced it, and “Ms. Pac Man” delivers. Sudan turns the titular game’s primary mechanic into a triple entendre, both […]
Tyler, The Creator Shares The ‘Sugar On My Tongue’ Video
Tyler, The Creator has been known for putting out some imaginative visuals for his songs and albums, but rarely has one been so unabashedly horny as the video for “Sugar On My Tongue.” Taking inspiration from rave culture, BDSM, and the bathroom from The Substance, it’s a wild ride that really leans into the yearning […]
Kaytranada’s Punchy ‘Space Invader’ Is A Throwback Dance Jam
Kaytranada announced his new album, Ain’t No Damn Way!, yesterday, and today, fans woke up to its first single. “Space Invader” is a punchy, throwback dance jam owing much of its sonic imprint to the freestyle bops of the 1980s (think Kendrick Lamar’s “Squabble Up” sample of Debbie Deb’s “When I Hear Music”). An insistent […]
Raekwon & Mobb Deep Announce 30th Anniversary Tour Dates
30 years ago, two of hip-hop’s most pivotal albums came out and made stars of New York-based rap acts Raekwon The Chef and Mobb Deep. And now, Raekwon and surviving Mobb Deep member Havoc have announced a joint tour to celebrate their classic 1995 albums’ 30-year anniversaries. Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx was the […]
Kaytranada Announces ‘Ain’t No Damn Way!’ Album Release Date
Kaytranada is a little over a year removed from his last album, 2024’s Timeless, but has apparently been hard at work on his next one. And just as he did with his last one, he’s announced the new one just days before its release. Ain’t No Damn Way! will come out on Friday, August 15, […]
Leon Thomas’ ‘Mutt’ Tiny Desk Concert Version Now Streaming
Leon Thomas’ hit single “Mutt” isn’t going away anytime soon. After inspiring his breakout 2024 album of the same name, “Mutt” brought the former Disney star his first live television performance and a standout NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert. Now, Thomas has released the live version of the song from that performance as a standalone […]
Cardi B Teases Her New Single ‘Imaginary Players’
Cardi B’s second album, Am I The Drama? is just about a month away from release after over a half-decade of waiting, and now, Cardi’s teasing its next single, “Imaginary Players.” While we still don’t know what the single will sound like, Cardi posted its release date and pre-save link on Instagram, writing in the […]
Gunna Leads A Luxury Caravan
With the lyrics of Gunna‘s The Last Wun track “Just Say Dat” focusing on “the driver that go with the Maybach,” it’s only right that the song’s new music video features a small fleet of the luxury cars rolling through his old neighborhood in Atlanta. The video opens with comedians Desi Banks and Reggie Conquest […]