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Three months after dropping the pop-punk stunner “Good 4 U,” Olivia Rodrigo has given Paramore‘s Hayley Williams and ex-guitarist Josh Farro co-writing credits to the Sour track. Although Williams and Farro were not initially credited upon the single’s release in May, comparisons were immediately drawn to their 2007 hit “Misery …

The House select committee investigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol will seek electronic communications records of several hundred people, including members of Congress, according to the committee chair Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.). According to CNN, which was first to report on the committee’s planning, the notices to …

“It is not a TV show. It’s a movie. It’s going to be on a TV channel, but it’s not a TV show.” This is Sopranos creator David Chase, summing up why he was so excited to make The Many Saints of Newark, a Sopranos prequel film that will be …

DJ and producer Squeak, a member of Chicago’s Pivot Gang alongside rapper Saba, was shot and killed in Chicago Monday, according to a representative from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. The 26-year-old — born Javunte Wheeler — leaves behind a devastated community of artists, friends, and family, including a …

I can’t say I envy the task of trying to bring Aretha Franklin — one of the most enduring artists of the 20th century (and beyond), with a voice so singular that most other singers have been wise enough to spare her the flattery of genuine imitation — to the …

Lil Nas X breaks out of jail in the video for his new song “Industry Baby” featuring Jack Harlow. The track was co-produced by Take a Daytrip and Kanye West. In the Christian Breslauer-directed clip written by Lil Nas X, the rapper is sentenced to five years in Montero State …

The Cosby Show actress Phylicia Rashad issued an apology to Howard University — where she serves as dean of the fine arts program — Friday following her tweet celebrating the release of her former co-star Bill Cosby. After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled to vacate the 2018 sexual assault conviction …

Jon Hassell, the avant-garde composer and trumpet player who collaborated with artists like Talking Heads, Brian Eno and Ry Cooder in addition to his explorations into “Fourth World” music, died Saturday at the age of 84. “After a little more than a year of fighting through health complications, Jon died …

Mark Ronson digs into the process and evolution of sound creation in the new trailer for his upcoming docuseries, Watch the Sound, premiering July 30th on Apple TV+. Ronson sets the stage for the show in the opening moments of the clip, saying, “I’ve always been obsessed with how things …

In the early Eighties, Cyndi Lauper was on her own. Her band Blue Angel had just split up and she was working on her solo debut, an idea she had rebuffed in years prior. By 1983, she was signed to a major label and began working on what would become …