Drake released the third installment in his EP series, Scary Hours, on Friday, and left a surprise shout out on “Red Button” in ode to Taylor Swift. “Taylor Swift the only n–– that I ever rated/Only one that could make me drop the album just a little later” rapped the …
Read More »Watch Kelly Clarkson Perform Taylor Swift's 'Better Man (Taylor's Version)' (Kelly's Version)
Red (Taylor’s Version) arrived with a selection of new songs from the vault, including the country ballad “Better Man” — and on the latest episode of the Kelly Clarkson show, the host selected the track as the latest pick for her Kellyoke singing segment. Clarkson’s version of the record was …
Read More »Taylor Swift Merch Pulled From Virginia Democrats Site Over Trademark Concern
In campaign ads, Republican Glenn Youngkin boasts that he spent the last three decades “building business and creating jobs, leading a team of nearly 2,000 people who trusted me to get things done.” As co-CEO of the private equity firm the Carlyle Group, Youngkin was also party to one of …
Read More »RS Charts: Lil Nas X Rides 'Montero (Call Me By Your Name)' to Number One
Lil Nas X scored his second Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart with “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” earning more than 20,000 downloads and more than 24 million streams. “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” appeared earlier this year in a Super Bowl commercial. Its …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion, 'Folklore,' and 'Watermelon Sugar' See Big Post-Grammys Sales Boost
The March 14th Grammys telecast, which Rolling Stone declared the best Grammys ever, was full of show-stopping performances, surprising wins, and broken records. Many artists had huge nights, with Megan Thee Stallion taking home three awards (including Best New Artist), Taylor Swift breaking the record for the most Album of …
Read More »Taylor Swift Deepens Her Goth-Folk Vision on the Excellent 'Evermore'
So here we are again…again. And honestly, we should have seen this one coming. Of course, Taylor Swift, stuck in quarantine like the rest of us, decided to release a whole new collection of 17 songs as a sequel to her outstanding Folklore, unleashing it unto the world with as …
Read More »RS Charts: Bad Bunny's 'El Último Tour Del Mundo' Coasts to Number One
Bad Bunny owned the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, amassing more than 120 million streams on his surprise release, El Último Tour Del Mundo. The 16 song set, which includes features from Rosalía, Jhay Cortez, and Abra, marks Bad Bunny’s third full-length of the year. In addition to …
Read More »The Thanksgiving Miracle of Taylor Swift's Acoustic 'Folklore' Session
It’s Thanksgiving in America and where are we? Deep in the woods with Taylor Swift, in a secluded rustic cabin in upstate New York, strumming through her most personal and heartfelt and just-plain-superb album yet, Folklore. On Tuesday, Swift announced she had a November surprise up her sleeve: a live …
Read More »Music at Home: The Witching Hour
This week’s full moon in Pisces may have left you feeling a bit tender. But that’s all right: these songs are meant to revitalize, empower, and mobilize as you let go of the parts of your life that no longer serve you — or reaffirm those that do. From Stevie …
Read More »Who Is This Man and What Has He Done With Taylor Swift?
Taylor Swift’s gender-bending transformation in her self-directed “The Man” music video is still mind-boggling a week out from its release. Over the course of five hours each day on set, makeup artist Bill Corso and his team turned Swift into her finance bro alter-ego, but up until now, we’ve only …
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