Twenty years ago this month, *NSYNC released their history-making second album No Strings Attached. On its cover Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick and Lance Bass appeared as five puppets on strings, but at the time, the group was at the peak of its cultural control. They shifted 2.4 million copies of the […]
As if RosalĂaâs music didnât already have us longing for a life weâve never known, her new song âDolermeâ does not help. Dropping right as people settle into their social distancing, the love song about a fiery on-again, off-again relationship is not helping this whole âisolatedâ thing. If youâre lucky enough to have a quaran-crush, […]
Lady Gaga has taught the girls and the gays patience over the past few months, as sheâs teased new music details and held off on releasing new single âStupid Loveâ even after it leaked. So now, after postponing her upcoming Chromatica Ball tour due to the coronavirus pandemic, sheâs putting the brakes on her long-awaited […]
Itâs not simple to say ⊠how much time weâve spent watching covers of Sara Bareillesâs 11 oâclock number âShe Used to Be Mineâ from the musical Waitress. Itâs at once heart-breaking and uplifting â the perfect song to listen to 15 times in a row until the well of emotions within you has finally […]
Long live rock, literally. This yearâs Rock and Roll and Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which had previously been indefinitely postponed from May 2 due to the global coronavirus pandemic, has been rescheduled for Saturday, November 7. Hooray! Now go forth and take advantage of those airline no-fee flight changes before everyone else does. The […]
When Eurovision announced its cancellation last week, we mourned our lost chance to ever hear main-stage performances of such future hits as âThink About Things (DaĂ°i og GagnamagniĂ°)â by DaĂ°i Freyr (of Iceland) and âSUPERG!RLâ by Stefania (of Greece). The BBC wonât be leaving Brits high and dry, though, planning a one-night Eurovision-related program, Eurovision: […]
Oh, if you thought NPRâs Tiny Desk Concerts were stripped down before, welcome to Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts. Doing their part to stop the spread of the coronavirus, NPR is âtaking a break from filming at the office,â per the show notes. That means no crowd of NPR employees, no messy bookshelves, and no skinny, […]
At this rate, weâll be uploading this feud into our cyborg grandchildrenâs brains. But you? Youâll have to just read it. Earlier today, Taylor Swift proudly declared herself completely vindicated by a recently leaked extended video of her infamous 2016 phone call with Kanye West over the content of his song âFamous.â Now, Kim Kardashian […]
At least The Weeknd gives his co-star Zaina Miuccia a headstart in his new gruesome âIn Your Eyesâ music video, the latest visual off his recently released album After Hours. In director Anton Tammiâs stylish horror homage, released Monday, the singer plays a serial killer version of himself who falls head over heels for a […]
Everyone has a lot on their plates right now, considering thereâs a global pandemic bringing the world economy to its knees, and Taylor Swift knows that. Which is exactly why she isnât going to take the time to comment on the full leaked audio of her infamous call with Kanye West in 2016 that lead […]
Itâs easy to forget sometimes, after four decades of hits on the country charts and a dozen roles in TV westerns, that there was once a time when Kenny Rogers, who died Friday at age 81, was seen as an unusual prospect around Nashville. The Texas performer came to country the long way, after years […]
As COVID-19 continues to remind certain celebrities that they are, in fact, human, Madonna is the latest entertainer to turn her Instagram into a venting space. The icon is keeping a self-isolation video diary now, where you can hear her list her favorite artists, watch her talk in the tub about how coronavirus is the […]
R. Kelly is doing his best to practice âsocial distancingâ at Chicagoâs federal jail to avoid coronavirus, the same way people outside of jail are taking precautions to stop this deadly viral outbreak, his lawyer told Vulture. âI think itâs fair to say that heâs trying to follow the same advice as the rest of […]
In times of distress, itâs important to reflect on the things you care about and to let people know you care. At least that seems to be Stevie Nicksâs approach to the ongoing global pandemic. The Fleetwood Mac singer let everyone know she was staying indoors Twitter March 23 and shared her secret for coping: […]
As events get canceled and postponed right and left, Dua Lipa saw an opening and she took it. The performer, whose song âDonât Start Nowâ has already become the perfect social distancing anthem (âDonât show up, donât come outâ is the best advice for These Times), will now release Future Nostalgia a week earlier, on […]
Out of all of the events canceled due to our current situation, Eurovision might be the saddest one. (Yes, Iâm including Coachella, Vanessa Hudgens.) The yearly âEuropeanâ (plus Israel, Australia, and a few other exceptions that we wonât get into right now) song contest is a joy to many and practically unheard of in the […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine, real name Daniel Hernandez, has only a few months left to serve after snitching on the Nine Trey Gangster Bloods, but he and his lawyer are concerned he wonât make it that far. Citing a confirmed case of the coronavirus at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, 6ix9ineâs lawyer, Lance Lazzaro, wrote a letter […]
If you missed DJ D-Niceâs ten-hour DJ set on Instagram Live yesterday, donât worry. Heâs back at it again right now. By âright now,â we mean during the publishing of this article, of course, but based on his recent posts, D-Nice, real name Derrick Jones, started spinning last week and plans to keep the #ClubQuarantine […]
View this post on Instagram See it to believe it A post shared by Rita Wilson (@ritawilson) on Mar 21, 2020 at 11:31pm PDT Well, we finally have a reasonable explanation for Chet. A âstir crazyâ Rita Wilson has posted a coronavirus update after several days of social media silence, teasing that we have to […]
If weâre all going to keep consuming celebrity coronavirus content (and clearly we all are, because we work here and youâre reading this!), the least the celebs can do is cut the sentimentality and give us a peep into their own stir-crazy quarantine minds. Itâs no surprise, then, that no one can deliver social distancing-induced […]
Legendary country-music singer Kenny Rogers has died at the age of 81. Rogersâs family announced his death on social media, stating that he âpassed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice.â A six-time Country Music Award winner and three-time Grammy Award winner, Rogersâs prolific career in country music spanned six […]
Some feuds were built to stand the test of time. David and Goliath. Oli de Havilland and Joan Fontaine. And, obviously, Kanye West and Taylor Swift. In news that feels like it belongs in 2015, more footage of the infamous phone call between West and Swift has apparently leaked on YouTube. According to The Independent, […]
Prior to getting heckled by J Balvin about the questionable aesthetic state of his âtreehouse roomâ (âare you for real? are you upset?â), Jimmy Fallon continued his at-home edition shows in a tent he built for his two daughters, Franny and Winnie. (No, this isnât an Ivanka tent. The Fallons have a very lovely country […]
If youâre a masochist whoâs been wearing out R.E.M.âs âThe End of the World,â do we have a treat for you. Because we, too, are masochists here at Vulture, we compiled some more songs about the end of the world. Maybe you knew some of them were about that all along, or maybe this is […]
After giving us a self-isolation anthem by turning her hit song âLeave (Get Out)â into a PSA about the need to stay inside as American fights to mitigate the coronavirus, Jojo has continued to make her Instagram page a hub for live music in this time of crisis. (Instead of a Tiny Desk Concert, think […]
Now more than ever did we need an isolation album from Abel Tesfaye. The Weekndâs new fourth studio album, After Hours, which went ahead with its ill-timed March 20 release in the middle of a pandemic, is appeasing sometimes, but itâs not the mood weâre currently craving. Where are the haunting singles weâre compelled to […]
The coronavirus pandemic has put indie musicians in a tougher spot than most have ever been in before, with no ability to tour traditionally â and, therefore, sell more merch in person â due to social distancing measures and bans on large gatherings. Itâs also given fans a conundrum: Whatâs the best way to support […]
Not even a quarantine can keep Kelly Clarkson down. The singer and TV host â who, donât you worry, is safe in her cabin in the middle of Montana â posted an a cappella cover of Mariah Careyâs âVanishingâ to Instagram, because the Kellyoke must go on! After a contestant performed the song on The […]
In normal, not panic-inducing, world-sinking news (unless youâre Bella Hadid), the Weeknd is back with a brand new album. Amid government orders to stay indoors, the Weeknd reminds you just how fun partying is ⊠most of the time. The music video for After Hours single âBlinding Lightsâ follows the singer through a rough night […]
In these trying times, as we all turn to Cats for distraction, Andrew Lloyd Webber has popped up to do a little piano serenade on Twitter. Like many artists, and especially since his Cinderella musical has been pushed back, Webber is sitting at home in self-isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. So, like the social-media influencers […]