It’s not simple to say … how much time we’ve spent watching covers of Sara Bareilles’s 11 o’clock number “She Used to Be Mine” from the musical Waitress. It’s at once heart-breaking and uplifting — 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 year’s 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 “Think About Things (Daði og Gagnamagnið)” by Daði Freyr (of Iceland) and “SUPERG!RL” by Stefania (of Greece). The BBC won’t be leaving Brits high and dry, though, planning a one-night Eurovision-related program, Eurovision: […]
Oh, if you thought NPR’s 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 “taking a break from filming at the office,” per the show notes. That means no crowd of NPR employees, no messy bookshelves, and no skinny, […]
At this rate, we’ll be uploading this feud into our cyborg grandchildren’s brains. But you? You’ll 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 “Famous.” Now, Kim Kardashian […]
At least The Weeknd gives his co-star Zaina Miuccia a headstart in his new gruesome “In Your Eyes” music video, the latest visual off his recently released album After Hours. In director Anton Tammi’s 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 there’s a global pandemic bringing the world economy to its knees, and Taylor Swift knows that. Which is exactly why she isn’t going to take the time to comment on the full leaked audio of her infamous call with Kanye West in 2016 that lead […]
It’s 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 “social distancing” at Chicago’s 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. “I think it’s fair to say that he’s trying to follow the same advice as the rest of […]
In times of distress, it’s important to reflect on the things you care about and to let people know you care. At least that seems to be Stevie Nicks’s 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: […]
Out of all of the events canceled due to our current situation, Eurovision might be the saddest one. (Yes, I’m including Coachella, Vanessa Hudgens.) The yearly “European” (plus Israel, Australia, and a few other exceptions that we won’t 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 won’t make it that far. Citing a confirmed case of the coronavirus at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, 6ix9ine’s lawyer, Lance Lazzaro, wrote a letter […]
If you missed DJ D-Nice’s ten-hour DJ set on Instagram Live yesterday, don’t worry. He’s back at it again right now. By ‘right now,’ 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 “stir crazy” Rita Wilson has posted a coronavirus update after several days of social media silence, teasing that we have to […]
Legendary country-music singer Kenny Rogers has died at the age of 81. Rogers’s family announced his death on social media, stating that he “passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice.” A six-time Country Music Award winner and three-time Grammy Award winner, Rogers’s 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 “treehouse room” (“are you for real? are you upset?”), Jimmy Fallon continued his at-home edition shows in a tent he built for his two daughters, Franny and Winnie. (No, this isn’t an Ivanka tent. The Fallons have a very lovely country […]
The coronavirus pandemic has put indie musicians in a tougher spot than most have ever been in before, with no ability to tour traditionally — and, therefore, sell more merch in person — due to social distancing measures and bans on large gatherings. It’s also given fans a conundrum: What’s the best way to support […]
In normal, not panic-inducing, world-sinking news (unless you’re 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 “Blinding Lights” 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 […]
I used to spend a lot of time inside as a kid, reading, writing, watching television, and nerding out over video games and comic books and whatnot. So, “social distancing” feels like my default form. Left to my own devices, I fill my nights to the brim with indoor entertainment and activities. I don’t know […]
Thank goodness a gathering of four people is still okay in these times, because Hayley Williams just dropped her new song featuring the three members of boygenius. “Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris” is Williams’s latest offering to precede her first solo album, Petals for Armor. The former Paramore singer was supposed to release a second EP-sized chunk of the […]
As you’ve likely heard by now, Shakespeare wrote King Lear while quarantining during the bubonic plague. In this connected digital age, our wave of COVID-19 quarantine art has already begun, with Cardi B leading the pack. It all began with a little PSA on the rapper’s Instagram last week, in which she yells about the […]
Lana Del Rey and her cop boyfriend Sean “Sticks” Larkin are officially no more. The Live PD star confirmed in a New York Times profile (what a cursed phrase that is) that he broke up with the singer-songwriter, after they started spending time together late last summer. “Right now, we’re just friends,” he told the […]
I’m never sure what day it is. I’m doing face masks at all hours of the day. I haven’t been to Manhattan in weeks: My name is Hunter Yvonne Harris, and this is my life under quarantine. The only thing I’m doing right now is listening to music and watching movies, in between writing, and […]
View this post on Instagram We are in this together, we will get through it together. Let’s imagine together. Sing with us ❤ All love to you, from me and my dear friends. #WeAreOne ……. #KristenWiig #JamieDornan @labrinth @james_marsden @sarahkatesilverman @eddiebenjamin @jimmyfallon @natalieportman @zoeisabellakravitz @siamusic @reallyndacarter @amyadams @leslieodomjr @pascalispunk @chrisodowd @hotpatooties #WillFerrell @markruffalo @norahjones @ashleybenson […]
It’s a comfort to know that back when you and all your pimple-faced friends were figuring out whether you liked birds or bees (or both or neither), so were Disney Channel teen pop sensations Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato (whose answers are obviously all of the above). The two singers reminisced on their days back […]
If all the music festivals happen in the fall this year, does this mean leaf crowns are the new flower crowns? These are the kinds of questions we’re forced to ask now that the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has turned spring and summer into a staycation. First, Coachella and Glastonbury, and now Bonnaroo has been postponed “for […]
There are so few things that bring us together on a global scale, and coronavirus is determined to be the last one standing. For the first time in the competition’s history, the Eurovision Song Contest is canceled, according to the European Broadcasting Union. The singing competition was originally meant to take place May 12 through […]