Who else other than Khalid to musically usher in the post-pandemic age, or as he calls it, the “new normal”? The 23-year-old has been reflecting on growing up in modern times since 2017’s “Young Dumb & Broke” and continues doing so on his new track “New Normal” — the first single off his upcoming third […]

“Racist, Sexist Boy” rockers The Linda Lindas followed up their viral hit Wednesday (July 21) with the release of “Oh!,” with a colorful music video to match. Written socially distanced and outdoors during the pandemic, the new track “deals with trying to help out someone and having it blow up in your face,” says the young band, whose members include Bela Salazar (16), Eloise Wong (13), Lucia

Six months without work during the pandemic could have marked a major loss for Stargate; instead, the Norwegian producers spent their downtime developing a full-time music program. The pandemic-enforced lockdown not only reminded the duo — consisting of Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen — about the importance of meaningful collaboration in music creation,

After Jeff Bezos blasted off to space on Tuesday, Dionne Warwick put the billionaire on blast for thanking his Amazon employees and customers for paying for his flight. The tech giant and richest person in the world, who stepped down from his role as CEO of Amazon after 25 years and transitioned into the executive chair position, went

Biz Markie, the charismatic, Harlem-born rapper best known for his Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit, “Just A Friend,” passed away at age 57 last week (July 16). In his honor, singer, friend and collaborator Mario reflects on his relationship with Markie, which began with the R&B singer’s hit 2002 interpolation of Markie’s “Just A Friend” —

As CNCO fans processed the news that Joel Pimentel was leaving the boy band back in May, the remaining members – Christopher Velez, Erick Brian Colon, Richard Camacho and Zabdiel de Jesus – were already working on new music at Wisin’s La Base record label in Puerto Rico. It was their first time in a

As BTS’ new single “Permission to Dance” soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the South Korean superstars’ previous release “Butter” holds atop Billboard’s Songs of the Summer chart (dated July 24). Such a double coronation is rare: No act had led the Hot 100 and Songs of the Summer surveys with

The July 19 shuttering of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of Cinderella just hours ahead of its world premiere in London is the latest major setback to that city’s once-thriving theater industry, decimated by the pandemic. A strict government contact-tracing program has led to a string of high-profile show closings, The Prince of Egypt and Hairspray among them. Closely watching the fallout unfolding across

Ever since the beginning of his career in the late 1990s, Romeo Santos has been enticing audiences with his romantic and sultry lyrics. As the former frontman of bachata supergroup Aventura, Santos was the voice of timeless songs such as “Obsession,” “Mi Corazoncito,” and “Un Beso.” In 2011, he kicked off his solo career and

TRAKGIRL has produced and written for Vic Mensa, Jhene Aiko and Dawn Richard, among others — and her manifestation board has even higher goals, from having a Barbie made in her likeness to seeing a woman finally take home the Grammy for producer of the year. “We’re trying to do things that are ‘impossible,’ because it’s all