Tuelo, courtesy. Tuelo didn’t imagine she’d have to travel to many countries—or take as long as she did—to make her first album, The Life of Margaret Cornelius. The singer-songwriter, originally from South Africa, began writing and recording while living in New York City, but soon after found herself back…

When Lil Nas X released Old Town Road in 2018, country music didn’t know what to do. Billboard’s country charts decided the song wasn’t country enough to be considered for the charts, so Nas went back and remixed it with Billy Ray Cyrus and we know what happened next.…

Bastille seems to have given up on everything; in the present at least. There’s no explanation needed. Instead, Dan Smith and company have started visualizing the future. Fractured lighting, trippy visuals and A.I. are just a few of the images conjured while listening to fourth album Give Me The Future.…

What happens when you’re tortured for what feels like an eternity? What if you’re forced to deal with fame, love and lapses in creativity, all on top of the constant emergence of COVID variants and political turmoil? You learn to roll with the punches, around each lap of an…

When Years & Years released their last album, Palo Santo, nearly four years ago, they were a trio. In the subsequent years, the group went through various changes resulting in a new version of Years & Years for third album Night Call. It’s now just lead singer Olly Alexander, exerting…

“Hey, I made you a mixtape,” FKA twigs whispers in the opening interlude to her new mixtape over a very distorted background voice. “Because when I feel you, I feel me/ And when I feel me/ It feels good.” With the click of a tape, the track then morphs…

Though 2022 may not have started as calmly as we all had hoped with the new COVID Omicron surge, politics and hospitalizations do seem to be slightly more under control than 12 months ago. With winter in full swing and Christmas music making its way down the charts, it’s…

Though she may not be the biggest artist on Billboard’s charts in 2021, there’s no denying that at 40, Alicia Keys is widely regarded as one of the 21st century’s most successful pop acts and a musical prodigy. With her eighth album, Keys—following just a year after part one…

The beauty of pop is how expansive and malleable it can sound. The music and lyrics can be pushed in various directions, emulating instruments and writing styles from endless other genres, but then falling back toward a sound that’s accessible and enjoyable for most. That’s exactly what LP executes…

Whether you’re someone who has been anxiously anticipating the return of Adele after a six-year break, or if you’re simply aware of her return due to one of the most polished and far-reaching promotional campaigns across magazine covers, TV specials and historic landmarks across the globe, there’s no escaping…