On the morning of September 29th, six weeks before the 2016 election, Donald Trump was in a conference room at Trump Tower in New York talking to leaders of the religious right about sex-reassignment surgery. In a way, he was bringing about his own transformation. Having quashed the idea that …

There are no trilled notes, no stirring group musical numbers, no talk of castles on clouds in French-Malian director Ladj Ly’s directorial debut. You will hear, however, the songs of angry men, expressed in a way that drives home the point of their rage and rancor. It is not a …

Many people have accused Gen Z of being self-obsessed and politically disengaged, even as they prove, time and again, that this is far from the case. (Hence, the now-ubiquitous “OK boomer” meme.) The most recent example is Feroza Aziz, a 17-year-old girl from the U.S. who — in what she …

Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes linked up for a romantic, intimate duet of their collaborative single “Señorita” at the 2019 American Music Awards on Sunday. The duo opened on opposite ends of the stage, with Cabello twirling and staring into the camera as Mendes plucked an acoustic guitar. The intensity …

For the past seven years, Robert Earl Keen has been forging a new holiday tradition with a run of irreverently themed Christmas shows. On December 2nd, the Texas singer and songwriter will kick off his eighth year of concerts with a gig in Greenville, South Carolina. As on tours of …

Scooter Braun has kept silent about a dispute with Taylor Swift following his Ithaca Holdings company acquiring her former label, Big Machine Label Group, over the summer. On Thursday, he addressed the issue without naming the pop star during a Q&A with Shirley Halperin, Variety‘s executive editor of music, at …

For years now, Russia has sought to frame Ukraine for its own actions interfering with the 2016 presidential election, the New York Times reported, citing three American officials. And, despite being briefed on Russia’s efforts, some in Congress are pushing these conspiracy theories, as seen in Republicans’ questions and speeches …

Kesha has dropped a quirky video for her celebratory new song “My Own Dance,” the latest single off the singer’s upcoming album High Road. “My Own Dance,” Kesha’s follow-up to lead single “Raising Hell” with Big Freedia, was co-written by the singer alongside Justin Tranter, John Hill and Imagine Dragons’ …

Coldplay have released two new songs from their upcoming double albumEveryday Life. One song, “Daddy,” is accompanied by an animated music video from Aardman Studios directed by Åsa Lucander, while the other, “Champion of the World,” comes with a stylized lyric video. The “Daddy” clip was created through a combination …

Dan Bejar of Destroyer calls his upcoming album, Have We Met, a Y2K album. “The songs do seem to point at a very modern dread — one that heightens the more you consider it,” the band said in a statement, a sentiment that could easily apply to any Destroyer record. …