Uy Scuti”> Young Thug in 202. Photo via Rolling Loud / @jamesbaxter   This time a year ago, it seemed exceeding unlikely that Young Thug…

Not Beauty If there’s anyone who knows anything about perfect lips it’s SZA — and now she’s getting into the beauty game herself. The pop…

Little Brother. Photo by Antoine Lyers   Little Brother have been around for a minute. Phonte and Big Pooh (and producer 9th Wonder, who left…

Billie Eilish   Courtesy of Do LaB Of the many side stages that’s proliferated the grounds of Coachella over the years, the one that all…

Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “luther” is fairly inescapable. The song, which appeared out of nowhere along with the rest of Kendrick Lamar’s surprise album GNX,…

More Chaos’s “LiveLeak””> Ken Carson. Photo via publicist   Rap Blog is a weekly showcase of a standout rap song. Follow our playlists on Apple…

Soulja Boy. Maury Phillips/Getty Images for BET   A jury in Santa Monica, California, found Soulja Boy liable for sexual assault, abuse, and other damages,…

Photo by Marc Piasecki/WireImage Lorde has a new TikTok account. On that account, which appeared on Wednesday, April 9, with just 11.8K followers at press…

Stereolab. Photo by Joe Dilworth   Just in time for spring’s season of renewal, Stereolab have announced Instant Holograms On Metal Film, the first new…

Fancy That”> Kai Gillespie Two years after releasing her debut album, Heaven Knows, PinkPantheress is readying her next project. A sophomore mixtape named Fancy That…

Baby Boi is “done,” Swamp Izzo claims”> Playboi Carti. Photo by @samieedotcom for Rolling Loud   Last month, Playboi Carti released his long-awaited new album…

Revengeseekerz and more albums for New Music Friday”> Jane Remover. Photo by Brendon Burton.   Every Friday, The FADER’s writers dive into the most exciting…

Bridgerton meets the club”> Charlie Engham PinkPantheress has shared the first song from her next album. Written and produced by PinkPantheress, alongside aksel arvid and…

The Rehearsal”> Nathan Fielder in The Rehearsal. Photograph by John P. Johnson/HBO   The first season of Nathan Fielder’s HBO series The Rehearsal was a…

For Melancholy Brunettes (and sad women)”> Photo by Pak Bae Like with any great conceptual art, Japanese Breakfast’s ornate effort, For Melancholy Brunettes (and sad…

Wet Leg.   By Cady Siregar Toward the end of Wet Leg’s sweaty show at the 500-cap Market Hotel venue in Brooklyn on Monday night,…

YouTube Over three years ago, Miley Cyrus and Metallica teamed up to cover the band’s song “Nothing Else Matters” at the Howard Stern Show. It…

Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage/Getty Images It’s the age of the celebrity memoir and DJ, producer, and all-around musical genius Mark Ronson is next to release…

Glory and more albums for New Music Friday”> Perfume Genius. Photo by Cody Critcheloe   Every Friday, The FADER’s writers dive into the most exciting…

Antigone”> Eiko Ishibashi. Photo by Shuhei Kojima.   “Ashes fall in August / In October, the blood shines,” Eiko Ishibashi sings in Japanese near the…

Young Thug. Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images.   Young Thug has announced his first USA show since his release from prison: June 22 at Summer…

One of the most disheartening controversies of 2024 came in August when Chappell Roan forcefully – and completely understandably – spoke out against fans who…