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Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Harry Styles beckons us to the dance floor on “Aperture,” the first single from his forthcoming…

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CANADA Nicolás Méndez’s introduction to Rosalia was kismet. The Spanish director was in Barcelona with producer Pablo Díaz Reixa, better known as El Guincho, who…

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Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Global Citizen Jorja Smith and her record label FAMM have entered a legal dispute with HAVEN. (producers Harrison Walker…

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