Month: June 2026

After teasing a studio collaboration together several months ago, Steve Lacy has finally shared the new song he recorded with SZA. “Is It Cool?” is a back-and-forth track between the two singers where they delve into their struggles with romance and tendencies to self-sabotage. Give it a listen below. SZA first spoke of the existence
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The Phoebe Bridgers news cycle continues apace. After yesterday’s announcement of Lost Weekend, her first solo album in six years, Bridgers has unveiled “Lost Boys,” its lead single and her first solo song in four. In the Lance Oppenheim and Pablo Rochat-directed music video, she plays an elf surrounded by knights in a Renaissance-style video
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A Jay-Z documentary series is coming to HBO in the fall. Jaÿ-Z in 8 follows a simple premise: eight episodes of conversation between the rapper and Rick Rubin, who also directed the series. “Without the pain you wouldn’t have done the work,” Rubin says in the new teaser trailer, to which Jay-Z responds: “So the
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FROM Season 4 packed a lot in, with multiple storylines that seem to be unfolding in their own unpredictable directions. Boyd is building toward the biggest plan anyone in the Township has ever attempted. Fatima is deteriorating into something Kristi couldn’t explain medically, and Henry was being quietly dismantled by Sophia’s blood one episode at
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During a recent press event announcing the new Rolling Stones album, Mick Jagger recounted the unexpected recruiting he did one day in the studio. “There’s this bloke standing there with his back to me with this long gown on,” Jagger said. “And when he turned around, he was covered in lipstick. And I said—I’d never
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Erykah Badu is going on tour in September. She’ll be joined by the Alchemist for the whole North American trek. Select shows will also feature De La Soul, Smino, and “additional special guests,” according to a press release. See Erykah Badu’s full itinerary below. Last year, Badu and the Alchemist teamed up for a joint
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Matthew is an LGBTQ+ contestant on The Traitors. (BBC) Matty appeared on the 2026 series of The Traitors (Image: BBC) Matthew “Matty” Hyndman has backed the Government’s draft Conversion Practices Bill, saying a ban on so-called conversion therapy in the UK would send a “clear signal” to LGBT+ people that they are “not broken”. Speaking
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Blondshell has a new album on the way. Produced by Yves Rothman, Sabrina Teitelbaum’s Violins is set for release on September 25, via Partisan, led today by the title track. In the Sabra Binder-directed video, below, Teitelbaum undergoes a tumultuous bonding experience with a melting ice sculpture of a fawn. Watch that below. The single
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Given the band’s short lifespan, the Joy Division nostalgia machine has churned out no shortage of live material. Never before, though, has so much of it been compiled in one place. Now, as the surviving band members prepare for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, Rhino has assembled Eternal(Live): a box set of 16
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The conversion therapy ban would bring heavy penalties for offenders (Image: Getty Images, stock) Penalties for those found to be carrying out conversion therapy include up to five years in prison and unlimited fines, in the UK Government’s draft bill to ban the practice. The new trans-inclusive bill would criminalise “abusive acts” aimed at changing
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A MAGA-supporting anti-LGBTQ+ pastor has been imprisoned for sex crimes against a minor (Getty Images, stock) A MAGA-supporting pastor who previously said that Pride flags and LGBTQ+-themed books harm children has been sentenced to prison for unlawful sexual contact with a minor. Thanks for registering! You can update your email subscriptions at any time in
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Tubi released a free merch drop for Pride month (Image: Instagram/spaceboycole/tubi) Tubi’s free Pride Month merchandise drop went viral after offering a strictly limited run of slogan T-shirts, a jockstrap and a bright yellow harness, with stock selling out within hours and then disappearing again in a second release. The collection was shared by designer
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