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Maisie Peters Wants You To Know What She’s Thinking

By Gabriel Aikins It takes a special collection of qualities for an artist to amass their stans. The music obviously has to be great, but it requires more: a business mind able to navigate the industry, a voice and the knowledge of how to use it, and perhaps most importantly, a willingness to give generously from their own life and experiences. Maisie Peters, the 21-year old British songwriter who has already captured the attention of both adoring fans and icons like Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, checks all those boxes. As she nears the release of her debut album You...
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Grab The Tissues: Kacey Musgraves Will Perform ‘Star-Crossed’ At The VMAs

The wait is over. Kacey Musgraves is officially making her MTV VMAs debut. At the show, set to air live from Barclays Center on September 12, the country-pop diva will unveil the world-premiere performance of her new song “Star-Crossed,” a sweltering heartbreaker released earlier this week. If you can’t wait that long, you’re in luck: The video for Musgraves’s newest single “Justified” is set to debut on MTV and CMT tonight (August 26) at 9 p.m. PT/12 a.m. ET and will air across MTV, MTV Live, MTVU, CMT, and CMT Music as well as on the ViacomCBS billboard in...
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‘Power Bottom Rapper’ Lil Nas X Announces Montero Release Date

On Wednesday (August 25), Lil Nas X dropped a trailer for his highly anticipated debut album Montero, which will be out September 17. The trailer, which immediately follows the events of his visual for “Industry Baby,” begins with a Montero News Network (MNN) broadcast of a news anchor, played by Lil Nas X himself. “Breaking news! Power bottom ‘rapper’ Lil Nas X and his Caucasian friend led a prison escape this morning,” he reports. “This comes just months after the talentless homosexual was sentenced to five years in prison. Investigators say that anybody that comes into contact with the...
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Jay B Reinvents Himself With Somo:Fume: ‘There Are No Rules’

By Sarina Bhutani As Jay B settles into a late-night Zoom call from a conference room in Seoul, he is stoic as ever — the epitome of Capricorn energy. However, just ahead of the release of his first solo venture, the K-R&B star is facing a mix of emotions. Regardless of the massive success of debut solo single “Switch It Up,” which has topped the charts in 44 countries since its release in May, Jay B has not yet felt relief. “The feeling of success hasn’t marinated fully in me yet,” he tells MTV News. “The nervousness is still...
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Patti Smith covers Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder on new EP ‘Live at Electric Lady’

Patti Smith has shared a seven-track EP entitled ‘Live at Electric Lady’, created in partnership with Spotify. The EP, released today (August 26), is – as its title would suggest – a collection of live performances recorded by Smith and her band at New York City’s Electric Lady Studios. It marks her first release of new recordings since her 2012 album ‘Banga’, as well as her first EP since 1978’s ‘Set Free’. Listen to ‘Live at Electric Lady’ below: Advertisement The EP features five new performances of Smith’s songs, as well as two previously-unreleased covers: One of Bob Dylan‘s...
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BLACKPINK’s Lisa unveils title and release date of solo debut album

Lisa of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has finally revealed the release date of much-anticipated upcoming solo debut. READ MORE: ‘BLACKPINK: The Movie’ review: a reminder of the joy of live music with the world’s biggest girl group Yesterday (August 25), the Thailand-born K-pop star shared a brand-new teaser for her forthcoming release on her personal Instagram account, as well as BLACKPINK’s social media channels. According to the image, the singer-rapper’s upcoming single album will be titled ‘Lalisa’, after the idol’s full name, Lalisa Manoban. The project is due out on September 10 at 1pm KST. Advertisement However, other details...
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King Krule announces new live album ‘You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down’

King Krule has announced a new live album, ‘You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down’. Set for release on September 10 via XL Recordings, the album features 17 songs that span the London artist’s discography. READ MORE: King Krule – ‘Man Alive!’ review: the Krulean gloom lifts to reveal a more optimistic worldview In a cryptic statement accompanying the release, King Krule said: “Once spilt into the cheap 4-tracks and pirate software, now collosos energy redeemed into small diaphragms. Sat on toilets imagining the moment other animals would sing the very vibrations back to them. Climbing a ladder...
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CHVRCHES return to ‘The Tonight Show’ for ‘Good Girls’ performance

CHVRCHES were the musical guest on the most recent episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing latest single ‘Good Girls’. READ MORE: Chvrches: “Are the machines evil, or are we?” The performance, which aired last night, begins with with a tracking shot of the horizon before honing in on a small television. Vocalist Lauren Mayberry can be seen on the screen, before appearing in-person and moving to a new location in front of the rest of the band to complete the performance. Watch the performance below: Advertisement The performance marked the fourth time CHVRCHES have appeared on The...
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Gene Simmons has apologised for comparing David Lee Roth to “a bloated, naked Elvis”

Gene Simmons has publicly apologised after David Lee Roth took offence to comments Simmons made about the Van Halen frontman in a recent interview. Last year, Roth opened for KISS on their ‘End of the Road’ farewell tour before it was called off due to the pandemic. When the tour recommenced earlier this month, Roth was not present, and Simmons went on to confirm he was no longer on support duties in an interview with Rolling Stone. “It bears noting that during Dave’s heyday, nobody did what he did,” he said. He went on to add that Roth was...
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Bill Wyman pays tribute to Charlie Watts: “You were like a brother to me”

Bill Wyman has shared a heartfelt tribute to his former Rolling Stones bandmate Charlie Watts after the drummer died yesterday aged 80. READ MORE: Charlie Watts, 1941 – 2021: the ballast that kept The Rolling Stones tempered and on-track Wyman was the Stones’ bassist from their formation in 1962 up to his announced departure in 1993, although he had already quit the band after the 1989–90 ‘Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle’ tours. Watts’ London publicist Bernard Doherty confirmed the news of the drummer’s death in a statement provided to the PA news agency yesterday (August 24). Posting on Instagram, Wyman shared...
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