The Weeknd has put up $7 million (£5.1 million) of his own money for his Super Bowl halftime show performance next week, his manager has revealed. The Canadian artist, AKA Abel Tesfaye, is this year’s guest performer during the much-hyped halftime show, which will...
As much as Phoebe Bridgers’s brand is being sad online, two of her biggest songs delve directly into the red, venting anger and frustration. On 2017’s “Motion Sickness,” a track that helped establish her as a foremost singer-songwriter who can wring your heart with...
Paul McCartney photobombed a TikTok user who failed to clock her close encounter with the rock icon until she returned home. Taking to the social media platform this week, Mae Archie shared a Queen-soundtracked clip in which she looked back at images she had...
Fontaines D.C. performed ‘A Hero’s Death’ in an Irish pub in London for their remote guest appearance on The Tonight Show last night (January 28) – check out their performance below. The Dublin band, who previously guested on the Jimmy Fallon-hosted late-night series in...
I keeping saying this, but 2021 really is shaping up to be a good year for new music. Lots to enjoy here – and plenty of variety too, including the first fruits of the Jakob Bro/Arve Henriksen/Jorge Rossy collaboration, the soulful return of Valerie...
The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This...
Hayley Williams has ‘leaked’ a new song called ‘My Limb’ by hand-delivering a CD to a fan’s house. Check it out below. The Paramore frontwoman, who released her debut solo album ‘Petals For Armor’ last year, turned up at Carly Butler’s door this week...
McFly drummer Harry Judd has recalled in a new interview with NME a particularly frightening drive he took with Harry Styles in LA some years ago. Judd was speaking along with his McFly bandmates for the latest edition of Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill...
Grimes has taken to a YouTube livestream Q&A to give an update on her new album, tease a project with Caroline Polachek and more. The fan Q&A took place to promote Grimes’ collaboration with tech company Endel, where she produced an ‘AI Lullaby’ using...
Madlib has discussed the death of collaborator MF DOOM in a new interview, following the rapper’s passing in October of last year. The producer, who teamed up with DOOM as Madvillain on 2004’s critically acclaimed collaborative project ‘Madvillainy’, told NPR that he learned of...