Phoebe Bridgers released her first new solo single in four years, “Lost Boys,” on Thursday, accompanied by a music video that sees the singer doing some serious Renaissance Faire-style role playing in the suburbs with a cast of sword-bearing compatriots, and taking on co-star Skyler Gisondo as a possible suitor among all the suits-of-armor. The […]

“Obsession” meets “Off Campus” in Sombr’s new music video for “My Body Isn’t Ready,” which stars Inde Navarrette and Josh Heuston. The song, one of the young rocker’s most vulnerable to date, sees Sombr overcome by insecurities. “I like you but my body isn’t ready / I want you but the mirror won’t let me,” […]

Clive Davis — the legendary record executive who died Monday at the age of 94 — cast as long a shadow across the music world as any executive, and participants in his funeral will bear that out. Sources tell Variety that artists from his long career who are expected to participate include Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, […]

Suno on Thursday unveiled a new incubator program for artists, “Spark,” that it says is designed to allow artists to receive grants, mentorship and distribution opportunities for their work. The program — which is open to unsigned singers, songwriters and producers 18 and older – will give the selected individuals grants ranging in the thousands to tens of […]

If roots music in America has a poster woman, it’s Rhiannon Giddens, who we can always picture with her banjo, even if she’s doing projects as far afield from that as an opera. She has just announced her seventh album, “Hope Is the Thing With Feathers,” which she describes as a “culmination” of the two […]

Música mexicana star Xavi has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, the company announced Thursday. The signing follows the release of his sophomore album, “Dosis,” and the single “La Diabla,” which surpassed 1 billion streams worldwide. Last year, Xavi became the youngest-ever recipient of the ASCAP Latin Music Award for […]

A packed New York City is about to get even more crowded with fans hoping to catch a glimpse of Taylor Swift heading to her wedding, and the NYPD has been warned about the influx of Swifties that could congregate around Madison Square Garden. Swift’s wedding to Kansas City Chiefs superstar Travis Kelce has long […]

Jay-Z is set to sit down with Rick Rubin for the eight-part documentary series “Jay-Z in 8,” debuting on HBO this fall. Rubin is directing the series and will interview the rapper about his music, lyrics, life experiences and creative process. The two have a long history, as Rubin produced Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” for “The […]

Will.i.am, the Black Eyed Peas frontman and tech entrepreneur, said he’s more “worried about human greed” than about musicians being replaced by robots. “Right now is the time for the dreamer, not the regurgitator of yesterday’s imaginations — new imagination because AI is not doing imagination yet, and so we have the chance to dream […]

Phoebe Bridgers is back with her new single, “Lost Boys,” a new track from her upcoming third studio album. Stream it below. “Lost Boys” marks Bridgers’ first new material since 2022’s “Sidelines,” and features production from Jack Antonoff, Tony Berg, Ethan Gruska, and Bridgers herself, with additional production by Alex…

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