Lil Uzi Vert
Lil Uzi Vert Turns Weather Cancellation into a Birthday EP Drop
The rapper's eight-track surprise arrives hours after Lollapalooza scrapped his set, on a date with a ten-year history.
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Ariana Grande
Joan Grande's Two Words Counter a World of Noise as Ariana Plans Her Exit
A mother's public message lands in the middle of a carefully planned retreat from the spotlight, and Ariana Grande is making sure the story ends on her terms.
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande Addressed Her Break Onstage — and Premiered Two More petal Songs in Chicago
At her first Chicago show of the Eternal Sunshine Tour, Grande cleared the air about her upcoming hiatus, debuted 'Big Feelings' and 'never get over me' live, and made clear the petal era is only getting started.
Ado
Ado Steps Out of the Silhouette for Lollapalooza
Japan's most-streamed artist keeps her face hidden but her voice unmistakable as she brings her utaite roots and a new biographical novel to the festival stage.
Dance Festivals
Fifty Years of Battery Dance: A Free Festival’s Quiet Radicalism
The 45th Annual Battery Dance Festival turns Wagner Park into a nightly stage of world premieres, cultural collisions, and participatory joy—all for the price of a seat on the grass.
Pitchfork Selects
Pitchfork Selects: The Staff's Current Obsessions, From Davido to Blonde Redhead
The Monday playlist compiles staff picks across genres, with this week's edition featuring a diverse set of tracks and critics.
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Walkout: When Music's Biggest Names Refuse the Prize
BTS's decision to pull out of Grammy consideration joins a long history of artists—from Sinéad O'Connor to the Weeknd—who have publicly turned their backs on the awards, each for reasons that reveal as much about the industry as the trophies themselves.
Ozzfest
6 New Details on Ozzfest, the AI Avatar, and the Osbournes' Next Chapter
The family is moving ahead with a possible two-night festival return, a digital Ozzy, and a biopic, while Kelly opens up about losing her father.
Spotify
Spotify's 300 Million Milestone: Revenue Gains, AI Bets, and a Share Dip
Despite a historic subscriber count, rising costs and a 4% share drop complicate the win as co-CEOs tout AI's '3Cs'.
Smashing Pumpkins
At Lollapalooza, the Nineties Came Back Wearing a Baby Doll Dress
Billy Corgan handed his deepest catalog cuts to Olivia Rodrigo and Yungblud, and a generation gap closed on a Chicago stage.
Drake
Earl Sweatshirt's Karaoke Ritual Proves Drake's Pettiness Is an Art Form
The underground poet has spent months closing his live sets with a Drake deep cut about phone bills and revenge, and the bit has become the most honest argument for Aubrey Graham's staying power.
Television
6 Music Twists That Sound Like Jokes (But Aren't)
From Chuck Norris's forced theme song to New Radicals' 28-year-later single, these six music stories defy logic.
Celebrity Couples
7 Moments That Define Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad's Unconventional Love Story
A subway prophecy, a friendship, a first-date question, a Grammy milestone, a cancer battle, a column, and a wedding—these are the moments that defined their unconventional love.