While the name was borrowed from a lyric on the LP, Boone sees it as a metaphor for his life: "I feel like things have taken off for me like a firework tied to a rollerblade, all very quickly." He's not wrong. In the three months since the pop singer/songwriter r...
The first wave of ChatGPT music came from social media influencers. They were releasing meme videos of famous rappers usingUberDuckfor vocal impersonation. ChatGPT was only being used to generate lyrics at this stage. The technique was mostly for fun and parody - nobody mistook the music for...
Something primal was building out of the Midwest and with a “ooh-wah-ah-ah,” suddenly everyone knew who Disturbed were. “Down With the Sickness” was actually the second single from the band’s hugely successful debut albumThe Sickness. The track deals with the subject of abuse and the ...
Bring Me the Horizon Rock titans Bring Me The Horizon have worked alongside Teenage Cancer Trust, a U.K.-based charity that offers assistance to people between the ages of 13 and 24 who’ve been diagnosed with cancer. One notable initiative Bring Me took part in was the creation of the ...
the 15-year-old wed 27-year-old R. Kelly, although their controversial marriage was short-lived. However, many musicians agree with Aaliyah's sentiments and Gaye's iconic lyrics that claim, "Giving yourself to me can never be wrong if the love is true." So, let's explore some relation...
Five years after the release of 1991’s ‘Black Album,’Loadhas an even more commercial and hard-rock leaning sound than its predecessor. It was clear that the band was trying new sounds on tracks such as “Until It Sleeps”, “King Nothing”, and “The Outlaw Torn”, which, fast forw...
The importance of poetic rock and roll lyrics has always been overstated by snobs, which I’ll grudgingly admit I was in my Creed-hating youth; rock poetry is an art form whose most meaningful lyric is still “A wop-bop-a-loo-bop, a lop-bam-bom.” The question “Can you take me ...
[UPDATE: It was pointed out in the comments that “they were abandoned by their lords” referred to the Imperial mercenaries. Look I am not deep in the “Sack of Rome” though I’ve read a couple of books about it. However I had a VAGUE memory that the big lords had also left the...
Drake was as dominant as ever in 2014, feeling ubiquitous, though he was technically off-cycle. He strategically released loosies like “0 to 100/The Catch Up” and “Trophies” and made guest appearances on YG’s “Who Do You Love?,” Lil Wayne’s “Believe Me,” and Nicki Minaj’s...
His Dua Lipa-approved book, Say Nothing, was recently adapted and released as a series on Hulu, and it's gaining quite a buzz. We chat with him about us hosting the GQ Men Of The Year awards Livestreamp, Jacques Marie Mage sunnies, "tastemaker" screenings, Pharrell's aura, his kids...