A Decade Later, Taylor Swift’s Red Still Sounds Like a New Beginning10 years and a re-record later, Red is somehow both a time capsule and completely timeless By Ellen Johnson for Paste – Red is Taylor Swift’s best album because it’s the epitome of everything she does best. It’s built on all the “Taylor-isms” that have come to define her identity as a pop artist: songs about falling in and out of love too fast

Spice Girls’ Melanie C opens up about sexuality speculation: ‘I actually love that’ by Charlie Duncan for PinkNews – Spice Girls have announced 25th anniversary celebrations for their iconic album, Spiceworld. Spice Girl Melanie C has said that the tabloid media’s obsession with her sexuality made her feel more “affinity” with the LGBTQ+ community. Throughout the 90s, the media feverishly speculated over Melani

On their I Am the Moon LPs, Tedeschi-Trucks Band breathe new life into a centuries-old story of star-crossed love By Geoffrey Himes for Paste – Who was this woman named Layla? How did she come to be the title of Eric Clapton’s best-known song and best-known album? And how did she come to be the inspiration for the Tedeschi-Trucks Band’s new, four-LP collection, I Am the Moon? As any consumer of rock-star gossip

Rina Sawayama Brings Inner-Child Work to the Masses on Hold the Girl By Max Freedman for Paste – In her music, Rina Sawayama flattens time. On the Japanese-British pop artist’s breakout debut LP, 2020’s SAWAYAMA, songs about childhood family tension sat comfortably next to modern-day critiques of capitalism and racist microaggressions, and she tinged her music, clearly indebted to early-aughts Britney and nu-me

Russia’s version of Madonna breaks with Putin, slams Ukraine war for making Russia a ‘pariah’ state BY Chloe Taylor for Fortune – One of Russia’s biggest pop stars has issued a scathing condemnation of the war in Ukraine, and said her government may ostracize her for doing it. Alla Pugacheva, who has been a huge star in Russia for decades, said in an Instagram post on Sunday that the invasion of Ukraine had mad

“Thank you for getting an overtly queer song onto mainstream radio,” she told the crowd at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. by Mey Rude for OUT – Dove Cameron has a Moon Man. The queer former Disney star won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist at last night’s ceremony, adding a cherry on top of what has been a great year for the singer and actor. Cameron thanked her fans and said that she was

By Scott Russell for Paste – It was a big night for Taylor Swift and her legions of fans at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards: The pop superstar not only took home the biggest win of the night—Video of the Year (her third), for All Too Well: The Short Film—but she also announced a “brand new album,“ which she later detailed via social media (at midnight, naturally). Coming Oct. 21, Midnights tells “the stories of

Saying farewell to the 1980s pop goddess by Mandalit Del Barco and Neda Ulaby for NPR – Olivia Newton-John, one of the biggest pop stars in the 1970s and early 1980s, has died at the age of 73. She died on Monday at her ranch in southern California, according to her husband, John Easterling, in a post on her official Facebook page. “Olivia has been a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years sharing h

salon: “Blondie’s mind-blowing box set includes the fan’s Holy Grail of archival songs.” We’re in a golden age of box sets, and Blondie’s does not disappoint. By Kenneth Womack for salon – We live in the great age of box sets. Career-spanning retrospectives, classic album deep-dives, state-of-the-art remixes. Repackaged for resale. A dime a dozen. You name it, we’ve got