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Laura Coulson Welcome to the Lizzo Cinematic Universe. The singer’s dropped a video for her new song, “Still Bad,” and it’s a sequel to her video for “Love in Real Life.” At the end of that video it’s nighttime and Lizzo is dancing in the street with some zombies when a big white car pulls […]

Nice Life Recording Company/Atlantic Records Lizzo is back — and it’s about damn time. The Grammy-winning singer has dropped a new song and video, “Love in Real Life,” to launch her next era. In the upbeat track, Lizzo sings about finally deciding to leave her house, go out on the town and discover “love in […]

Kara Durrette/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar has replaced himself at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — with some help from SZA. The artists’ duet “Luther,” which samples Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn‘s 1982 version of “If This World Were Mine,” has ascended to the top of the Hot 100, replacing Kendrick’s solo hit “Not Like […]

Luis Alberto Rodriguez Despite appearances, Rihanna has been working on new music for quite a while now, but she says she’s finally reached a place where she’s happy with what she’s created. Speaking to Harper’s Bazaar for its March 2025 issue, Rihanna says, “I think music is my freedom. I just came to that realization. I […]

Kara Durrette/Getty Images Super Bowl halftime performers don’t get paid — directly —  but usually, the exposure gives a boost to their entire catalog. That’s what SZA and Kendrick Lamar are finding out now. As Billboard notes, Kendrick’s album GNX has returned to #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and SZA’s album SOS has […]

XO/Republic It seems as though The Weeknd‘s album Hurry Up Tomorrow was, indeed, highly anticipated. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 490,500 units — more than any album since Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department debuted with 2.6 million in 2024. It’s also The Weeknd’s largest sales […]

Paramount Pictures Rihanna is, as she describes it, in her “blue era,” playing Smurfette, the self-described “coolest Smurf in the village” in the new live-action/animated movie Smurfs. In a newly released trailer for this iteration of the beloved franchise film, Papa Smurf, played by John Goodman, is kidnapped by the evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, […]

XO/Republic Records Ahead of Sunday’s Grammy Awards, The Weeknd dropped a stop-motion short film for his song “Red Terror,” about “a boy in a haunted forest,” director Eddie Alcazar explained to Deadline. The Weeknd appears in the video as a mouthless child who travels through the darkness and a forest filled with monsters. He attempts to shed his […]