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Robyn has finally announced her first new album in eight years, which boasts her most Robyn-esque title yet; Sexistential is out March 27 via Young. The Swedish pop star is dropping not one, but two new songs today to ring in the big news. “Talk to Me” comes with a music video directed by Casper

Universal Music Group has signed the latest in a string of contentious deals between major labels and artificial intelligence companies, this time partnering with the chipmaking tech giant Nvidia. The deal opens Universal’s enormous catalog to the world’s most valuable company: Nvidia will use its AI infrastructure to develop new ways to make, discover, and

Indie-pop quintet Heavenly will pair their already-announced 2026 tour with a new album, their first since 1996’s Operation Heavenly. The band—original members Amelia Fletcher, Cathy Rogers, Peter Momtchiloff, and Rob Pursey, plus new drummer Ian Button— recorded Highway to Heavenly with producer Toby Burroughs. It will be released on February 27 via Fletcher and Pursey’s

New albums are getting announced and released constantly. It’s tough to stay on top of it all. So that’s where we come in. Pitchfork is tracking notable new music releases with our guide to upcoming albums. In the coming months, there will be big new releases from Charli XCX, Ratboys, Dry Cleaning, Gorillaz, Danny L

Danny L Harle: Cerulean February 13 On his first album in five years, Danny L Harle continues to plunder pure aural ecstasies of dancefloors past and drag them kicking and screaming into the 2020s. In a collider of trance, progressive techno, and various rave tendrils, the British producer draws guests including Caroline Polachek, PinkPantheress, Oklou,

After completing South Korea’s mandatory military service, K-pop juggernauts BTS are now gearing up to release their first new album in six years. The as-yet-untitled LP is due out March 20 via Big Hit Entertainment. It’s their fifth studio album overall and follows 2020’s Be. What’s more, BTS are also teasing a 2026 world tour,

Drake has been accused of participating in a racketeering conspiracy built around the online casino Stake. A class action lawsuit filed in Virginia this week argues that Stake is running an illegal gambling operation in the United States, in which Drake, who is paid to promote the platform, is complicit. It further alleges that he

After starring in everything from TV’s First Wives Club to the RZA-directed film Love Beats Rhyme, actress and singer Jill Scott is making her long-awaited return to music with To Whom This May Concern, her first album since 2015’s Woman. You can hear the lead single “Beautiful People” and see the gorgeous cover by visual

I’m delighted to say that tonight, at the full moon, we will be beginning another year of full moon releases under the name o\i. The songs are a mix of thoughts and feelings. I have been thinking about the future and how we might respond to it. We are sliding into a period of transition like

Chappell Roan, Mariah Carey, Post Malone, and dozens more performed televised sets last night (December 31) during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest to help ring in 2026. Moments before the ball dropped in New York City’s Times Square, Roan sang “The Subway” live in Kansas City, Carey performed a medley including

Wilco have announced the lineup for their 2026 Solid Sound Festival, where the band will headline alongside the Breeders, Gang of Four, and Billy Bragg. Scheduled from June 26 to 28, the event also boasts performances by Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band, Sharp Pins, S.G. Goodman, L’Rain, the Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, Hannah

Songs streamed on YouTube will no longer count towards the Billboard charts, the platform announced in a blog yesterday (December 17). The change will take effect on January 16, 2026, according to Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s global head of music. Cohen blamed a long-running dispute over Billboard’s decision to weight subscriber streams more favorably than ad-supported

Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg is set to close after nearly two decades. In an internal memo published by Variety, Bowery Presents co-partners Jim Glancy and John Moore confirmed that the owners of 66 North Sixth Street will not renew the venue’s lease at the end of 2026, forcing it to relocate or shut down.

St. Vincent aka Annie Clark stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Wednesday, December 18 to participate in Under the Covers, a new segment where, as the name implies, artists cover songs they love. Clark’s selection was David Bowie’s groovy 1975 hit “Young Americans,” which she first covered during the annual Love Rocks

It’s a December tradition like no other: Roasting Reading former President Barack Obama’s annual list of his favorite movies, books, and songs. This year’s selection includes a cut off Richard Russell’s Everything Is Recorded project, Olivia Dean’s “Nice to Each Other,” Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra,” Laufey’s “Silver Lining,” and BLACKPINK’s “Jump,” among others. (In a bipartisan

Fela Kuti, Whitney Houston, and Paul Simon are among those set to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 2026 Grammys, the Recording Academy announced today. Cher, Carlos Santana, and Chaka Khan will round out the honorees. Bernie Taupin, Eddie Palmieri, and Sylvia Rhone have been named as next year’s Trustees Award winners, and the Technical

Update: Well, that was quick. Less than a day after the all-Republican Kennedy Center board voted to rename the venue to the Trump-Kennedy Center, construction workers could be seen drilling the new one onto the facade, reports The Washington Post. Original story follows: The board of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing

Brigitte Bardot, the French icon who glamorously embodied the postwar pop zeitgeist, has died. Her animal rights foundation announced the news in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse. No cause or date of death were given. Bardot was 91 years old. Bardot was born into a wealthy Parisian family in 1934 and trained as a

CHE has unveiled a deluxe edition to his chest-rattling 2025 album REST IN BASS. “FUCKIT IM STEALIN XMAS,” the Atlanta rapper wrote on Instagram. REST IN BASS: ENCORE features 14 unreleased tracks, including “WHIPPIN” with OsamaSon, the follow-up to their REST IN BASS breakout “Hellraiser.” You can listen to the Christmas Day drop and see

Perry Bamonte, the Cure’s longtime guitarist and keyboardist, has died following an undisclosed illness. He was 65. In a statement posted to their website, the band wrote that Bamonte, who went by the nickname “Teddy,” was “quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative,” as well as “a vital part of the Cure story.” Perry Bamonte

Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs have filed a notice of appeal, requesting their client’s “immediate release” from federal prison and to “either grant a judgment of acquittal or vacate and remand for resentencing,” reports Rolling Stone. In the notice, attorney Alexandra Shapiro accused Judge Arun Subramanian of acting “as a thirteenth juror” during sentencing, adding,

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Tyler, the Creator has unveiled a new freestyle called “Sag Harbor” alongside a fresh “Sugar on My Tongue” remix. You can hear them both below. “Harbor” makes numerous references to Tyler’s triumphant 2025, including his surprise album DON’T TAP THE GLASS (“Son got his fourth number one in a row, I’m a champion”), his sold-out

Chance the Rapper and Jeremih have added to their growing Christmas music catalog with a new five-track EP called Secret Santa. It’s the duo’s fourth official holiday release, following 2016’s Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama, and its two expanded editions, 2017’s Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama: Re-Wrapped, and 2020’s Merry Christmas Lil Mama: The Gift That Keeps

Last night, December 20, Ariana Grande returned to Studio 8H to host Saturday Night Live for the second time in as many years. During her monologue, Grande parodied Mariah Carey’s recently record-breaking “All I Want for Christmas Is You” and was joined by Bowen Yang, who is leaving the SNL cast midway through his eighth

Bon Iver, Gracie Abrams, and the National’s Aaron Dessner have released a new song, “Sold Out,” to benefit the gun violence prevention organization Everytown. Though Justin Vernon has often collaborated with Dessner, and Abrams and Dessner are ongoing songwriting partners—not to mention that Abrams has covered Bon Iver’s “Beach Baby”—“Sold Out” is the first formal

U.K. police have ended their criminal investigation into Bob Vylan over comments the punk duo made on stage about the Israeli military. “We have concluded, after reviewing all the evidence, that it does not meet the criminal threshold outlined by the [Crown Prosecution Service] for any person to be prosecuted,” the Avon and Somerset Police

A new Lady Gaga concert film will arrive on Christmas Eve. Lady Gaga in Harlequin Live: One Night Only was recorded last year during a performance at Los Angeles’ Belasco Theatre, where Lady Gaga performed Harlequin—her 2024 “companion album” to Joker: Folie à Deux, in which she starred as Harley Quinn—in its entirety. The film

Just over a month after he was released from prison following a 16-year-long stint behind bars, Max B is back with his first new full-length in four years. The rapper has surprise-released Public Domain 7: The Purge, the seventh installment of his ongoing Public Domain mixtape series. You can listen to it below. Public Domain

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