Music Features

Somebody better roll the window down — the emotional motion sickness is about to get real. Red (Taylor’s Version) is finally here, arriving like a comet fans have been waiting for since the original release in 2012. The 30-track version contains unearthed gems from the vault, including “Nothing New,” which …

In the latest episode of Rolling Stone’sMusicians on Musicians podcast, presented by Allstate, Lorde and David Byrne sit down for a conversation as unpredictable as you’d hope from two stars who specialize in packing pop songs with quirks and curveballs. It touched on everything from songwriting to those moments when …

This piece is part of Rolling Stone’s second annual Grammy Preview special issue, released ahead of the start of first-round voting. We spoke to some of the year’s biggest artists about the albums and singles that could earn them a nomination — or even a statue come January — and …

Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …

The official video for Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind” is typical of many music videos from the late Seventies: There’s an endless amount of hair, a few questionably ruffled tuxedo shirts, and some more hair. In the same way that Journey’s 1978 video for “Lights” humorously featured light literally beaming …

Live music is coming back. The whole messy pageant of being a dumb fan in a crowd full of strangers — it’s so close we can taste it. Just a couple of months ago, the idea of full-capacity shows in 2021 seemed like a pipe dream. But every week, there’s …

The last we’d heard from Trina before she nearly broke the Internet in her recent Verzuz battle with Eve was two years ago. “BAPS,” a potent collaboration with Nicki Minaj, found the legendary MC more than holding her own alongside a younger icon. She also put a few prominent dudes …

Questlove‘s new Summer of Soul doc is a trove of incredible footage, featuring extended clips of Sly and the Family Stone, Mavis Staples, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, and other icons at the height of their performing powers. But one of the film’s most striking sequences spotlights a lesser-known figure who …

Nine-member K-pop group Twice has come a long way since their days of sweeping the rookie awards five to six years ago in Korea and is now continuously met with success as a top girl group globally. Now they’re back for the summer with their 10th mini-album, Taste of Love, …

Last February, right before the pandemic upended everyone’s lives, Justin Bieber was preparing for a year dedicated to his highly-anticipated fifth studio project Changes. The record — his first since 2015 — was meant to be a new chapter for the superstar, brimming with electro-R&B material that paid homage to …