Music

“That’s a fucking hit,” calls out Dave Cobb in his customary denim uniform, seconds after the last note of the Highwomen’s debut single, “Redesigning Women,” plays through the speakers on the console at RCA Studio A. “There’s no excuse why this can’t be on the radio,” he says, turning toward …

Yemi Alade had a cold. Last month, the Nigerian star, who recently passed the one-million-subscribers mark on YouTube, flew to Los Angeles to work on a project by Beyoncé. But when Alade landed, she discovered she no longer had a singing voice. “I couldn’t understand what had happened to me,” …

After making 2018’s wild Boarding House Reach, Jack White decided it was time to take a little pressure off himself. So he re-formed the Raconteurs — the band he put together in 2006, just before the dissolution of the White Stripes, with fellow Detroit musicians including co-frontman Brendan Benson. Their …

Justin Bieber has hopped on a remix of Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy.” The song peaked at Number One onRolling Stone‘s Top 100. Eilish posted about the song on Instagram with a photo of her a few years younger and surrounded by posters of Bieber. Before the first verse, a few …

25 years after releasing “I’m Nothing” off their sixth LP New Times, the Violent Femmes have rerecorded the track for their upcoming album Hotel Last Resort, out July 26th via PIAS. Featuring pro skateboarder and artist Stefan Janoski, the track is a much more fervent take on the original, complete …

Tegan and Sara have remade some of the first songs they wrote together as teenagers for their new album, Hey, I’m Just Like You, out September 27th via Sire. The new LP is based on a trove of cassette tapes the duo discovered while working on their upcoming memoir, High …

Earlier this summer Lil Nas X attempted to enlist celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to make an appearance on a remix of his track “Panini.” When that didn’t come to fruition, the rapper tweeted at Ramsay to ask if the chef could actually just teach him how to make a panini. …

Ed Sheeran has dropped two more tracks from his upcoming album No. 6 Collaborations Project. The first, guitar-driven rock number “Blow,” features Chris Stapleton and Bruno Mars, who also produced the track, while the second, “Best Part of Me,” features American singer-songwriter YEBBA. “Best Part of Me,” a romantic pop …

Bat for Lashes portrays Nikki Pink, a woman with a dark secret she has been hiding from her lover in her new video for “Kids in the Dark.” The song will appear on her upcoming Lost Girls album, which will be released on September 6th via AWAL Recordings. In Natasha …

A new musical about the life and career of Neil Diamond will debut on Broadway. The as-yet-untitled show will center around a score comprising some of Diamond’s biggest hits. Oscar-nominated writer Anthony McCarten will write the book, while Tony-winner Michael Mayer will direct the show. “I’ve always loved Broadway,” Diamond …