Emmy-nominated actor Nicholas Braun — a.k.a. Cousin Greg from Succession — had a flash of inspiration in early May while quarantining in his friend’s L.A. guest house, lonely and wishing for companionship: a tongue-in-cheek rocker, “Antibodies (Do You Have the),” which premieres Wednesday along with the official video on Rolling …
Read More »Noah Cyrus Made Her New Music Video in a PlayStation Game
Noah Cyrus‘s platinum single “July” just got a new music video nearly a year after the song’s release — and it was shot completely through the video game Dreams, a Sony PlayStation exclusive. Cyrus’s video-game experience is the latest in Sony’s “A Sony Collaboration Series,” which pointedly highlights Sony’s cross-company …
Read More »Rufus Wainwright Leads 1,500 Singers in 'Across the Universe' Rendition
There have been plenty of remote quarantine sing-alongs to keep our spirits up during COVID-19, but Rufus Wainwright may just have created the best one — or, at the very least, the largest. The artist teamed up with the Toronto-based group Choir! Choir! Choir! to lead 1,500 people in a …
Read More »The Brilliant Marketing of Taylor Swift's Mysterious Bonus Track
Try to think of another time when a star released an album with a physical-only bonus track — but that physical product was only made available online, through one website, with a weeks-long shipping delay. Therein lies the marketing genius of Taylor Swift‘sFolklore, which dropped on Friday, sans one rare …
Read More »'RS Interview: Special Edition' With Al Gore
John Lewis had died two days before former Vice President Al Gore and I sat down to speak, and Lewis’ legacy was weighing heavily on his mind. Speaking from his home in Nashville, where he has been isolating during the pandemic, Gore said that while many have referred to Lewis …
Read More »Jason Derulo Wants to 'Take You Dancing' With Future TikTok Smash
Jason Derulo has dropped another song that will surely spawn a new dance challenge destined to fill your TikTok “For You” page. “Take You Dancing” follows up his recent hit “Savage Love.” The uptempo track is a sexy invite from Derulo to maneuver to the bedroom. “Let me take you …
Read More »RS Charts: Juice WRLD Dominates Artists 500 Chart
Juice WRLD claimed the Number One spot on the Artists 500 chart after his posthumous album, Legends Never Die, had the biggest debut week of 2020. The late rapper amassed an incredible 329.9 million song streams for the week of July 10th through the 16th. Those numbers were fueled by …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks: Week of July 20th
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. Gangstagrass, “Ain’t No Crime” The …
Read More »Major League Baseball Will Blast Pre-Recorded Noise Into Crowdless Games
A typical American summer with hot dogs, soft drinks, and a jam-packed baseball stadium won’t exist in 2020. But the games themselves are still scheduled to take place — just within empty stadiums, with music and pre-recorded noise pumped in — marking the first time Major League Baseball has ever …
Read More »How Shooter Jennings Pivoted to Become a Grammy-Winning Producer
Appearing over FaceTime one recent afternoon, Shooter Jennings turns his phone around to proudly show off a painting that hangs on the wall of his Hollywood Hills home. Marilyn Manson had it commissioned for Jennings’ wife Misty and it depicts Liam Gallagher and Jon Bon Jovi holding hands. Unlike Gallagher …
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