Oscar season is here — and so is all of its hyper-competitiveness, messiness, and downright pettiness. The bizarre stories of Hollywood heavyweights campaigning for the industry’s highest honor is nothing new. Remember when disgraced producer […]

Lady Gaga: Dawn of Chromatica
A remix album of Lady Gaga’s 2020 dancefloor epic is less a wall-to-wall collection of club bangers than an expansion of the Chromatica cinematic universe, featuring Charli XCX, Arca, Rina Sawayama, Doss, and more. It […]

Lady Gaga: Born This Way the Tenth Anniversary
A decade ago, Lada Gaga created an enormous, bravura flex of electronic pop. An anniversary edition arrives with six “reimagined” versions of its songs by LGBTQ+ artists and allies. Lady Gaga was wrapped in raw […]

Lady Gaga Joins Lisa Kudrow on Friends Reunion to Sing 'Smelly Cat'
People missed their Friends during the pandemic, and thanks to HBO Max it’s reunion time, and new “friend,” Lady Gaga and her acoustic guitar joined Lisa Kudrow, who played Phoebe Buffay, for a version of “Smelly Cat.” […]

Eddie Van Halen, Lady Gaga, Kurt Cobain, Prince and Bob Dylan Memorabilia Up For Auction
A guitar played by Eddie Van Halen, his brother Alex’s drumkit, and memorabilia from Kurt Cobain, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Cher, Lady Gaga, Madonna and more are up for grabs at the Music […]

On Chromatica, Lady Gaga Doesn’t Know What Normal Is | SPIN
Lady Gaga is one of those artists you wish wasn’t such a crowd-pleaser, because her crowd is often wrong. And maybe we’d play it safe too if our most sonically adventurous album garnered the nickname […]

Lady Gaga: Chromatica
With incomparable flair, the pop diva returns to her dance-pop days with a fabulously fun and deeply personal album that is at turns bizarre, theatrical, and ambitious. Lady Gaga has canceled Earth. She lives on […]

2020 Commencement Speakers: Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga Headline Virtual Ceremonies
As COVID-19’s social distancing rules cancel graduation ceremonies around the country, the class of 2020 will likely find themselves at home come the big day, watching the proceedings on their screens. In light of these […]

Crystal Starr Unleashes Powerful New Pop Masterpiece
Rising star Crystal Starr has proven herself to be a force to be reckoned with in the modern pop landscape. Her latest single “Part-Time Lover” isn’t just another catchy tune – it’s a masterclass in […]

WHO IS BELLA RIOS
WHO IS BELLA RIOS Hailing from Chicago and currently based in Princeton, N.J. where she’s studying economics at Princeton University, music has long been a part of Bella Rios‘s life. She started classical piano training […]

It’s Time to Kill the Silence
IT’S THE BROKEN RECORD that continues to play despite repeated forewarnings: An influential white man says something racist and sexist, instant public backlash ensues, and swift consequence occurs. Related As a Black queer millennial journalist, […]

The Rolling Stones: Hackney Diamonds
Before he was the drug-smuggling, skull-ring-wearing pirate of rock’n’roll lore, Keith Richards was the Rolling Stones’ amateur accountant. A working-class kid born into mid-war England, the spendthrift immediately began documenting the band’s finances: how much […]