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In early 1960, a 30-year-old unknown comedian with no stand-up experience walked onto the stage of a Houston nightclub to record an album. On Aug. 1, “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart” reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts, the first-ever comedy album to do so, launching Newhart’s storied 60-year career, including the iconic CBS …
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Billie Eilish took to social media today to announce her upcoming song, “my future,” set for a July 30 release. Details on the song are slim, but it follows the February release of “No Time To Die,” her song from the forthcoming James Bond film of the same title — which, like Eilish’s 2020 world …
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Kylie Minogue has released the first single from her upcoming album “Disco,” arriving Nov. 6. The song, “Say Something,” is an introspective dance track with lyrics that feel pertinent for our quarantine days: “We’re a million miles apart in a thousand ways … Love is love it never ends, can we all be as one …
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Swifties, rejoice. Taylor Swift announced early Thursday that she will be dropping her eighth studio album, “Folklore,” at midnight. Swift, 30, described the album as “songs I’ve poured all of my whims, dreams, fears, and musings into.” In a statement posted to Twitter, the “Lover” singer added that she wrote the album “in isolation,” and …
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Visions of vintage Mariah Carey are back. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of her self-titled debut — which came out June 12, 1990 — the octave-leaping diva is taking it back with her #MC30 Friday series that kicked off on Friday. Fittingly, the Long Island-born singer revealed footage of an early showcase at New …
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Last August, British Prince protégée Lianne La Havas spent a very special day in Brooklyn: She performed at the Afropunk festival before her 30th birthday party later that night. This summer, though, any such celebrations are on a coronavirus pause, leaving her reflective. “I think I would’ve played longer if I had known,” said La …
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Lady Gaga is here to set you free. If your body, soul and spirit have been feeling caged during the coronavirus lockdown, “Chromatica” — Gaga’s highly anticipated fifth solo studio album — just might be the key to escape. At least for 43 minutes. Descending from the disco heavens, the LP arrived early Friday, as …
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Not since that time it rained men (circa 1983, according to the Farmers’ Almanac) have we been this interested in what our local weather girls have to report. Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande have teamed up with The Weather Channel for a faux broadcast to promote their new single “Rain On Me.” The jam, which …
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To the depression-busting recent trend of joyful dance-pop, add Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s “Rain On Me,” which premiered at midnight ET Friday morning, exactly one week before Gaga’s full-length “Chromatica” hits. When it rains, it’s about to pour. As the single hit digital services in the late-night hours — with a music video promised …
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Lady Gaga “flirted with the idea of sobriety” while making her new album “Chromatica.” “I don’t take any pain medication, because it’s not healthy for me,” she told Zane Lowe on Apple Music on Thursday. “But I’ve flirted with the idea of sobriety. I’m not there yet, but I flirted with it throughout the album. …
In early 1960, a 30-year-old unknown comedian with no stand-up experience walked onto the stage of a Houston nightclub to record an album. On Aug. 1, “The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart” reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts, the first-ever comedy album to do so, launching Newhart’s storied 60-year career, including the iconic CBS …
