Why Was Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show So Controversial?
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'Rolling Stone Music Now' dives deep into Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance, the most-watched halftime show of all time.
Does Your Favourite Pop Star Write Her Own Songs? Thank Taylor Swift
Posted in: Music NewsWith the release of Rob Sheffield's new book on Taylor Swift, we trace the many ways she's transformed pop in her image
How Greenwich Village (and Bob Dylan) Invented the Sixties
Posted in: Music FeaturesHow did one neighborhood become the locus for generations of musical invention, from Dylan to Nina Simone? A new book has some answers.
Did Noel Gallagher Already Write a New Oasis Album?
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe musician told us he recently wrote a "very heavily guitar-based stadium-rock album" — now that Oasis is back, he may have the perfect singer for it
Why Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Should Get Album of the Year at the Grammys — and Kendrick Lamar Should Get Song of the Year
Posted in: Music FeaturesWe look at some of the best R&B, hip-hop, and Afropop of 2024 – and make the case for the greatness of Beyoncé’s country departure and Kendrick Lamar's virtuosic Drake diss 'Not Like Us'
Did Katy Perry Release the Worst Comeback Song of All Time?
Posted in: Music FeaturesPerry's 'Woman's World' is a catastrophic flop. We examine what it means for her career, and look back at other disastrous would-be musical comebacks, from Guns N' Roses to Robin Thicke.
The Making of Billie Eilish’s ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’
Posted in: Music FeaturesHow Eilish (and producer/co-writer Finneas) paired her most confessional lyrics ever with vintage synths, multi-part suites, and dance beats
The E Street Band Wants the World to Hear Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Electric Nebraska’
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe band versions of Springsteen's acoustic classic have "eluded us," keyboardist Roy Bittan says in our interview for 'Born in the U.S.A.'s 40th anniversary. "Maybe Bruce, at some point, will get to that."
We Decoded Every Track on Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’
During two episodes of our 'Rolling Stone Music Now' podcast, we do our best to solve every lyrical mystery of Swift's 31-track opus
The Old Taylor Swift Is Dead — This Time for Real
Posted in: Music NewsOn the astonishingly revealing 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology', Taylor Swift makes it clear that even if you love her, you don’t really know her
