Sklyar Grey's discography is unusually diverse. From hip-hop to EDM and piano-pop, the singer/songwriter has done it all. With one exception. Until now, the 33-year-old has never fully leaned into the folk music she grew up listening to. Skylar remedies that situation on Angel With Tattoos — an independently released EP (out today) that will grow into an album as new songs are added. While the sound...

It looks like Selena Gomez is finally ready to kick off a new era. The pop star set social media on fire this morning (October 17) by posting a mysterious black-and-white pic with the comment: "Rose colored glasses all distorted." While that isn't exactly indicative of new music, the fact that billboards have gone up in Times Square is. Now it's just a matter of when. Will Selegend bless us with new...

After delivering a double dose of emotional pure-pop with "Never Really Over" and "Small Talk," Katy Perry switches it up with a soft and sexy bop called "Harleys In Hawaii." Don't be fooled by the title. This isn't an exercise in kitsch. Instead, it's a mid-tempo earworm that finds our heroine in the throws of tropical passion. "You and I-ai, riding Harleys in Hawaii-ai-ai," she purrs on the chorus....

Bong Joon Ho's Parasite has surfed a wave of critical acclaim since winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes over frontrunners like Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood and Pain & Glory. In the process, it has broken new ground for both Asian cinema and genre films. Not that Parasite neatly fits into the latter box unlike The Host or Snowpiercer. And therein lies its language barrier-busting appeal. At its core,...

It's a well-established fact that Allie X can do no wrong. From 2014's "Catch" to the recently-released "Fresh Laundry," the Canadian auteur always comes at pop from a unique perspective. That's particularly true of "Rings A Bell." Songs about finding The One are a dime a dozen, but few liken the discovery of your soulmate to a case of déjà vu. "The way you move, it rings a bell," she coos over OZGO's...

Warning: This interview contains spoilers! Since bursting onto the world stage with Memories Of Murder, Bong Joon Ho has established a reputation as one of cinema's true visionaries. Whether he's reinventing the monster movie (The Host) or twisting a family drama into something else entirely (Mother), the South Korean filmmaker never fails to up the ante. That's particularly true of his critically-adored,...

Update: Shakira's new remix has arrived and it's a slinky, sexy banger with global appeal. Listen to it below.It has been a while since Shakira blessed us with new music, but the Colombian superstar will rectify the situation tomorrow night (October 15). She is jumping on the remix of Camilo and Pedro Capó's "Tutu," a song that has already conquered the charts in much of the Spanish-speaking world....

Melanie Martinez's K-12 arrives today (September 6) after a four-year gestation period. That might sound unnecessarily long, but it makes a lot more sense when you understand the scope of the project. This isn't just an album or even a visual album. The 24-year-old has written, directed and starred in a feature length movie musical that brings the music, and all of its (timely and varied) themes, to...

Charli XCX refuses to do the same thing twice. Why? Because that would be boring. And she is anything but boring. The pop innovator recognizes her insatiable hunger for evolution on the first lines of Charli. "I go hard. I go fast, and I never look back," she chants over slick synths on the aptly-titled "Next Level Charli." That realization sets the scene for what is surely her most revolutionary collection...

Judy has the best intentions. By putting the end of Judy Garland's life under a microscope, director Rupert Goold aims to humanize the legend and highlight the devastating trauma heaped upon her by a lifetime in the studio system. And he almost achieves it thanks to his cast. Renée Zellweger embodies the titular character with such ferocity that an Oscar nomination is a mere formality. In her hands,...

Taylor Swift belatedly lays out the mission statement for Lover on its final track. As "Daylight," a thoughtful and lushly composed love song, closes, the 29-year-old delivers a spoken outro. "I wanna be defined by the things that I love not the things I hate," she muses. "I just think that you are what you love." That's abundantly evident from one listen to the 18-song collection. Released on August...

Turning around a speedy review of a Lana Del Rey record is a thankless task. While the album is increasingly treated as a relic from the past, Lana still views it as an art form, cramming in layers of melodies and ideas that slowly seep out over time. It took me months to get a handle on Honeymoon, while Ultraviolence continues to unfold five years later. Until Friday (August 30), I considered those...