Justin Bieber surprised fans by announcing the title of his long-awaited fifth LP. Changes arrives on February 14 and is available to pre-order now. It contains lead single "Yummy," which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 despite the superstar's best efforts, and a new buzz track called "Get Me." The latter features Kehlani and is a throwback to the R&B sound of Journals. It's a surprisingly...

The moment we've all been waiting for is finally here. It's been literal months since the Pussycat Dolls gave us a reason to live again by kicking off their reunion on X Factor: Celebrity. During an intricately choreographed set, Nicole Scherzinger and Co. live-premiered their comeback single "React." And although they promised the full song was "coming soon," we've been waiting for an awfully long...

Demi Lovato is back. Tonight (January 26) the 27-year-old relaunched her music career with a performance at the Grammys during which she live-premiered her new single "Anyone." Written a few days before her alleged overdose in July of 2018, it is an emotional plea for some sort of connection. She opened up about the release in a confessional interview with Zane Lowe last week. “I almost listen back...

Get ready for the biggest night in music. In the next few hours many of the industry's brightest stars will descend upon the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the 2020 Grammys. And it is shaping up to be an evening of must-see entertainment. Last year's host Alicia Keys will run the show once again. We're also expecting performances from the likes of Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Rosalía and many...

Selena Gomez first started tinkering away at the followup up to Revival in 2016. The superstar converted a tourbus into a mobile studio and invited along a group of songwriters and producers to record demos between concerts. Unfortunately, life got in the way and they were never released (with the exception of "Feel Me"). Since then, Selena has experimented with different sounds on a steady stream...

The Biggest Night In Music is also the most fashionable. Tonight (January 26) is the night of the 2020 Grammys, and the night is already shaping up to be massive. Artists like Lil Nas X and Beyoncé have already picked up awards before the main event has even begun. We're also going to be treated to some very iconic performances from Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Lizzo and more of our favs. But before...

Hayley Williams makes her much-anticipated solo debut today (January 22) with "Simmer." Produced by Taylor York, the track is a quietly unsettling, deceptively catchy rumination on anger. "Rage is a quiet thing," the Paramore frontwoman sings over warped synths and a throbbing bass line. "You think that you've tamed it, but it's just lying in wait." She continues to grabble with the issue as the chorus...

Ashley Nicolette Frangipane (Halsey's real name) welcomes us further than ever before into her world on Manic. That's evident with a glance at the LP's cover art, which proclaims the project is Halsey's third release (H3) but Ashley's first (A01). Unlike previous albums where the 25-year-old plays a character or uses intricate metaphors to tell stories, what we get this time comes directly from her...

2019 was a fascinating year for pop. Genre lines blurred to the point of obsolescence, while streaming services continued to level the playing field. Those factors resulted in a slew of hybridized bops (country-rap is now a thing) and an ever-growing number of crossover viral hits (think Tones And I's "Dance Monkey"). The general sense of doom and gloom that hung over 2019 like a black cloud was also...

Grateful the glut of Year-End lists is over? Ready to Men In Black 2019 from your memory and dive into a new decade? Well, here's a little something to cleanse your pop palate! I've put together a list of 40 artists expected to make serious noise in the next 12 months. The goal isn’t so much to predict The Next Big Thing (although all of them are legitimate contenders) as to introduce you to a group...

With physical album sales plummeting and downloads following suit, the fate of the once-hallowed Long Player is uncertain. Record labels can't quite figure out how they fit into our playlist-dominated world and many pop acts have given up trying — choosing to drip-feed fans a constant stream of singles instead. Which is a shame because an album offers the bandwidth to experiment and tell a story....

2019 was a banner year for film, that is if you knew where to look. Between the (largely dire) superhero movies, unnecessary remakes and robotic reboots, multiplexes plumbed new depths in the year that was. For every decent blockbuster, there were half a dozen unwatchable monstrosities. It was a different story at the arthouse, however, with the titans of world cinema coming through with gripping,...