The worst kept secret in pop is finally out! Lady Gaga will return on Friday (February 28) with a new single called "Stupid Love." Of course, that's not exactly surprising. A snippet of the song surfaced online way back in August, 2019 and fans have simply been waiting — a long time, as it turns out — for her to release it. So, what can we expect from Mother Monster's comeback? Dance-pop. Produced...

Who else is doing it like them? In short, no one. BTS is no longer a K-Pop phenomenon. The 7-member boy band is — simply put — the hottest musical act on the planet. Still need convincing? The group's new LP Map Of The Soul: 7 became the year's highest-selling album in less than an hour (passing one million copies sold in South Korea alone). They were just as dominant in the US. Not only did the...

Allie X has been creating elaborate worlds in her music since emerging on the scene. 2018's Super Sunset for instance found the pop auteur telling the stories of characters ranging from a nun to a Hollywood starlet. Talk about range. However, everything she's done in the past pales in comparison to the world she rendered on Cape God. Out Friday (February 21), the album goes above and beyond. Why? Because...

UPDATE: Here come the tour dates. Check out when and where JoJo will be going on tour and get ticket info below.JoJo is coming! Last year the 29-year-old launched a new era with a pair of mood-setting anthems. The big-voiced diva started off with "Joanna," a self-titled interlude of sorts that bridged the gap between now and 2016's Mad Love. After that she linked up with CHIKA on "Sabotage," a song...

Niall Horan unveiled the tracklist of his Heartbreak Weather LP (due March 13) this afternoon in a most innovative way. The "No Judgement" hitmaker channeled his inner weatherman — called Niall Storm, no less — in a hilarious video sending up the Weather Channel. Rocking a turtle neck and retro suit, the 26-year-old gave weather updates for cities around the world. He also wove the title of a different...

Some songs connect upon release, while others take a bit longer to find an audience. The latter applies to Surfaces' "Sunday Best." Originally released in early 2019, the ruthlessly optimistic jam is currently making huge waves on Spotify. (Where it has been streamed more than 85 million times). Why now? A Super Bowl sync certainly helped and viral sensations don't happen overnight. This is the kind...

By 2011, Taylor Swift had already started edging towards pop. She would complete the transition on 2012's Red, but she still had one, last country classic to write. A collaboration with The Civil Wars, "Safe & Sound" was one of two new songs Taylor contributed to The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond. With its sparse, eerie production and alt-sensibility, "Safe & Sound" ranks as one of...

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...

We're one month into 2020 today (January 31), and we've already gotten some excellent music. Selena Gomez and Halsey came through with two of the year's first very, very good albums. And we've just received new collections from the likes of Kesha, Meghan Trainor and Louis Tomlinson. Here's the best news: There's more on the way. A lot more to be exact. So we at Idolator took on the momentous task of...

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,...

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...

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...