25 years later, Erykah Badu says ‘Mama’s Gun’ still guides her musical evolution

Ahead of her anniversary show for the album at the Hollywood Bowl Friday, Badu reflects on treating 'Mama's Gun' as a ...
Vulture

The Best Songs of 2025 (So Far)

If you couldn’t beat the summer heat, you might as well have take a swim in a wave of new music. We dove in to Addison Rae’s basic, yet somehow thrilling, vision of New York; a debaucherous new ...
Us Weekly

Who Is Ophelia? Breaking Down the Reference in Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Song Title

Taylor Swift‘s first song off her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, has a storied literary history. The first song on the LP, out Friday, October 3, is titled “The Fate of Ophelia,” which Swift, 35, ...
Yahoo

Billboard Hot 100: Every No. 1 song of 2025

The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart measures the top songs every week during the tracking week of Friday through Thursday based on their combination of sales, online streams (audio and video), and ...
Us Weekly

Every Time Taylor Swift Used Sports Metaphors in Her Songs — Before and After Meeting Travis Kelce

Taylor Swift became a bonafide sports fan after she started dating NFL star Travis Kelce in summer 2023. “Football is awesome, it turns out,” Swift quipped to TIME in her December 2023 Person of the ...