That’s right. It’s now 20 years since 2006, and those songs that you thought came out seven or eight years ago are now two decades old. TWO DECADES. A year of some rather seismic cultural developments ...

The longest Amplifier playlist of the year is finally here: five hours, 90 tracks, each of which was chosen as a 2025 ...

In case you've been living under a rock, Bad Bunny was, once again, crowned as the most-streamed artist globally on Spotify.

Judging by mainstream music in 2025, humankind is not in a particularly creative place. The year’s main storylines included ...

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Halle Bailey has released her long-awaited debut album ‘love?…or something like it’. The 15-track project features collaborations with Chlöe, GloRilla, Mariah The ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Halle Bailey unveiled her debut solo album, “Love? Or Something Like It,” accompanied by a heartfelt video teaser. The project, a deeply personal project that comes at a pivotal moment in both her ...

I love this song so much. Her use of lyrics that reference internet slang and external pressures to reveal her vulnerabilities is just excellent. She has to be everything to all of these people, but ...

All 12 tracks were cowritten and co-produced by Swift with pop powerhouses Max Martin and Shellback. Much like the trio's work on "Reputation," the new music is catchy and bold but often leans cringey ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Maroon 5 is taking their new album out for a spin on their "Love is Like" Tour. "We just can't wait to get out there again and do this," said Adam Levine, lead singer. "We're upping ...

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Aug. 1 (UPI) --Maroon 5 performed on Today Friday, ahead of their eighth studio album's release Aug. 15. Frontman Adam Levine and lead guitarist James Valentine also discussed the album, titled Love ...