Author: Press Room
The 24-year-old Atlantan eccentric Zukenee claims he’s bringing “authenticity” back to the rap game—except his whole thing is cosplaying as a medieval knight. BLUNTS & BLADES, his fourth full-length album of 2026, is the newest entry in his ongoing project of reimaging himself as a disillusioned paladin wandering the gothic wasteland of modern-day Atlanta—post-T.I., Gucci Mane, and Jeezy, post-Whole Lotta Red, post-YSL RICO trial—trying to piece it all back together almost singlehandedly. It’s his best work to date, a jolt of inspiration that deprioritizes the sword-and-shield shtick and redirects focus to his songwriting and raw rapping ability.The new record reveals…
In an internet rap world full of post-Travis Scott maximalism and Opium-brained mythmaking, it’s sort of nice to hear a rapper that just sounds like a regular dude. Enter Seventhirtyatmorning, a former University of Minnesota student who was so often assumed to be an artist, thanks to his dyed blond locs and fashion-conscious wardrobe, that he downloaded BandLab and became one. Since then, the Minneapolis rapper has been feeding the round-the-clock IG blog machine with a steady stream of fit pics and lush mixtapes that fall somewhere between the scrappy Discord plugg of tdf and the heavily studied lifestyle rap…
To show up at The Party is to feel a lurch of uncertainty in your stomach; stay a while, and you’ll feel a whole friend group’s trepidations as if they were your own. Ten years after Andy Shauf first introduced us to the wine-drunk and drama-prone partygoers sketched on his beloved concept album, Jeremy, Sherry, Alexander, and Martha still sprawl across the shag carpet of his songs, suspended in the purgatory of their mortifications. They show up too early, spill their guts after a bottle of wine, and think of past lovers while holding new ones, all to the tune…
Last year, Stel scored a TikTok hit off her first EP, Object Permanence, with “I’ll Take It,” trying on her best Ella Yelich-O’Connor atop some Boy Harsher rave stabs. On the greatest album of all time, her voice is less affected yet further out of reach, persistently clouded by AutoTune and sometimes submerged under the beats, so only her sibilants break the surface. It’s like hearing her through an exceptional high, and the way Stel plays with scale and setting will feel familiar to anyone who’s ever K-holed or greened out: You’ll blink and find you’ve changed locations without consciously…
The TikTok influencer accused of trying to hire a hit man on the dark web to kill singer Jack Avery sat just 10 feet from her alleged target in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday as another former boyfriend testified against her, describing her alleged hatred of the pop star tied to their bitter child custody dispute. Cody Clayburn testified that he met the influencer, Gabriela Gonzalez, in June 2021, around the time prosecutors allege she was conspiring with her father and another former boyfriend, Kai Cordrey, to pay an “expert hitman” in cryptocurrency to murder Avery. Clayburn said he knew…
The star said that she has been fighting an illness and had to cut her performance on Wednesday Charli XCX announced that her Arizona stop on the Music, Fashion, Film tour has been canceled as she recovers from an illness. In a social media post, the singer addressed her “Arizona angles” and broke the news. Charli is currently in the tail end of her North American run following two packed shows in Los Angeles over the weekend. She was set to perform at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale on Wednesday. The star said that she has been “fighting sickness throughout…
The Rolling Stones have surprised released the playful new single ‘Who You Callin’ Crazy’ – the latest teaser of new material on the deluxe edition of ‘Foreign Tongues’. The rock giants announced an extended ‘Loose Lips’ version of their latest album last week, which will feature five previously unreleased songs, all written and recorded around the same time as the original tracklist. Today (Tuesday October 20), they surprise released the latest of the five new songs, ‘Who You Callin’ Crazy’, which sees them embrace an uplifting, feel-good sound. “If I look nervous, about to collapse/ if I’m squirming like a…
Somewhere between Nashville and New York, Patrick Droney picked up photography. The East Coast native was looking for answers at the tail-end of recording 2023’s hailed Subtitles for Feelings, what he deems a “rabbit hole” of an album. “I thought I was in an answer moment with that record, but you know it was just a strange way to land a plane and know that I needed to get back on the ground to get altitude again,” he tells Rolling Stone. So, he bought a hulking cinema camera and stepped outside his Brooklyn apartment. Amid the city’s determined busyness, Droney…
Donald Trump has spent the months ahead of the midterm elections reaffirming his opposition to the free press, and he’s only growing more combative as Election Day nears. The president snapped at reporters again on Tuesday, yelling and lashing out multiple times during an Oval Office press gaggle. “Quiet, QUIET!” Trump commanded one reporter, before snarling, “What’s wrong with you? Are you a sick person? I actually think theres something wrong with you.” YIKES — Trump loses his shit at a reporter for the third time during this Q&A — “Wait wait — Quiet. Quiet!!!! What’s wrong with you? Are…
Apple Corps have announced plans for a “spectacular” new Liverpool home for The Beatles Story – promising an epic immersive experience for fans from across the globe. As part of Apple Corps Ltd and Universal Music Group’s landmark partnership announced ahead of Sam Mendes’ ambitious biopics about the Fab Four, the long running, award-winning attraction will be moving in 2028 from its current home in Liverpool’s Albert Dock to a brand-new site that was formerly St Johns Market in St Johns Shopping Centre, directly opposite Liverpool Lime Street station. The new iteration of Liverpool’s The Beatles Story will be more…
