Author: Press Room
Lisa continues to unleash her new era. On Sunday, the singer-rapper performed her new single “Sawadika” live for the first time at the MTV Video Music Awards. Lisa played up the boxing theme from the “Sawadika” music video for her performance. “I’m that bitch on your TV and my Ferrari indigo,” she spit. “La Lalisa, la diva, sawadika there she go.” The rapper ripped through intense choreography while the song blared through the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, at one point cruising on a moving platform that she’d later climb on top of. It was part boxing match, part raging…
At some point after Taylor Swift had gladhanded her way up to the stage for the second time on Sunday night, I found myself on the Wikipedia page for the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. In case time and pandemic-induced trauma have robbed you of those memories, that was the year Rihanna performed four times and Beyoncé played a five-song medley from Lemonade. Pretty much, we used to have stars. We still do, but when a 68-year-old Madonna is the only one injecting any verve or danger into the evening’s proceedings, your awards show has officially ceased to be cool.…
Two minutes into “The Juice,” a standout from the Mary Wallopers’ third album Paddywhackery, Andrew Hendy delivers a manifesto: “Dance to your daddy, and rosin the bow/ This is Irish rock’n’roll.” The line namechecks two old Irish trad songs, and recontextualizes them in the world the Mary Wallopers have spent the 2020s building, one where the long history of Irish folk is not a curiosity or an academic exercise, but a vital and living form of defiance. As soon as Hendy delivers the line, the band lights into an extended, intensifying instrumental passage proving that jigs and reels can, in…
Public Enemy’s Chuck D presented the surviving members of Nirvana — Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear — with MTV‘s Video Vanguard Award on Sunday. Only Novoselic spoke, and there was no performance. “I don’t think there’s ever been a band exactly like Nirvana,” Chuck D said in his speech.“This award brings back so many memories of making those videos,” Novoselic said. “The ideas for those videos all grew out of the vision of one of the greatest artists of all time, Kurt Cobain. Kurt was one of one … Nirvana continues to resonate so deeply because people are…
English singer-songwriter Sienna Spiro marked her first appearance at MTVs Video Music Awards with a stunning performance of her captivating single “Great Expectation.” Standing tall in a metallic dress, Spiro began her performance under a spotlight while standing on a stage-side replica of a vinyl spinning on a turntable. Soon enough, the lights lifted to reveal the full expanse of the set. Like her fellow Brit Raye, who performed earlier in the night, Spiro was joined onstage by a massive band complete with both horn and string sections, plus backing vocalists who created a lush cushion around her bold vocal…
Sombr, Raye Teddy Swims, Raye, and surprise guest Adam Lambert put on their best leather to celebrate the legacy of George Michael with a medley of songs at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night. Sombr, who was wearing George Michael’s own jacket, took on “Faith” and “Father Figure,” Raye sang “Knew You Were Waiting,” Teddy Swims tackled “Careless Whisper,” and Adam Lambert finished the performance off with “Freedom 90,” joined by young U.K. singers Meek and Saint Harison. The tribute to the singer, who died a decade ago on Christmas, commemorates the upcoming 40th anniversary of his 1987…
Orville Peck isn’t the first rhinestone cowboy to be laid low by the temptations of Sin City. Peck pegs the start of his downward spiral to the eve of his tour supporting 2022’s Bronco, the album that elevated him into the major leagues. A chance encounter with an ex-lover kicked off a bender that ended in an overdose, leaving his management to issue an ultimatum: If he didn’t go to rehab, they’d sever ties, right at the moment he seemed poised for stardom. He grudgingly acquiesced, but he secretly told himself he’d use again as soon as he left treatment.…
Nathan Jenkins speaks about songwriting with the arcane detachment of a mage, often describing the process in passive voice. Lyrics “materialize in the shape of melodies”; he’s “not very present” for the process in general. Jenkins has expressed admiration for the way Arthur Russell creates distance between himself and a song, “[wearing] them so lightly,” then folding them up before they’ve run ragged. After finishing 2024’s Affection, the London producer’s most pop-centric record under the Bullion moniker, Jenkins set out to make a follow-up record with a distinct goal in mind: “No more songs,” which might suggest a return to…
New Music Friday: le pagelle di All Music Italia ai nuovi singoli italiani del 25 settembre 2026, a cura di Alvise Salerno, conduttore radiofonico e divulgatore musicale sul web che ogni settimana recensisce per noi le nuove uscite italiane. Nella settimana del 25 settembre 2026 troviamo, tra gli altri, nuovi brani di Settembre, Francesca Michielin, Biagio Antonacci e Sayf, Margherita Vicario, Sfera Ebbasta e molti altri ancora. Queste sono le pagelle della New Music Friday dedicate ai nuovi singoli italiani usciti questa settimana. All’interno delle categorie ogni brano viene valutato in stelle e con un voto numerico, così da rendere…
“Blister Sunrise,” the opener and lead single of M83’s 10th studio album, begins with a breathy, spacious buildup that rivals the best that these climax junkies have ever constructed. After 70 seconds, it abruptly cuts to silence. The next few moments of gently swirling synths made me check my screen to see if I’d accidentally skipped ahead to the next track. Then the song explodes—a wordless, throat-shredding scream erupting to ratchet up the maximalism. It’s been a long time since the word “abrasive” could accurately describe something in an M83 song. 2016’s Junk was often hair-raisingly garish in its reanimation…
