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More than 40 years after its original release, Boy George and Culture Club have rerecorded their chart-topping hit, “Karma Chameleon,” using AI to recreate the vocal characteristics of the original 1983 recording. Alongside digital formats, the release will be available on vinyl in red, gold and green, the colors referenced in the song, featuring reimagined cover art. The record marks the launch of Artist Included, a music technology company co-founded by Boy George's manager, Paul Kemsley, and entertainment attorney and film producer Jeremy Rosen. Boy George serves as creative director. Asked why he decided to recreate the song, Boy George…

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In early June this year, Phoebe Bridgers announced her first solo tour since 2023. The flyer featured a photograph of the 31-year-old singer-songwriter on a desolate small-town street, behind the wheel of a vintage turquoise vehicle. It's twilight, the sky a cosmic cotton-candy pattern of blue and pink, while a beam of light shoots out from behind an old house with white clapboard siding and hunter-green shutters. Bridgers is just a small figure in the frame, but her energy is unmistakable. You almost wonder if her signature skeleton suit is in the trunk of the car. The image was taken…

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In 1996, the Tibetan Freedom Concert turned an underreported human rights struggle into a global cultural moment. The brainchild of Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch, the San Francisco benefit featured an enviable lineup of rock and hip-hop heavies, including Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Björk, A Tribe Called Quest, Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Beck, Pavement, De La Soul, Fugees, John Lee Hooker, Yoko Ono, Cibo Matto, Biz Markie, and, of course, Beastie Boys. Thirty years later, a new podcast is revisiting how it all came together — and what it set in motion. Launching June 15,…

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Text and meaning of Shake cokethe new single by Thomas Paradiseout June 19, 2026 via Columbia Records / Sony Music Italy. The song arrives a few months after the album's release Paradise House and after the success of The romanticscertified Gold Record. With the production of Simonetta, Thomas Paradise returns to move between everyday images, pop references and contemporary nostalgia, building a song that revolves around the unpredictability of summer encounters. Thomas Paradise – Shake coke: the meaning of the song Shake coke tells of one of those relationships that arise suddenly and seem to occupy every thought in the…

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Julia Jacklin has announced a new album, The Gem. The Australian singer-songwriter will share the Pre Pleasure follow-up on September 25 via her new label, 4AD. Below, listen to the first single “Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon).”“I want to love and be loved, but I also want to be free. The tension between those two things has been the central question of my life,” Jacklin said in press materials.“The Gem felt like a metaphor for the whole process, because a lot of it did feel like digging. I felt like I was doing it almost…

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Amanda Seyfried said she felt like a “bona fide musician” after learning to play the entirety of Joni Mitchell’s masterpiece, Blue, while prepping for a since-shelved project about the iconic singer-songwriter.  Seyfried was set to play Mitchell in a biopic about the singer and Elliot Roberts, Mitchell’s manager and co-founder of Asylum Records. (Roberts died in 2019.) During the pandemic, Seyfried said she learned to play the 1971 album across the guitar, dulcimer, and piano.    “The day that I finished learning the last song on the album, ‘[The Last Time I Saw] Richard’, I fucking wept,” Seyfried told GQ in…

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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Urban Outfitters’ latest Pride Month vinyl collection is here, featuring artists like Robyn, Reneé Rapp, Wet Leg, Slayyyter, and more. The releases include singles, EPs, and full-length albums with exclusive colored vinyl pressings. The drop celebrates “LGBTQIA+ artists, allies, and emerging voices across pop, indie, and alternative music,” according to the retailer, and a total of 11 artists are included. The collection is available to shop online now and in select stores, with prices ranging from $17.98 for…

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It’s not hard to find 100 Drake songs worth compiling into a list of his best work. In an era when rappers drop multiple albums/mixtapes/”projects”/whatever in a calendar year, the Toronto artist also known as Aubrey Drake Graham has been as prolific as anyone. On Nov. 4, he’ll release Her Loss, a full-length collaboration with Atlanta-via-London rapper 21 Savage. It’s his third project in just over 12 months, following Certified Lover Boy from September 2021, and Honestly, Nevermind last June. There’s a surplus of material, and more than a few standouts to appreciate. Yet some rap fans sick of hearing…

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One of the first stops on the NBA champion New York Knicks' celebration tour will be The Tonight Showwhere they'll reunite with the Wu-Tang Clan. On Monday, the Knicks' star starting five — Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, OG Annoy, and Mikal Bridges — will join host Jimmy Fallon to celebrate the team's first title in 53 years. Coach Mike Brown and the rest of the team will also be on hand, as will other special guests. As for the Wu-Tang Clan performance, it's a clever nod to the Knicks' massive game four win over the San Antonio Spurs:…

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