Author: Press Room

Even in the darkest moments, the songs showed the United States the way forward. A writing by Barack ObamaDuring the first presidential campaign I became a bit obsessed – and perhaps even became superstitious – with some small rituals to do on the days when there was a debate. I had to do some exercise and always order the same dinner. A half hour before the event I put aside the notes and lists of topics that the staff had prepared, put on my headphones and listened to some music.At first I heard jazz classics like Freddie Freeloader by Miles…

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The duo typically team up to host CNN's New Years Eve Live in Times Square in December The boys are back together. Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will reunite to host CNN's Independence Eve Live With Anderson & Andy: Celebrating 250a countdown to America's 250th birthday. The show is set for Friday, July 3, in Times Square, where Cooper and Cohen will help viewers celebrate the United States' big birthday. The broadcast will air from 8 pm ET/PT through 12:30 am ET/PT., and will feature the famous Times Square ball dropping at midnight, just like on New Years Eve. According…

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No, Taylor Swift didn't write a song for Toy Story 5. In recent weeks, a rumor had started circulating according to which the musician had prepared an unreleased song for the new Pixar gem. The reason for the rumor arose from a countdown that appeared earlier this month on the pop star's website, and then removed, which seemed to contain possible visual references to Toy Story.WHY WE THINK IT IS TOY STORY RELATED ‼️☁️– Taylor's outfit the other night. EVERY COLOR (when she wants to be seen, she will be seen) – The color of the countdown… exactly the same…

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Ariana Grande has released “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” the first single from her upcoming album Petal. The song was produced by her long-time collaborator Ilya alongside Max Martin. The buoyant pop song sees Grande reflecting on a lost love who may have had stronger feelings for her than she did for them. “Hate that I made you love me,” she croons over a shimmering, ambient instrumental backdrop. “Sorry if I made me your type/ Yeah, I hate that I made you love me/ ‘Cause I barely tried.” An official music video for “Hate That I Made You…

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How much feeling can fit inside a Greg Mendez song? On “Frog,” from his new album, Beauty Land, he shows us. Here is every word he sings in it: “Please forgive me for my faults.” His voice never rises above a hum. It’s over in 73 seconds, but I haven’t felt so harrowed by 73 consecutive seconds of music all year.How much life and detail can fit inside a Greg Mendez song? “I pretend your garden’s full of flowers every morning/They forgive me for the things I’ve done and the things I will become when I’m angry,” he begins on…

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Now, he’s trying hard to get a rise out of anyone who would dare question his authority. “Don’t come to me with no goofy ghetto shit/I’m racist, and I don’t like that,” he hisses at the start of “GYBB,” chewing on the word “racist” for as long as he’s able. It doesn’t matter whether you actually believe JPEG is racist; he wants you to approach bars like this in bad faith, just like he wants you to clutch your pearls when he says the “little boys” making up his competition can’t touch him like Epstein on “Mask On” or the…

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After a 13-year radio silence, of course, the first question on many minds will be, What’s changed? The answer remains, as usual: not much. The duo has not significantly altered its formula since Music Has the Right to Children, though that’s not to say its discography has delivered diminishing returns; one of Boards of Canada’s talents has always been the ability to eke out subtle variations from a relatively fixed pool of sounds and moods. Geogaddi doubled down on Music Has the Right to Children’s mix of lacerating hip-hop beats and woozy psychedelia; flush with acoustic guitars, 2005’s The Campfire…

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Just under a year after sharing his most recent album, Essex Honey, Blood Orange is back with “Essex_Honey.mp3,” his first new song of 2026. The track, which pairs a wistful top synth with a clattering breakbeat, samples Sky Ferreira’s “Everything Is Embarrassing,” which Blood Orange also produced. Check it out below.Essex Honey, which dropped in July 2025, was Hynes’ first new album under the moniker since 2018. It featured Lorde, Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar, Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates, Mustafa, Ian Isiah, Tirzah, Naomi Scott, author Zadie Smith, and more. He brought the record on a tour through the US, Canada,…

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