Lizzo (feat. SZA), 'Special'
It's so on brand for our musical fairy godmothers to sprinkle a little love over us with a self-affirming bop.
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BTS singer Suga announces his upcoming solo world tour
Concerts kick off this spring in the U.S. before heading to Asia. The entire super group won't reunite until 2025 — when members of the K-pop sensation complete their mandatory military service.
Intrusive thoughts and mixmaster madness in Liv.e's 'Girl in the Half Pearl'
The Dallas-born, LA-based artist's shape-shifting 2020 debut, Couldn't Wait to Tell You, emulated a series of journal entries. Her sophomore album taps the energy of a drug-fueled club night.
Pharrell Williams succeeds Virgil Abloh as the head of men's designs at Louis Vuitton
The singer, producer and designer has a long history of working with fashion brands — as well as big shoes to fill. Williams' first Louis Vuitton collection will debut at Men's Fashion Week in June.
Fousheé: Tiny Desk Concert
Britanny Fousheé is not an artist who can be boxed in. In her Tiny Desk set, she flexes her eclectic artistry and vocal — and emotional — range.
50 years later, the celebrations and contradictions of 'Wattstax' still resonate
The documentary returns to theaters this month alongside the release of a new box set. It's a chance to consider what it captures (and doesn't) about music, race and justice in the 1970s and today.
From Beyoncé to Debussy, Yannick Nézet-Séguin shares music that inspires him
What do great conductors listen to when they're not on the podium? Nézet-Séguin made a playlist, specifically for Fresh Air, of music that inspires him (plus one of his cats' favorite songs).
Lana Del Rey, 'A&W'
Lana Del Rey is further, gloriously unspooled in a seven-minute track that includes a rap.
'Imagining Freedom' will give $125 million to art projects focused on incarceration
Since 2020, the Mellon Foundation has given over $40 million to arts and humanities projects addressing mass incarceration. In all, it says, it will donate $125 million to such efforts.
Celebrating 100 years of the music of Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith, also known as "Empress of the Blues," recorded her first record on Feb. 15, 1923: Down Hearted Blues.