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Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic If we had the ability to assess who is the most beloved figure in music — not in overall numbers, but sheer adoration, per capita and per peer — it likely wouldn’t be Taylor or Beyoncé but Mavis Staples, who has been taking us there since the late ’60s. There being the smile that crosses anyone’s face when fortunate enough to be in the same room, or even in just giving a passing thought to that voice, that presence, and all the different ways in which Staples embodies righteousness.

Drake has officially released his song “Push Ups” on streaming!

Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse are going out for a walk!

Two acts were awarded the prestigious golden buzzer during Britain's Got Talent's launch episode on Saturday night.

Alicia Keys is celebrating the opening night of her new Broadway musical Hell’s Kitchen!

surrounding Rodrigo's debut album, Sour, some fans say they're experiencing a bit of déjà vu with The Tortured Poets Department.ICYMI: Back in 2021, Rodrigo was seemingly pressured into granting Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff writing credits on her song “deja vu” after telling that she was inspired by “Cruel Summer” during the writing process. While that might not seem like a big deal on paper, it was a deceptively nuanced and fraught situation that many fans believe fractured the artists' relationship and inspired Rodrigo's particularly gut-wrenching track, “The Grudge.” You can read a more in-depth analysis .Fans think multiple songs on Olivia Rodrigo's album Guts are about Taylor Swift.By Well, now it looks like the shoe may be on the other foot.

Taylor Swift gave a TON of nods to Travis Kelce in So High School… But did you catch possibly the most subtle one??

Lady Gaga is taking a trip down memory lane!

Sabrina Carpenter included a steamy reference to her boyfriend Barry Keoghan during her Coachella set!

Want to dress like Taylor Swift in her The Tortured Poets Department era? Well, you can do that at an affordable price!

Sabrina Carpenter gave an NSFW shoutout to Barry Keoghan at Coachella!

Eric Cantona was once asked how it felt that decades after retiring from football, Manchester United fans still sing his name at almost every Old Trafford match.

It appears that Taylor Swift has two songs about Kim Kardashian on her new album The Tortured Poets Department.

One of Matty Healy‘s family members is opening up about The 1975 singer’s reaction to Taylor Swift‘s new album The Tortured Poets Department.

Keleigh Sperry is over Joe Alwyn!

Taylor Swift fans may have cracked the code about the subject matter of another track off The Tortured Poets Department!

Unsurprisingly, the release of Taylor Swift’s 11th album has seen fans rushing to marry the star’s provocative lyrics with the correct ex-boyfriend.

Lana Del Rey LUVS Camila Cabello’s new song… Enough to perform it with her at Coachella!

A new series of Britain's Got Talent burst onto our screens on Saturday night (April 20). Fronted by Ant and Dec - who last week said goodbye to Saturday Night Takeaway - it saw the return of judges Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden, Simon Cowell and Bruno Tonioli.

Camila Cabello is making a surprise performance at Coachella!

Britain’s Got Talent viewers were delighted when a singer was awarded the season's first golden buzzer.

Turns out Joe Alywn didn’t have to be so worried about The Tortured Poets Department. Taylor Swift had her sights WAY more set on Matty Healy the whole time!

Taylor Swift‘s new album is breaking streaming records!

EXCLUSIVE: Thirteen years ago, a young Sidharth Sriram promised himself that the first time he would attend Coachella would be the first time he performed.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Taylor Swift can’t quit breaking her own records. After Spotify revealed Friday that “The Tortured Poets Department” had become the first album in the DSP’s history to amass 200 million streams in a single day, the service updated that news early Saturday, to report that first-day streams actually surpassed 300 million, when all was said and done and counted.

Frank Rizzo There’s a moment in David Adjmi’s play “Stereophonic” when a discordant, mid-’70s band-on-the rise hears one of its songs played back to them in the recording studio for the first time, with all its multiple tracks layered together into an artful whole. It leaves the ever-bickering band suddenly speechless, emotionally stunned and still with the realization that they have just heard something truly great.

to a Chiefs game on one fateful September evening, but they've let paparazzi, fans, and jumbotrons capture their “." Now, Swift is sharing more intimate moments of her life with the NFL tight end for the sake of album promo.On April 19, the shared a “Fortnight” recap, challenging fans to post their own highlight reels from the last 14 days in honor of main single. The —which Swift also shared to her Instagram Story following a link to the song's —features a sweet kiss on the cheek from Kelce as Swift cooked in a black crop top, light-wash jeans, and a simple chain necklace.

The new Broadway musical The Heart of Rock and Roll celebrated its upcoming opening night with a special gala performance!

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ has been swamped by Swifties.Swift dropped the album yesterday (April 19), before later revealing that it is in fact a double album, sharing 15 additional tracks. She has also released the official video for the single ’Fortnight’, which features Post Malone.One unexpected side effect of the album’s release has seen hundreds of Swift fans flock to The Black Dog in Vauxhall, South London, after Swift sang about it on the song of the same name.“And your location, you forgot to turn it off / And so I watch as you walk / Into some bar called The Black Dog / And pierce new holes in my heart,” she sings.The song is thought to address her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn, who lives in the same area as the pub.The staff at The Black Dog are now frantically searching through their CCTV archives to try to find any evidence of either Swift or Alwyn visiting the premises in the past.A post shared by The Black Dog Vauxhall (@theblackdogvauxhall)“This is the Taylor Swift Effect – anything she touches goes viral,” said Amy Cowley, who works at the pub (via the Standard).

Musician Jordan Coulthard has just released his first self-penned single and he's already amazed at the response. Jordan, who goes by just his surname Coulthard as an artist, released catchy dance track Climax at the weekend to much praise from fans.

Thania Garcia Camila Cabello was the surprise guest artist for Lana Del Rey‘s headlining Coachella set on Friday night. Del Rey temporarily left the stage after singing her song “Bartender” as Cabello launched into a surprise performance of her new single “I Luv It” from her forthcoming fourth studio album. Lana joined Cabello through some verses but mostly watched and danced from the balcony of her palace-like stage.

Taylor Swift fans have been sent into a frenzy after announcing her latest release was, in fact, a double album.

Taylor Swift‘s relationship with football player Travis Kelce is still pretty new, but it’s possible that he’s the subject of a song on her new album The Tortured Poets Department.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer The beef between Drake and what continues to be a strong sect of the hip-hop community grows deeper. On Friday night (April 19), the rapper released a song on his social media entitled “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which uses A.I.

Did Taylor Swift write another song about John Mayer?! Swifties sure seem to think so!

By Damn, is mad.That was my initial reaction after to her eleventh studio album, , which dropped at midnight on Friday. And this isn’t carefully curated, easily monetizable anger with a cute little snake mascot. This seems to be real rage, the kind that comes from lived pain, the kind that has led Swift to maybe let us behind the curtain in a real way for the first time in a long time.It’s hard to imagine that we could possibly ever in this lifetime need to know anything more about Taylor Swift.