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Olivia Rodrigo Says Perfectionism Can Get in the Way of Writing Great Songs

Olivia Rodrigo says she has changed the way she approaches songwriting after the pressure she felt while making GUTS. Speaking at the Grammy Museum, the singer explained how her third album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, helped her rediscover the fun of making music, trust imperfect ideas and stop expecting every song to arrive fully formed. Olivia Rodrigo says one of the biggest lessons she has learned as a songwriter is that perfection can get in the way of the song itself. Speaking at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on September 1 with Cameron Crowe, Rodrigo looked back at the pressure she felt while making GUTS and compared it with the much freer process behind her third......

Miley Cyrus Announces New Album Bass Persuades for September 18

Miley Cyrus has officially announced her new album, Bass Persuades, arriving September 18 through Atlantic Records. After days of mysterious “Miley” teasers, the singer has also confirmed two Hollywood Bowl shows for October, giving fans the first clear look at her next era following Something Beautiful while keeping the album’s sound, tracklist and collaborators largely under wraps for now. Miley Cyrus has finally revealed what her latest campaign has been leading toward. Her new album, Bass Persuades, will be released on September 18 through Atlantic Records, giving a name and date to the mysterious rollout that had been building over the past few days. Along with the......

Ariana Grande Injures Her Foot Just Before the Final Eternal Sunshine Tour Show

Ariana Grande is heading into the final Eternal Sunshine Tour show with an unexpected injury after revealing that she suffered a deep cut on her foot in London. Her foot remains bandaged and walking is slightly uncomfortable, but the singer did not cancel her August 31 performance and is still scheduled to close the tour at the O2 Arena on September 1. Ariana Grande reached the final hours of the Eternal Sunshine Tour with an unexpected change after revealing that she suffered a deep cut on her foot shortly before the penultimate show at London’s O2 Arena. The injury did not force her to cancel the August 31 concert, but it was serious enough to affect the way she walked and the......

Harry Styles Jokes About Weddings at Taylor Swift’s Madison Square Garden Venue

Harry Styles turned one short comment at Madison Square Garden into an instant pop-culture moment when he joked that the famous New York venue “does weddings too.” He never mentioned Taylor Swift or Travis Kelce by name, but weeks after their reported wedding at the same arena, the audience immediately understood the reference and reacted before Styles needed to explain anything else. Harry Styles knew exactly how much he needed to say at Madison Square Garden, and the answer was almost nothing. During his New York show, he reminded the crowd that the famous arena is home to the New York Knicks before casually adding that they “do weddings too.” He did not mention......

The Weeknd Breaks a New Touring Record With $124.4 Million in One Month

The Weeknd has reached another major touring milestone as the After Hours til Dawn Tour earned $124.4 million from 16 reported shows in July 2026. With 892,000 tickets sold, he topped Billboard’s monthly Top Tours chart for the first time while helping push the wider concert business to a record-breaking $1.155 billion month. The Weeknd has turned July 2026 into one of the biggest months of his touring career, pulling in $124.4 million from 16 reported shows and selling 892,000 tickets. The numbers were enough to place him at No. 1 on Billboard’s monthly Top Tours chart for the first time since the After Hours til Dawn Tour began four years ago. They also gave him the highest......

Beyoncé’s $1 Million Donation Supports Colombia Earthquake Relief

Beyoncé is stepping into Colombia’s earthquake relief effort with a $1 million personal donation aimed at helping communities hit hardest in Chocó. Announced through Parkwood Entertainment, the money will support urgent food and housing needs as Karol G, Shakira and other major music stars join a fast-growing wave of support for families affected by the devastating August 10 earthquake. Beyoncé has pledged $1 million to support communities in Colombia that were hit hardest by the powerful earthquake in Chocó, adding one of the biggest international celebrity donations to the relief effort so far. The money, announced through Parkwood Entertainment, is......

Dolly Parton Dies at 80 After a Seven-Decade Career That Changed American Music

Dolly Parton has died at 80, leaving behind a career that cannot be contained by a single genre or profession. She was a country singer, songwriter, pop crossover star, actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist, but her greatest achievement may have been remaining unmistakably herself across seven decades of cultural change. From rural Tennessee to global fame, Parton built one of the most enduring careers in American music. Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Tuesday, August 25, at the age of 80, bringing to an end one of the longest and most distinctive careers in American popular culture. In recent months, she had significantly reduced her public appearances because of health problems that......

Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black” Returns for Its 20th Anniversary With Unreleased Demos and Rare Live Recordings

Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black” is returning 20 years after its original release in a new anniversary edition that goes beyond simple nostalgia. Unreleased demos, alternative versions, rare B-sides and a 2007 concert from Amsterdam’s Paradiso offer a closer look at how deeply personal songs evolved into the dark, modern soul record that became one of the defining albums of its era. Amy Winehouse left behind a small studio discography, but “Back to Black” has always felt far larger than the number of songs it contains. Originally released on October 27, 2006, the album is returning two decades later in a new anniversary edition built around the material......

Dua Lipa Says Love Is Changing the Way She Writes Her Next Album

Dua Lipa is approaching new music from a different emotional place after “Radical Optimism.” Where heartbreak and the search for love once gave her obvious material, she is now more interested in what happens after love is found: the quiet moments, contradictions and small details that shape a real relationship. It is not yet an album announcement, but it may be the clearest clue to how her songwriting is changing. Dua Lipa is entering a creative period in which her personal life and her next musical chapter appear to be meeting in a new way. In a recent interview with Vogue Italia, the 31-year-old singer did not reveal a title, release date or full concept for her fourth......

Taylor Swift Says She Feels More Connected Than Ever to Her Country Roots

Taylor Swift says the longer her career continues, the more connected she feels to the country roots that first shaped the way she writes songs. Nearly 20 years after “Tim McGraw,” she now looks back at Nashville not as a chapter she left behind, but as the place where she learned how to build characters, images and stories that still run through every musical era of her career. Taylor Swift returned to the Grammy Museum for a conversation about songwriting and used the opportunity to look back at the earliest part of her career with a different sense of perspective. Speaking with Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr., she explained that as she gets older, she feels......