SZA

SZA, Tyler, the Creator, Blink-182, the Killers, and Future x Metro Boomin will arrive in Chicago this summer as Lollapalooza 2024 headliners. The festival will return to Grant Park, Aug. 1 through 4. Hozier, Stray Kids, Melanie Martinez, and Skrillex have also earned top billing this year, with Skrillex returning to the festival for the first time in 10 years and Stray Kids making their U.S. Lollapalooza debut. Other big name artists booked include Deftones, Tate McRae, Conan Gray, Reneé Rapp, Victoria Monét,…

J. Cole will once again bring his Dreamville Festival to Raleigh, North Carolina, next month — and this time, he’s enlisted SZA, Nicki Minaj, and Chris Brown to join him as headliners at the 2024 fest. Taking place April 6 and 7 at Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park, the fourth annual Dreamville will also feature sets from Lil Yachty, ScHoolboy Q, Sexxy Red, J.I.D., Teezo Touchdown, Earthgang, Bas, Rae Sremmurd, Rema, Jeezy, Monica and dozens more. Tickets for the festival, which J. Cole — a native of nearby…

SZA has been confirmed as a headliner for American Express presents BST Hyde Park this summer. The R&B star will headline on Saturday 29th June 2024, which is the first Saturday of BST Hyde Park’s three weekends. SZA will be joined by special guests Sampha and Snoh Aalegra, with the full supporting line-up to be announced. SZA is one of the leading stars in contemporary R&B and rose to fame with her trio of EPs and collaborations with the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. In 2017 her…

Issa Rae’s Raedio record label has signed Grammy-nominated producer ThankGod4Cody as well as emerging acts Jae Stephens and GAWD. ThankGod4Cody worked on seven tracks from SZA’s SOS, including “I Hate U,” “Love Language” and “Seek & Destroy.” This month he was nominated for album of the year at the Grammys alongside the best-selling singer, who won three honors including best progressive R&B album. ThankGod4Cody also worked on four songs from SZA’s 2017 debut Ctrl, including the multi-platinum…

On the morning of Feb. 6, “Drake” was trending on X (formerly known as Twitter); not too unusual for one of the world’s most successful rappers. The reason, though, turned out to be extremely unusual for the pop star and reverberated across the internet for a week – what looked like a video of Drake engaged in a solo sex act was circulating. He hasn’t commented on the video or its veracity explicitly, but he seems to be taking the commotion in stride.  On Feb. 7, Drake’s first night in Nashville for his ongoing…

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, SZA looks to outer space in search of a better world, Selena Gomez channels a flirty French alter ego, and Quavo returns with his first single of 2024. Plus, new music from Saweetie, MGMT with Christine and the Queens, and Central Cee. SZA, “Saturn” (YouTube) Selena Gomez, “Love On” (YouTube) Quavo, “Himothy” (YouTube) Saweetie, “Richtivities” (YouTube) MGMT…

The singer surprise dropped the lush new single on Thursday evening After debuting her lush new single, “Saturn,” at a Grammys commercial this year, SZA surprise released the track on Thursday evening. The ode to heartbreak begins with the lonely verse: If there’s another universe, please make some noise/Give me a sign/ This can’t be life/If there’s a point to losing love.” The chorus makes the case for teleporting to a new planet entirely as she sings, “Life’s better on Saturn/Got to break…

Reneé Rapp, Smashing Pumpkins, Brittany Howard, Justice, Hozier, and many more booked for Montreal fest this August Green Day, SZA, and Noah Kahan will serve as headliners at the 2024 Osheaga Festival, returning to Montreal this August. The diverse lineup for the three-day fest also boasts Justice, Reneé Rapp, Skepta, Melanie Martinez, Labrinth, Brittany Howard, Hozier, Chappell Roan, and the Smashing Pumpkins, who are making their first Osheaga appearance since 2007. Bladee, Rancid, Martin…

The VHS-style video takes place in a multiverse where Drake lives in suburbia with a very pregnant Red On Valentine’s Day, Drake debuted his latest, self-directed video “Rich Baby Daddy” featuring Sexyy Red and SZA — taking fans from a house party to the maternity ward. The video begins as an episode in the Drake multiverse: The rapper begins his morning filming on a VHS camera while he can be heard saying “finally made it out the ‘hood” while checking out his Honda in the driveway and waving…

SZA is feverishly scrolling through her phone. She missed the afterparty celebrating her Grammy wins on Sunday, and her die-hard fans are on social media wondering if she revealed clues about her new album at the affair. “I was trying to scroll the pictures of my party to see if I missed an album hint somewhere,” she says, “and I found it.”  The anticipation for new SZA music is wild, and the response to her epic SOS album has been grandiose. It won the performer three Grammy Awards on…