A friend and I were discussing J.K. Rowling yet again. Not the books, not the legacy, but the endless churn of her anti-trans commentary, this time directed at Emma Watson after Watson offered her a soft but sincere olive branch in a recent interview. We were also discussing something I had written about Rowling’s latest […]
Olivia Dean just did what the biggest artists in the world routinely avoid: she took on Ticketmaster publicly, and won. After the singer blasted Ticketmaster, Live Nation, and AEG for allowing “vile” price-gouging on resale tickets for her The Art of Loving tour, the ticketing monopoly have now agreed to cap resale prices and refund
In a new interview with CLASH, Hayley Williams opens up with striking candor about art, identity, and accountability. The Paramore frontwoman is currently promoting Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party, a project she describes as “a splintered thing”: part emotional memoir, part political meditation, and a full-on rejection of the expectations that have followed her
As the Trump administration continues to lean on pop music to bolster its political messaging, artists across the spectrum have been pushed back loudly. Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Selena Gomez and others have all condemned the government’s repeated use of their songs without consent, often in service of hardline immigration policies and nationalist propaganda. But
Shirley Henderson may be beloved by fans for her unforgettable turn as Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, but landing the role wasn’t as straightforward as swishing into a Hogwarts bathroom stall. In fact, the actor was 37 years old when she auditioned to play the eternally miserable 14-year-old ghost, and
Taylor Swift’s merch is once again under fire from a growing faction of increasingly disillusioned Swifties who say they’re done making excuses for her. After complaints about high prices and questionable quality from the pop star’s merch in recent years, some of her fans are now calling out the singer for what they describe as
When you’re on track to become the planet’s first trillionaire, nothing says “I’m a serious visionary” like recycling middle-school insults at a 23-year-old pop star. Elon Musk, noted humanitarian, allergy sufferer to criticism, and self-proclaimed genius, took a break from not ending world hunger this week to fire back at Billie Eilish, the musician who
Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl has been breaking all kinds of records and has earned 3.5 million equivalent album units in the U.S. since its October 3 release, according to Luminate. With 3.2 million traditional sales and another 300,000 from streaming, the album has now surpassed Adele’s 25 for the largest debut week by total units since Billboard began using its