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Bella Poarch Says ‘Stay Gone’ With Confidence in Her Latest Official Video

Bella Poarch embraces independence and emotional distance in the official music video for Stay Gone, giving the song a visual that matches its confident message of knowing when to walk away. Stay Gone finds Poarch leaning into a darker, more self assured side of her pop sound. Rather than dwelling on heartbreak, the song centers

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ADÉLA Proves the Point Beautifully: You Do Not Need Los Angeles to Make It

The best pop songs are often the most personal ones, and “Ain’t In LA,” released July 23 via Capitol Records as the third single from ADÉLA’s forthcoming debut album Prima, is both. Inspiration struck after a visit back home to Bratislava, where she came across photos of her mother at 18 years old posing in

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Alijah Morton Channels Detroit Roots and Raw Musicianship Into New Single “Love Poem”

For Phoenix-based artist Alijah Morton, music has always been more than a creative outlet. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Alijah has carried the influence of his hometown with him while building a sound rooted in Hip Hop, R&B, live musicianship, personal experience, and a producer’s ear for atmosphere. His latest single, “Love Poem,” offers

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Miley Cyrus and the Long Road to ‘Golden Burning Sun’

Some songs take years to become what they were always supposed to be. “Golden Burning Sun (Surrender)” was originally written during the sessions for Endless Summer Vacation in 2023, set aside, and eventually reworked into the eighth track of Something Beautiful, Miley Cyrus’s ninth studio album. That the official music video for the song is

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JENNIE Turns a Summer in Spain Into the Most Cinematic Thing She Has Done Yet

There is a particular kind of feeling that does not have a clean name, the space between friendship and something more, where everything is warmth and possibility and the deliberate choice to leave things undefined. JENNIE has always had an instinct for the emotional registers that resist easy labeling, and with “Less than a Lover,”

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Lizzy McAlpine Opens the Door to ‘Angel’ With One of the Loveliest Songs She Has Ever Written

Today is a good day to fall in love with Lizzy McAlpine all over again. The Philadelphia-born singer, songwriter, and producer released “the light in the painting” this morning via RCA Records, the lead single and opening track from her forthcoming fourth studio album Angel, due September 18, and it is the kind of arrival

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Sam Smith Has Never Sounded More at Peace, and ‘My Guy’ Is the Proof

There are artists who spend their careers writing about the love they are chasing, and then there are artists who arrive, finally, at the love they have found. Sam Smith has announced their fifth studio album, Hazel Eyes, set for release August 21 via Capitol Records, and with lead single “My Guy” they have delivered

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Katy Perry Finally Lets It All Burn — And the Result Is Electrifying

After months of anticipation and speculation, Katy Perry released “Watch It Burn” globally on June 25 via Capitol Records, and the pop world received exactly what it had been waiting for: an artist with nothing left to protect and everything left to say. Dropping alongside a cinematic new music video, the track finds Perry setting

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