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For the past half-decade, there has been an explosion of male musicians realizing that marriage wouldn’t kill them; Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, and Offset have spent much of the 2010s sharing seemingly every peak and valley of their marriages. Now, Justin Bieber, riding high off his marriage to Hailey …

One of three men charged with providing the counterfeit drugs that led to the fatal overdose of rapper Mac Miller has pleaded not guilty. Cameron James Pettit, 28, of West Hollywood, entered the plea in federal court Thursday in Los Angeles. Petitt is charged with conspiring to distribute controlled substances …

Songs from DaBaby‘s Kirk flooded the RS 100 this week. “Intro” took the top spot with 20.4 million streams, beating Post Malone’s multi-week Number One “Circles” by a narrow margin. In total, DaBaby placed four Kirk songs in the Top 10 and 13 tracks in the Top 40, an impressive …

Norah Jones and Mavis Staples have teamed for a new bittersweet ballad, “I’ll Be Gone.” Written by Pete Remm, who co-produced the song with Jones, “I’ll Be Gone” is a slow and steady soul tune with a gospel edge befitting the song’s lyrics, which convey a potent mixture of grief, …

Noah Cyrus examines her state of mind on the earnest, powerful new ballad “Lonely.” This is Cyrus’ second new song of the year, following up the similarly moody “July.” “Lonely” is a piano ballad, written by Cyrus. On it, she questions what she’s doing with her life. “I’m slowly killing …

Charli XCX and Jimmy Fallon performed a live mashup on The Tonight Show Wednesday night, as part of the late-night program’s Live Show series running this week. The pair combined Depeche Mode‘s 1981 song “I Just Can’t Get Enough” with Charli and Icona Pop‘s 2012 single “I Love It,” written by …

Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a sizzling rendition of the Cars‘ “Just What I Needed” during a concert in Singapore Sunday. The cover pays tribute to frontman Ric Ocasek, who died unexpectedlySeptember 15th at the age of 75. In the video, a shirtless Anthony Kiedis and Flea take the reigns …

Tegan and Sara have unveiled the new confessional ballad “Don’t Believe the Things They Tell You (They Lie),” from their upcoming album, Hey, I’m Just Like You, out September 27th. The song — originally written when Tegan and Sara were in high school — examines the ways lies and deceit …

Prince delivers a delirious rendition of “1999” in a previously unreleased clip from his December 29th, 1982 concert at the Summit in Houston, Texas. The entire show will be released on DVD as part of a new 1999 reissue, out November 29th. “1999” frequently, and fittingly, served as the final …

Charli XCX, Clairo and Yaeji traverse regret from the fallout of a past relationship on their new song “February 2017.” The song will appear on Charli XCX’s forthcoming Charli, which arrives on September 13th. On the new track, Charli and her song conspirators reflect on the past, which builds from …