Music News

Jarvis Cocker‘s long-anticipated new book, This Book Is a Song, will be released October 1, 2020. Penguin imprint Jonathan Cape scored the rights back in 2017 and Amazon has now confirmed the release for later this year. Cocker, who previously published lyric collection Mother Brother Lover in 2011, sold the …

Christmas music continued to rule the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs Chart this week, with holiday fare occupying nine of the Top Ten and 18 of the Top 20 spots on the chart. The biggest holiday song, of course, was — and maybe always will be — Mariah Carey‘s “All …

Chance the Rapper took over for James Corden as host of The Late Late Show this week and took the opportunity to perform “Roo” with his brother Taylor Bennett. The show marked the first time the pair has performed together on TV. In the clip, the duo sit side by …

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has teamed with Lil Wayne and Rick Ross for a big and brash new track, “Gimme Brain,” that marks the first release from Barker’s new label, DTA Records. Barker produced “Gimme Brain,” which boasts a speaker-shaking mix of drums and bass peppered with twisty synth lines …

In August, the British grime star Stormzy was fresh off his first U.K. Number One (“Vossi Bop”), a historic headlining set at Glastonbury and was climbing the U.K. Singles chart again. The song was a remix of “Take Me Back to London,” a collaboration with Ed Sheeran, but it wouldn’t …

CL, one of the most successful K-pop crossover artists in the history of the genre, has returned with “DONE161201,” her first solo project in three years. Paired with the single “REWIND170205,” the tracks will appear on her upcoming LP In the Name of Love. The video for “DONE161201” features cameos …

A new scripted miniseries about the creation and rise of Spotify is headed to Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The as-yet-untitled series will be based on the book Spotify Untold, which Swedish journalists Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud published this year. No director, showrunner or stars have been announced …

The Weeknd closed out his two-night Late Show residency Friday with a riveting rendition of his new single “Blinding Lights.” The performance marked the first time the singer born Abel Tesfaye had played the song live. Unlike the previous night’s “Heartless” performance, the Weeknd actually appeared onstage for “Blinding Lights,” …

James Corden tapped Kacey Musgraves to narrate a holiday rom-com using 14 holiday classics in a segment on The Late Late Show. The pair created the clip, titled “Soundtrack to a Christmas Love Story,” using nine sets and only one take. The segment opens with Musgraves dressed as an elf …

So, How Was Your Decadeis a series in which the decade’s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December. Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus began the 2010s with his old band back together, ready for …