Tipping can always be a challenge, especially when it’s for a personal service like getting your hair done. Whether you’re getting a quick bang trim, a comprehensive haircut, a fancy updo, or even a new color, you should plan on tipping. The question is, how much?
A lot of it comes down to how skillful they are, how much time they have invested in making you look good, and how they have been attentive to your needs.
On average, you should plan on tipping at a rate between 15 and 20%. This is similar to what you would tip in a restaurant.
Are there reasons to go higher or lower? Of course.
You may want to aim at the lower end if it was a quick trim and they didn’t go above and beyond.
You may want to go higher if they have a specialized skill or they went out of their way to give you something unique – such as a custom color or a fix to a bad haircut that you got somewhere else.
Depending on the type of salon or barber shop you go to, there are a few things to pay attention to:
High-end establishments may build the tip into the final price they give you.
Some places may have assistants who wash your hair, give you a hand massage, or do something else. Plan on handing them a small amount of cash, such as $3-$5.
If you’re not sure about the proper tipping etiquette where you’re at, ask the receptionist or stylist.
When Addison Rae released her debut album, Addison, critics and fans were stunned. She’d done the unthinkable: shifted from a social media celebrity miming the lyrics to hit songs to creating her own and becoming a bona fide star. Magazines that champion the edgy and avant-garde, like PAPER, shouted that Rae wasn’t a fad or one-hit wonder but would be here to stay. Pitchfork, known for its strict grading scale, gave her release an 8.0 out of 10. She was featured on a remix of one of the biggest albums of the year, BRAT, howling along to Charli xcx’s “Von Dutch” and even joined the dance pop purveyor on the Coachella stage. Rae’s rise has been disruptive, chaotic, and a jolt to an industry filled with critics and fans who turn their noses up at anyone not achieving success by traditional terms.
Understanding the enigma that is Addison Rae requires a bit of time travel. In 2019, she amassed nearly 90 million followers from her dance videos and approachable, charismatic vlogs. At the time, she was studying Broadcast Journalism at Louisiana State University and living in Baton Rouge. She dropped a few EPs, hinting at her desire to create pop music with a capital P, but it didn’t quite take off. That is, until last June, when she released Addison, her first full-length album, to surprising, if not rave, reviews. “Diet Pepsi” was applauded for its Lana Del Rey-esque vocals, sweet and sugary sonics, and pure pop ethos. “Fame Is a Gun” showed off the star’s grittier side, with dance floor distortion and lyrical worship of hedonism. “High Fashion” was winking, addictive, and made it clear that Rae wasn’t the butt of the joke; she was the one dropping the witty lines. Co-produced and co-written with Luka Kloser and Elvira Anderfjärd, Rae not only showcased her unbridled songwriting prowess and the embodiment of womanhood in the modern age — she created songs that cut through what was expected and seen as top-chart-worthy in 2025.
Still, she was snubbed by this year’s VMAs, despite having what can clearly be seen as an early 2000s MTV ethos. And, even though she’s joined Lana Del Rey as an opener, clearly receiving the highest of emotive songwriting cosigns, many listeners still see her as derivative, reluctant to let her out of the TikTok box that she, unfortunately, built for herself.
But the Grammys are famous for doing the unexpected — don’t forget the waves of upset when Beck’s Morning Phase won over Beyoncé’s self-titled in 2015, or when Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ The Heist won over Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city for best rap album in 2014.
So, if Addison Rae’s name is announced this Friday, although she’s likely up against names like Sombr, Lola Young, The Marias, and more for the coveted Best New Artist prize, don’t be surprised if she wins, and don’t be shocked if it’s because (wait for it …) she deserves it.
Music should surprise you — shake you awake from what you think the status quo should be and sound like. Rae does just that, making us second-guess our preconceived notions of social media stars and Gen Z heroes. It’s a shot against pessimism that with an iPhone and a dream, you can have an impact that places you on stage at Wembley, Coachella, and your own sold-out headline sets. In a landscape constantly attempting to figure out how to shift pop culture consciousness — the algorithm, fans, and the industry to “break through” — Rae leverages what could once have been perceived as shallow popularity into authentic and well-earned “fame.”
Dropped in the middle of our modern, noisy musical landscape, Ravyn Lenae’s “Love Me Not” achieved the impossible — breaking through by sounding like nothing else on the charts. The swoony, melodic R&B hit about yearning over a confusing lover is a mix of crisp vocals and fuzzy backing tracks, timeless orchestration, and a sing-along chorus. While other artists were wrestling for the title of hyperpop champion, Lenae released a soul-pop bop that is somehow both familiar and new, vintage and nostalgic, and fans took notice. Released in May of 2024 and submitted to the 2026 Grammys, the track peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, amassed millions of streams on Spotify, went viral on TikTok, launched a dance trend, and garnered hundreds of thousands of videos.
Now, Lenae is leveraging that hit into her 2026 Grammys campaign — submitting “Love Me Not” for consideration in the Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Pop Performance categories, with a bonus FYC for Best New Artist. “For your consideration, the album that continues to tell me where I’m going…” Lenae wrote, adding a photo of the album artwork of her latest album, Birds Eye. “Thank you to every voice involved in bringing this to life.” This Friday — which will feel like just another day before the weekend to the rest of us — for countless musical artists, will forever be the day they received (or were snubbed …) when the Recording Academy shares their nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards.
So, will Lenae be among the nods? She’s already received a Song of the Summer nomination for “Love Me Not” from the MTV VMAs and was officially crowned Billboard’s R&B Rookie of the Year. Still, there are multiple barriers in the way of Lenae’s nomination and (hopeful) win in her proposed category.
For one, the definition of pop is in a constant flux. While “Love Me Not” is up for Best Pop Performance, artists like Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, and Chappell Roan, who have traditionally been associated with the genre, may sway the votes of members. Similarly, “Manchild,” “Wildflower,” and “Subway,” may peak voting interest, with their singular sound and songwriting. (Though, in our opinion, “Love Me Not” deserves to be top contender, at least for the Record of The Year spot, an award which recognizes the artist’s performance as well as the overall contributions of the producers, mixers, and mastering engineers.)
Another potential roadblock in Lenae’s pursuit of Grammy glory? Despite her breakout success in 2025, the artist has been releasing music for nearly a decade. She dropped her debut album Hypnos in May of 2022, but she has yet to be recognized by the academy for her work. Still, Sabrina Carpenter was nominated for the same award last year during her sixth album cycle, so it’s not impossible that Lenae nabs a nom, or even wins.
Despite the odds against her, Lenae picking up a nomination and winning any of her potential categories would be not only promising for her individual career, but the future of R&B. Back in 2017, rap and R&B became the biggest music genre in the U.S., surpassing rock for the first time in terms of consumption by fans. In fact, between October 25 to November 1 there were no rap songs in the Top 40 Billboard charts for the first time in 35 years. As pop takes over once again, the other genres seem to be losing footing, but highlighting the creative and industry achievements of acts like Lenae not only contributes to the shift of the genre back to the center, it also gives other would-be artists an example to follow, ensuring the genre continues to evolve, iterate, and succeed.
Leon Thomas, Kehlani, Mariah the Scientist, and Olivia Dean are all working the charts, foreshadowing the possibility of R&B making a 2000s-esque comeback, but of all of these artists, Lenae seems to be the most primed to bring in this potential era.
Born and raised in the South side of Chicago, priming her vocals in the church choir before attending Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) — she knew where she was heading, spending her money on recording equipment and sharing her music online. She shared multiple EPs, worked with Steve Lacy on production, and by the time she dropped Hypnos in 2022, already had a substantial following. But Birds Eye was her most realised album, one that showed who she was inside and out and fans took notice. That album, and it’s most prominent hit “Love Me Not,” feel like just the start for Lenae, because, as she told PAPER: “I’m also thinking beyond ‘Love Me Not’ and this moment, and thinking about the artist I want to continue to grow into and the music I want to continue to make.”
As R&B icon Mariah Carey told her during Elle’s ‘Three Generations of R&B’ conversation: “You’re going to have to get after these things.” Judging by Lenae’s momentum, she seems more than ready to do just that. Her first Grammy nod (and potential win) could mark the beginning of the lasting legacy Lenae is looking to build.
For the past several months, Mass Appeal Records has been rolling out its Legend Has It… campaign, consisting of new albums from some of the pillars of New York hip-hop, including Slick Rick, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon The Chef, Mobb Deep, and Big L. With those albums out, only two more remain: Nas’ long-awaited joint album with DJ Premier, and De La Soul’s tenth studio album. Today, we’ve learned when the latter arrives.
De La Soul and Mass Appeal announced the release date for Cabin In The Sky with its vibrant first single, “The Package.” You can listen to it above. The single features the first listen to late group member Trugoy (aka Plug Two and Dave) since his passing in February 2023. His death came at a terrible time for the former trio, which was experiencing a resurgence in popularity thanks to the new availability of their catalog on streaming platforms after a 10-year absence.
After those albums became available, the placement of Daisy Age standout “The Magic Number” in Marvel’s Spider-Man movie No Way Home renewed interest in the veteran group that unfortunately stalled due to Dave’s death. But thanks to Nas and Mass Appeal, fans will get one last chance to hear the Plugs as a unit on a new album on November 21.
Listen to “The Package” above.
Cabin In The Sky is out on 11/21 via Mass Appeal Records. You can find more info here.
Maryland rapper Redveil has quietly built an impressive grassroot following over the past couple of years, which saw him play Camp Flog Gnaw in 2023, tour alongside such standouts as Denzel Curry and Freddie Gibbs, and garner widespread critical acclaim, with his last album, 2022’s Learn 2 Swim regarded one of the year’s best.
Today, Redveil announced the long-awaited follow-up to that album, releasing a video for its first single, “Lone Star.” The album is called Sankofa, a Ghanaian word meaning “to go back and get it.” In its proverbial use, sankofa means reflecting on history and using it to inform the present and prepare for the future. Another proverb using the term translates to “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.” The idea has core meaning for the Pan-African movement, which revolves around rediscovering the traditions and cultural knowledge that were systematically stripped from descendants of enslaved Africans by their captors.
Like his prior albums, Redveil’s latest will be entirely self-produced, but with added dimension and a clear sonic growth. You can hear the beginnings of that growth in the lush instrumentation and R&B-inspired vocals of “Lone Star.”
Watch Redveil’s “Lone Star” video above.
Sankofa is out on 12/4. You can find more info here.
As Thundercat wraps up his 2025 tour dates this week, the Los Angeles-bred bassist drops off something pretty nifty: a cover of the 1980 Diana Ross hit “Upside Down.”
The occasion is the latest “music season” of Candy Crush Saga, which… I guess this is a thing we’re doing now. Non-sports video games having “seasons” is a little anxiety inducing and dystopian for me, but if these games publishers want to throw money at independent artists to create neat moments like this, more power to them. If one of the “Children Of The Baked Potato” gets additional exposure, that’s a cherry on top.
When you’ve got Fortnite — which at least has the competitive element baked in — and NBA 2K producing annual or semi-annual mixtapes and digital music festivals, then at least it gives artists somewhere to express their creativity. Not to mention, getting a bag (although it does seem to favor the biggest artists, who already get all the brand deals in the first place).
And, in this case, perhaps it’ll funnel gamers toward a few of the classics, like Ross’ original, which could get some of our legacy artists paid in the long run, too. In this case, there’s also a colorful music video, which features a Thundercat stand-in getting a pedicure, exploring a haunted house, and engaging in a big dance number in the street — which, again, got a lot of people paid (director, videographer, actor, dancers, and digital artists, among others). So, there’s at least a bright side of the capitalistic doomscape we’ve all been trapped in.
You can watch the video for Thundercat’s cover of Diana Ross’ “Upside Down” for Candy Crush above.
If you were in New York at some point in the recent past, there’s a chance you saw Ed Sheeran with a camera crew in tow. It turns out that was for One Shot With Ed Sheeran, a new Netflix special in which he travels across NYC and performs his biggest songs, all in a single take. The project was announced last month, and today (November 6), we have the first trailer.
A press release calls the film — directed by Emmy Award-winning director Philip Barantini, known for his work on Adolescence — “a groundbreaking, one-shot music experience” and says:
“The multi-Grammy Award winner will take viewers on a mesmerizing journey, during one afternoon, in real time, as he travels the streets of New York City, performing his greatest hits, captured in a single take. From impromptu performances on bustling sidewalks and subway cars, to intimate interactions with fans and passersby, Ed Sheeran’s journey through New York will be captured in a series of unforgettable moments, highlighting the pandemonium and excitement that follows.”
Further into the future, Sheeran was recently announced as a performer on the 2025 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour lineup. He also has other North American shows lined up, as new dates on his Loop Tour kick off next summer.
One Shot With Ed Sheeran starts streaming on November 21. In the meantime, check out the trailer above.
The 59th annual CMA Awards are coming up this month, with the show set to air live on ABC November 19 at 8 p.m. ET, from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (and streaming the next day on Hulu). As the big night approaches, what the show will look like is coming into clearer focus: Today (November 6), some of the performers have been announced.
Among the ones revealed today are BigXthaPlug and Luke Combs performing their collaboration “Pray Hard.” Ella Langley will sing her new single “Choosin’ Texas,” Megan Moroney will play “6 Months Later,” Zach Top will perform “Guitar,” and Tucker Wetmore will do “Wind Up Missin’ You.” Other performers include Shaboozey, Lainey Wilson, and Stephen Wilson, with more to be announced.
The list of nominations was announced last month. Wilson, Langley, and Moroney have six each. Following with five each is Top, then four each for Cody Johnson and Riley Green. Then there’s Morgan Wallen, Combs, Chris Stapleton, Kristian Bush, Carson Chamberlain, and Charlie Handsome with three apiece.
Find the list of nominees below.
2025 CMA Awards Nominees
Entertainer Of The Year
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Morgan Wallen
Lainey Wilson
Female Vocalist Of The Year
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Ella Langley
Megan Moroney
Lainey Wilson
Male Vocalist Of The Year
Luke Combs
Cody Johnson
Chris Stapleton
Zach Top
Morgan Wallen
New Artist Of The Year
Ella Langley
Shaboozey
Zach Top
Tucker Wetmore
Stephen Wilson Jr.
Vocal Duo Of The Year
Brooks & Dunn
Brothers Osborne
Dan + Shay
Maddie & Tae
The War And Treaty
Vocal Group Of The Year
Lady A
Little Big Town
Old Dominion
Rascal Flatts
The Red Clay Strays
Single Of The Year
“4x4xU” — Lainey Wilson
“Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma” — Luke Combs
“Am I Okay?” — Megan Moroney
“I Never Lie” — Zach Top
“You Look Like You Love Me” — Ella Langley & Riley Green
Album Of The Year
Am I Okay? — Megan Moroney Cold Beer & Country Music — Zach Top F-1 Trillion — Post Malone I’m The Problem — Morgan Wallen Whirlwind — Lainey Wilson
Song Of The Year
“4x4xU” — Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson
“Am I Okay?” — Jessie Jo Dillon, Luke Laird, Megan Moroney
“I Never Lie” — Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols, Zach Top
“Texas” — Johnny Clawson, Josh Dorr, Lalo Guzman, Kyle Sturrock
“You Look Like You Love Me” — Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere
Musical Event Of The Year
“Don’t Mind If I Do” — Riley Green Feat. Ella Langley
“Hard Fought Hallelujah” — Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll
“I’m Gonna Love You” — Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood
“Pour Me A Drink” — Post Malone Feat. Blake Shelton
“You Had To Be There” — Megan Moroney Feat. Kenny Chesney
Music Video Of The Year
“Am I Okay?” — Megan Moroney
“I’m Gonna Love You” — Cody Johnson with Carrie Underwood
“Somewhere Over Laredo” — Lainey Wilson
“Think I’m In Love With You” — Chris Stapleton
“You Look Like You Love Me” — Ella Langley & Riley Green
Musician Of The Year
Jenee Fleenor — Fiddle
Paul Franklin — Steel Guitar
Brent Mason — Guitar
Rob McNelley — Guitar
Derek Wells — Guitar
Check out BigXthaPlug’s VISIONARIES performance below:
Gorillaz have a bunch of collaborators on their upcoming album The Mountain. Among them is Idles, and today (November 6), they have shared their collaboration, “The God Of Lying.”
A press release notes the song “taps into the album’s underlying themes of societal and political unease.” The tune sees Talbot delivering a dub-inspired vocal performance.
Damon Albarn and Joe Talbot co-wrote the song. Gorillaz’ 2D says in a statement, “Can I tell you a secret? Doubt is very tiring but questioning things is really good for you.”
Listen to “The God Of Lying” above. Find the The Mountain cover art and tracklist below, along with Gorillaz’s upcoming tour dates.
Gorillaz’s The Mountain Album Cover Artwork
Kong
Gorillaz’s The Mountain Tracklist
1. “The Mountain” Feat. Dennis Hopper, Ajay Prasanna, Anoushka Shankar, Amaan Ali Bangash, and Ayaan Ali Bangash
2. “The Moon Cave” Feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, Dave Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda, and Black Thought
3. “The Happy Dictator” Feat. Sparks
4. “The Hardest Thing” Feat. Tony Allen
5. “Orange County” Feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson, and Anoushka Shankar
6. “The God Of Lying” Feat. Idles
7. “The Empty Dream Machine” Feat. Black Thought, Johnny Marr, and Anoushka Shankar
8. “The Manifesto” Feat. Trueno and Proof
9. “The Plastic Guru” Feat. Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar
10. “Delirium” Feat. Mark E. Smith
11. “Damascus” Feat. Omar Souleyman and Yasiin Bey
12. “The Shadowy Light” Feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan Ali Bangash, and Ayaan Ali Bangash
13. “Casablanca” Feat. Paul Simonon and Johnny Marr
14. “The Sweet Prince” Feat. Ajay Prasanna, Johnny Marr, and Anoushka Shankar
15. “The Sad God” Feat. Black Thought, Ajay Prasanna, and Anoushka Shankar
Gorillaz’ 2026 Tour Dates
03/20/2026 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
03/21/2026 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
03/22/2026 — Birmingham, UK @ bp pulse LIVE
03/24/2026 — Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro *
03/25/2026 — Leeds, UK @ First Direct Arena *
03/27/2026 — Cardiff, UK @ Utilita Arena *
03/28/2026 — Nottingham, UK @ Motorpoint Arena *
03/29/2026 — Liverpool, UK @ M&S Bank Arena *
03/31/2026 — Belfast, UK @ SSE Arena *
04/01/2026 — Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena *
04/02/2026 — Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena *
06/06/2026 — Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound Barcelona
06/10/2026 — Hradec Králové, Czech Republic @ Rock For People
06/11-13/2026 — Porto, Portugal @ Primavera Sound Porto
06/14/2026 — Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands @ Best Kept Secret
06/20/2026 — London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium *~
06/23/2026 — Zagreb, Croatia @ INmusic Festival
06/25/2026 — Athens, Greece @ Release Athens x SNF Nostos 2026
06/27/2026 — Lido di Camaiore, Italy @ La Prima Estate Festival
07/02/2026 — Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
07/04/2026 — Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter
07/09/2026 — Trencin, Slovakia @ Pohoda Festival
07/14/2026 — Istanbul, Turkey @ Pozitif Vibrations
07/16/2026 — Istanbul, Turkey @ Pozitif Vibrations
07/18/2026 — Plovdiv, Bulgaria @ PhillGood Festival
07/25/2026 — Trieste, Italy @ Piazza Unita’ d’Italia
08/13/2026 — Poznan, Poland @ BitterSweet Festival
08/15/2026 — Gothenburg, Sweden @ Way Out West
* with Trueno
~ with Sparks
The Mountain is out 3/20/2026 via Kong. Find more information here.
Today (November 6) marks the ten-year anniversary of Khruangbin’s 2015 debut album, The Universe Smiles Upon You. The band decided to revisit the project in a fun way to celebrate, as today, they’ve shared The Universe Smiles Upon You ii, a re-imagined and re-recorded version of the project.
Laura Lee Ochoa, the band’s bassist, told Rolling Stone, “The thought was like, ‘We’ll just do it all over again. And it will be us 10 years later with the same instruments in the same location, and it’ll be different because we’re different.’ But as the date neared, it was sort of, ‘Actually, the kids 10 years later would think about the songs as they are today, and not just play them as they were. That’s not who we are.’”
The new project isn’t one-to-one with the original. For example, the album opener “Mr. White” is gone in favor of “Bin Bin,” which was originally a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the album. (Now, it’s “Mr. White” that’s the Japanese bonus track.)
Watch the “White Gloves ii” video above. Below, find the album’s cover art and tracklist, along with the band’s upcoming tour dates.
Khruangbin’s The Universe Smiles Upon You ii Album Cover Artwork
Dead Oceans
Khruangbin’s The Universe Smiles Upon You ii Tracklist
1. “Little Joe And Mary ii”
2. “Balls And Pins ii”
3. “White Gloves ii”
4. “The Man Who Took My Sunglasses ii”
5. “People Everywhere ii”
6. “Bin Bin ii”
7. “August Twelve ii”
8. “Dern Kala ii”
9. “Two Fish And An Elephant ii”
10. “Zionsville ii”
Khruangbin’s 2025 Tour Dates
11/06 — Houston, TX @ The Heights Theater (with Kelly Foyle)
11/09 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer (with Devon Gilfillian)
11/10 — New York, NY @ Webster Hall (with Ryley Walker)
11/11 — Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club (with Foreign Air)
11/13 — Chicago, IL @ Metro (with Resavoir)
11/14 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue (with The Nunnery)
11/16 — Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater (with Kiltro)
11/18 — Missoula, MT @ The Wilma (with The Jive)
11/19 — Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre (with Kassa Overall)
11/20 — Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom (with Cosmic Tones Research Trio)
11/22 — San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom (with Shannon Shaw)
11/23 — San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom (with Astronauts, etc.)
11/24 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre (with Pachyman)
11/25 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre (with Eddie Chacon)
The Universe Smiles Upon You ii is out now via Dead Oceans. Find more information here.
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