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Ahead of the release of her new album Lotus, Little Simz has shared her latest single-word song. First, it was “Flood,” then “Free,” and now comes “Young.”

The posh punk (not pop punk) track comes with a video directed by Dave Meyers that finds Little Simz as a bass-wielding granny. “I was able to tap into a character. That was fun for me,” she wrote in a statement. “It’s just a moment of light heartedness.”

Little Simz also announced a pair of headlining dates in the fall: Manchester’s Co-Op Live on October 16 and London’s The O2 on October 17. Tickets are on sale here.

Lotus was originally scheduled to come out on May 6 before it was delayed to to June 6. “That time has come and unfortunately I’m having to push my album back due to scheduling of shooting a movie that just came in. Not ideal for me or you I know, trust me I’ve tried many ways around it but just means I can’t do the film otherwise,” Little Simz wrote on Instagram in April. “If there was ever a time I ask for your grace and patience it is now.”

You can watch the “Young” video above.

Lotus is out 6/6 via AWAL Recordings. Find more information here.

Erika de Casier had one of 2024’s favorite albums with Still. She’s already back with another one, as Lifetime came out on May 8, and she’s touring behind it, too: Today (May 14), the Danish singer announced the Lifetime Tour.

The brief North American trek spans a few dates in October, when she’ll perform in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, and Queens. Information about tickets can be found on de Casier’s website.

de Casier started teasing her latest album, Lifetime, in April, by selling unlabeled cassette tapes on Bandcamp, which were then leaked to YouTube, as Exclaim notes. Then, it arrived last week as a surprise release.

In a 2024 interview with Vogue, de Casier said of her music, “I think when I’m making music, I always feel very confident about it. I’m critical in my process, of course, but it’s a natural kind of criticism. I never say no in the creative process: It’s always, ‘Yes, let’s try it!’ Even if it feels a bit silly. […] The artists I really look up to are the ones with big discographies — and some tracks you like, some you don’t like, but you can hear, ‘Oh, okay, this artist was trying some stuff out here.’ It’s not the end of the world if everything you make isn’t amazing. I try to maintain that mindset, because when I try to be perfect in my music, it really ruins the fun of it.”

Check out the tour dates below.

Erika de Casier’s 2025 Tour Dates: Lifetime Tour

10/14 — Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
10/15 — San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
10/19 — Atlanta, GA @ Hell at The Masquerade
10/21 — Chicago, IL @ Outset
10/22 — Toronto, ON @ The Axis Club
10/24 — Queens, NY @ Knockdown Center

Lifetime is out now via Independent Jeep Music. Find more information here.

Okay, gang, gather ’round, it’s time to talk about Sailorr, who just announced the dates for her From Florida’s Finest Tour. Admittedly, this writer was a little bit skeptical upon the breakout of her hit song “Pookie’s Requiem” via TikTok. But every new move she has made since has made me a bit more of a fan.

Her explanation for her blackened grills — it’s a nod to the Vietnamese cultural tradition of teeth blackening with a hip-hop twist (fun fact: they’re actually her Invisalign trays) — and the “Pookie’s Requiem” remix featuring her closest comparison, Summer Walker, certainly helped. Also, the combo of high and lowbrow influences in her “Bitches Brew” video showed she takes this stuff seriously, and has a lot of great ideas that could grow as her attention and budget do the same.

But where I was really sold was the cover for her debut EP From Florida’s Finest, which replicates the covers of the ’90s YA sci-fi book series Animorphs, featuring a transformation sequence turning Sailorr into a cockroach. One, I was addicted to those books growing up (shockingly heavy on the “A” in “YA,” with graphic depictions of the horrors of war), and two, a display of self-aware sense of humor is always going to buy a lot of grace from me, which in this case is backed up by a truly solid collection of cheeky, vibey R&B. I highly recommend it.

Anyway, tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, May 16th at 2 PM local time, immediately preceded by artist pre-sale from 10 AM to 1:59 PM. You can see the tour dates below, and find more info here.

06/14 — Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Purgatory Stage)
06/17 — New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
06/19 — Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground
06/20 — Chicago, IL @ The Promontory
06/22 — San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
06/25 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
07/02 — London, UK @ Jazz Cafe

If Jade isn’t already your pop star obsession, she will be soon. The “FUFN (F*ck You For Now)” singer has announced that her debut album, That’s Showbiz Baby!, is coming out on September 12. No tracklist has been announced yet, but hopefully it will include one of the best songs of 2024.

That’s Showbiz Baby! features collaborations with Mike Sabath, Lostboy, Cirkut, Raye, and Pablo Bowman.

“This album has been years in the making, so I’m beyond excited that I can finally let everyone know when it’s coming out,” Jade said in a statement. “I’m very proud of That’s Showbiz Baby! as a body of work and can’t wait to share it with the world. To be able to perform the album live later this year is also a dream come true. See you all on tour!”

You can check out the That’s Showbiz Baby! album cover below, as well as Jade’s tour dates.

Jade’s That’s Showbiz Baby! Album Cover Artwork

Jade’s 2025 Tour Dates: That’s Showbiz Baby! Tour

10/08 — Dublin, Ireland @ 3Olympia Theatre
10/09 — Belfast, UK @ Ulster Hall
10/11 — Brighton, UK @ Dome
10/12 — Manchester, UK @ Academy 1
10/13 — Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy
10/15 — Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy
10/16 — Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy 1
10/18 — Newcastle, UK @ O2 City Hall
10/19 — London, UK @ Roundhouse

That’s Showbiz Baby! is out 10/12 via Sony Music UK/RCA Records. Find more information here.

Festival season is here, but standalone concerts are worth keeping track of, too. Live Nation is providing a terrific opportunity to see some great acts in the next few months with their “$30 Ticket To Summer” promotion.

Essentially, fans will be able to get $30 tickets to over a thousand shows in the US and Canada. The list of participating artists is strong, featuring Halsey, Avril Lavigne, Leon Bridges, Kesha, Nelly, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Willie Nelson, Billy Idol, The Black Keys, Goo Goo Dolls, James Taylor, Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, The Offspring, Pantera, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and of course, Kidz Bop Kids. More info about the promotion, including which specific dates are part of the promo, can be found here.

Tickets go on sale starting May 21. Before that, there’s a T-Mobile Early Access and a Rakuten Early Access, both running on May 20 at 10 a.m. ET. Additional information about the T-Mobile sale can be found here, and the Rakuten here.

Halsey is fresh off launching her For My Last Trick tour. She wrote of it, “This tour is going to be a little bit different. Each song was carefully selected. For good reason. There will be many moments where you’re not so sure, but the person next to you is screaming. And some where your neighbor just doesn’t get it, but I’m playing the song you crossed your fingers you’d hear. […] This is something special. I can feel it.”

Each year, fashion fans tune into the Met Gala to find out how their favorite celebrities will interpret the themes and, to quote a popular phrase, “put that sh*t on.” One of those celebrities is Megan Thee Stallion, who has become a fixture of the Met’s infamous carpet pics. And, despite a persistent online rumor about her being banned from future gala’s for violating the organizers’ cell phone policy, it looks like she’ll continue that tradition.

Megan, who posted several videos from this year’s gala on her social media, debunked the rumors in an interview with People, which stemmed from her joke in one of the posts that “we not supposed to have our phones.”

“We’re gonna dead these rumors right now, okay?” she said. “People are like, ‘Oh my God, Megan, you got banned from the Met Gala. No, I didn’t, babe. Like that’s not true. Y’all made that up and ran with it. They love making [stuff up]. Anna [Wintour] loves me, babe. That’s why my phone was out.”

Even so, Meg’s onto new endeavors already as it is, so her invite to next year’s Met Gala is next year’s problem. For now, she’s concentrating on putting together her own fancy dinner, the inaugural Pete & Thomas Foundation Gala, honoring philanthropy related to the foundation she named after her parents. She’s also branching out into fast food franchising, with a Popeyes Chicken opening soon in her hometown, Houston.

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are Nine Inch Nails, but generally, they’re more active as film composers. It’s a world they clearly love and now they’re paying homage to it with a new event: Today (May 14), they duo announced the inaugural Future Ruins festival, set for November 8 at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center.

The lineup is populated by film composers, including John Carpenter, Mark Mothersbaugh, Danny Elfman, and of course Ross and Reznor themselves. Questlove will also be on hand to present the scores of Curtis Mayfield.

A press release notes the event is “designed to feel thoughtful and immersive, bringing this music to light in an environment where it has never been heard before,” and that “each artist is encouraged to take big swings and reimagine their work for a live audience.” The fest will feature everything from “electronic sets and live bands to orchestral performances.”

Reznor and Ross said in a statement, “There’s no headliner. There’s no hierarchy. This is a stacked lineup of visionaries doing something you might not see again.” Reznor added, “It’s about giving people who are, literally, the best in the world at taking audiences on an emotional ride via music the opportunity to tell new stories in an interesting live setting.”

Tickets go on sale starting May 21 at noon PT via the festival website.

New Snoop Dogg alert: He and Dr. Dre only released Missionary a few months ago, but he already has a new album on the way, Iz It A Crime?.

The project is set to arrive tomorrow, May 15, and it includes features from Sexyy Red and Pharrell. Based on this teaser, the title track samples the Sade classic “Is It A Crime.”

On Access Hollywood, he spoke about the inspiration behind the album title, saying:

“Just some of the things that I do, that I’ve done, that have been speculation, and I just want to ask the question, ‘Is it a crime? Is it a crime for me to do the things that I do? Is it a crime for me to take care of people, to love people, to be there for people? Is it a crime for me to be me?’”

Check out the Iz It A Crime? cover art and tracklist below.

Snoop Dogg’s Iz It A Crime? Album Cover Artwork

Snoop Dogg’s Iz It A Crime? Tracklist

1. “Intro”
2. “Iz It A Crime?” Feat. October London
3. “Joy”
4. “Unsung Heroes”
5. “Sophisticated Crippin’”
6. “Can’t Wait” Feat. LaRussell
7. “Can’t Get Enough” Feat. Jane Handcock
8. “Keep It Movin” Feat. Stesmatic and Charlie Bereal
9. “Just The Way It Iz” Feat. Wiz Khalifa and J Black
10. “You Want My All” Feat. Akeem Ali
11. “What’s Hattnin?” Feat. Charlie Bereal
12. “Spot” Feat. Tonio Armani and Pharrell Williams
13. “ShutYoBitchAssUp” Feat. Stresmatic
14. “Cold Summer” Feat. Denaun
15. “Snoop Will Make You Dance”
16. “Life’s Journey” Feat. Blaqtoven
17. “Me N OG Snoop” Feat. Sexyy Red
18. “Let Me Love You”
19. “West Up”
20. “My Friend” Feat. Denaun
21. “Live Life”

Iz It A Crime? is out 5/15 via Death Row Records. Find more information here.

Did you know that of the 100 most-streamed songs on Spotify, only three were released in the 1990s? The complete list: “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana (2.4 billion), “Wonderwall” by Oasis (2.3 billion), and “Iris” by The Goo Goo Dolls (2.3 billion). That’s it!

Machine Gun Kelly has already shared his version of the Kurt Cobain & Co. classic. Now, he and singer Julia Wolf have covered The Goo Goo Dolls’ heartfelt ballad, which originally appeared on the City Of Angels soundtrack. More importantly, it’s also on Phoebe Bridgers’ “list of songs I want to f*ck to before I die.”

“It was pretty interesting, because that was the first time I had ever written a song for a film specifically,” Goo Goo Dolls lyricist John Rzeznik told the Grammys about the origin of the band’s biggest hit. “I had a guitar [that] had four strings on it because I broke two. I just wandered into this weird tuning, and I went back to my hotel room, and thought about it.” He added, “I never expected that song to do so well. I just wanted to be on a soundtrack U2, Peter Gabriel, and Alanis Morissette were on.”

You can listen to MGK’s “Iris” cover above.

On her upcoming Ultrasound world tour, Lorde is playing major venues like New York’s Madison Square Garden and Inglewood’s Kia Forum. Lorde seems to admit, though, that she was hesitant to go for giant rooms like these following her underwhelming Melodrama tour in 2017 and 2018.

In an email sent to newsletter subscribers yesterday (May 13), Lorde wrote:

“I am in legitimate shock about your excitement for this tour. It’s beyond what I could have dreamed. Deciding to book a bigger tour was something I agonised over (Melo arena tour…if you know……) but in the spirit of having the gd stones I decided that this music wants to be played in big rooms and that a lot of us should be there. To have that met with this is so beautiful. Thank you for your faith in me. I am not f*cking around with it.”

In 2018, The Guardian said the Melodrama tour “flopped,” and reported that at a Milwaukee concert, only 6,000 fans showed up to the 18,000-capacity arena, and that Ticketmaster significantly slashed ticket prices for other tour stops amid low sales.

Find Lorde’s tour dates below.

Lorde’s 2025 Tour Dates: Ultrasound

09/17 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center !*
09/19 — Chicago, IL @ United Center !*
09/20 — Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle !*
09/23 — Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center !*
09/24 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena !*
09/26 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden =!
09/27 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre =!
09/30 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center =!
10/01 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden !*
10/03 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Events Center !*
10/04 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem !*
10/07 — Duluth, GA @ Gas South Arena !^
10/09 — St. Louis, MO @ Chaifetz Arena !^
10/10 — Milwaukee, WI @ UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena !^
10/11 — Minneapolis, MN @ Armory !^
10/14 — Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre =!
10/17 — Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena =!
10/18 — Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum =!^
10/19 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre !^
10/21 — Portland, OR @ Moda Center !^
10/22 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena !^
11/09 — Luxembourg @ Rockhal $
11/10 — Paris, France @ Zénith de Paris @ La Villette %
11/15 — Manchester, UK @ AO Arena =%
11/16 — London, UK @ O2 Arena &%
11/19 — Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro &%
11/20 — Birmingham, UK @ Utilitia Arena &%
11/22 — Dublin, IE @ RDS Simmonscourt &%
11/24 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ AFAS Live &
11/27 — Brussels, Belgium @ Forest National !
11/29 — Bologna, Italy @ Unipol Arena !
11/30 — Zurich, Switzerland @ Halle 622 !
12/01 — Munich, Germany @ Zenith !
12/03 — Cologne, Germany @ Palladium !
12/05 — Berlin, Germany @ Max-Schmeling-Halle !
12/06 — Lodz, Poland @ Atlas Arena !
12/08 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ K.B. Hallen !
12/09 — Stockholm, Sweden @ Annexet !

= with Blood Orange
! with The Japanese House
& with Nilüfer Yanya
* with Chanel Beads
^ with Empress Of
% with Jim-E Stack
$ with Oklou

Virgin is out 6/27 via Republic Records. Find more information here.