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“Drop Dead”: Tei Shi Delivers a Snarky Anthem & Announces a New Album The best 'Drop Dead' since Britney byBradley SternMay 2, 2025
“Mine or Yours”: Hikaru Utada Drops a New Song & Does The First Take (Finally!) Hikaru returns, then steps up to the mic for a one-take byBradley SternMay 2, 2025
March 26, 2024 “Emptiness”: BoA, Queen of K-Pop, Returns With a Breakup Banger BoA dances through heartbreak with an Afrobeats-inspired beat byBradley Stern
March 24, 2024 ‘Tyla’: A Star Is Born (Album Review) The South African singer delivers one of the best debuts in a while byBradley Stern
March 23, 2024 ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’: Shakira Triumphs Over a Breakup With Bangers (Album Review) The icon offers a diverse array of hits while rebuilding her personal life byBradley Stern
March 22, 2024 Florrie Is Releasing Her Debut Album at Last (& Opening for Girls Aloud!) 'The Lost Ones,' over a decade in the making, is finally found byBradley Stern
March 15, 2024 ‘Deeper Well’: Kacey Musgraves’ Calm, Comforting Return (Album Review) Kacey emerges from the other side of her Saturn's return byBradley Stern
February 13, 2024 “A Flower of No Color”: Hikaru Utada Is in It With You Hikki gets existential and tries finding faith on a frozen lake byBradley Stern
February 10, 2024 “Make You Mine”: Madison Beer’s Menacing Infatuation Anthem Is Stuck on Repeat Madison hits her sweet spot in between brooding and banger byBradley Stern
February 9, 2024 ‘Club Shy’: Shygirl Supplies a Fierce Prepackaged DJ Mini-Set (Review) Shygirl's sultry, sweaty EP is a start-to-finish good time byBradley Stern
February 8, 2024 “Deeper Well”: Kacey Musgraves Kicks Off a New Chapter Kacey begins again by letting go of what no longer serves her byBradley Stern
January 19, 2024 “A Oscuras”: Lali & Ptazeta Give Us a Hot & Horny Queer Anthem The Argentine queen and the Spanish rapper link up for a Sapphic scorcher byBradley Stern
January 12, 2024 “yes, and?”: The Defiant Dance Floor Return of Ariana Grande After years of "yuh," Ari delivers an instantly fierce, early '90s-inspired byBradley Stern
December 14, 2023 Madonna’s ‘Celebration Tour’: The NYC Opening Night Experience The Queen of Pop comes back home byBradley Stern