The 5 biggest music news stories of this week

The 5 biggest music news stories of this week

From a surprise FKA twigs album to an uncanny Justin Bieber club set, this is what The FADER editors are talking about. Zachary Harrell Jones/Jordan Hemingway/Renell Medrano The VMAs line-up is stacked The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by LL Cool J, will feature performances by Sabrina Carpenter, J Balvin, Sombr, Alex Warren, and…

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Tyler, the Creator announces Camp Flog Gnaw 2025 lineup

Tyler, the Creator announces Camp Flog Gnaw 2025 lineup

Doechii, Clairo, Childish Gambino, and Earl Sweatshirt will all perform at this year’s event. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images. Tyler, the Creator has unveiled the lineup for the annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival… with the help of a word search. Puzzlers will see that Childish Gambino, A$AP Rocky, Clairo, Doechii, Clipse, T-Pain, GloRilla, MIKE, Sombr, and Tems…

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Universal denies CEO Lucian Grainge was involved with “Not Like Us”

Universal denies CEO Lucian Grainge was involved with “Not Like Us”

The record label called Drake and his lawyers’ latest legal motion “absurd.” Photo by Simone Joyner/Getty Images for ABA Universal Music Group has pushed back against Drake’s lawyers who requested the label to “collect, review and produce” communications from British chief executive Lucian Grainge because he was “personally involved in decisions made regarding the marketing…

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