The 5 biggest music news stories of this week

The 5 biggest music news stories of this week

The clubs are reopening and festivals are going for cheap. Yulia Shur/Parkwood Entertainment/Getty Pixel Grip spoke out over an uncleared sample on JackBoys 2 The electronic group believes their 2021 song “Pursuit” was sampled by Travis Scott and his team on the new Cactus Jack label compilation without permission. “As soon as I had headphones…

Read More
Blood Orange’s Essex Honey album: What we know

Blood Orange’s Essex Honey album: What we know

Dev Hynes’s first album in six years will feature Lorde, Caroline Polachek, and novelist Zadie Smith, among others. Vinca Peterson Vinca Peterson Blood Orange, aka Dev Hynes, has officially announced details of his new studio album. Essex Honey will arrive on August 29, 2025, a full six years after the release of his previous effort,…

Read More
Elyanna is going global with Coldplay

Elyanna is going global with Coldplay

The Palestinian-Chilean singer checks in and shares photos from her stint opening on Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour. Dany Louis @dany_victor_ In 2024, the Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna put out her debut project Woledto, one of The FADER’s favorite records of the year. It’s a gorgeous, tactile, and energizing piece of work, blending traditional…

Read More
Justin Bieber’s boring SWAG: Review

Justin Bieber’s boring SWAG: Review

Over his lushest production to date, the pop star is still TBD on what he’d like to say. Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images “That’s been a tough thing for me recently,” Justin Bieber murmurs on “Therapy Session,” the second of three skits with the comedian Druski from his seventh studio album SWAG. “I have had…

Read More