Kate Beaudoin

At the BET Awards on Sunday night, Rihanna treated viewers to a preview of the upcoming music video for her single "Bitch Better Have My Money." The track is Ri Ri's latest off her upcoming LP, the yet-unnamed eighth album for the Barbadian singer.…

Pharrell announced that his new single, "Freedom," will be available exclusively on Apple Music when the service launches on June 30. Apple teased the song without much fanfare during their Worldwide Developers Conference event on June 8, when they…

"Long live the South and quickly die the Confederacy."  Killer Mike wrote a spot-on op-ed for music magazine Fader on Wednesday, addressing the divisive issue of the Confederate battle flag and its place atop the South Carolina state capitol. The…

The U.K.'s leading music festival, Glastonbury, opens its gates on Wednesday. But there's a glaring issue: Like so many other music festivals around the world, Glastonbury seriously underrepresents women. The Guardian's data team recently determined…

Emo always has been a boys' club.  Even with the so-called "emo revival" that hit the scene in the last three years, women are woefully underrepresented in the genre. NPR chalks it up to that seemingly never-ending struggle within emo to defend its…

The Fourth of July is just around the corner, and there's no better time to break out your favorite summer tunes and show off your playlist skills. Enter: the song of the summer. The "song of the summer" feels like a fairly new phenomenon, but the…

On Wednesday, independent record label Beggars Group announced that they would not put their music on Apple's new streaming service. Apple Music, which launches on June 30, promised its users an enticing three-month trial period, but Apple declined…

"My left boob is awkwardly bigger than my right one, and I'll show you the left one," Miley Cyrus said Tuesday evening at the American Foundation for AIDS Research's Inspiration Gala in New York, according to Cosmopolitan.  The charity event was in…

Ramadan is upon us, and Muslims around the world celebrate the month-long religious holiday through reflection, abstinence and fasting during the daylight hours. While those words are rarely associated with contemporary hip-hop and its indulgent…

Lady Gaga took the stage last week for the opening ceremony of the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, and stunned the audience. Wearing all white and surrounded by flowers, she accompanied herself on piano and sang an emotional rendition of John…

On Wednesday morning, Madonna debuted the much-anticipated music video for her single "Bitch I'm Madonna," featuring Nicki Minaj. The video is packed with celebrity appearances, from Kanye to Beyoncé to Miley Cyrus. In essence, it's a perfect…

Protest songs are a dime a dozen, but truly powerful protest songs with lasting influence are hard to come by. Starting in the 1930s, Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" introduced the idea of an inflammatory, personal ode to protest that could bridge…

Ever since Lana Del Rey announced in January that she'd release her third album, Honeymoon, in September, her fans have waited eagerly for the first single to drop. That day is nearly here. On Tuesday, Del Rey posted a snippet of the single,…

Whether it's a song about longing for a beloved home or breaking away from a stifling one, American musicians are always writing about the places they're from. American music isn't defined by a sound or a set of artists, but by a theme. American…

On June 9, the United Kingdom's Official Charts Company announced a major milestone for their resident soul singer, Adele: Her sophomore album, 21, is the best-selling U.K. record of the decade so far. That the record has earned such a distinct…

When Miley Cyrus graced the pages of Paper magazine last week, the public response was swift and, at times, wildly petty. Cyrus posed fully nude. She has splashes of neon body paint covering her body. In the cover shot, she is splattered with mud…

On Wednesday night, Taylor Swift did what she does best — swooped in and changed a life. She donated $15,000 to a Texas volunteer firefighter, Aaron Van Riper, with a family in need. When the firefighter received a call on Saturday to respond to a…

The Internet has a wealth of concerts, but it can be next to impossible to wade through the options. Places like Netflix and Hulu carry the classics, like The Last Waltz and Gimme Shelter, while random YouTube pages carry snippets of concerts. But…

Leon Bridges, the Texas-based soul musician who's gaining attention in mainstream music, just released his latest video. In "Smooth Sailin'," off his forthcoming album, Bridges channels his best throwback and brings the song out swinging. His…