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Xav Trudeau Is Trying to Escape His Dad’s Shadow Through R&B

It’s not so easy to launch a music career when you’re the son of Canada’s former prime minister.
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Taylor Swift Isn’t Uncomfortable With Your Feedback

Accepting her Songwriters Hall of Fame honor, she discussed the importance of “fair and unfair” criticisms, becoming “less annoying,” and Yellowstone.
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vulture sports!

Every Official World Cup Song, Ranked

Just like the action on the field, the quality is wildly inconsistent.
  1. theater kids
    So Olivia Rodrigo Wrote a MusicalBroadway producers are probably salivating over You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.
  2. my single is dropping
    Olivia Rodrigo Wrote a Really Smart ‘Stupid Song’She dives full bore into the delirium of a too-strong crush.
  3. vulture sports!
    Shakira and Burna Boy Kick Off the World Cup“Dai Dai” has made it to Mexico.
  4. knicks in 5
    Taylor Swift Attends Game 4 at Her Reported Wedding VenueThe time has come again to read too much into the shirt Taylor Swift is wearing.
  5. table wars
    Alessia Cara Creatively Solves NPR Tiny Desk RejectionsShe made her own desk.
  6. god! it’s nice out here
    Unlike Some People, Elvis Costello Didn’t Feel Like Suing Olivia Rodrigo“That’s too silly to talk about.”
  7. superlatives
    Paul Stanley on Kiss’s Best and Most Vindicating Music“Honestly, we were not dealing with high art. We were writing musical food for the masses, but that doesn’t mean it’s disposable.”
  8. movie review
    Questlove’s Earth, Wind & Fire Doc Is a Must-seeHe captures what made Maurice White both innovative and self-sabotaging.
  9. relatability news
    Gracie Abrams Says Paul Mescal Is Now Better at Guitar Than She IsBlame the Beatles.
  10. the t in egot
    ‘Gitchie Gitchie Laurie Metcalf Unlocked Everything’The maestros behind P!nk’s name-checking, Moulin Rouge!–inspired Tonys opening number reveal how they pulled it all off.
  11. theater kids
    P!nk Should Probably Just Host the Tonys Every Year Now“Gitchie gitchie Lesley Manville.”
  12. tick tock tick tock
    Waiting for MadonnaThe Tribeca Film Festival premiere of her Confessions II — The Film was full of surprises … that we got to see once she finally arrived.
  13. my collab is dropping
    Olivia Rodrigo Found the Cure, and It’s a Collab With Robert SmithShe surprised Primavera Sound with a set and performance with Smith.
  14. vulture sports!
    Everyone’s Performing at the FIFA World CupFormer astronaut Katy Perry is helping kick off the party.
  15. summer game fest
    Tupac Shakur’s Estate Let Him Be in a Yakuza Video GameFirst a hologram, now an NPC.
  16. tayvis wedding
    Are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Getting Married at Madison Square Garden?We know she’s been there before.
  17. tayvis wedding
    Taylor Swift Is Not Getting Married in BushwickBut “the middle of Manhattan” keeps a lot of options on the table.
  18. scene report
    What I Remember From Phoebe Bridgers’s Phoneless MSG ShowBridgers’s New York concert banned phones, pens, and paper. It ruled.
  19. vulture politics
    Trump Replaces Freedom 250 Concerts With HimselfAnd a bit of opera, of course, for good measure.
  20. yeehaw
    Taylor Swift Writes Jessie’s Heartbreak Redemption“I Knew It, I Knew You” heals a wound for Jessie.
  21. friendship wins
    Olivia Rodrigo Wouldn’t Mind Working With Sabrina Carpenter“I’m open to all types of collaboration.”
  22. here we go again
    Role Model’s New Persona Is Basically Forrest Gump“I feel he was always in the background of photos with Michael Jackson for some reason, but also weirdly knows Olivia Rodrigo.”
  23. album review
    Paul McCartney Is Back Outside and on FireHis new album feels like a Beatles prequel — and it’s his best work since the 2000s.
  24. quality time
    What Kurt Vile Watches (and Listens to) With His DaughtersThe only times they’ve seen him cry was when Hank Williams died in Ken Burns’s Country Music and when Bing Bong died in Inside Out.
  25. encounter
    ‘I Have an Advantage Over Verdi. He’s Dead.’Sting resuscitates his critically divisive Broadway musical at the Met Opera.
  26. vulture sports
    The NBA Wants That L to the OGSuccession composer Nicholas Britell is creating a new musical identity for the NBA.
  27. reflections
    A$AP Rocky Says Shooting ‘Took Away a Lot of Peace and Happiness’A woman shot at their house while Rihanna was inside.
  28. thorn in his pride
    Who Goes to a Black Crowes Concert and Chants ‘U.S.A.’?Chris Robinson offered a verbal missive to fans at a recent concert: “We most assuredly are not fucking ignorant.”
  29. tay story
    Taylor Swift Couldn’t Wait to Write a Song for Toy Story 5“I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters.”
  30. jump scare
    Ariana Grande Probably Loved BarbarianThe music video for her song “Hate That I Made You Love Me” stars Justin Long.
  31. love is radical optimism
    Dua Lipa and Callum Turner Had a Town Hall WeddingBut they’re planning a bigger ceremony in Italy later this year.
  32. buzzy rumors
    Is Taylor Swift Toy Story 5’s Mysterious TS?A billboard, a few Easter Eggs, and a dream.
  33. song review
    Ariana Grande’s New Single Is One of Her Worst“Hate That I Made You Love Me” could’ve been an interesting fan diss track, instead it comes off more like a sleepy shrug.
  34. sorry not sorry
    Ariana Grande Seems Unhappy in Her New SingleWho does she hate?
  35. vulture politics
    Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Freedom 250 Concert Series?Martina McBride and Bret Michaels are both out.
  36. celeb beefs
    Scooter Braun on Taylor Swift: I Don’t Know Her“I think I’ve met her in my life three times.”
  37. quality time
    What Mandy Moore Watches (and Listens to) With Her KidsThey make sure to let everyone in the car know which musicians are dead.
  38. on that note
    The Actors Who Moonlight As Rock StarsMichael Shannon and Hank Azaria are among those hitting the road to celebrate their musical heroes. It’s unprofitable, but it doesn’t matter to them.
  39. fashion police
    Olivia Rodrigo Gives the Baby-Doll Dress Discourse a Righteous Eye Roll“It shows how we normalize pedophilia.”
  40. america’s birthday
    Morris Day Doesn’t Have the Time for Freedom 250 Concert“It’s A No For Me😎”
  41. listen up
    It’s Joan Baez, Babe, and She’s Got a Bone to Pick With the Pop GirlsWhy do they refuse to denounce what’s going on in our country? “Because they’re already richer than God.”
  42. awards season
    The AMAs Were All About BTSThe K-pop group was joined in the winners circle by two of Taylor Swift’s favorite children: Sabrina Carpenter and Sombr.
  43. rip
    Sonny Rollins, the Saxophone Colossus, Dead at 95He died in his home in Woodstock, New York.
  44. who charted
    Drake’s Album Dump Broke a Billboard RecordHe’s the first artist to have the number 1, 2, and 3 slot on the Billboard Albums Chart.
  45. my single is dropping
    Love Island’s Huda Mustafa Is Newly Single for her New SingleShe and Louis Russell have parted ways.
  46. the law
    Britney Spears Claims her Mother Once Killed a Cyclist in DUI Arrest Video“My mom actually killed a man on a bike,” Spears says in her DUI arrest video.
  47. the book of genesis
    Take This Phil Collins Update at Face ValueHe won’t be well enough to perform at his Rock Hall induction.
  48. twinkle twinkle little star
    Some Starships Were Not Meant to FlyNicki Minaj attended SpaceX’s Starship rocket launch, which was then postponed.
  49. my single is dropping
    Olivia Rodrigo Is Sad AgainOn her new song “The Cure,” her relationship isn’t fixing the emotional “toxins” in her bloodstream.
  50. fashion baby
    Charli XCX Meets the RunwayShe’s bringing rock music to “SS26.”
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