“I stressed the whole label out five times. I stressed my producers out, stressed my manager out,” Sk8star smiles ruefully. “I’m just crazy when it comes to this music, I care about it so much.” The ...

The Opener is The FADER’s short-form profile series of casual conversations with exciting new artists.

Most people outside the music industry had never heard the name Chaotic Good before April. That month, the digital agency’s ...

In a crowded field of rappers who appear one day and blow up the next, bleood might just take the cake. This time last year, the average fan of Ken Carson and OsamaSon would have been hard pressed to ...

Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can't get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or hear them all below. “I been getting rich now I got ...

During a recent interview with The Breakfast Club, RZA said that Russell Crowe spat at Azealia Banks during a party in Crowe's hotel suite in October 2016. Banks said at the time that Crowe "called me ...

Of the many side stages that’s proliferated the grounds of Coachella over the years, the one that all the real music heads know is Do LaB, the electronic dance oasis tucked at the corner of the ...

Addison Rae had a standout performance at the 2026 Grammys. The Addison singer performed "Fame Is a Gun" as part a montage of performances that featured all nominees for Best New Artist: Rae, Lola ...

When Clara La San released Good Mourning in 2017, this website described her as “the U.K.’s best-kept bedroom pop secret.” It seemed as though her time of relative seclusion was over and that La San, ...

Doechii’s performance at the 2025 Grammys was an instant classic. Acrobatic and theatrical, it was a performance that nodded to her Florida roots and showcased a love of classic Broadway musicals, ...