Rihanna is back to square one on “R9.” The 36-year-old singer told “Entertainment Tonight” at the launch of her new business venture, Fenty Hair, that she’s “starting over” on her highly anticipated ninth album, which has been dubbed “R9” by fans. “Music for me is a new discovery. I’m rediscovering things,” she said at the … Read more
Ben Platt’s new album is titled “Honeymind,” but given the ”Dear Evan Hansen” star’s upcoming nuptials to Noah Galvin, it could almost be called “Honeymoon.” The two singer-actors, both 30 and based in Brooklyn, got engaged in November 2022 — and the groomzilla countdown has begun. “The engagement is on!” Platt said in The Post’s … Read more
After countless nights owning the Broadway stage in “Dear Evan Hansen” — in his Tony-winning role as the title character — Ben Platt was hit with a serious case of Evan-esque anxiety before his first time singing his own material in public. The meltdown went down in January 2019 at the Bowery Hotel in Manhattan … Read more
For Ben Platt, his coming-out party as a pop artist on “Sing to Me Instead,” his 2018 debut studio LP, was no big queer reveal. “When I made my first album, it was sort of received as, like, a ‘coming out’ — and it’s not even something that I anticipated,” Platt, 30, said in The … Read more
In the “before” times of 2016, Andra Day was rising all the way up as a Grammy-nominated chanteuse — for her 2015 debut album, “Cheers to the Fall” — who sang like the spiritual goddaughter of Billie Holiday and Erykah Badu. Then in 2021, the 39-year-old singer — born Cassandra Monique Batie — flipped the … Read more
On Tuesday’s opening night of his 18-show residency at Broadway’s historic Palace Theatre, Ben Platt didn’t just conjure up the spirits of Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli and other legends of the newly renovated venue. The Tony-winning star of “Dear Evan Hansen” also channeled James Taylor on a beaming rendition of JT’s 1977 classic “Your Smiling Face.” … Read more
Dear Ben Platt, you can invite Kacey Musgraves to share the stage anytime. The Tony-winning star of “Dear Evan Hansen” brought out the Grammy golden girl as his surprise guest on Tuesday’s opening night of his 18-show residency at Broadway’s historic Palace Theatre — which also served as the unveiling of the renovated venue. Platt … Read more
When John Oates revisited Electric Lady Studios — the legendary recording mecca in Greenwich Village, Manhattan where Hall & Oates made many of their ‘80s classics — he got back in touch with one particular hit. That would be “Maneater,” the longest-running of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame duo’s six No. 1 singles. … Read more
Five years ago — when Billie Eilish dropped her groundbreaking, Grammy-winning debut album, “When We All All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” — there was a seismic shift in pop. At just 17, she emerged as a goth-pop princess whose spooky, synthy sound was eerily prescient of the doom to come when the pandemic … Read more
There’s Batman & Robin, there’s Bert & Ernie, and there’s Hall & Oates. And when news broke last November that Daryl Hall got a restraining order against John Oates — his blue-eyed-soul brother in the best-selling duo in pop history — it seemed as if the pair that ruled the ’80s with their big hair … Read more
Will the real Slim Shady please confirm he’s alive? A fake obituary for Eminem’s alter ego showed up in Monday’s issue of the Detroit Free Press newspaper as promotion for the 51-year-old rapper’s upcoming album, “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce),” per Complex. The obituary features a picture of Eminem — who grew up … Read more
He’s crying a river. Justin Timberlake may have taken too much of a hiatus in between albums and was involved in too much negative press surrounding the release of Britney Spears’ memoir — causing fans to lose interest in the once-megastar. “A six-year break from your mid-thirties to your early forties is a really long … Read more
It’s a good thing Dua Lipa had all that Mermaid Barbie training. The Grammy-winning songstress — who had a tail of a cameo in last summer’s “Barbie” blockbuster —needed all of her water-nymph powers as she presided over a rain-soaked Times Square on Sunday night in a surprise pop-up performance that still had fans braving … Read more
Sometimes in the whimsical world of pop, it’s not so much about the tempo, but the timing — the temperature of the moment. Such was the case when Dua Lipa — the “New Rules” breakout who went from working the runway to working the dance floor with her self-titled 2017 debut. The 28-year-old diva seemed … Read more
Penny Lane just wants to sing. Kate Hudson has two words for anyone who slams her singing career — “f–k you.” That’s exactly what she said when she recalled a critic telling her she wasn’t young enough to launch a singing career. “There was someone who said to me — and it kind of jarred me … Read more
He really should be a bigger artist. Charlie Puth subtly reacted to Taylor Swift name-dropping him in her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” The “Attention” singer, 32, reposted a slide from Swift’s carousel post that she shared with Swifties on Sunday. “My mind is blown. I’m completely floored by the love you’ve shown … Read more
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? Eminem, nee Marshall Mathers, 51, has announced a new album releasing this summer. He announced it shortly after appearing at the NFL draft. It will be the rapper’s 12th studio album, called “The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace).” This will be the “Lose Yourself” rapper’s follow … Read more
Are you ready for it? Taylor Swift’s fans are going wild over a new possible clue — suggesting that the musician is adding “The Tortured Poets Department” songs into her Eras Tour set list. Swift, 34, has been sharing “TTPD” content on her YouTube Shorts since the release of the 11th studio album on April … Read more
What was she made for? Well, “jerking it” apparently. In a new cover-story interview with Rolling Stone, Billie Eilish reveals that masturbation is one of her secret obsessions. “TMI, but self-pleasure is an enormous, enormous part of my life, and a huge, huge help for me,” said Eilish, 22, whose third studio album, “Hit Me … Read more
Mary J. Blige is surely feeling more than “Just Fine” — after the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul was announced as one of the 2024 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Sunday night. But for the Yonkers, New York native, the enshrinement into musical immortality may be coming at the end of … Read more