The 2026 Grammys: Artists Get Political, Bad Bunny Makes History, Olivia Dean Wins Best New Artist, and More If last year’s GRAMMY Awards carried a theme of unity, this year’s ceremony felt defined by diversity, not in a shallow or corporate sense, but in a way that felt genuinely lived in. Throughout the…

The 2026 #Grammys: Artists Get Political, Bad Bunny Makes History, Olivia Dean Wins Best New Artist, and More

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WE SURVIVED #LOLLA 2025! And here's our recap on 22 sets, four artist interviews, seven portrait sessions, and six afters (more coming soon on that last bit).

Weekend highlights include performances from #DJO, #KATSEYE, #DOECHII, #ROYELOTIS, and more:

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Lorde’s Not Afraid to Change Things Up on ‘Virgin,’ her Phenomenal Fourth Album When you’ve gone through enough changes, sometimes you feel like you just need to start over from scratch. That’s what Lorde’s doing on her new album, Virgin. Over the 12 years since the New Zealan…

Even if "Virgin" is acknowledging that @lorde.bsky.social is still a work in progress, the album isn’t. It’s a tremendous output from a pop star that is unafraid to grow and change, and let us all peek behind the curtain as that happens.

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Staged Haze Takes Primavera Sound Barcelona 2025: Our Recap This year saw the twenty-sixth edition of Spain’s Primavera Sound festival. The festival, which started as a showcase for Spain’s avant-garde noise scene, has grown to amplify artists across a vari…

In its twentieth edition, #primaverasound was headlined by pop music’s three biggest players, Charli xcx & Troye Sivan, (a #SweatTour revival), Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan.

Our review of #PrimaveraSound2025:

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We're returning to Salt Lake City for #KilbyBlockParty
from May 15-18! And of course, we've dissected the lineup to give our recommendations ❣️ see you there!

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Inside Fake Dad’s Creative Partnership: Fiction, Freedom, and Real-Life Chemistry Some bands have chemistry. Fake Dad has something deeper: a true creative partnership that’s built on years of trust, shared taste, and emotional honesty. Speaking with Andrea de Varona and J…

With 'Holly Wholesome and the Slut Machine,' Fake Dad tap into a playful, fictional world they built together—a cast of burger-flipping clowns, star-crossed knights, and sleep paralysis demons.

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Finally, a Queer Country Album: ‘Send A Prayer My Way’ by Julien Baker & TORRES is Out Now Self-proclaimed sad girls and country heads alike can bask that their dreams have finally collided with the new joint project from power houses Julien Baker and TORRES. Send A Prayer My Way is out …

Self-proclaimed sad girls and country heads alike can bask that their dreams have finally collided with the new joint project from power houses Julien Baker and TORRES. Send A Prayer My Way is out today on Matador Records.

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DJO Gets Ambitious On New Album ‘The Crux’ At a moment in time where artists desperately hope for a “viral moment,” often being pushed to release the same TikTok-formulated songs over and over again, Joe Keery was in a way doing the opposit…

DJO's new album 'The Crux' is a journey through different decades, a collection of retro sounds and instrumentals, jumping through genres even within singular songs.

Our review:

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Japanese Breakfast’s “For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)” Explores the Beauty of Sadness Japanese Breakfast has always had a knack for turning personal stories into dreamy, immersive soundscapes. With For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women), released via Dead Oceans, Michelle Zauner…

Japanese Breakfast's new album 'For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)" trades in bright, euphoric anthems for something more introspective and bittersweet.

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Late Night Drive Home Builds Their Own Haunted Amusement Park with New Single “Terabyte” Perfectly timed with your summer road trips and late beach nights, Late Night Drive Home is announcing their new album, as i watch my life online out on Epitaph Records, June 27th, along with lead …

Late Night Drive Home's new single "Terabyte" descends quickly into the darkness of internet rabbit holes, obsessions, and nefarious digital addictions.

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Japanese Breakfast Announces New Album For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) and Shares Lyric Video for “Orlando in Love” Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner officially announced her fourth album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women), set for release on March 21st via Dead Oceans. Alongside the announcemen…

New music alert!

Japanese Breakfast Announces New Album For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) and Shares Lyric Video for “Orlando in Love”

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Staged Haze Presents: The 50 Best Albums of 2024 It’s the most wonderful time of the year: we’re going to give you our unsolicited opinion on the best albums of 2024! But jokes aside, this is such an amazingly fun project to take on e…

Did any of your picks make our list for the Best Albums of 2024?

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Here are our picks for the 50 best albums of 2024:

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Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour: 3+ Hours of Intense Stamina and Showmanship The general concept of a ‘greatest hits’ tour tends be one that artists in their later years embark on: whether it’s a broken-up band reuniting after several years of a break or a…

I covered #TSTheErasTour in Vegas on March 24, 2023 for as an accredited member of the press. It was a bucket list experience for me that I’ll never forget.

Long live 🤪 The Eras Tour and the happiness it brought to millions 🩵

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Miya Folick Announces New Album ‘Erotica Veronica,’ Shares Lead Single and Video Miya Folick has announced her highly anticipated album Erotica Veronica, a psychosexual and psychosensual exploration of identity, self-realization, and integration, set for release on Februar…

Miya Folick's new song "Erotica" takes Folick's evolution a step further, embracing boldness and complexity both thematically and sonically. The album’s psychosexual and psychosensual elements mark a significant departure from her previous work.

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Staged Haze Readers' Poll: Album and Song of the Year 2024

Now that #SpotifyWrapped is out, here's your chance to make your voice heard on Staged Haze's 2024 Readers Poll:

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Raissa’s ‘Cute Threat’ EP: A Stunning Fusion of Modern Pop Influences Today, Raissa, the multilingual, multinational artist poised for global superstardom, releases her Cute Threat EP on Neon Gold Records. Born in Spain and raised across the globe in cities like Beij…

On new 'Cute Threat' EP, Raissa blends her global influences into a sound that feels both personal and universal:

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