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Taylor Swift is adeptly ushering in Sad Girl Autumn with a new version of “All Too Well.” She recorded the rendition with her “besties” Aaron Dessner of the National and Jonathan Low. “One of the saddest songs I’ve ever written just got sadder,” Swift posted on Twitter, and it isn’t hyperbole. She said she drove to Long Pond Studios in upstate New York to track the song with Dessner and Low. Her 2020 Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions documentary was also set at the isolated studio in the woods....

And then there were six! Thomas Rhett and his wife, Lauren Akins, welcomed their fourth baby girl, joining big sisters Willa Gray, Ada James and Lennon Love.Lillie Carolina Akins was born on Monday (Nov. 15), per a post on Rhett's Instagram. She weights 7 pounds, 8 ounces and is "pure joy." "Watching a child being born is legit a miracle," the singer says. "4 under 6 here we go!"On her Instagram, Akins also announced the birth with a portrait of mother and daughter. "Our little miss Lillie Carolina Akins was...

Adele performed a devastatingly gorgeous “To Be Loved” — while casually sitting in a living room — in a video she shared on Instagram. The heartbreaking track appears on 30, her five-star album arriving on Friday. In the clip, she’s accompanied by live piano that’s played off-camera; her vocal runs escalate as she belts the lyrics, at one point doubling over with emotion. “To be loved and love at the highest count/Means to lose all the things I can’t live without,” she sings on the chorus. “Let it be known...

It has been a breakout year for country newcomer Brittney Spencer. The Baltimore native has been out on the road serving as direct support on tour with Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, as well as Brett Eldredge’s Good Day Tour through mid-November.Next year, Spencer will offer opening support for Reba McEntire in 2022, and she also recently announced her first-ever headlining trek, the In a Perfect World Tour, which will kick off on Dec. 2 in New York City.With all the success she continues to have, Spencer remains resolute in her goal of ensuring country...

Pearl Jam has announced they will make up the 2020 North American tour dates postponed due to the pandemic next spring. Specific details are set to be revealed early next year, but the tour will kick off in May 2022. Thank you, Pearl Jam fans, for your patience & flexibility as we have waited to reschedule the band’s postponed 2020 North American tour. We're announcing that the previously scheduled shows in North America will start in May 2022 – dates will be announced early next year. pic.twitter.com/bNE4dtmr7a — Pearl Jam...

The pressure was on during Tuesday night’s (Nov.16) episode of The Voice as three contestants had to compete against each other for the Instant Save vote.After hearing host Carson Daly call out the artists who were safe from elimination, Team Ariana Grande’s Ryleigh Plank, Team John Legend’s Shadale, and Team Kelly Clarkson’s Gymani found themselves in the bottom three.Shadale was first up to take the stage in hopes to wow fans. She showcased her powerful range and impressive vocal runs on a soul-infused rendition of Faith Hill’s “Breathe.” Shadale isn’t...

Big Thief will release their new album — which boasts a mystical mouthful of a title, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You — Feb. 11 via 4AD. The announcement arrives alongside another single, “Time Escaping,” which joins four previously released tracks now attached to the LP. The album, available for preorder, follows 2019’s Two Hands. “One of the things that bonds us together as a band is pure magic,” Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker said in a statement. “I think we all have the same guide and none of...

Kelsea Ballerini's newly-released book of poetry, Feel Your Way Through, is a journey through some of the singer's most intimate and personal experiences, such as a bout with an eating disorder she went through as a teen. Another poem in the collection, the singer reveals, was inspired by the backlash she received from a tweet regarding Morgan Wallen's racist slur scandal early in 2021."Did I misstep? Did I misspeak? / Did I f--k up with that one tweet?" she writes in the poem, which is titled "The Right Side of...

Michael Johnston, cofounder of Chicago-based label Audiotree and owner of venues Schubas and Lincoln Hall, has been accused of using hidden cameras in his home to videotape and photograph nude images of his children’s nanny, NBC 5 Chicago reports. The nanny and another woman have filed a civil suit against Johnston and his wife Kelly Halverson. The women — named as Jane Doe and Julie Doe in the court filing — are friends and recent graduates from DePaul University. Per the women’s lawyer Gail Eisenberg, Jane worked for the couple...

Cody Johnson has the rare ability to sing your hat off, but his new single "'Til You Can't" combines that power with a message that's just so on-the-nose for his hardcore fans.The Texan isn't singing to a younger, pop-hungry crowd on any songs from his new Human: The Double Album project, but this song in particular targets men and women who've lived a little. Only those who've wasted a few good opportunities will appreciate the devastating tag line that comes after each verse. Speaking of time spent with a grandfather,...

Lil Nas X is getting ready to dish on Maury this Wednesday about the love triangle inspiration behind “That’s What I Want” — and he’s dropped a trailer spilling the details. The new clip opens with footage from the song’s video, which depicts the backstory of a very real love triangle. The video depicts Lil Nas X and his boyfriend Yai Ariza’s steamy romance and then the rapper’s discovery that Ariza is actually married to a woman named Ashley who has a four-year-old child. Six weeks after dropping the visual,...

It's beginning to look a lot like ... well, you know. The CMA Country Christmas television special unwrapped its 2021 lineup on Monday (Nov. 15), with some of the genre's biggest stars gathering to spread holiday cheer.Carrie Underwood, Brett Eldredge, Lady A and Lainey Wilson are just some of the exciting acts scheduled to take the stage.Underwood and Eldredge have arguably become country's Queen and King of Christmas magic in recent years: Underwood's first holiday album, My Gift, arrived in 2020, and she followed it up with the festive "Stretchy...

In October, Adele performed her first concert in over four years at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. It was filmed for Adele One Night Only, a two-hour concert and interview special with Oprah Winfrey that aired Sunday night on CBS. Though the audience was largely filled with famous friends like Drake, Lizzo, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Degeneres, Adele invited a lucky couple to the intimate show as they took a huge step in their relationship. Adele began her show just as the sun setting, so once it was dark out...

Taylor Swift's Red (Taylor's Version) arrived last week, and with it came another batch of nine "From the Vault" tracks, including her latest submission to country radio: A Chris Stapleton duet called "I Bet You Think About Me."That's not the only song with a strong country connection on Swift's new project. She also included her version of "Babe," a song that she co-wrote with Pat Monahan during the Red era but didn't wind up including on the first version of the album. Six years later, in 2018, the song found...