I have said before that Addison Rae’s “Diet Pepsi” is a great karaoke song, and Blondshell knows what I’m talking about. The singer-songwriter released her sophomore record If You Asked For A Picture last week, and now she’s covering “Diet Pepsi.”

Avant Gardner’s Brooklyn Mirage was supposed to reopen last week. The East Williamsburg music venue canceled last-minute as fans were getting ready to see Austin DJ Sara Landry because they failed to meet the final inspection deadline. The shows for that weekend didn’t happen, and today they announced the shows for this weekend aren’t happening, either.

Last night’s Met Gala featured Rihanna announcing her pregnancy and André 3000 wearing a whole piano. However, there was some drama when a video went viral, capturing rising singer and rapper Doechii shouting at her assistants while trying to hide from paparazzi. Now, she shared a statement.

There’s a lot of good music coming out of Burlington right now, like Greg Freeman, Lily Seabird, and Florry. Florry are getting ready to share their new album Sounds Like… later this month, and today they’re releasing another spectacular single, “Pretty Eyes Lorraine.”

Last month, beloved actor John C. Reilly announced his debut album What’s Not To Love? under the moniker Mister Romantic. He released “Dream,” and today he returned with “What’ll I Do?” accompanied by a music video.

In 2022, Welcome Strawberry released their eponymous debut full-length, which bursts with vibrant, fuzzy dream pop tinged with psychedelia. Today, the Oakland band is announcing its follow-up Desperate Flower and unveiling the lead single “Memory Cube.”

Smokey Robinson has been accused of sexual assault. The 85-year-old musician who’s also known as Mr. Motown is facing a $50 million lawsuit from four women who claim to be his former housekeepers, and they’re alleging sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, gender violence, hostile work environment, and more.

The team of modular synthesist Jeremiah Chiu and violist Marta Sofia Honer gave us 2022’s Recordings From The Åland Islands, and in 2024 the pair joined forces with Ariel Kalma on The Closest Thing To Silence. They’ve also been busy with various solo endeavors. Today Chiu and Honer are back with news of another duo album, Different Rooms, coming this summer via the jazz and experimentalism hub International Anthem.

Pimple patches: The kids love them. Heaven by Marc Jacobs has teamed up with Starface for limited-edition ones inspired by tattoos and got Grimes, Lil Uzi Vert, and Nettspend to model them. They’re already all sold out.

In 2023, André 3000 released his flute album New Blue Sun. Now, in conjunction with a piano-themed outfit at tonight’s Met Gala, he has surprise released 7 Piano Sketches, a collection of instrumental music recorded solo on a piano.