For a long time, the producers of Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic that came out earlier this year, reportedly planned to include a story arc about one of the many children who accused Jackson of sexual abuse. After filming an entire third arc about Jackson’s decision to settle out of court with the family of Jordan Chandler, the 13-year-old boy who first sued Jackson for abuse in 1993, the producers reportedly had to scrap that part of the movie, which showed Jackson as “the naïve victim of the money-grubbing Chandler,” after lawyers discovered that the settlement forbade Jackson and his estate from including the Chandler family in a movie.

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The prolific Los Angeles underground rap staple Rhys Langston was a Stereogum Artist To Watch in 2022, and he has made a whole lot of playful, verbose, layered music since then. Langston released the album Pale Black Negative last year, and he teamed up with R.A.P. Ferreira and nahhphet on “Sound Of Horns” earlier this summer. Now, he’s preparing to release a new LP called to live and die in E.U.L.A., and he’s got two more songs out in the world.

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Huge news out of Tennessee: There will be no Bonnaroo in 2027. The longstanding music festival announced today that it will be taking “a much-needed year off,” with plans to return in 2028.

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Nicole Atkins releases her new record Drama next month. The old-school pop revivalist has shared the singles “When The Night Falls” and “Singing In The Mirror” so far, and now she’s back with the extravagant, lonesome album opener, “Trippin’ On Teardrops.”

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Here, at Stereogum, we already love Friko. But today, they’ve given us a reason to love them even more via the new single “Necessary.” Earlier this year they released their killer Something Worth Waiting For, which placed near the top of our list of this year’s best LPs so far. Now they’re letting us have more of that glorious album’s world. They’ve announced an expanded version, coming Sept. 11 via ATO Records.

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Who’s ready for some emo that’s not afraid to writhe around in the pop-punk muck? Some ultra-catchy pop-rock, charged with angst and charging forward with anthemic energy? That’s what you’ll get from “Joyce Kilmer Service Area,” the lead single from wakelee’s new album under construction forever.

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Shygirl is back with her first new music of 2026. Last year, she was busy with the star-studded Club Shy Room 2, and earlier this year she was on the screen, appearing in Charli XCX’s The Moment and Madonna’s Confessions II – The Film. The British star is kicking off a new era with today’s new single “Alyse.” It’s an abrasive, ominous club cut written and produced with Karma Kid and JD Reid. Colleen, who shared Libres antes del final earlier this year, helped compose the track. It comes with an intense music video developed from an original story and script by Shygirl and George Smale and directed by Francesco Loy Bell and Oliver Bell. Watch below.

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Beabadoobee was already a big star before this year — she wouldn’t be booked in arenas and amphitheaters otherwise — but the singles from next month’s Pylon have suggested a leveling up. After whetting our appetites with the swooning non-album teaser “All I Did Was Dream Of You,” Beatrice Laus gave us the raucous pop-rocker “Sun Has Set” and the sumptuous trip-hop slow jam “Switchblade.” Now comes “Memories,” a dreamy rocker that manages to move with brisk momentum despite its many layers of beauty. “The smell of rain on the pavement/ It’s 3 a.m. and I thought of you,” she sings, before pleading, “Just stay a little while.”

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daine is releasing their highly anticipated debut album In Endless Awe & Agony later this year, but it turns out the hyperpop scene has some drama (who could’ve guessed?). Electronic duo Bassvictim — who are known to be controversial — started it when Ike Clateman made shadey comments about their collab with daine on an Instagram Live.

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The boys are fighting. It all goes back to last month, when Charley Crockett caught heat for dropping Twin Temple off of his shows allegedly due to their Satanic imagery. Jack White recruited the LA duo to open for one of his shows in LA next month, and the country star said yesterday that he lost respect for the White Stripes frontman and claimed that White used to avoid political issues. White responded last night, and now Crockett’s sounding off.

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