EsDeeKid stormed the castle at his Rolling Loud debut this weekend at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, FL. The Scouse rapper, who is not Timothée Chalamet despite some strong evidence, gave a striking performance on Friday May 8. He had a castle backdrop, a posse of knights in shining armor, and a flaming sword. He’s come a long way in a short period of time: He played his first headline show less than a year ago and played his first US show less than five months ago.

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Last night Noah Kahan returned to SNL for the second time. Kahan first performed on the show in 2023 with his breakout hits “Stick Season” and “Dial Drunk.” Last night, with Matt Damon as the host, Kahan performed the title track from his recent #1 album The Great Divide and the song “Doors.”

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The Recording Academy and the Grammy Museum held their 2026 Grammy Hall Of Fame Gala at Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton last night. The evening featured Erykah Badu singing with George Clinton, as well as a rare appearance from Janet Jackson.

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In late 2024, we found out that the Rolling Loud music festival was shooting a film starring Owen Wilson and Matt Rife. The trailer for the R-rated father-son comedy premiered last night at the first night of this year’s festival.

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In December last year, Björk revealed that she was working on the followup to 2022’s Fossora. Earlier this week, the Icelandic avant-pop artist performed a surprise DJ set at the Venice Biennale.

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Mick Jagger was always a ZLut. Is that a sentence you expected to read today? Well, it’s the truth. Earlier this week, the Rolling Stones legend appeared on the Today show and raved about Zara Larsson, whose fans are referred to as ZLuts, obviously.

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Yesterday, Charli XCX returned with the polarizing, ragebaity anthem “Rock Music.” The Brat star is getting ready for a new era, and she’s already sharing the b-side titled “I Keep Thinking About You Every Single Day And Night.” It’s only available on vinyl and her b-sides Instagram account. “‘i keep thinking about you every single…

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Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to members on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.)

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We’re still learning new things about the Rolling Stones’ upcoming album Foreign Tongues. After teasing the record’s existence for weeks and dropping the stealth single “Rough And Twisted,” the band finally let us know that the album will be out in July. At an event with Conan O’Brien earlier this week, the band had more to say. Now, we know that Foreign Tongues includes songs that the Stones recorded with Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, the Cure’s Robert Smith, and their late drummer Charlie Watts. Apparently, there will be an Amy Winehouse cover on there, too.

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