PopSugar UK — The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards are almost upon us! After releasing the exciting list of gender-neutral nominations - which sees Kendrick Lamar leading the pack with eight noms while Katy Perry and The Weeknd are both tied for the second most nomina... more info

Stereogum — Although Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff has become suddenly ubiquitous as a producer -- including on Lorde's masterful Melodrama -- he's also been quite busy with his own band this year, releasing a new album called Gone Now and touring to promote ... more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar has joined a lineup of MTV Video Music Awards performers that already included the likes of Lorde, the Weeknd, Miley Cyrus, and Katy Perry. According to a press release, this will be his first solo headline VMAs performance, and his ei... more info

PopSugar UK — One thing that's never gone out of style in Hollywood: cultivating a unique persona with the help of a stage name. Even today, as social media influences celebrities to be more authentic and accessible, new stars have traded their names for shorter o... more info

Stereogum — Daughter, the London trio that made its name on grandly dramatic indie rock something like Lorde fronting the National, is not the first band I'd have expected to record the soundtrack for a video game. But that's just what they've done. Life Is Stra... more info

PopSugar UK — On Friday, Lorde performed at Osheaga, a star-studded music festival that sweeps through Montreal. In addition to most likely performing some of the best songs from her exquisite new album, Melodrama, the New Zealand songstress also took a moment to... more info

Pop Crunch — We have dug through the dark corners of the internet to find the Top 10 most insane celebrity-centric conspiracy theories out there. If you have ever wondered how many celebrities the CIA has killed (Spoilers: at least two, according to many woke int... more info

Stereogum — MTV has announced its initial lineup of performers for this year's Video Music Awards. In addition to host Katy Perry, the slate includes Miley Cyrus, whose last two VMAs performances (grinding on Robin "Beetlejuice" Thicke in 2013 and surprise-relea... more info

Stereogum — Lorde's Lollapalooza set might have been rained out partway through, but she was able to perform her whole set the following night at an also-rainy Osheaga Festival in Montreal. It included a fantastic cover of Martha Wainwright's "Bloody Mother Fuck... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Oh Lorde, what a day. more info