New York Post — Katy Perry's years-long legal battle with an Australian designer is over. more info

Stereogum — A few years ago, Sam Smith shared a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time,” filmed at Abbey Road Studios. Lauper is currently on her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, which promises a slew of “special guests.” One of those gues... more info

Stereogum — We last heard from the heavy North Carolina shoegazers Clearbody when they released their 2023 EP Bend Into A Blur . Today, they’ve followed it with a new standalone single. Their song “In Another Life” is an urgent churn with some big hook... more info

Stereogum — Olivia Rodrigo’s excellent sophomore album GUTS  came out just a little over a year ago, and she’s still on tour in support of it. She’s been all over the globe this go around, and she crossed Australia off her tour bucket list over the we... more info

Stereogum — Atlanta rapper JID released his excellent album The Forever Story two years ago, and it continued to linger when one of its singles, the 21 Savage/Baby Tate collab “Surround Sound,” became a random but welcome TikTok hit. In the past few mon... more info

Stereogum — The cursed rollout of Katy Perry’s new album 143 is finally complete, and the record is out in the world. Most of the reactions to Perry’s attempted comeback have been virulently negative, but fortunately Perry was too busy to spend Friday ref... more info

New York Post — Katy Perry's new album, "143," is hardly the comeback that she needed. It’s as if she became a has-been before her time on “American Idol.” more info

Antimusic Rock — After being recognized with MTV's coveted Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 'VMAs' earlier this week, Katy Perry unveils her striking new single more info

Stereogum — Y’all heard Alligator Bites Never Heal yet? Doechii’s new mixtape is one of my favorite releases of the year. Between that and her ultra-fun single “Alter Ego,” I was starting to believe the TDE upstart from Florida had a Midas touch. Th... more info

Stereogum — On Wednesday, a lot of musicians gave grandiose performances at the VMAs, such as Chappell Roan, Katy Perry, and Eminem. Another artist to do so was Sabrina Carpenter, and Britney Spears had some thoughts about it. more info