Jon Caramanica
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Hollywood’s First Family of Putting It Out There
In a book, web series and music, Will, Jada, Jaden and Willow have remade a star household for the new era of reality-driven celebrity.
In a New Documentary, Janet Jackson Is Hiding in Plain Sight
A four-hour film on Lifetime and A&E touches on the highs and lows of a long career, but doesn’t dig deep into one of pop’s...
The Morgan Wallen Conundrum
The country superstar had the biggest album of 2021 despite being captured on video using a racial slur. Is he on a redemption tour, or...
The Morgan Wallen Conundrum
The country superstar had the biggest album of 2021 despite being captured on video using a racial slur. Is he on a redemption tour, or...
How Big Can a TikTok Duet Get?
The singer-songwriter Sadie Jean performed a lovelorn track and left room for a response. Lil Yachty took the bait. But their duet isn’t the track...
The Endless Pop Shimmers of the Weeknd
“Dawn FM” extends and reimagines Abel Tesfaye’s fixation on perfect pop that he’s been chasing since the mid-2010s.
Watching My Mother Watch Music
Our pop music critic remembers going to concerts with his mom, who died last year.
TikTok Made Them Famous. Figuring Out What’s Next Is Tough.
This year, the app’s biggest stars — Charli and Dixie D’Amelio, Noah Beck, Addison Rae and others — leapt from the phone screen to other...
Kangol Kid, Early Rapper Who Sought ‘Roxanne,’ Dies at 55
As a member of the group UTFO, he was heard on one of the most influential and widely imitated songs of commercial hip-hop’s early years.
The Peerless Imagination of Greg Tate
For four decades, he set the critical standard for elegantly intricate assessments of music, art, literature and more, writing dynamically about the resilience and paradoxes...