In this week's Pop is Not a Dirty Word, Douglas Greenwood sheds light on the curious case of pop star and influencer JoJo Siwa, and what good this all-grinning 16-year-old could do to youth culture. JoJo SiwaIt’s two in the morning and I’m so deep into a YouTube hole that I can’t find my way back out. There&#821...

Throughout their 20-year career, NYC dance-punk group !!! have been making visceral and anxiety-inducing music. A few weeks ago, the group shared the double A-side single, "UR Paranoid / Off The Grid," which seemed like a one-off. Well today !!! are announcing their eighth full-length album, Wallop, which includes those two singles. They're a...

Dance-punk veterans !!! haven't released an album since 2017's Shake The Shudder, but that might be changing soon. Today, they're sharing a new double A-side single, "UR Paranoid / Off The Grid," both of which are appropriately anxious, wriggling club thumpers. And in a statement that accompanies the release, the band promises more new material&...

Over the weekend, Dr. Dre posted, and then quickly deleted, a photo on his Instagram page of himself and his 18-year-old daughter Truly Young holding up her acceptance letter to USC. The photo was captioned, "My daughter got accepted into USC all on her own. No jail time!!!"

"We have your DNA, idiot" Iggy AzaleaIggy Azalea has threatened legal action after the Australian rapper received a vial of semen in the mail. Azalea tweeted about the incident, saying: “Someone sent a vile [sic] of semen in the mail and the office assistant had to unknowingly open the package. I -Who – FBI!!!” She ...