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Ayra Starr, born Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, chose the stage name Starr because she knew what she could be. Then she chose the Arabic name, “Ayra,” meaning honorable and respected. Raised between Benin and Nigeria, Starr is dedicated to preserving African rhythms and language in her work. She sings in English, Pidgin English and Yoruba. Starr says that she often writes songs with her brother Milar, and her lyrics have a poetic flair, compelling in both syntax and musicality. Her music is as fun to read as it is to dance to. On the mystic and percussive “Bloody Samaritan,” she sings: “I see you watching my movement/This bad bitch bad every day.” The slinky beat marches more briskly than Ayra was used to, she says. Her songs often have brighter, more mellow production, even when they’re upbeat, so she sat with the “Bloody Samarian” file for roughly five months before impressively rap-singing over it. Tap the link in our bio to read more about why @ayrastarr is an Artist You Need to Know. Photo by @thelexash
Happy birthday, David Crosby!🎉 Read our 1970 Rolling Stone interview with the musician at the link in our bio.
Leave it to Berlin to turn Covid-19 vaccination into a rave. The German capital has been throwing a week of techno-thrumming parties to incentivize young people to get the jab. The Arena Berlin, a concert venue in the German capital’s Treptow district, has been coming to life with strobing spotlights, thumping bass beats, and hundreds of boisterous Berliners. These are the first gatherings of their kind in the city since a year and a half ago, when Covid-19 swept the globe and forced live venue closures all over. Like Krispy Kreme doughnut incentives in the United States or bratwurst elsewhere in Germany, the vaccination raves, dubbed “long nights of vaccination,” came out of conversations between event organizers about what might make people show up for the jab. “In Berlin, it’s techno,” Midas 104, an artist who performed at the arena on Wednesday night, tells Rolling Stone. “The event is a chance to reach out to younger people in a more creative way than the dusty German government campaign,” says Jacob Groening, one of the artists slated to perform at the final vaccination night event tonight (August 13th), who says joining the lineup was a no-brainer. Tap the link in our bio to read more.
The Who's 'Who's Next' came out 50 years ago today. Tap the link in bio to see where the classic LP landed on our list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
As the news about January 6th and Trump's attempted coup grows more horrific, Republicans are laboring harder than ever to insist it was no biggie. A rash of new evidence has made clear that Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election were more sophisticated and far-reaching than Americans knew in real time. In light of these fresh details, the January 6th insurgency — whipped to motion by Trump’s orders to “fight like hell” against the certification of the Electoral College results — appears to have been the serious, last-ditch act of a would-be tyrant to hold on to power. Yet even as the context of the coup attempt has become clearer, the moral clarity of Republicans in Washington about the blame for January 6th has become increasingly cloudy. Tap the link in bio to read more.
The goofballs of 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' make a complicated return to a world rocked by anti police protests. During that long hiatus —’Nine-Nine’ fans on social media would periodically say, only half-kidding, that the show would be best served coming back with Jake and the others now all working at the post office, or in some other less emotionally-charged profession. After all, the best parts of the series have had little to do with law enforcement and everything to do with the interaction of these colorful characters played by one of TV’s deepest comedy ensembles. That is not the choice that ‘Brooklyn’ co-creator Dan Goor and his collaborators have made. Alan Sepinwall on the beloved cop comedy's eighth and final season at the link in our bio. Photo by NBC
"She is a visionary of upper-class mom fashion with her blazers and her knits and her manicures — plus her MILF bob.” That image of Carmela — sensuous, alluring, lit in chiaroscuro, and draped in the fruits of her husband’s criminality — is, fittingly, what graces the Carmela T-shirt. An homage to the many looks Edie Falco’s character served over six seasons, the Carmela shirt is routinely spoon-fed via algorithm to nostalgia-happy millennials and zoomers on Instagram. In the nearly two decades since the show has been off the airwaves, 'The Sopranos' has amassed an unlikely reputation as a time capsule of early-2000s style, in some ways arguably even more so than its HBO Sunday night counterpart, 'Sex and the City' (Adriana La Cerva could certainly rock a belt nonsensically circling her taut midriff, but Carrie Bradshaw could never pull off a button-down cheetah-print onesie). Tap the link in our bio read more about how Carmela Soprano became a Gen-Z style icon. Photo Illustration by @photoeditorjoe, Images in Illustration Craig Blankenhorn/HBO, 4
Not all it-blowed-up-real-good films are created equal, so we’re shouting out the 50 best action movies of all time — the crème de la crème of martial arts flicks, bullet ballets, men-on-a-mission adventures, swashbucklers, superhero franchises, sci-fi spectacles, wuxia epics, and a whole lot more. From bullet ballets to sci-fi epics, kung fu classics to superhero adventures — these are the greatest big-screen adrenaline rushes ever. Tap the link in bio for our 50 best action movies of all time. What’s your top 5 action films of all time? 🤔 drop it below ⬇️ Photo Illustration by @photoeditorjoe, Images in Illustration: Everett Collection, 4; Disney Studios 2018; MGM Pictures; Universal Pictures
‘Fuck you, Covid!’ ” one person tells Rolling Stone. “I am so sick of this — so discouraged that it won’t get better because of the people who won’t get vaccinated. I was starting to get out more after being vaccinated, and now I’m feeling like a prisoner again.” Covid rage is real. We’ve tried being resilient. We’ve tried having rational conversations with friends and family members about the importance of vaccines and face masks. We are long out of fucks to give. Now what? Tap the link in our bio to read more. Photo Illustration by @photoeditorjoe, Images in Illustration: Adobe Stock, 4
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is resigning over allegations of serial sexual harassment. The bombshell announcement comes a week after New York Attorney General Letitia James released the findings of her office’s investigation into Cuomo’s history of alleged sexual misconduct. James’ report included allegations of harassment and inappropriate touching from 11 women, while detailing a toxic workplace predicated on intimidation and retaliation for actions perceived as disloyal to the governor. James described the governor’s conduct as “disgusting” and “in violation of state and federal law.” Cuomo has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing since allegations of sexual misconduct started to surface earlier this year. Despite a few whiffs of contrition on Tuesday, the soon-to-be-ex-governor maintained the attorney general’s report was “flawed,” “unfair,” and “politically motivated.” Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul will become New York's first female governor when she takes over for Cuomo in two weeks. Read more at the link in our bio.
George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass' 50th anniversary box set shows the communal depth behind his masterpiece. George Harrison was all of 27 years old when he started making what became ‘All Things Must Pass,’ in May 1970. The Beatles, the band to which he had dedicated his musical life since he was 15, were over, and Harrison spent the summer and fall in the studio, hammering out songs he had been sitting on and building new ones. He assembled an all-star cast of peers, from pal Eric Clapton and future Domino Bobby Whitlock to semi-Beatles Klaus Voormann and Billy Preston to actual Beatles Ringo Starr and John Lennon and a dozen more. Produced with his usual, sound-stacking excess by Phil Spector, Harrison famously emerged in the fall with a triple-album doorstopper, proof positive that the Quiet One, once given time and space, had a ton to say. 'All Things Must Pass' is now available in a massive, 50th-anniversary reissue, complete with a revelatory remix and tricked out with 47(!) demos and outtakes. Photo by Barry Feinstein Read our review at the link in bio.
Paul McCartney and Rick Rubin go deep with Rob Sheffield on their new Hulu series, the ‘Get Back’ movie, and finding new joy in old songs. McCartney’s told the story of “Hey Jude” before, but never quite like this, with an especially insistent note from John Lennon: "I get to, 'The movement you need is on your shoulder,' and I said, 'I'll fix that one.' John said, 'You won’t, you know.' Like that was a command." Like the doc, the conversation is a mystery tour spanning their entire music lives, as they reflect on people and things that went before. Tap the link in our bio to read the full interview. Photo by Hulu
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