According to Frank Ocean, boys don’t cry. But after four years of false promises and deceptive due-dates, this weekend he had boys and girls the world over weeping tears of joy with the release of his second full-length studio album, Blonde. While the album is excellent and is already being lauded ... More

Ravyn Lenae has spent the last few months supporting Grammy-nominated artist SZA on her CTRL tour, along with fellow Chicago native Smino, and surprise guests including Chance the Rapper, adding to the Windy City love affair. Prior to this she toured with Noname, ... More

Norah Jones is a singer, songwriter, actress and also Trevor Terndrup of Moon Taxi’s dog’s name. “Her name is Norah, like Norah Jones, but we call her Norah Bones,” Terndrup tells me. “She’s the cutest little cloud that just fluffs around all day.” The indie rocker is ... More

Pete Wentz may be best known as the follically gifted bassist of Fall Out Boy, but he also serves as the band’s main lyricist, penning anthems like “Sugar, We’re Going Down Swinging” and “Dance Dance” that propelled their 2005 breakthrough as well as 2017 ... More

The cloud of mystery that shrouds songwriter Emily Warren has cleared with the release of her most recent single, “Poking Holes.” Warren, a Grammy-winning songwriter, has helped craft songs like Charli XCX’s “Boys,” Fifth Harmony’s “Them Girls Be Like,” and the majority of The Chainsmokers’s ... More

Gene Simmons is a businessman—and being a front man for KISS is only one part of that business. Of course the makeup, the tongue and the voice made him recognizable–but his business ventures, both related and unrelated to the glam rock band that brought him notoriety in the ‘80s, are ... More

Tyson Ritter sits down with an endearingly blasé attitude and makes himself comfortable, outstretching his lanky legs from a pretzel position with ease. His disheveled (read: sexy) hair, grungy black sneakers and severely sculpted jawline make me feel like I’m 15 years old again, belting out the All-American Rejects song ... More

Since getting her start posting lip-sync videos on the social network musical.ly, a digital community dedicated to connecting creative individuals through video, Florida-based Baby Ariel has garnered over 35 million followers between her social media platforms. The bubbly 17-year-old social media star, born Ariel Martin, has grown ... More

Hannah Bronfman has become an entre­preneur in her own right thanks to founding her content platform HBFIT, which melds her passions for beauty and health—not to mention occasionally serves as a window into her life as an influencer and newlywed. Now, the 29-year-old DJ, model and heiress ... More

19-year-old Alli Simpson has been surrounded by music all her life—whether it was sitting in the backyard jamming with her dad or sitting in the studio during her brother Cody’s sessions. After taking two years away from music professionally, the singer recently returned with a voice all ... More