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Running time: 132 minutes. Rated PG-13 (thematic material, some strong language, some sexual material and brief drug use). In theaters Dec. 25. If there’s one slam-dunk choice in “Song Sung Blue,” ...

Lady Gaga’s return to the dance floor, “Abracadabra,” was a huge streaming smash with a massive name-checking chorus. Italiano says the song, the third single off Mayhem, dropped at exactly the right ...

Mammoth's "The End" is Loudwire's No. 1 rock song of 2025. It's the title track from Mammoth's third album and was also the lead single, released back in May. Wolfgang Van Halen once again took on all ...

Jem and the Holograms first hit it big in the 1980s, and so it’s fitting that they’ve now put their musical stamp on another classic from the decade in Last Christmas from Wham!. Ever since Last ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal songs of 2025! We know you all have a long, long list of your favorites from this year, whether it's in a playlist curated by our streaming overlords and ones ...

In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook As you can see on the Kickstarter campaign page right here, Jem and the Holograms Truly Outrageous ...

There is a science behind what makes a song catchy. Although the audience may not be familiar with that science, they feel its effects. Musicologists have taken the time to compile lists of the ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...