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Live: It's Real with Jordan and Demi | Eyedress

Live: It's Real with Jordan and Demi | Eyedress

Though he’s been releasing music for nearly a decade, Eyedress broke through with audiences last year with the album Let’s Skip to the Wedding. Anchored by the single “Jealous,” it’s racked up tens of millions of streams. The Filipino artist talks to Jordan and Demi about his influences and new music, including working with King […]

Half Waif Builds a Broken World on "Mythopoetics"

Half Waif Builds a Broken World on "Mythopoetics"

“I wish I could tell myself / don’t do it for anyone else,” sings Nandi Rose Plunkett on “Party’s Over,” one of the many bittersweet tracks on her latest release, Mythopoetics. As Half Waif, Plunkett has been crafting strangely beautiful, buoyant, and sad music for years. With a knack for nimble electronic beats and thought-provoking […]

Backstreet Boys & *NSYNC Talk Brotherhood & New ‘Back-Sync’ Collab Behind-the-Scenes of Perceived Rivalry

Backstreet Boys & *NSYNC Talk Brotherhood & New ‘Back-Sync’ Collab Behind-the-Scenes of Perceived Rivalry

They’ve been labelled competitors for more than two decades, but members of the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC recently hit the stage together in the ultimate show of unity, making their debut as “Back-Sync” at The Grove in Los Angeles, California. Before performing each other’s biggest hits, Nick Carter and AJ McLean of the Backstreet Boys […]

Why Is Tool So Hard to Love?

Why Is Tool So Hard to Love?

In 2019, the band Tool returned for the first time in 13 years, and we still don’t know what that means. Popdust didn’t think the band’s reunion was a big deal, considering how the band handled the extremely pretentious promotional process for Fear Inoculum. But it seemingly worked. Tool fans from all corners of the […]