Halsey

"Let's break the internet," Doja Cat sings on the first song from her recent album Hot Pink. It's a cyber sex reference (the song is…

Halsey already flirted with nu-metal with last year's one-off single "Nightmare," which I liked quite a bit. Now, in the wake of her hit album…

How do you move on? This is the defining question on High Road, Kesha Rose Sebert's fourth album and second since the public drama that…

Halsey released her new album, Manic, last week. (She also inadvertently called for the collapse of One World Trade when reacting to a sorta negative…

PROGRAMMING NOTE: The Week In Pop is moving to Mondays! Today's installment will be the final Thursday column. Look for the first Monday column just…

From the Beatles to Bowie to Madonna, metamorphosis has been an assumed component of pop stardom for decades, and the ability to transcend easy categorization…

Today, we're getting the first big A-list pop-star album of 2020 in the form of Selena Gomez's Rare. Next week, we're getting another one. That's…

Sometimes, pop stars do everything they can to be taken seriously. Sometimes, critical darlings do everything they can to move in a pop direction. And…

The #1 song in America this week was released more than 25 years ago. Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is often…

The year is almost over, and the lists are abundant. This one is called The Top 40 Pop Songs Of 2019, which is a double…

Halsey has spent the past few years ascending to pop music's upper echelon, and she's done it without releasing an album. (She was decidedly a…

It's one of the most exhilarating, terrifying human experiences: a friendship suddenly accelerating into an all-consuming passion. Maybe you've secretly fantasized about it, or maybe…

The coolest thing that happened at last night's CMA Awards: Ashley McBryde won New Artist of the Year. (Not bad for a Girl Going Nowhere.)…