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BTS' new song 'Alien' originally had a different concept

BTS opens up about how "Alien" originally had a different concept: "It was 'endless' but he suggested that we could change the lyrics to 'alien' so we did." ...

“I began writing a song in my head about the drudgery of being an astronaut”: The classic song that transformed Elton John into a superstar

Credit: YouTube/Elton John Every great artist has their golden era, the period in which they reach their creative zenith, surpass even their own expectations and produce a catalogue of work that is as ...
American Songwriter

3 Strange Music Videos From the 1980s That Still Raise Eyebrows

By the 1980s video really had killed the radio star. These are three strange music videos from the 1980s that raise an ...

The thing: Where to stream the original 1951 version of the sci-fi classic

"The Thing" from 1951 is a true sci-fi classic. Today, longtime cinephiles may be interested to learn where they can stream ...

18 Years Ago, NASA Beamed a Beatles Song Into Deep Space

The hidden story behind NASA’s 2008 transmission of a The Beatles classic into deep space and why it happened 18 years ago.

"That dude just showed me a dead alien." What Trent Reznor saw on Tom DeLonge's phone

As far as weird rock celebrity stories go, this one from Foo Fighters drummer Ilan Rubin is going to be pretty hard to beat ...
Consequence

Tom DeLonge Showed Trent Reznor a “Dead Alien” Photo at Ilan Rubin’s Wedding

Drummer Ilan Rubin has recalled a hilarious moment when Tom DeLonge showed Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor a "dead alien" photo ...

9 Ethereal, Emotional, Chaotic and Goofy Cloud-Rap Gems

Welcome to the cloud-rap revival. “Cloud rap” is a pretty amorphous term, but these songs have the same basic ingredients.