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‘American Idol’ runner-up John Foster on how “the most beautiful and yet the most horrific thing I’ve ever created” became his career’s “defining moment”: “That song was like, ‘OK, I need to be a musician.’” By

When 18-year-old country crooner John Foster took a risk and performed an original song on American Idol Season 23’s “Songs of Faith” Easter episode, it was a turning point for...

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‘American Idol’ judges, executive producer react to historic Season 23 finale: ‘America needed to see the two of them standing together’ By

It seems wrong to call Jamal Roberts’s victory on the American Idol Season 23 finale a “surprise,” since he is without question one of the greatest male vocalists to ever...

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‘American Idol’ Season 23 winner Jamal Roberts on the secret to ‘Jamalerizing’ any song, why he knew his ‘Mary Jane’ audition would ‘ruffle some feathers,’ and why he welcomed Carrie Underwood’s criticism By

New American Idol champion Jamal Roberts barely had time to brush the confetti off his sequined waistcoat before he met with Lyndsanity and other Idol reporters backstage at Sunday’s Season 23...

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‘Masked Singer’ finalist and Spotify’s No. 1 Happy Pop artist, Andy Grammer, talks “grounded optimism,” grief, and why “the word ‘happy’ gets a bad rap”: “It’s just not as ‘cool’ to start with major chords” By

In 2024, singer-songwriter Andy Grammer was in the middle of doing Greater Than, a one-man show largely focused on grief and his own experience with losing his beloved mother, children’s...

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Briston Maroney on how a bogus label showcase for a ‘bot on the internet’ led to a real record deal, wearing ‘Mumford & Sons cosplay’ to his ‘American Idol’ audition, his love for Ween, and more By

View this post on Instagram A post shared by LICORICE PIZZA RECORDS (@licoricepizzarecords) During the 13th season of American Idol, a 15-year-old singer-songwriter named Briston Maroney raspily belted the Rolling Stones’...

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Songwriter Knox talks ‘unexpected’ pop career, Matty Healy sliding into his DMs, being rejected by ‘American Idol,’ and his ‘big goal’ to write a song for Katy Perry By

“It’s just been a crazy and honestly kind of unexpected journey. I never thought I would be an artist. I was always just trying to be the songwriter, and I...

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Daniel Seavey may ‘never escape the memes’ of his past, but the former Idol and boy band star is already on his third wind By

“I’ll never escape the memes that have been created. There’s this meme of me at 15, of me crying when I got voted off Idol, that still haunts me,” jokes...

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Howard Jones talks the great Grammy Synthesizer Showdown of ’85, accidentally inventing the keytar, and why things only keep getting better for his career By

Forty years ago, something totally awesome happened at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards — something that changed not only television, but the public’s perception of electronic music. That fateful evening,...

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The lost interview: David Lynch talks TM, Trump, and escaping the ‘suffocating rubber clown suit of negativity’ By

This full conversation, in both audio and written form, has never been published until now. I had the immense honor of interviewing David Lynch in October 2018 for Yahoo Entertainment. We mostly talked...

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Happy ‘Spandau Ballet vs. Duran Duran on Pop Quiz Day,’ to all who celebrate! By

Happy holidays and New Year, everyone. There’s something you should know. To cut a long story short, 40 years ago, a true Christmas miracle took place. And you can witness it, in its...

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