Fridays can be overwhelming for pop fans. Every week you’re bombarded with a glut of new music, which can lead to ear candy falling through the cracks. I’m hoping to circumvent that tragic scenario with a new feature called The Drop — a cheat sheet (of sorts) to get you through New Music Friday. By now you’ve probably checked out Justin Timberlake’s "Can't Stop The Feeling" and probably...

At Idolator, the editors share a passion for high-quality pop. Occasionally, our tastes align. Other times, not so much. So, in the spirit of debate (and online drama), we’ve developed a recurring feature called Pop Perspective. In a nutshell, our editors dissect a particularly noteworthy pop happening, and give it a rating out of 10. That way you’re getting a full spectrum of views and we can...

Silent Shout is our recurring dispatch from pop’s fringes. It may not be music for the masses, but — to paraphrase *NSYNC — this might be pop. Prologue: If you'd like to skip over some word vomit about mass consumption and consensus and popularity and just wanna get straight to the alt-pop tunes, scroll past the garish purple-and-green image below. *** 1. The monoculture is supposed to be...

Often when an artist gets that first taste of success, it’s easy to get lost in the embarrassment of riches, whether it's in the form of cars, clothes, cash or, in Mike Posner’s case, a nightmarish pill-popping excursion in Ibiza. His debut album, 31 Minutes To Takeoff, brought along with it his coronation onto the pop music scene thanks to hit single "Cooler Than Me," but soon after was...

Thirty-three years and 50 million album sales later, Cyndi Lauper's still so unusual: Unlike many of her peers, she's maintained a focus on exploring unexpected musical avenues rather than exploring well, whatever the hell this is. With a history of creatively reinterpreting her catalogue, an early Grammy win for Best New Artist, a Tony for writing the music to the hit Broadway show Kinky Boots,...

Not to send you into a panic, but Mother’s Day is approaching. And while, yes, that means paying our respects to the hard working matriarchs who made us eat our vegetables and put up with our bratty teenage years, we’re shaking things up a bit by turning the spotlight on "momagers." No, we’re not talking about that frightful Toddlers & Tiaras stage mom style of management. These artists were...

James Corden, Gwen Stefani, Icona Pop, Anna Kendrick and the rest of the cast of Trolls get in on the action for what we're guessing is the "music video" for Justin Timberlake's brand new single "Can't Stop The Feeling!" JT, Max Martin and Shellback co-produced the feel good pop cut for the forthcoming soundtrack to the animated film, and it's just one of four Timberlake songs that will appear on...

Just hours after Janet Jackson announced that she was pregnant with her first child, the R&B queen released her video for single "Dammn Baby." And it's a hot one. In the clip, Jackson and her posse of dancers – dressed in black latex getups – pop, lock and stomp it out to the song's infectious house-lite beat. Also, the video is entirely black and white, which feels very reminiscent of the...

Just from the teaser alone, this carpool karaoke looked like it was going to be pretty fun. This week, Gwen Stefani joined Late Late Show host James Corden for his signature bit “Carpool Karaoke." As promised, the pair sang “Don’t Speak,” “Used To Love You” and played the emoji interpretation game. But the second half of the segment is when things got super interesting, as surprise guests...

Jay Z is rumored to be working on his own rap response to Beyoncé's Lemonade. His wife's album heavily alluded to his own infidelity during their marriage, and now Us Weekly reports that the hip-hop mogul has started working an album that gives his version of events. [speedbumplink prefix="More:" url="http://www.idolator.com/7632297/beyonce-surprise-release-lemonade-essay" content="Why only Queen...