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Rebecca Black has a gun, and she’s pointing it squarely at the pop zeitgeist. The cult pop folk heroine is back with her second full-length project, Salvation, on the heels of 2023’s Let Her Burn. The aforementioned gun can be seen in the album art for Salvation, and again in the lyric video for “Sugar Water Cyanide,” and again in the energetic presence of the album itself. Lusciously produced and piercingly evocative with its lyrical flourishes, the latest single offers … Continue reading “Rebecca Black Fires Back at Pop With 'Salvation'”

If you don’t know DoloRRes and Cherry Chola — two unconventional, norm-defying artists from Australia’s neo-club scene — here’s your chance to get familiar. Today, they announce JACUZZI, a mixtape of cross-cultural, rave-y reggaeton set to be released on March 13 via TRACKWORK. In the meantime, to satiate us as we await the tape, they’re premiering “Clandestina” on PAPER. The lead single to their mixtape, which also features Chilean-Australian artist Khya, delves into drugs, parasocial online tristes and “being slutty … Continue reading “DoloRRes and Cherry Chola Drop Digitally Damaged Club Track”

Alicia Keys made a key point in her acceptance speech for the Global Impact Award at the 2025 Grammys: “It’s strange that we don’t think of women as producers like Quincy [Jones], Dr. Dre or Swizz [Beats], but women producers have always powered the industry,” she shared, shouting out the likes of Patrice Rushen, Grimes and Solange Knowles, as well as citing her own experience trying to earn respect as a producer in her own right. Ebonie Smith, the founder … Continue reading “Gender Amplified Gets Loud With 'In Bloom'”

If you love BLACKPINK, you already love Kiel Tutin. The dancer is responsible for some of the K-pop supergroup’s most notable choreography, from their Coachella debut to the 2023 World Tour, Born Pink. Having grown up in England immersed in acts like Spice Girls and Sugababes, Tutin has been preparing for this career from the beginning — and got serious early on when he started competing in World Hip Hop Championships as a teenager before training under Parris Goebel for … Continue reading “Kiel Tutin on Choreographing JISOO's 'Earthquake' Dance Video”

In the canon of 21st Century pop music, few hold a special place quite like Kesha. The same could be said of her advocacy for LGBTQIA+ community over her storied career. To honor that legacy, The Center is set to honor her at their upcoming Center Dinner on April 10. The Center, AKA the NYC LGBT Community Center, is set to host its annual Center Dinner, which raises critical funds for the community, needed more than ever in this increasingly … Continue reading “Kesha To Be Honored by the NYC LGBT Community Center and PAPER”

Rockstar life is tiring. Just ask Brooklyn-based rock quartet Momma, who have had a whirlwind past few years following the release of their fittingly titled breakout album, Household Name. New fans brought new opportunities, which translated to a life spent on the road. There was a thrill to the madness, but once it was time to work on their follow-up album, they realized they now had to figure out how to translate their new life into music. “Every time we … Continue reading “Momma Take Us On Tour in the Video for 'Bottle Blonde'”

To get over a breakup, Saya Gray booked a flight to Japan. “Even though I wasn’t raised in Japan, it’s in my blood and my upbringing,” she tells PAPER. After that cross-country journey, the Japanese-Canadian singer-songwriter went to California where she drove across the whole state. The mixture of both locations — the mountains, the desert and the forest — are what shaped her debut album, SAYA, out now. Though Gray has been in the business for a minute now, … Continue reading “Saya Gray Makes Room for Herself”

While touring with Valerie singer Tei Shi in 2023, Vogue Giambri suddenly lost her mother — a painful experience that only added to the whiplash of life on the road for the New York director. Giambri kept herself busy, though, filming Tei Shi on stage every night opening for Kimbra and journaling about the memories in-between cities. Those personal entries would later become inspiration for a play she wrote and directed, called I Can’t Make Sense, grappling with death and … Continue reading “Vogue Giambri on Her Dark Comedy With Tei Shi”

Nessa Barrett is on a roll. Fresh off the release of AFTERCARE DELUXE — an expanded version of her acclaimed 2024 album AFTERCARE — the alt-pop princess is in the midst of a globe-trotting tour, most recently playing the historic Brooklyn Paramount on February 17. The Brooklyn show landed on the heels of a major moment: Lana Del Rey sharing Barrett’s viral single “LOVE LOOKS PRETTY ON YOU” on Instagram a few days before, a full-circle moment for Barrett who … Continue reading “Backstage With Nessa Barrett in Brooklyn”

Sunday (1994)’s new track, “Doomsday,” strolls in with a sweet, heavy doses of charming nostalgia — drenching you in delectable new wave sound, before Paige Turner’s lush vocals come in, pontificating about death and love over Lee Newell’s bright guitar parts. As PAPER witnessed last year when the duo played a crowded Mercury Lounge show, their sonics and respective transatlantic scenes (Newell is from London, Turner from LA) have given them the ideal perspective for a timeless, yet modern sound, … Continue reading “Sunday (1994) Make Peace With Catastrophe on 'Doomsday'”