Aretha Franklin’s legendary voice is rightfully the center of most remembrances of the Queen of Soul. But her almost unparalleled run as a recording artist is a marvel unto itself: She was the first female artist to place 70 songs on the Hot 100, and she’s tied with Stevie Wonder
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Farah Brook (@farahbrook) is a writer and comedian based in New York City. Her comedy has been featured in the New York Times, Time magazine, People, HuffPost, Time Out New York, and more. If you live in New York, check out her solo show on November 14 at Union Hall
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It is by now not news that Ariana Grande has a brief song on Sweetener that is called “pete davidson” (lowercase hers), and is about — spoiler alert — her fiancé Pete Davidson. In the scheme of Permanent Relationship Monuments, this ranks somewhere below getting tattoos for each other, but
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Nico Walker is an Iraq War vet who wrote a debut novel, Cherry, which covers the war, the opioid epidemic, and a spree of bank robberies (we called it the “first great novel of the opioid epidemic”). Naturally, Hollywood has come calling for the rights to the book, but there’s
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Yesterday we lost Aretha Franklin, and as we reflect on the many stories she left behind, there are a few that stand out. From her classic ability to shade to that time she was on Murphy Brown to the time she made Carole King’s whole life, Franklin was an ever-present
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There’s a lot of mystery surrounding Ruth Wilson’s surprise departure from the Showtime drama The Affair. The actress has done very few interviews about her character’s death, which shocked viewers earlier this month, though she fueled speculation by telling CBS This Morning yesterday, “I did want to leave, but I’m
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The most satisfying approach to Aretha Franklin’s monumental body of work is chronological. Of course, that doesn’t mean you can’t jump ahead and cherry-pick any song you like. They’re all good. They’re all inspiring. They all display her astounding virtuosity. But to get a feel for her dynamic growth as
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A new Janet Jackson album is on its way, and if you aren’t already psyched about that, you soon will be. Last night the singer dropped her first music video in three years, and it’s easily the best block party you’ll go to all summer. And it’s no wonder, since
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