Maybe you can go home again. Maybe the world would actually prefer that you went home again. That’s the conclusion one draws from the explosive debut at the top of the Hot 100 by “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”—a buoyant pure-pop single by Justin Timberlake. It’s his lightest confection since the peak of his boy-band days with ’N Sync, and [...] Read more

The titular subject of Keanu, the just-released film debut by comedy duo Key and Peele, is an adorable kitten, battled over by warring drug gangs. But arguably, the movie’s spirit animal—and for music geeks, perhaps the best reason to see this charming, uneven film—is a British singer who peaked on the charts three decades ago. [...] Read more

While you were busy mourning Prince last week and playing “Purple Rain” for the 50th time, Billboard announced a new No. 1 single on its flagship Hot 100 chart. On the surface, “Panda” by Desiigner couldn’t have less to do with the purple god of self-contained, self-powered musical creativity. It’s by a neophyte Brooklyn rapper, [...] Read more