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Sam Smith remains a bit of a pop paradox, a trailblazing figure who often settles into well-trodden songwriting. → Read More
A remix album of Lady Gaga’s 2020 dancefloor epic is less a wall-to-wall collection of club bangers than an expansion of the Chromatica cinematic universe, featuring Charli XCX, Arca, Rina Sawayama, Doss, and more. → Read More
The brawny disco single recalls the pop stars imperial phase at the end of the ’00s. → Read More
The debut LP from this Canadian folk-pop trio radiates immediacy and approachability. → Read More
While 2019 may not have been an explosive year in pop music, it teed up the personalities and storylines that could define the next decade. → Read More
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit an essential greatest hits album, one that brought ABBA indefinite fame. → Read More
The pop star’s debut is decadent and deeply silly, with songs delivered by the kind of person who uses even the slightest bit of emotional turmoil as an excuse to immerse herself in sex, drugs, and money. → Read More
The latest track comes ahead of Carly Rae Jepsen’s first album since 2015’s beloved E•MO•TION → Read More
Ariana Grande’s latest single is icy and distant, like “My Favorite Things” as flipped by Regina George → Read More
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a teenage fever dream, the mainstream pop-punk debut of Avril Lavigne. → Read More
The kinetic French singer Hélöise Letissier lets us into the whole of her life, creating an electric blend of unforgettable imagery, emotional depth, and lurid pop-funk. → Read More
Using pitched-down vocals, the Australian singer-songwriter finds new folds and textures in traditional pop songwriting with the help of producer Tobias Jesso Jr. → Read More
The Australian singer’s second album exudes a chic kind of vulnerability. It is a warm and delicate pop album about life as a young gay man. → Read More
The duo’s new material is animated by the joy of discovery and creation, and Disclosure seem revitalized by that fundamental pleasure → Read More
When Ryan DeRobertis started grappling with depression after releasing his debut album as Skylar Spence, 2015’s Prom King, he wasn’t sure how to translate his mental health into his music. “I worked so fucking hard this time writing an album about how I fell into that depression, but it wasn’t clicking for me,” he recently tweeted. “Until I realized I should’ve written about getting out of it.”… → Read More
The 1975’s new single “Love It If We Made It” is an absurd pop polemic for the end of an empire → Read More
Drake’s fifth proper studio album is richly produced, studded with gems, and grapples with his fatherhood in a way that casts his arrested development into sharp relief. → Read More
Petal’s precise and piercing lyrics are on full display on “Shine” → Read More
After two albums of jazzy, humid club cuts, the British producer moves beyond the dancefloor with a stunning concept record about his grandparents that incorporates ambient and modern classical music. → Read More
In many ways 'Liberation' feels like Christina Aguilera’s attempt to make an album like Rihanna’s 'Anti' in its eclecticism → Read More