"Everything's just fucking hard man," opens Clinton Kane on his debut studio album, 'Maybe Someday It'll All Be Ok' - setting the tone of reliability and reflection for the rest of the album ahead. With a year long delay and many a bump in the road, Kane felt more than ready to release the record, sharing: "That was supposed to come out a year before it came out, so sonically, and the topics of what was being talked about were things that I've already moved on when we released it.

As part of Frank Ocean's 'Blonded' merchandise drop, posters that were mailed out had a message on the back explaining the story of 2019 in Frank Ocean world - hinting at the possibility of a new body of work from Ocean and finally explaining why Jeremy Strong featured on the merch in the drop.  

According to Stereogum, here is the full message:

Eagled-eyed fans have spotted over on the Boygenius Instagram that the forthcoming debut album from the band will be titled 'The Record' and drop in March this year. The trio are also making the reunion official with their first performance of the year being at Coachella and have now made their own official Spotify account.

Check out what fans have spotted below...

Laneway 2023 is right around the corner and we can't believe our favourite festival is finally back! To tide us over 'til the big day, we've decided to round up the talented local acts that we're most excited to see at the festival this year - and that we think you should check out on the day!

Final tickets to Laneway are on sale now - grab yours here. 

#1. Erny Belle.

The National have been teasing their upcoming ninth album, sharing with fans a letter (an altered version of the first pages of Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein') that contains hints that Phoebe Bridgers, Taylor Swift, and Sufjan Stevens may feature on the new album.

Following the announcement of her debut album 'Good Riddance' earlier this week, Gracie Abrams has today shared a new song, 'Where Do We Go Now?' - the first single to be released from her upcoming 12-track album out February 24th.

About the accompanying music video (directed by Gia Coppola), Abrams says:

Taylor Swift surprised fans at The 1975's show in London tonight at The O2, performing a cover of 'The City', as well as an acoustic rendition of her own song, 'Anti-Hero'.

Watch snippets of the performance below...

"I know that regression is rarely rewarded / I still need a certain degree of disorder / I hate to admit getting better is boring/ But the high cost of chaos? / Who can afford it?" reflects Hayley Williams in Paramore's new song, 'C’est Comme Ça' - the third single to be released from the band's upcoming new album, 'This Is Why' (out February 10th).

We're counting down the days until Julia Jacklin makes her return to New Zealand shores this coming March, where she will be performing tracks from her new album 'PRE PLEASURE' live. Jacklin will be performing in both Wellington on March 7th and Auckland on March 8th. 

To tide us all over until then, we've listed the top five songs that we are most excited to hear live...

#1. 'I Was Neon' is one of our favourite singles from the new record - with a great video to match.

SZA has just dropped a music video for her hit song 'Kill Bill' - off her sophomore album, 'SOS'. The video features SZA plotting and scheming to, in fact, kill her ex...