coup de main - noun
kü-də-ˈmaⁿ
Definition of coup de main : an attack that achieves complete surprise.

Interview: Chasing fire with Lauv.

There’s an age-old story of what normally happens in a relationship: two people meet, they fall in love, and in many cases, end up breaking up, leaving heartbreak in the air.

Interview: Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie on new album 'Pray For The Wicked'.

In advance of 'Pray For The Wicked', Panic! At The Disco's new album (out now!), Coup De Main caught up with frontman Brendon Urie recently, before its release (and the announcement of their upcoming New Zealand show), to discuss meditating upon self-identity, the importance of failure, and some mystery potatoes...

I can't change into somebody I don't wanna be. That just sucks! And it's really tiring, trying to act like someone you're not. If I had been fake this whole time, I don't think I would have made it past a year or two. It's so exhausting!

Watch: Paul McCartney x Carpool Karaoke.

Paul McCartney is the latest celebrity to take part in a round of carpool karaoke with James Corden, this one filmed in Liverpool where the dynamic duo spent a day together exploring the city - visiting the Penny Lane barber, McCartney's childhood home where he wrote music with John Lennon, and surprised some locals in a pub with the gig of their lives.

NBD.

Watch the carpool karaoke episode below...

Watch: Harry Styles + Kacey Musgraves cover Shania Twain's 'You're Still The One' together live.

Kacey Musgraves is currently on tour in America with Harry Styles as his opening act, and last night joined him on-stage during his set to cover Shania Twain's classic 'You're Still The One' live together last night at Madison Square Garden.

Watch fan-filmed footage of the performance below...

Listen: Peter CottonTale's new song 'Forever Always' feat. Rex Orange County, Chance The Rapper, Daniel Caesar + more!

Musical Director For The Social Experiment, Peter CottonTale, is celebrating his birthday with the release of a new song, 'Forever Always', which includes a stellar line-up of features - Rex Orange County, Chance The Rapper (of course), Daniel Caesar, Madison Ryann Ward, and Yebba.

Listen to 'Forever Always' below:

Florence + The Machine announce January 2019 NZ + AUS tour.

In support of new album 'High As Hope', Florence + The Machine are set to return to New Zealand next year on Wednesday, January 30th to play Auckland's Spark Arena - the band's first performance on our shores since their November 2015 tour.

Tickets go on sale from midday on Thursday, June 28th.

UPDATE: Billie Eilish has just been announced as a special guest for Flo's upcoming Sydney, Adelaide and Geelong dates!

No Rome - 'Seventeen' video.

No Rome has released a gorgeous video to accompany his new song, 'Seventeen' (the second song from his upcoming debut EP, 'RIP Indo Hisashi'), which features so many of our favourite things - an astronaut suit, a beautiful floral arrangement, the lyrics to our favourite new song, and No Rome himself, of course.

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