Genre Now: How Destin Conrad, Jensen McRae, Yami Safdie & More Are Re-Thinking Classic Sounds for the Future

Working with producer Tofer Brown, the North Carolina native spent two years refining the sound of her debut album Cherry Valley, which was released in late 2025 on MCA Nashville/Gatsby Records.
Complex

10 Things You Didn’t Know About XXXTENTACION

At the time, XXXTENTACION was in jail on charges including aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, domestic battery by ...
Complex

Man Who Appeared on XXXTentacion's "Look at Me!" Cover Art at Age 12 Heading to Prison Over Stabbing

The boy who was featured on the cover art of XXXTentacion's breakthrough single "Look at Me!" will spend the next decade behind bars. In an interview with Eric Skelton for Complex in December 2020, ...
Rolling Stone

Kelly Clarkson Goes From Ballad to Belting in Moving Metallica ‘Sad But True’ Cover

Kelly Clarkson’s latest musical cover proves something we already know to be true: There isn’t a genre she can’t conquer. On her Kellyoke musical segment on Monday, Clarkson sang Metallica’s “Sad But ...
The Source Magazine

XXXTentacion’s Mother Accepts RIAA Diamond Certification Award for “SAD!”

XXXTENTACION’s single, “SAD!” is officially RIAA Diamond Certified. The single has sold 10 million units, announced by Virgin Music Label and Artist Services President, Jacqueline Saturn. “SAD!” is ...
Polygon

A sad, slowed-down breakdown of trailercore

Black Widow’s opening credits are set to Malia J’s chilling cover of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” which might feel like a novelty if the movie had come out a decade ago. Nirvana’s 1990s grunge ...
Stereogum

St. Vincent – “Sad But True” (Metallica Cover)

Metallica are celebrating the 30th anniversary of "The Black Album" with two big releases: a massive deluxe reissue and remaster and The Metallica Blacklist, a covers album featuring 53 artists' takes ...
The Boot

Jason Isbell’s ‘Sad But True’ Cover Dials Up the Twang [LISTEN]

Jason Isbell turns Metallica's 1993 single "Sad But True" into an uptempo country shuffle for the forthcoming The Metallica Blacklist tribute album. The cover arrived on Tuesday (June 29) and is ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

Hear St. Vincent and Jason Isbell Cover Metallica’s ‘Sad but True’

St. Vincent and Jason Isbell have released covers of "Sad but True" ahead of the expanded reissue of Metallica's 1991 Black Album on Sept. 10. You can listen to the tracks below, along with another ...
loudwire

Hear St. Vincent + More Cover Metallica’s ‘Sad But True’

Among the many artists featured on Metallica's upcoming Blacklist album are St. Vincent, Sam Fender and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, who've all just released covers of Metallica's "Sad But True." ...
brooklynvegan

Listen to St. Vincent's cover of Metallica's "Sad But True"

UPDATE: The Jason Isbell cover of “Sad But True” is out today too. St. Vincent makes the song sound like something that would have fit right in with the futuristic art pop of her 2010s albums; if not ...