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Loren Gray is already a bona fide star, boasting more than 15 million followers on Instagram and signed to Capitol Records. Although with her latest single "Queen" and the release of its equally-royal music video, Gray's fans expect 2019 to be the 16-year-old singer's biggest year yet. As she starts that breakout year, Gray caught up with TRL about how she's empowering her fans (and..
Read MoreRozzi's "Bad With each other — the deeply personalized track from her debut album of the same name — deserved an equally-personal video. And the singer-songwriter happily obliged. Two months immediately after dropping Bad Together in November of last year, Rozzi is releasing the one-shot music video for her title track today and gave TRL the exclusive first look. Rozzi might..
Read Morein case you haven't already heard the passion story of Cub Sport's Tim Nelson and Sam "Bolan" Netterfield, an exclusive first look at their brand new music video for "Party Pill" should drop some hints. Tim and Sam, the band's lead vocalist and keyboardist, respectively, barely go a frame with each other without embracing as the song's lyrics narrate the couple's journey from cat..
Read MoreThe TRL Pop Quiz works like this: our editors are posed a music-related question and have only 15 minutes and just 100 words to studies, pick and explain their answers. Immediately after finding out our most-streamed songs of the year, this week we ask: How'd your no. 1 song earn its spot at the best of your chart? In per year full of change, no song defined my life more than “Rain..
Read MoreThe TRL Pop Quiz works like this: our editors are posed a music-related question and have only 15 minutes and just 100 words to studies, pick and explain their answers. This week's question: what's your all-time preference holiday song? There’s no denying Mariah Carey’s throne on top of pop-friendly holiday songs, yet Sia’s 2017 album, Everyday Is Christmas, deserves more recog..
Read MoreThe TRL Pop Quiz works like this: our editors are posed a music-related question and have only 15 minutes and just 100 words to studies, pick and explain their answers. Inspired by Tyler Oakley's tweet asking his followers for the ideal mid-song interlude, here's this week's question: what's your preference spoken interlude in the middle of a song? “I’m sorry, the old Taylor canâ..
Read Morethere is lots going on in Trey Songz's world now — so much that he had to come break it all down with TRL host Sway Calloway this morning. First up, Sway asked Trey about his starring role in today's newly-released film, Blood Brother, and why he willing to shoot the movie in New Orleans two years back. Trey also explained his choice to drop two mixtapes titled 11 and 28 for hi..
Read Moreeach week, TRL presents a starter pack of songs you've got know to start stanning a new artist. This week's Starter Pack belongs to one of 2018's breakout stars, King Princess. Unlike the normal rising artist, King Princess doesn't have a long discographic backstory. The 19-year-old singer, whose real name is Mikaela Straus, dropped her debut song in February of this year to immedi..
Read MoreStopping by TRL's Times Square studio, actor Diego Luna and rapper Lil Baby revealed just how surreal it's been to meet their preference celebs. Up first, Diego, who stars in Netflix's newly-released Narcos: Mexico, had some explaining to do right after temporarily escaping TRL host Sway Calloway on the MTV EMA red carpet earlier this month. That was all in pursuit of a Camila..
Read MoreSoon after premiering the trailer for Netflix's Westside on TRL back in October, the unscripted show's cast dropped by and took over our Times Square studio. Rising artists Leo Gallo, Alexandra Kay and James Byous told TRL host Sway Calloway about watching months of filming and songwriting come to life in Westside, right now streaming on Netflix. As Leo explained to Sway, gett..
Read MoreThe TRL Pop Quiz works like this: our editors are posed a music-related question and have only 15 minutes and just 100 words to studies, pick and explain their answers. This week's question: which viral YouTube song is your preference throwback hit? You can’t talk about viral songs without bringing up the Gregory Brothers. On their YouTube channel Schmoyoho, they’ve become known ..
Read MoreFar less than a week immediately after blessing fans with her second album, singer and dancer Mackenzie Ziegler dropped by TRL's Times Square studio to chat about the multiple assignments she's been up to. Penning six of the eight tracks on Phases, Mackenzie couldn't be prouder to be writing her own music – a task she claims she wouldn't have been able to stage name in the past. ..
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