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Image Image Credit Sara Jaye / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Ella Mai at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony Image Size landscape-medium If you thought 2025 was a great year for R&B, 2026 is already looking promising. On Wednesday (Dec. 3), Ella Mai shared that her third studio album, Do You Still Love Me?, will be released on streaming platforms on Feb. 6. Along with the announcement, the “Boo’d Up” singer shared the project’s official cover art, which shows her lying on a lounge chair while the camera peeks at her through a set…
Image Image Credit Arturo Holmes / Staff via Getty Images, Taylor Hill / Contributor via Getty Images, Kayla Oaddams / Stringer via Getty Images, and Denise Truscello / Contributor via Getty IMages Image Alt Leon Thomas attends DoorDash x Leon Thomas Presents: “FOR THE PHOLKS” on November 22, 2025 in New York City, BigXthaPlug attends the 2025 Country Music Awards, Ciara attends the Femme It Forward’s 4th Annual Give Her FlowHERS Gala, and Mariah Carey performs during Mariah Carey’s “Christmastime In Las Vegas” Image Size landscape-medium Leon Thomas, BigXthaPlug, Chance the Rapper and Ciara will help welcome 2026 as part…
Image Image Credit Taylor Hill/Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Image Size landscape-medium At the Gotham Film Awards on Monday (Dec. 1), A$AP Rocky and Rihanna caught up with Extra, discussing their growing family and the rapper’s recent work across film, fashion and music. “Oh, the babies are amazing,” Rih shared regarding the couple’s newborn daughter, Rocki, and sons RZA and Riot. “They’re all getting bigger and I cannot take it. Their faces are changing. Their necks are getting longer. I love it.” Rocky expressed how they were “surprised that the older two [are] getting along…
Learn the recipe for larger-than-life tone. In the second installment of his UAD Spotlight rock mixing masterclass, join Universal Audio’s Drew Mazurek as he gives you a step-by-step overview of his guitar processing chain. With credits ranging from Foo Fighters to Jimmy Eat World, this is one from Drew you don’t want to miss. Tape Saturation The sound of analog tape is at the heart of every classic recording. Drew opts to recreate it directly in LUNA, reaching for the Studer A800 extension. With the Ampex 456 tape model running at 15 IPS, it introduces subtle tape saturation and…
Image Image Credit Mindy Small / Stringer via Getty Images Image Alt Bad Bunny accepts the Album Of The Year award at the 26th Annual Latin Grammy Awards Image Size landscape-medium The NFL was clearly onto something when it chose Bad Bunny to headline the Super Bowl 2026 halftime show — despite the backlash. On Wednesday (Dec. 3), Spotify announced that the global Latin superstar was its most-streamed artist of 2025. The reveal arrived as a part of Spotify’s annual Wrapped campaign of best-of-the-year lists. Benito topped a heavyweight pool of most-streamed acts that included Taylor Swift at No. 2,…
Learn how the studio dubbed “America’s Abbey Road” inspired generations of recording artists and engineers. Few recording studios are synonymous with greatness. Prized by artists and producers for their unmatched acoustics, unrivaled gear, and the recordings they helped shape, the rooms inside 6050 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood are such places. Now captured as a UAD plug-in with Ocean Way Studios Deluxe, these studios have helped define nearly seven decades of recorded music. Here, we showcase their rich history and the artists they hosted. Universal Recording Through the post-war 1940s, Bill Putnam was already writing the book on recorded sound. Progressing…
Image Image Credit Pedro Becerra/Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Burna Boy performs in Berlin, Germany Image Size landscape-medium Nigerian star Burna Boy has reportedly pledged to pay the funeral expenses for the four young victims killed during a mass shooting at a children’s birthday party in Stockton, California. The incident occurred last Saturday (Nov. 29) at Monkey Space, a banquet hall in an unincorporated area of San Joaquin County. As revealed by the San Francisco Chronicle, police confirmed that the ages of the deceased ranged from 8 to 21, with several more injured. In a quote shared by Hollywood…
New for UAD, discover the uncompromising sound of expertly modeled amps, effects, and more all in one place. Since the introduction of OX Amp Top Box in 2017, our authentic analog modeling has delivered a new level of fidelity to guitar players’ recording rigs. After years of expertly emulating the most sought after amplifiers, speaker cabinets, and effects in both hardware and software form, we’re proud to introduce Paradise Guitar Studio — an end-to-end virtual studio designed exclusively for guitar. Here, James Santiago gives you an overview of the plug-in, takes you through some of our favorite presets, and provides…
Image Image Credit Stephanie Augello / Contributor via Getty Images and Carlos Alvarez / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Ice Spice at New York Fashion Week and Tokischa attends a photocall ahead of the Carolina Herrera Spring/Summer 2026 Fashion Show Image Size landscape-medium Ice Spice has given us one bop after another this year, and from the look of it, she has no plans on slowing down. On Tuesday (Dec. 2), the Bronx rapper announced the release date for “Thootie,” her newly teased single featuring Tokischa. Alongside the pre-save link, Ice revealed that the song and music video will…
In a world moving fast toward AI, they could easily add features that make the controller “think” for you, but instead, they’ve chosen to keep it human. That’s important to me. There’s a fine line between a tool that helps you and one that creates for you. I see a lot of VSTs now generating melodies or ideas automatically, and while that might be useful to some, it doesn’t feel organic to me. The Kontrol keyboard, on the other hand, elevates my writing process without replacing it. It assists, it guides, but it still leaves space for my emotions to…