“I have this theory that if New York wants you in the city, it’s going to keep you,” Hank Heaven says with a knowing smile while reclining on a couch in The FADER office. The Hudson Valley-born, New ...

Everything you need to know about distribution, from uploading your first track to claiming your artist profile on the other side.

Black women in pop music is not anything new, but recently, we've noticed a host of new voices shaping and leaving their mark on the current landscape. We're using that term, "pop," loosely — ahead, ...

Listen to a new FADER Mix by Trippie Redd and skaiwater producer 9lives with songs by Playboi Carti and Lil Shine.

This summer, NYC's music scene is truly global. Drake dominates the citywide charts, while Brooklyn loves K-pop and Manhattan ...

The first image I imagined when I heard Slayyyter’s “brand new chanel$” was the credits rolling in a film about her meteoric summer. “brand new chanel$" is ...

I first heard Camila Cabello’s 2024 album C,XOXO four months before its release. I was writing her PAPER cover story that would introduce the album to the world and only had three days to take it in ...

Ravyn Lenae's "Potential" from her new album Blue Island begins like so much of her delicate, freewheeling tuneage. Crystalline layers of of warped guitar and warm bass create a foundation for her ...

Before his final New York show, the sound chalk makes sat down for an interview with The FADER to talk about bringing songs ...

Lollapalooza isn’t just a place for artists to be heard: it’s one of the biggest venues for them to be seen. And as you might imagine, everyone The FADER talked to at Lollapalooza 2026 had that shit ...

The sun was sinking behind the Chicago skyline as I waited for Snow Strippers to come out at Lollapalooza. After a sweltering Thursday that I swore gave me heatstroke after just five minutes of ...

The Opener is The FADER’s short-form profile series of casual conversations with exciting new artists. Snuggle's debut album, Goodbyehouse, is the product of a period of uncertainty. Separately, ...