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RollingStone India
BEHIND THE BEAT: HIP-HOP'S HIDDEN ARCHITECTS
MEET THE BEATSMITHS BUILDING INDIA'S HIP-HOP SCENE FROM SCRATCH.
10+ min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
RAP RECAP: ED SHEERAN TAPS KARAN AUJLA, SEEDHE MAUT'S TOUR, LEHAR CHANDIGARH MIXTAPE AND MORE
Seasoned hip-hop artists like Poetik Justis, Lady Skavya and Farhan Khan put out definitive new releases, while Naam Sujal drops a roaring new single
6 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
WHAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY DOESN'T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH HIP-HOP'S VISUAL IDENTITY IN THE AGE OF BRANDS
AS BUDGETS RISE AND STAGES GROW, THE QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT VISION, ACCESS, AND WHO DECIDES THE PICTURE.
5 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
TRACING THE GROWTH OF SOUTH INDIA'S HIP-HOP MOVEMENT
ONCE SEEN AS A REGIONAL OUTLIER, SOUTH INDIA IS NOW SHAPING INDIA'S HIP-HOP STORY WITH ITS LANGUAGES, DIVERSITY, AND HUNGER FOR ORIGINALITY.
7 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
BREAKING AND ENTERING: INSIDE INDIAN HIP-HOP'S DANCE BATTLES
HIP HOP'S BATTLES ARE TAKING PLACE NOT JUST THROUGH DISS TRACKS, BUT ALSO ON THE DANCE FLOOR. PIONEERS OF INDIA'S UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP SCENE OPEN UP ABOUT THE BURGEONING SCENE, ITS CHALLENGES, AND THE FUTURE THEY WISH TO LEAVE BEHIND.
8 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
MARK RONSON 'THE LONGER I HELD ON TO THESE STORIES, THE HAZIER THEY'D GET'
The producer's new memoir revisits late nights and forgotten stories from his time DJ'ing in New York in the Nineties
4 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
THE UNDER COVER AGENTS
A NEW SET OF DESIGNERS AT THE FOREFRONT OF INDIA'S AUDIO-VISUAL LANDSCAPE ARE REWRITING THE RULES OF COVER ART, ONE MUSIC ALBUM AT A TIME.
10+ min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
HOW WILD WILD WOMEN ARE FLIPPING THE NARRATIVE IN INDIAN HIP-HOP
THE MUMBAI GROUP TELLS US WHY THEY'RE PUTTING PERFORMANCES AHEAD OF STUDIO RELEASES IN A SCENE DOMINATED BY MONTHLY SINGLE DROPS
6 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
KARMA ON HEADING TO KOCHI, WATCHING ‘AAVESHAM’ AND CHANNELING GANGSTER ENERGY
The Dehradun rapper teamed up with filmmakers Anush S.K. and Lendrick Kumar for the music video to his new song 'Ring A Rose'
2 min |
September - October 2025
RollingStone India
PLAVE: WHERE VIRTUAL MEETS REAL IN THE WORLD OF K-POP
'ONE OF THE BAND'S BIGGEST STRENGTHS IS THE ABILITY TO EVOLVE WITH TECHNOLOGY AND CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOP WHAT WE CAN SHOW, SAYS BAMBY
7 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
JOAN BAEZ
‘This Is a Life Well-Lived’
10+ min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
'RAAGRAANIS' LEADS A NEW CHAPTER FOR WOMEN IN INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC
The EP, led by singer-composer Prajakta Shukre and singer-lyricist Himani Kapoor, also features voices like Varijashree Venugopal, Kalpana Gandharva, and Pratibha Singh Baghel
3 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
AHOF INTRODUCES THEIR SOUND WITH DEBUT MINI ALBUM 'WHO WE ARE'
THE MINI ALBUM TAKES LISTENERS ON AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY, NAVIGATING EVERYTHING FROM PRE-DEBUT JITTERS TO THE THRILL OF SHARING THEIR MUSIC WITH THE WORLD
3 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
THE MUSIC MAP: KOLKATA'S PAST AND FUTURE COLLIDE THROUGH SOUND
THERE ARE OPTIMISTS AND REALISTS IN THE CITY'S MUSIC SPACE, ALL EQUALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT DOING THEIR PART
7 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
20 BEST MOVIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY
The cinematic masterpieces of the past 25 years span thrillers, romances, satires, and more
6 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
LIAM NEESON
The action hero, 72, talks about taking on comedy with The Naked Gun, the sport he's terrible at, and his very particular set of skills
3 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
Wild For Sabrina
The world can't seem to get enough of her joke-cracking pop. She's just warming up
10+ min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
Givēon's Next-Gen Old-School R&B Heartbreak
Turn the lights down low: This classic crooner offers a stunning depiction of love at the boiling point.
3 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
THIS LUXURY PARTY RESORT IS AS MUCH ABOUT SLOWING DOWN AS IT IS ABOUT ICONIC IBIZA RAVES
HOSTING THE LIKES OF CAMELPHAT, SOLOMUN AND MARCO CAROLA EACH WEEK, DESTINO FIVE IBIZA IS FOR A NEW BREED OF CONSCIOUS RAVERS CHASING MORE THAN JUST THE AFTERPARTY.
5 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
RAJ SHEKHAR ON THE LYRICIST'S PLACE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW
The writer looks back at his journey so far, including working with South Indian composer Justin Prabhakaran for the upcoming R. Madhavan and Fatima Sana Shaikh-starrer ‘Aap Jaisa Koi’
4 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
JACKSON WANG IS DIRECTING HIS OWN STORY— QUITE LITERALLY
THE ARTIST, DIRECTOR, AND INDEPENDENT FORCE GETS CANDID ABOUT FINDING MEANING IN MOVEMENT, COLLABORATING WITH DILJIT DOSANJH, AND WHAT IT REALLY TAKES TO LOVE AND PROTECT YOURSELF
4 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
WHY DOES EVERYTHING SOUND LIKE AN AUDITION SONG FOR 'THE VOICE'?
Hits like Alex Warren's “Ordinary,” Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” and more Hot 100 tracks are just two recent examples.
3 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
HANUMANKIND'S 'MONSOON SEASON' IS THE ARRIVAL OF A GLOBAL RAP CONTENDER
The rapper enlists the likes of Denzel Curry, A$AP Rocky and Maxo Kream, plus longtime Indian collaborators like Rudy Mukta, Parimal Shais and Kalmi for a searing collection of songs
3 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
RISH SHAH DOESN'T JUST WANT TO BE A SOUTH ASIAN SEX SYMBOL
WITH OVERCOMPENSATING AND BEYOND, THE BRITISH-INDIAN ACTOR IS PART OF A GROWING WAVE REDEFINING THE COMPLEX, SENSITIVE, AND STEREOTYPE-SUBVERTING BROWN CHARACTER ON THE GLOBAL STAGE.
6 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
THE UNSEEN GRATEFUL DEAD
A new collection from photographer Jim Marshall takes us inside the Dead's world like never before
2 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
EVERYBODY LOVES MEG
Hacks breakout Megan Stalter has her first lead role, in the Netflix series Too Much — and true to form, plays it to the hilt
10 min |
July - August 2025
RollingStone India
'BOYS OVER FLOWERS' TO 'WEAK HERO': THE EVOLUTION OF HIGH SCHOOL K-DRAMAS
FROM BLOSSOMING ROMANCE TO BRUTAL BATTLES, HIGH SCHOOL K-DRAMAS ARE PUSHING BOUNDARIES AND SPARKING MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS
5 min |
May - June 2025
RollingStone India
SANJU RATHOD ON HOW HE PUT MARATHI RAJASTHANI FOLK, HIP-HOP AND AFRO TOGETHER FOR 'SHAKY'
'We didn't just want to put out another song—we wanted to rebrand the sound, the movement, the identity we were building together,' says the 'Gulabi Sadi' hitmaker
3 min |
May - June 2025
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Lorde 'I'm An Intense Bitch'
\"There's Going to be a Lot of People Who Don't Think I'm A Good Girl Any More.\"
10+ min |
May - June 2025
RollingStone India
A FAMILY TREE BEARS TWO GOOD APPLES AND MORE GREAT TV
The Better Sister marks the first major work of Olivia and Elizabeth Milch, daughters of Deadwood legend David
3 min |