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Joan Baez Praises a Stunned Boygenius at Variety’s Hitmakers: ‘I Have Seldom Heard Harmonies as True and as F—ing Angelic as Yours’
Joan Baez believes in torch-passing, and she signaled her approval of Boygenius in a big way by presenting the trio with the Group of the Year award Saturday at Variety‘s annual Hitmakers event, presented by Sony audio. “I’m here to offer the award for Group of the Year to three women who have personally and […]
SZA on Redefining Hitmaker Status and Finding a Place For Her Sound After ‘Punching Up’ For So Long
SZA has been honored with Variety’s Hitmaker of the Year Award. After the release of her debut album “Ctrl” in 2017, the shapeshifting singer released her follow-up “SOS” to great anticipation. And it paid off. Following its release in December last year, the album shattered records from Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin and would eventually […]
Olivia Rodrigo Shares Her Advice On How She Fought ‘The Dread’ Of Pleasing Everyone While Writing Her Music
Olivia Rodrigo was honored with Variety‘s Storyteller of the Year Award at this year’s Hitmakers brunch, presented by Sony audio, by her friend and Grammy winner, St. Vincent, who described Rodrigo as a “precious baby angel muffin, but if a precious baby angel muffin were also tough as nails and cool as hell.” Upon taking […]
Ryan Gosling Praises Mark Ronson’s ‘Kenergy’: ‘The Entire World Gave Zero F—s About Ken … Look At Him Now’
Ryan Gosling sometimes regrets coining the phrase “Kenergy.” Speaking on Saturday at Variety‘s Hitmakers event, however, he embraced the idea of “Kenergy” — a term he said he made up while on a press junket for the hit film “Barbie” — to describe musician, songwriter and producer Mark Ronson. Gosling was at Hitmakers, presented by […]