Women in music

Mariah Carey will return to Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on December 31st, exactly a year after the singer staged a disastrous performance at New York's Times Square on the 2016-ending special.

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Lana Del Rey warned fans that her potential lawsuit with Radiohead could result in the singer removing "Get Free" – the song accused of resembling the band's "Creep" – from future editions of her latest LP Lust for Life.



On Sunday night, hours after Del Rey confirmed that she might end up in court after failing to reach a compromise with Radiohead over the song's publishing, the singer talked about the legal situation during her Denver concert.

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Halsey fulfilled "the biggest of all dreams" when the singer served as musical guest on the Sam Rockwell-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live.



The singer performed to cuts off her latest LP Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, first delivering the single "Bad at Love" before bringing out rapper (and Halsey's boyfriend) G-Eazy for their hit "Him & I," with the duo performing the first half of the song behind a steamed-up window on the Studio 8H stage.

Halsey later tweeted of the "Him & I" performance, "I loved EVERY minute of it. Honored to have him by my side and stoked for us BOTH to prosper. Best night of my life!" In December, the singer said on Instagram that being musical guest on SNL was "the biggest of all dreams come true."

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Spice Girls hinted at a reunion Friday as the "Wannabe" group promised "exciting possibilities that will once again embrace the original essence of the Spice Girls."



Word of a potential reunion first surfaced after Halliwell posted a photo of the five Spice Girls posing together on Instagram. Hours later, the pop quintet confirmed in a statement they would bring back "Girl Power" in some capacity.
"We are always overwhelmed at how much interest there is across the whole world for the Spice Girls," the group said in a statement. "The time now feels right to explore some incredible new opportunities together."

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Dita Von Teese, the burlesque dancer/model/fashion designer-turned-singer, released a gauzy new duet, "Porcelaine," featuring Sébastien Tellier. The track will appear on Von Teese's upcoming self-titled debut, out February 16th.

"Porcelaine" is a sultry, mid-tempo tune that captures a distinctly vintage aesthetic with its airy drums and gooey synthesizers. Von Teese and Tellier share vocal duties, their voices capturing a mixture of passion and cheeky intimacy.



"When I understood that Sébastien had a duet in mind with 'Porcelaine,' I was excited because I love his voice and I instantly thought of Serge Gainsbourg," Von Teese said of the song. "But don't think Sébastien is a copy of Gainsbourg; he's as good as him."

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Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Patty Griffin will embark on a headlining acoustic tour this May.



The trek starts May 1st at the Blue Door in Oklahoma City and will feature Griffin performing with longtime guitarist, David Pulkingham. Canadian soul musician Ahi will serve as support throughout the trek.

Patty Griffin Tour Dates

May 1 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Blue Door
May 2 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
May 3 – Des Moines, IA @ The Temple for Performing Arts
May 5 – Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
May 6 – St. Louis, MO @ The Sheldon Concert Hall
May 7 – Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk-Chumley Theater
May 9 – Franklin, TN @ Franklin Theatre
May 10 – Duluth, GA @ Red Clay Theatre
May 11 – Duluth, GA @ Red Clay Theatre
May 13 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Manship Theatre
May 15 – Dallas, TX @ Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
May 19 – New Braunfels, TX @ Gruene Hall

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Rihanna posted a takedown of Snapchat on her Instagram story, responding to an advertisement of a mobile game that made light of domestic violence. The controversial and since-removed ad referenced Rihanna's 2009 assault by Chris Brown.



As a promotion for the mobile game Would Your Rather?, the advertisement asked if the user would rather "slap Rihanna" or "punch Chris Brown." Snapchat had already released a public apology and removed the ad before Rihanna's comments.
"I'd love to call it ignorance, but I know you ain't that dumb! You spent money to animate something that would intentionally bring shame to DV victims and made a joke of it!!!" she wrote. "This isn't about my personal feelings, cause I don't have much of them … but all the women, children and men that have been victims of DV in the past and especially the ones who haven't made it out yet … you let us down! Shame on you. Throw the whole app-oligy away."
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Joan Baez honored the victims of the 2015 Charleston church shooting and Barack Obama's tearful eulogy at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in the new video for "The President Sang Amazing Grace." The song appears on Baez's new album, Whistle Down the Wind.

Singer-songwriter Zoe Mulford wrote "The President Sang Amazing Grace" not long after the 2015 mass shooting. Baez was compelled to record her own version after hearing Mulford's on the radio. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Baez said, "I heard that song and I just pulled over. It's so expressive of my thoughts and feelings, which are pretty fucking gloomy, but she did it in such a beautiful way that's as dark as it is beautiful."

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Cardi B has shared her glammed-up new video for "Bartier Cardi," a single off the rapper's upcoming new album Invasion of Privacy.

The video – which debuted during VH1's new episode of Love & Hip-Hop, the reality series that helped launch Cardi B – features both 21 Savage, who appears to deliver his guest verse, as well as Migos rapper and Cardi B's fiancé Offset, who shows up in the video's final minute to make out with Cardi B in the backseat of a vehicle.

In the "Bartier Cardi" video, a glamorously styled Cardi B delivers the trap track in a performance that’s broadcasted on a variety of antiquated televisions, including one TV in a room filled with men who have Cardi's name branded on their back of their necks. The rapper also performs "Bartier Cardi" while sitting atop the hood of a moving car.

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Mariah Carey revealed her struggles with bipolar disorder in a new People cover story, telling the magazine she "didn't want to believe it" after being hospitalized and diagnosed in 2001 following a mental and physical breakdown. The singer noted that she recently received treatment after enduring "the hardest couple of years [she'd] been through," which included professional woes, the cancellation of her E! reality show, Mariah's World, and separating from her fiancé.

The platinum-selling pop star told People that, until recently, she "lived in denial and isolation and in constant fear that someone would expose" her illness. "It was too heavy a burden to carry, and I simply couldn't do that anymore," she said. "I sought and received treatment; I put positive people around me, and I got back to doing what I love – writing songs and making music."

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