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Taylor Swift has responded to comments that Damon Albarn made about her in a new interview he did with the Los Angeles Times. Speaking with Mikael Wood for The Times, Albarn said Swift “doesn’t write her own songs.” Wood pushed back on Albarn’s statement, telling him, “Of course she does. Co-writes some of them.” Albarn continued: That doesn’t count. I know what co-writing is. Co-writing is very different to writing. I’m not hating on anybody, I’m just saying there’s a big difference between a songwriter and a songwriter who co-writes. Doesn’t mean that the outcome can’t be really great. And some of the greatest singers—I mean, Ella Fitzgerald never wrote a song in her life. When I sing, I have to close my eyes and just be in there. I suppose I’m a traditionalist in that sense. A really in...

Jazmine Sullivan has announced a forthcoming deluxe edition of last year’s Heaux Tales. Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe arrives on February 11. According to Variety, the release will include “Tragic,” on which U.S. Representative Maxine Waters makes a guest appearance.  Sullivan told Variety that the deluxe edition is an extension of the themes she outlined on Heaux Tales. “I started Heaux Tales with the idea of having open conversations as Black women, and you can’t put all of that into one project. There’s always more to talk about,” she said. Sullivan is set to begin a North American tour on February 14 in Vancouver. Revisit Pitchfork’s feature “Jazmine Sullivan on Shamelessness, Heaux Tales, and Her Biggest Year Yet” and read more about Heaux Tales at No. 1 on Pitchfork’s list ...

Ty Segall has announced his new soundtrack for Whirlybird, the 2020 documentary from Matt Yoka, with a new song called “Story of the Century.” It’s due out February 22 via Drag City. The film documents the exploits of Zoey Tur and Marika Gerrard, former partners and founders of the Los Angeles News Service who captured historic events like the 1992 riots and OJ Simpson’s low-speed chase from a helicopter. The soundtrack is Segall’s first, and features co-writing from Mikal Cronin (“Whirlybird”) as well as contributions on saxophone. Check out “Story of the Century” and the full tracklist below.  Segall surprise-released his last LP Harmonizer in August. Earlier that year, he joined Bill Callahan and Bonnie “Prince” Billy in covering Johnnie Frierson’s “Miracles.” In 2020 he shared an ...

Neil Young has posted an open letter to his website directing his management and record label to remove all of his music from Spotify. The letter, viewed by Pitchfork but no longer hosted on Young’s site, was addressed to Young’s manager Frank Gironda and Warner Bros. co-chairman and Chief Operating Officer Tom Corson. Young accuses the streaming platform of “spreading fake information about vaccines—potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them.” “They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both,” he wrote, referencing the Spotify podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, which doctors have decried for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Young and Spotify for comment.  Last year, Young rel...