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Soccer Mommy was the musical guest on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Sophie Allison and the band brought a performance of “Feel It All the Time” from her 2022 album Sometimes, Forever. Watch it happen below; scroll down for a web-exclusive performance of “Shotgun.” Soccer Mommy recently shared Magdalena Bay’s remix of “Shotgun.” The new album was produced by Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never), and Allison is currently touring behind the record. Read Pitchfork’s feature interview “Soccer Mommy Slays Her Demons.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.

Offset has filed a lawsuit against Quality Control—the label-home of Migos—over ownership of his solo recordings, Variety and TMZ report. According to court documents obtained by Variety, Offset alleges that Quality Control continues to claim ownership over his recent solo works despite the fact that he bought back those rights last year. In the complaint, the rapper referred to the label’s alleged hold as “wrongful,” claiming that it “knowingly violates Offset’s rights to his own music.” Offset is seeking a declaratory judgment that Quality Control maintains no rights, title, or interest in his solo career. The suit references a 2021 settlement between the rapper and label, which left Offset as the sole owner of his solo work. Offset claims that Quality Control violated that settlement wh...

A domestic assault case brought against Michelle Branch  earlier this month has been dropped, as Consequence and Billboard report. Branch was arrested and booked for domestic assault on August 11. The singer had accused her former husband—the Black Keys’ Patrick Carney—of cheating in a since-deleted tweet. It was later reported that Branch had slapped Carney in the face “one to two times,” a detail she relayed to police at the time. Carney also reportedly told police that Branch had slapped him, but he did not have visible injuries. Branch was released on $1,000 bond the same day as her arrest. According to Consequence, the case has been dropped “at the request of the state.” Branch filed for divorce from Carney on August 15. In a statement shared with People and TMZ, the singer wrote...

Taylor Swift is being sued by poet and author Teresa La Dart, who claims that Swift stole the design of La Dart’s 2010 book Lover for the book accompanying Swift’s 2019 album of the same name. In a new copyright lawsuit filed in Tennessee federal court and viewed by Pitchfork, La Dart says that “a number of creative elements” from her book *Lover—*a self-published collection of poems—were copied by Swift for her own Lover book, which came with the special edition CD release of her album. La Dart’s lawyer claims Swift owes her in “excess of one million dollars” in damages as a result. The parts of La Dart’s book that she claims Swift copied include the same title, covers that use “pastel pinks and blues,” and images of the author “photographed in a downward pose.” La Dart alleges that Swift...