TYF Rates the Hot 100: Week of July 26, 2016

Since 1958, the Billboard Hot 100 has been the definitive chart gauging the biggest singles in the United States, with particular attention paid to the top 40 positions. Top 40 is so ingrained in music culture that an entire radio…

MTV Video Music Awards 2013 Winners & Performances

Last night’s VMAs was definitely a better show than the one in the past couple years. Sure, this one had its downs. (Anyone else still feeling personally victimized by Miley’s performance?) But a major–MAJOR–up was Justin Timberlake’s incredible and unforgettable…

Listen: Katy Perry’s New Single “Roar”

Katy Perry released her new single from her upcoming album, PRISM, today! Listen to “Roar” below: [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/104849386″ width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] It’s a slightly different sound for Katy Perry, and honestly when I first stumbled upon it on the…

Katy Perry Announces New Album + Release Date

If you live in LA and happened to see a big gold truck like the one in the photo above, then you were one of the first to learn about Katy Perry’s new album! Katy Perry launched a viral campaign…

LISTEN: New Singles from John Mayer & Sara Bareilles

John Mayer has just released a new single, “Paper Doll,”and we can finally say that John Mayer is back! None of that “Born and Raised” country feels that he released back in the spring of 2012. “Born and Raised” was…

The Young Folks’ Best Music of 2012

The Young Folks writers have come together to list the very best in pop culture for the year 2012! From Bruno Mars to Imagine Dragons, our tastes in music differ, but there’s no doubt that 2012 gave us some great…

Music News: 2012 VMA Nominations Are Here!

Definitely the better of MTV’s two award shows, the Video Music Awards nominations have just been announced. Drake and Rihanna take the lead with 5 nominations each. Katy Perry has 4 nominations, and many other artists have nabbed 3 or…