Entertainment and culture journalist covering pop music in all of its variations and intersections within the entertainment industry. Contact: larishapaul@gmail.com
I Owe One Direction Everything. Liam Payne’s Death Means Mourning My Memories
The community that One Direction fans built has felt frozen in time. Now, we’ve come back together to grieve more than just Liam Payne’s death
Hozier Thought About Taking a Long Break. Instead He Made a Smash Hit
Hozier’s song "Too Sweet" flew to the top of the charts this year — now, he’s navigating new levels of fame while touring and recording
Hozier Unearths Devotional Epic ‘Hymn to Virgil’: ‘I Didn’t Think It Was Worth Releasing’
The musician previously told Rolling Stone that he never planned to share the record, which imagines an alternate ending to Dante and Virgil's journey through hell in Inferno
Hayley Williams Was Afraid She Couldn’t Face The World — Then Paramore ‘Found Each Other Again’
Paramore battled fear and anxiety while creating This Is Why. Now, Hayley Williams talks about how they came together again and why they all want to win a Grammy for Zac Farro.
Conan Gray and the Art of Healing
UPROXX cover story profiling pop singer and songwriter Conan Gray following the release of his sophomore album Superache.
How Lorde Prophesied the Tumblr Generation’s Bittersweet Coming-of-Age on ‘Ribs’
10 year anniversary retrospective about "Ribs" from Lorde's 2013 debut album Pure Heroine.
Griff and Rachel Chinouriri Didn’t Fit Into the Typical Pop Mold — So They Created Their Own
The musicians, along with artists like Raye, are leading a new generation of women of color and using their unique perspectives on self-esteem, relationships, and identity to reimagine stardom
How Halsey Is Keeping the Spirit of Tumblr Alive
In the lead-up to her fifth album The Great Impersonator, the singer has turned back to the social media platform she has never had to pretend on
Parasocial Bonds and Political Attacks: Why It’s Never Been Harder for Artists to Protest
Musicians are expected to reflect their times, but who decides what that looks like?
How Griff Rescued ‘Last Night’s Mascara’ From Her Graveyard of Demos
Griff talks about her new song — and why dancing with fans on Sabrina Carpenter’s tour felt like an homage to girlhood
Rico Nasty Spent Years ‘Locked Away in the Studio.’ Her New Album, ‘Lethal,’ Set Her Free
The rapper on parting ways with her old team, enduring her Saturn return, and finding a balance between intensity and serenity while making her first record on Fueled by Ramen, out May 16
‘Cowboy Carter’ Was Never Going to Change the CMA’s Mind About Beyoncé
The musician was shut out of nominations at this year’s CMA Awards, the same ceremony that made her feel so unwelcome in 2016 that she was compelled to create a thesis-level country album of her own
Shaboozey Deserves More Than What the CMA Awards Gave Him — Including an Apology
"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" artist boosted country music's profile with the biggest song of the year, and was rewarded with bad jokes about his name
Critics Called Sabrina Carpenter’s Show ‘Explicit.’ Her Choreographer Backs Every Move
Jasmine Badie, who has worked with Tate McRae and Normani, explains how she and Carpenter came up with those pearl-clutching positions on the Short n' Sweet tour
How the Eras Tour Made Taylor Swift a Permanent Cultural Presence
After a nearly two-year, 149-date tour, the megastar is now operating at an entirely new level — and it isn't just a phase