2016 Midyear Review: Best in Music

We’re already halfway through 2016, and in the first sixth months of year, we’ve the release of several albums that are shaping up to be remembered for years to come. We at the Young Folks asked some of our writers…

New(ish) Music Tuesdays: 5/3/16

Welcome to New(ish) Music Tuesdays, our monthly feature in which members of the TYF staff write about our favorite new songs. This month, we have our first big edition in a long while as several of our writers contributed to…

Watch Rihanna’s music video for “Work” feat. Drake

Rihanna released the music video for her single, “Work” feat. Drake this afternoon and SURPRISE, its actually two videos in one. The first half, filmed by Director X, is pretty simple: the two are seen in a Toronto Caribbean restaurant…

Music Review: ‘Anti’ by Rihanna

Rihanna has always exuded confidence, but now without any remote hard-hitting singles, her confidence has begun to truly show as an artist. Rihanna has always struck as an artist whose appeal came from the variety of club banging singles from reggae…

Sia releases new Kanye West produced track “Reaper”

Sia has released her new promotional single “Reaper,” co-written and produced by Kanye West himself. The track, embedded below, serves as the fifth promotional single release for Sia’s upcoming LP, ‘This is Acting.’

Midyear Review: Best in Music in 2015

The first six months of 2015 have gone by, and there are already so many good songs and albums that deserve some recognition, even before the year ends. The Young Folks team has come together to list the best in…

Movie Review: ‘Home’

But did you see the hair on Tip?–the delightful short curls that bounced and bopped and swayed with the slightest movement? I don’t think I have ever seen so much attention and love put into a hairstyle in a computer-generated…