Brian Hiatt
@hiattb.bsky.social
Senior Writer, Rolling Stone. Host of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. 75+ cover stories on music, movies, and television
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"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."
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This Thankgsgiving, I am grateful to have a fantastic new job, at a reader-supported publication that takes the defense of democracy seriously.
You can check it out for free, or subcribe for $7/mo. (cheap!)
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You can check it out for free, or subcribe for $7/mo. (cheap!)
contrarian.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This Thankgsgiving, I am grateful to have a fantastic new job, at a reader-supported publication that takes the defense of democracy seriously.
You can check it out for free, or subcribe for $7/mo. (cheap!)
contrarian.substack.com
You can check it out for free, or subcribe for $7/mo. (cheap!)
contrarian.substack.com
I truly can’t believe I wrote this just last year. About a decade’s worth of developments have happened since.
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A ChatGPT for Music Is Here. Inside Suno, the Startup Changing Everything
Suno AI wants everyone to be able to produce their own pro-level songs with artificial intelligence — but what does that mean for artists?
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November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I truly can’t believe I wrote this just last year. About a decade’s worth of developments have happened since.
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Simon Cowell told me he would’ve never let Bob Dylan go to Hollywood as an American Idol contestant www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Simon Cowell told me he would’ve never let Bob Dylan go to Hollywood as an American Idol contestant www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
A more extensive taste of the opening of my Gaga cover story. Read: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A more extensive taste of the opening of my Gaga cover story. Read: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
One thing people are missing is the only reason RFK Jr. is up to shenanigans in his 70s is the massive amounts of testosterone he’s injecting
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
One thing people are missing is the only reason RFK Jr. is up to shenanigans in his 70s is the massive amounts of testosterone he’s injecting
Geese at Brooklyn’s Paramount. These guys rule.
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Geese at Brooklyn’s Paramount. These guys rule.
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I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.
Was really great to reconnect with Kesha for this interview www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Kesha Looks Back at Her Debut 15 Years Later: 'What A Fearless Bad Bitch!”
These days, Kesha is embracing her earliest music, 'Tik Tok' and all: 'I'm like the dopamine doula to the drunk people on the dance floor'
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November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Was really great to reconnect with Kesha for this interview www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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I spent many memorable days with Lady Gaga in 2009 and 2011 for two RS cover stories. In between, “a lifetime of stuff” happened, as she puts it – and we finally got a chance to talk about all of it. Here’s my new Rolling Stone cover story, featuring Lady Gaga.
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How Lady Gaga Found Herself Again: 'I Feel Lucky to Be Alive'
How Lady Gaga returned from the brink, found love, and made one of her greatest albums with 'Mayhem.'
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November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I spent many memorable days with Lady Gaga in 2009 and 2011 for two RS cover stories. In between, “a lifetime of stuff” happened, as she puts it – and we finally got a chance to talk about all of it. Here’s my new Rolling Stone cover story, featuring Lady Gaga.
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Saturday read, in case you haven’t yet
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November 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Saturday read, in case you haven’t yet
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Always nice to be picked up everywhere, but I encourage you to read the whole piece! www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
How Lady Gaga Found Herself Again: 'I Feel Lucky to Be Alive'
How Lady Gaga returned from the brink, found love, and made one of her greatest albums with 'Mayhem.'
www.rollingstone.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Always nice to be picked up everywhere, but I encourage you to read the whole piece! www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Always nice to be picked up everywhere, but I encourage you to read the whole piece! www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
How Lady Gaga Found Herself Again: 'I Feel Lucky to Be Alive'
How Lady Gaga returned from the brink, found love, and made one of her greatest albums with 'Mayhem.'
www.rollingstone.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Always nice to be picked up everywhere, but I encourage you to read the whole piece! www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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MUST READ new cover story from the great @hiattb.bsky.social. Moving, powerful and revealing, like, you know, a great magazine profile should be.
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How Lady Gaga Found Herself Again: 'I Feel Lucky to Be Alive'
How Lady Gaga returned from the brink, found love, and made one of her greatest albums with 'Mayhem.'
www.rollingstone.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
MUST READ new cover story from the great @hiattb.bsky.social. Moving, powerful and revealing, like, you know, a great magazine profile should be.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
I spent many memorable days with Lady Gaga in 2009 and 2011 for two RS cover stories. In between, “a lifetime of stuff” happened, as she puts it – and we finally got a chance to talk about all of it. Here’s my new Rolling Stone cover story, featuring Lady Gaga.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
How Lady Gaga Found Herself Again: 'I Feel Lucky to Be Alive'
How Lady Gaga returned from the brink, found love, and made one of her greatest albums with 'Mayhem.'
www.rollingstone.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I spent many memorable days with Lady Gaga in 2009 and 2011 for two RS cover stories. In between, “a lifetime of stuff” happened, as she puts it – and we finally got a chance to talk about all of it. Here’s my new Rolling Stone cover story, featuring Lady Gaga.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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For years, advertising has been how Stereogum made money to pay its writers. While we made progress moving away from that model, Google AI search has decimated the business almost overnight. Today we relaunch with a greater focus on subscription. We’d love your support: stereogum.com/2478838/ster...
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
For years, advertising has been how Stereogum made money to pay its writers. While we made progress moving away from that model, Google AI search has decimated the business almost overnight. Today we relaunch with a greater focus on subscription. We’d love your support: stereogum.com/2478838/ster...
One of the absolute greatest albums ever made bsky.app/profile/tyle...
50 years of ZUMA. Just like everyday, it's a good day to listen to one of the best albums ever.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
One of the absolute greatest albums ever made bsky.app/profile/tyle...
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Like many, I've been sucked into #Fortnite again thanks to #TheSimpsons. @rollingstone.com has an exclusive look at the alternate couch gag produced by The Simpsons team, Gracie Films, for the monthlong crossover:
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'The Simpsons' Drop Into 'Fortnite' With a Brand New Couch Gag
The Simpsons are taking over Fortnite with Springfield Island, plus Homer, Marge, and Flanders skins
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November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Like many, I've been sucked into #Fortnite again thanks to #TheSimpsons. @rollingstone.com has an exclusive look at the alternate couch gag produced by The Simpsons team, Gracie Films, for the monthlong crossover:
www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-g...
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This really freaks me out and I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often.
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This really freaks me out and I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often.
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heartbreaker www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
I Survived Astroworld. My Sister Died in the Preventable Crowd Crush
An Astroworld attendee speaks for the first time on his sister's death and spending the last four years trying to make sense of the tragedy.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Hmm wonder what will happen in midterms
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hmm wonder what will happen in midterms
I talked to execs at Universal Music Group and Udio to try to understand why the world’s largest record company is partnering with an AI company it was just suing www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
AI Music Goes Legit? How Universal Music Group Will Let You Reimagine (Some of) Its Music
Inside an unprecedented settlement -- why Universal is ending its lawsuit against AI-music platform Udio and partnering with it
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November 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I talked to execs at Universal Music Group and Udio to try to understand why the world’s largest record company is partnering with an AI company it was just suing www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...