Jan 10, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2023 festival. Frank Ocean, BLACKPINK, and Bad Bunny are the headliners. The lineup also features Wet Leg, Gorillaz, Weyes Blood, Björk, boygenius, Alex G, Magdalena Bay, Blondie, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Christine and the Queens, Charli XCX, Sleaford Mods, Snail Mail, The Breeders, and many others. More

Nov 22, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Christine and the Queens has been announced the curator for 2023’s Meltdown Festival in London. The 2023 festival will run from Friday, June 9 to Sunday, June 18. More

Oct 11, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Redcar, the new alias of Christine and the Queens, has shared a self-directed video for his new single, “le chanson du chevailer” It is the latest release from his forthcoming album, Redcar les adorables étoiles, which will be out on November 11 via Because. More

Sep 27, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Redcar, the new alias of Christine and the Queens, has shared a new single, “rien dire.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming album, Redcar les adorables étoiles, which will be out on November 11 via Because. More

Sep 14, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Redcar, the new alias of Christine and the Queens, has postponed a string of upcoming shows due to an injury which occured on stage during a performance. He has also pushed back the release date of his forthcoming album, Redcar les adorables étoiles, which will now be out on November 11 via Because. More

Jul 06, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Redcar, the new alias of Christine and the Queens, has announced the release of a new album, Redcar les adorables étoiles, which will be out on September 23 via Because. More

Jun 24, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) has shared a new song, “Je Te Vois Enfin.” The song was written and produced by Letissier and was mixed by Mike Dean. More

Nov 05, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 42nd Songs of the Week of 2021. More

Nov 04, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Charli XCX has announced the release of a new album, CRASH, which will be out on March 18, 2022 via Atlantic. She has also shared a new single from the album, “New Shapes,” featuring Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek, and has announced a 2022 U.S. and European tour. More

Sep 27, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) has shared two new cover songs, a take on George Michael’s 1990 hit “Freedom” (also known as “Freedom! ’90” to avoid confusion with a Wham! song also titled “Freedom”) and a version of “Comme l’oiseau,” a song popular in France in the 1970s. More

Nov 06, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) was the musical guest on The Late Late Show with James Corden last night, in which she performed “People, I’ve been sad” from Paris’ Chapelle des Beaux-Arts and was also interviewed by Corden. More

Jun 15, 2020 By Samantha Small

eave it to Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) to make a “home” performance extra spectacular. On Friday night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Letissier performed “I disappear in your arms,” a track from her surprise February EP, La vita nuova. More

May 08, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) surprise released a new EP, La vita nuova, and an accompanying short film of the same name, back in February via Because Music. Last night she was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and she performed the EP’s “People, I’ve been sad” solo from her home in Paris, sitting by her open window. More

Feb 28, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was busy week of new album announcements and surprise EPs. That led to another super-sized edition. More

Feb 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) has surprise released a new EP, La vita nuova, and an accompanying short film of the same name. The title track features guest vocals from Caroline Polachek, who also appears in the film (in which Letissier turns into a vampire and bites Polachek on the neck) More

Feb 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was tough to narrow things down to a Top 10 this week, too many great tracks, so we’ve got a super-sized edition. More

Feb 05, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) released her sophomore album, Chris, back in September 2018 via Because Music. Now she has shared a brand new song, “People, I’ve been sad.” She’s also done a live performance video of the song for the YouTube channel COLORS. More

Sep 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX released a new album, simply titled Charli, last Friday via Atlantic. Now she has shared a video for the album’s “2099” that features Charli and guest vocalist Troye Sivan riding jet-skis. Also, last night she performed the album’s “Gone” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier, who also guests on the studio version of the song). Plus Fallon interviewed Charli XCX. More

Jul 19, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. There were a slew of solid tracks to choose from this week, making it extra hard to narrow the list down. Hence there are a whopping 11 honorable mentions. But we had some self-control and kept the main list to a Top 10. More

Jul 17, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX is releasing a new album, simply titled Charli on September 13 via Atlantic. Now she has shared another song for it, “Gone,” via a video for the track. “Gone” is a collaboration with Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier), who also features in the video. More

Jun 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Charli XCX has announced a new album, simply titled Charli, as well as some tour dates. Charli is due out September 13 via Atlantic. It features a slew of special guests, including HAIM, Sky Ferreira, Christine and the Queens, Lizzo, Troye Sivan, and more. More

Apr 11, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) released her sophomore album, Chris, back in September 2018 via Because Music. Now, ahead of her Coachella performances, she has shared a video for the album’s “Comme si.” In it she sings and Krumps by a waterfall in Thailand in a video that was “inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet.” More

Dec 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) released her sophomore album, Chris, back in September via Because Music. Now she has done a session for Spotify where she covers Sade’s 1992 classic “No Ordinary Love.” She also performed Chris’ “The Walker.” More

Oct 31, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) released her sophomore album, Chris, last month via Because Music. Last night she stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform the album’s “Comme Si.” As is usually the case, she was backed by her regular team of dancers with a choreographed performance as if from a classic musical or Michael Jackson video. More

Sep 21, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We were in a quandary about this week’s Album of the Week. There were a multitude of solid choices and we were racked with indecision. We narrowed it down to six choices: the new albums by Beak>, Christine and the Queens, Frontperson, Richard Reed Parry, Suede, and Villagers. More

Sep 21, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) released her sophomore album, Chris, today via Because Music. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing below. Also below are Christine and the Queens’ upcoming tour dates. More

Sep 18, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) is releasing her sophomore album, Chris, this Friday (September 21) via Because Music. Now she has shared another new song from the album, “La Marcheuse,” via a video for the song. “La Marcheuse” is from the French version of the album (the English version of the song is “The Walker,” but there’s no video for that version). More

Aug 31, 2018 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Kamasi Washington on the cover. More

Aug 17, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We took a break from Songs of the Week last week due to a little vacation by our publishers. So this week we are compiling the best songs of the last two weeks. Hence we couldn’t contain the list to our usual Top 10, although we didn’t do too badly, only expanding to a Top 11 and a few more honorable mentions than usual. More

Aug 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier and her amazing dancers) is releasing her sophomore album, Chris, on September 21 via Because Music. Now she has shared another new song from the album, “5 Dollars,” via a video for the song. Colin Solal Cardo directed the video, which features Letissier take a shower and slowly get dressed in a suit. More

Jul 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Hello again. We haven’t done a Songs of the Week for almost five weeks, since June 9. We were on vacation from mid to late June and then when we returned there really weren’t enough compelling songs last week to justify doing Songs of the Week lists, mainly because of the July 4th holiday being smack dab in the middle of the week and so labels mainly avoided sharing new songs. More

Jul 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier and her amazing dancers) is releasing her sophomore album, Chris, on September 21 via Because Music. Now she has shared a remix EP for the album’s lead single, “Girlfriend” (which features Dâm-Funk). It includes a funky seven-and-a-half-minute remix of the song by Dâm-Funk. More

Jul 10, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier and her amazing dancers) is releasing her sophomore album, Chris, on September 21 via Because Music. Now she has stopped by the BBC Live Lounge to do a session where she covers Maroon 5’s “What Lovers Do,” as well as performing her recent single “Girlfriend.” More

Jul 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier and her amazing dancers) has announced her sophomore album, Chris, and shared a video for a new song, “Doesn’t Matter,” as well as a video for a French version of the song, “Doesn’t Matter (voleur de soleil).” More

Jun 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier and her amazing dancers) recently shared a new song, “Girlfriend” (which features Dâm-Funk). Last night they also performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. They were backed by house band The Roots, as well as Dâm-Funk. More

Jun 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Tonight’s BBC music show Later… with Jools Holland featured several memorable music performances. Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington performed “Fists of Fury.” Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) performed her current single “Girlfriend,” complete with choreography and backing dancers. More

May 24, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) recently shared a new song, “Girlfriend” (which features Dâm-Funk), as well as a French version of the song, titled “Damn, dis-moi.” It was one of our Songs of the Week. Now “Girlfriend” has a video. Jordan Bahat directed the video from a concept by Letissier. More

May 18, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We skipped Songs of the Week last week for various reasons, but now we’re back with two week’s worth of songs. For that reason, this week it’s a Top 15, instead of our usual Top 10. More

May 17, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) made waves in their native France with their 2014 debut album, Chaleur humaine. A more English language version of the album, simply titled Christine and the Queens, was released in America (and other English speaking countries) in 2015 via Because Music. More

May 31, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

HAIM recently covered Prince‘s classic “I Would Die 4 U” (from the late icon’s 1984 album Purple Rain) at their tour opening show at the Observatory in Santa Ana, CA. They did it again this past weekend at the Boston Calling festival, but this time they brought up France’s Christine and the Queens on the stage to do a dance routine behind them. More