Chuck Arnold

Chuck Arnold

About the Columnist

As Senior Entertainment Writer, Chuck Arnold covers the music beat, with reviews, critical commentary, artist profiles, in-depth features, trend pieces and music news stories. While Chuck has interviewed music icons such as Ringo Starr, Mary J. Blige, Dave Grohl and Alicia Keys, Chuck also writes about movies and TV, having profiled actors such as Liam Neeson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Daniel Kaluuya and Taron Egerton. A veteran music journalist who has also written for People, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone and Billboard, Chuck got his start as managing editor of his college newspaper, The Review, at the University of Delaware. He then was entertainment editor at the Philadelphia Daily News — in his hometown — and YM magazine. And when he’s not at a concert or listening to music on the headphones that are permanently attached to him, Chuck’s also a diehard tennis fan who doesn’t miss the US Open.

The Archive

No more drama? Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Mary J. Blige says next album is 'probably' her last

While Mary J. Blige has joined the ranks of eternal music royalty as a 2024 inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul says...

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame shows 'Real Love' to 2024 inductees Mary J. Blige, Cher — but not Mariah and Sinéad

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2024 includes everyone from New York hip-hop acts Mary J. Blige and A Tribe Called Quest to rock groups Dave Matthews...

Why Taylor Swift name-drops Charlie Puth on 'The Tortured Poets Department'

Charlie Puth gets the ultimate co-sign from Taylor Swift on the title track of "The Tortured Poets Department.”

Taylor Swift stakes claim to Travis Kelce in song on new album: ‘Call the amateurs and cut ‘em from the team’

“The Alchemy” is a sexy slow dance that is unabashedly about Travis Kelce, with Taylor Swift staking claim to her stud on “The Tortured Poets Department."

10 times Taylor Swift seemingly sinks her pen into ex Joe Alwyn on 'The Tortured Poets Department'

Joe Alwyn is the object of Taylor Swift's wicked wordplay for a good — or for him, not so good — part of “The Tortured Poets Department," which dropped on...

Taylor Swift spills bad blood on ‘The Tortured Poets Department’: review

Sure enough — there is plenty of “Bad Blood” spilled on Taylor Swift’s latest “The Tortured Poets Department." And with the raw honesty and specificity of her lyrics, she is...

Taylor Swift's album 'The Tortured Poets Department' drops Friday — everything you need to know

We break down everything you need to know before the latest Taylor takeover — when Swift's 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department," drops on Friday.

First black-led daytime soap in 35 years officially ordered at CBS

Thirty-five years after “Generations” premiered on NBC in 1991, a new black-led soap opera, "The Gates," is coming to daytime on CBS.

Beatles scions James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon take us from ‘Strawberry Fields’ to ‘Primrose Hill’ on new single: review

Here come the sons. Sixty-two years after The Beatles released their debut single in the UK, 1962’s “Love Me Do,” as the first of many classic songs written by John...

Why spring 2024 may be the greatest diva season in pop history — from Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to Billie Eilish

Forget that total solar eclipse — the array of A-list starlets blasting through our galaxy in femme formation is truly unprecedented.

Rude boy: Rihanna reveals A$AP Rocky grabbed her butt when they first met

“He grabbed my ass!” Rihanna told Interview magazine about her first meeting with partner A$AP Rocky. "My team was worried that I wanted to have his head on a f—king...

Riding with Bey: How Beyoncé got Willie Jones to saddle up in the 'fourth quarter' for 'Cowboy Carter'

After a last-minute pitch from Beyoncé, Willie Jones is galloping into history as one of the black country artists spotlighted on “Cowboy Carter” — the undisputed event record of 2024.

Good 4 her! Olivia Rodrigo turns MSG into a giant slumber party in sold-out headlining debut

Two years after the pop ingenue performed with Billy Joel at his house, Madison Square Garden was all hers in the first of four sold-out shows.

The Post's official solar eclipse playlist: David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Bonnie Tyler and more

As we count down to the total solar eclipse on Monday, here are 10 tracks to get you in tune with the moon — and the soon-to-be-blocked sun.

Here's what Paul McCartney thinks of Beyonce's 'Blackbird' cover

Beyoncé covers the 1968 Beatles beauty “Blackbird” — written by Paul McCartney, although credited to both him and John Lennon — on her countrified new album “Cowboy Carter” that was...

Beyoncé’s 'Cowboy Carter' proves that we’re all living in Bey country: review

“This ain’t a Country album. This is a Beyoncé album.”

The verdict on Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' collabs with Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and more

Without singing a single note, Dolly Parton is the extra-special guest on “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé’s just-dropped country album that flips the script on the usual Nashville narrative.

Beyond Beyoncé: 6 other black country artists to get your yeehaw up for 'Cowboy Carter'

As we count down the final hours to "Cowboy Carter" — the Beyoncé country album that is dropping at midnight — you don't have to hold up before she brings...