Jason Lipshutz is the executive director of music at Billboard, where he has written about music for over a decade and penned cover stories on Taylor Swift, U2, Blink-182, Lorde, Bon Iver and Mumford & Sons, among others. His first book, It Starts With One: The Legend and Legacy of Linkin Park, was published through Hachette Books in 2024. Most recently, he wrote the Billboard cover story on Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS world tour.