When people think of Jimi Hendrix, they picture the wild hair, flamboyant clothes, electrifying guitar solos, and, of course, the man who set stages (and guitars) on fire in the late 1960s. But what does it take to rise so high above the noise that the world has no choice but to watch? In Hendrix’s case, the answer wasn’t just talent—it was tragedy, chaos, and a life that burned as intensely as his music.

Hollywood plucked Brad Renfro from the trailer park at the tender age of 10 and thrust him onto the silver screen alongside an eye-popping array of A-listers. Unfortunately, as often happens with child stars, his life went way, way off the rails. Fame was not kind to Renfro. As a misbehaved child star, he grew into an even more troubled adult. But just when he’d turned a corner—fate dealt him the cruelest blow of all.

There’s a quiet magic in seeing greatness before it knows its name. These early glimpses of music legends capture that fragile start—a mix of nerves, grit, and the sound of something about to matter.

Once upon a time, you could tell how someone’s love life was going by their texts. Now? Just scroll through their Netflix queue. Dating experts say emotional burnout and quiet detachment often sneak out through our “comfort watches.” If these titles are piling up in her queue, she might not be looking for love—just a reliable algorithm.

David Cassidy was the teen idol whose star went supernova and then turned his life into a devastating black hole of addiction and depression.

In 1973, Dolly Parton sat down and wrote two songs that would bend history—Jolene and I Will Always Love You. One was a warning to a redhead with eyes of emerald; the other was a love letter to a partnership she had to leave behind. Half a century later, the second song has lived ten different lives, each one reminding the world that grace and grit can share the same verse.