3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (323+ words) For an industry that’s spent the better part of the last six years wondering whether audiences would ever really come back after COVID–19 and the streaming boom, it’s a massive victory. But those dollar signs also obscure the ways money…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (394+ words) By the time AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” blasted through the Xfinity Mobile Arena, Kacey Musgraves’ crowd had already spent the better part of the night cosplaying country music. It would have been easy to mistake the pre–show songs and stage…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (261+ words) On his third studio album, Oh yeah?, Lacy doesn’t try to recreate the viral success of projects past. Instead, he looks inward—exploring heartbreak, uncertainty, and the complicated process of rebuilding oneself after losing things that once felt central to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (128+ words) For pop music, the streaming era is no longer enough. Alongside it, social media platforms have transformed pop music’s dissemination. It’s obvious enough in lyrics that read as Instagram captions and melodies that can survive being sped up, slowed down,…...