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When Good Music Happens To Bad People
We have more information about pop stars lives than ever before, but this transparency is not always uplifting for music lovers. Just as we may enjoy…
9 years, 8 months ago
Justin Timberlake Goes Medieval
Summer heat is upon us and so are the jams. Our ears are hooked on Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop The Feeling." What you may not know is that this s…
9 years, 9 months ago
All About Those Baseline Assumptions About Femini$m in Pop
With Meghan Trainor's new singles "No" and "Me Too" ubiquitous on the radio dial, a larger discussion about the uneasy relationship between social mo…
9 years, 9 months ago
Jonas vs. Jonas: Or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a Boy Band
A battle between brothers is playing out on the pop charts, a sibling rivalry the likes of which the music industry hasn't seen since 1987, when Mich…
9 years, 9 months ago
Purple Lemonade: Prince & Beyoncé
It has been a period of musical loss and celebration. On the same week we lost Prince, the world was gifted Beyoncé’s Lemonade. Both artists contain …
9 years, 10 months ago
Pablo And The Wolves
The Life Of Pablo is Kanye West’s latest album. Despite its lack of hits, it has been at the fulcrum of pop music for months. With its gradual online…
9 years, 10 months ago
The Populist Pop of Twenty One Pilots
Out of nowhere, Twenty One Pilots has rocketed to the top of the charts with their surprise hit "Stressed Out." Charlie and Nate pull this millennial…
9 years, 11 months ago
American Oxygen
How do you collaborate with five people to write a song that captures that national temperature? The stakes may seem high with stars like Alex Da Kid…
9 years, 11 months ago
Say Hey
Listen carefully to almost any hit song these days and you’ll hear musicians screaming “Hey!” What’s the matter with them? Do they really need our at…
10 years ago
Now I Sia, Now I Don't
One of the biggest voices in pop music has no face: Sia. She started her career as a ghostwriter for stars like Rihanna and Beyoncé. Recently she fou…
10 years ago