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Why we need bad music
Has Taylor Swift jumped the shark?
Carly Rae Jepsen’s pop pedagogy
Tove Lo wants her music to sound out of control (ft. Tove Lo)
Lizzy McAlpine summons Nick Drake & Joni Mitchell
The power of singing together (ft. Tiny Habits)
Questionably Country
Phoebe Bridgers opens her Moleskine
We have Confessions to make...
A piano lesson that will change how you listen (ft. Lang Lang)
IV. Take It to the Bridge (ft. Tayla Parx)
III. Preaching to the Chorus (ft. Cypress Hill and Trevor Horn)
II. Justice for the verse (ft. Audrey Hobert)
I. Let's get it started (ft. Aaron Dessner)
Switched On Pop on Netflix July 14th
Music only the World Cup could make
Why we can't resist Swedish pop (ft. Zara Larsson) ICYMI
2hollis is the underground’s genre-hopping vampire
Pop music for an internet-pilled generation
The new wave of pop is here, and it’s feral
Olivia Rodrigo has The Cure for sadness
Paul McCartney went back to Liverpool for something new to say
How a sci-fi dystopia became a personal utopia (ft. Arc Iris)
Why bands give us purpose (ft. MUNA)
Drake's Slop Era
Kacey Musgraves walks country’s borderlands
Rostam reimagines American music
Eurovision is back – but not without controversy
Samara Cyn is rap's best new writer
Olivia Rodrigo and the second verse massacre
Hrishikesh Hirway made an album about running out of time — in no time
BTS is back. But K Pop is not the same.
Maggie Rogers: going viral is a trap
Learning to Love Train: "Drops of Jupiter" is back in the atmosphere
Slayyyter might actually be the 'Worst Girl in America'
How Charlie Puth honored Whitney Houston for 125 million people (live at Berklee NYC)
RAYE’s maximalist masterpiece is the hope we need
Where have all the white rappers gone?
Jacob Collier can make anyone sing
Harry Styles loses himself to dance
Can Bruno Mars counterprogram his way to another hit album?
Charli XCX’s "Wuthering Heights" fever dream
Will Sinners do for blues what O Brother did for bluegrass?
Jazz is A$AP Rocky’s secret weapon
Does humor belong in music?
And the Grammy goes to…
Robyn’s new songs bring “drum 'n' grace” to the dance floor
Audrey Hobert says the quiet part out loud
2026 Pop Predictions: big beat, animated avatars, and Bruno Mars
The Sound of Silence from Unexplainable
Naughty or nice? The 2025 holiday music round up
The year that killed music (best and worst of 2025)
Why pop songwriters break the rules (ft. Amy Allen)
How Sombr’s bedroom recordings became his biggest hits
"It’s a Hail Mary every time" (ft. Marc Rebillet)
Quitting Spotify (ft. Deerhoof)
Is there a Disney curse?: Demi, Selena, and Miley
Rosalía's 'LUX' brings the symphony to the club
Lily Allen and Tate McRae revive the revenge anthem
Can “professor” Charlie Puth pass our qualifying exam?
How D'Angelo changed music, in three songs
What do John C. Reilly and Taylor Swift have in common? The Great American Songbook
Taylor Swift’s Showgirl Sound: How to actually listen to the album
The Power of the Trio (ft. Trousdale live at USC)
Doja Cat is the new Janet
Stockholm syndrome: Why we can't resist Swedish pop (ft. Zara Larsson)
The music theory behind K Pop Demon Hunters' chart dominance
The architecture of the album with Djo (Joe Keery live at NYU)
Finneas and Ashe want you to start a band
Fleetwood Mac's Missing Link Album Returns After 50 Years
The classical rebel who infiltrated pop music
All roads lead to Pharrell: Tyler, Clipse, and Cardi
A brief history of terrible lyrics (with Sam Sanders)
Summer Bummer (with Commotion’s Elamin Abdelmahmoud)
Justin Bieber's Lo-fi Bedroom Swag
How podcasting got its sound ft. Breakmaster Cylinder
Is that new song you like AI? Here’s how you can tell
The Benson Boone-Doggle
Can Recession Pop predict the market?
How Americana helped mainstream country find its soul
Country music is Mexican (Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera)
The Ballad of Lainey Wilson and Jessie Murph
The hick hop renaissance (BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman)
Is Morgan Wallen the problem with country music?
"Manchild" and other songs about male incompetence
Frankly, Sinatra still matters (with Seth MacFarlane)
Is the future of pop...heavy metal?!
Charli XCX threw this party 4 us
808: The drum machine that changed music forever (Twenty Thousand Hertz)
Chartbreakers: Lorde & Drake reboot, Worship Pop, and the shortest song ever
‘Sinners’ summons the demons of American music
Eurovision feast: Poison Cake, Milkshake Man, and Espresso Macchiato (featuring Tommy Cash)
Put your headphones on for TikTok's Addison Rae
Generation Taylor: Gracie, Maisie, Phoebe (with Jensen McRae)
Music's New Success Model
Miley Cyrus goes avant-garde
Chappell Roan is giving country... and hair metal?
Writing The Who’s ‘My Generation' With Pete Townshend
Lady Gaga's Monster Return
How Missy Elliott and Timbaland Freaked the World