Spotify Wrapped bills itself as a playful musical year in review – but for its users, its omnipresence on social media can inspire more negative feelings.
What does something have to have to give us pleasure?
Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash
Why do we have such different and changing tastes? Why do we love what others hate, and vice versa? How is it possible to stop liking something we used to love, or vice versa?
Taylor Swift was accused of fatphobia over her ‘Anti-Hero’ music video.
(Shutterstock)
By only discussing fatphobia in the context of eating disorders, Taylor Swift illustrates how deeply individualized and depoliticized white feminism is.
Tik Tok earned USD $12 billion (£10.5 billion) in advertising revenue in 2022.
Daniel Constante
TikTok is shaping the music industry like never before, but with rumours that the app may soon launch its own streaming service, the stakes for creative freedom are high.
Stormzy performs during the 56th Montreux Jazz Festival.
Gabriel Monnet
Part of the fascination with end of year roundups is that they’re a stocktake of the year – but they also give insights into the way we listen to music that might surprise some people.
I’m happy again: A pandemic-induced move to virtual music theatre presents a paradigm shift for the genre, yet reveals surprising benefits in facilitating new access to music in community.
King David playing the lyre in a scene from a 15th-century manuscript of the Book of Psalms.
Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images