The New York Times – Music:
A conversation about a title that emerged from stan communities, and how it’s played a role in pop singers’ careers.
Category: Charli XCX
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SZA’s ‘Saturn,’ and 8 More New Songs
The New York Times – Music:
Hear tracks by Rhiannon Giddens, Norah Jones, Les Amazones d’Afrique and others.
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13 (Great) Songs With Parenthetical Titles
The New York Times – Music:
How Radiohead, Whitney Houston, Meat Loaf and others made a point with punctuation.
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9 Songs From Pop’s ‘Middle Class’ That Deserve to Be Hits
The New York Times – Music:
Hear songs by Carly Rae Jepsen, Charli XCX, Troye Sivan and more.
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What Happens When a Pop Star Isn’t That Popular?
The New York Times – Music:
Pop’s middle class enjoys loyal online fan bases. For these artists, pop stardom isn’t a commercial category, but a sound, an aesthetic and an attitude.
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Harry Styles Dedicated a Brit Award to Female Acts Who Weren’t Nominated
The New York Times – Music:
In 2022, the Brit Awards merged its top artist prizes to include male, female and nonbinary acts. This year, the event faced backlash for not nominating any women.
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Harry Styles Dedicated a Brit Award to Female Acts Who Weren’t Nominated
The New York Times – Music:
In 2022, the Brit Awards merged its top artist prizes to include male, female and nonbinary acts. This year, the event faced backlash for not nominating any women.
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Reconsidering the Spice Girls: How Manufactured Girl Power Became Real
The New York Times – Music:
Even as the girl group topped the charts, it was dismissed as a pop confection. Twenty-five years later, its legacy is still being written.