Music
Whenever you play a video game, listen to an audiobook, or watch a movie or some sort of video on the internet, it’s typically incomplete without a soundtrack of some sort playing in the background. Without a soundtrack to set the mood or energy of a piece of media, it...
Artists rarely tour together unless one is an opener or featured in a song. But for Kendrick Lamar and SZA, co-headlining a whole tour exemplified their ability to shine and command the spotlight individually. The energy was already high before Kendrick and SZA took the stage with DJ Mustard’s opening...
As a lover of R&B, I find it heavy on my heart that we’re not truly evolved in sound and lyrical content. Everyone talks about “bring the ’90s back,” but that means we’re going backward. And that is not a statement that anyone truly wants to come to fruition. There...
TikTok is no stranger to trending audios, however, Connie Francis’s Pretty Little Baby seems to be one of the most deserving. Pretty Little Baby was originally released in 1962 as a B-side to her single “I’m Gonna Be Warm This Winter” and featured on her album Connie Francis Sings Second-Hand...
Piracy has forever been an issue for artists in any field of entertainment. The allure of free music without any need for subscriptions or other forms of payment is often too enticing for some. Although the negatives are pretty apparent, the rise of this activity is due to the rise...
The music industry in America is always looking for the next big thing. Artists have to bring something innovative to every new release or be called stagnant and uninspired. This push for innovation can have the opposite effect and make every song that becomes popular formulaic and predictable because what...
If you want to write anything, but particularly a book, all you have to do is start. Don’t worry about if what you say matches what you want to say just yet, that comes with rounds and rounds of editing, which may seem daunting, but don’t let it. Editing is...
AI is often a hot topic in many areas of discussion because of its versatility. Many jobs and media are still new to the technology and how to properly use it, with music being no different. AI has shown itself to be useful in copying voices and coming up with...
A video of Doechii about to walk the carpet into the Met Gala has started gaining attention due to the entertainer’s saturn tone when addressing her team. Multiple people are calling her out for being mean and aggressive, some even claiming she’s calling people out their name in the heat...
Streaming services have become the norm for most kinds of media in thismodern age. People now prefer to have a large category to pick from,rather than having individual copies to own for themselves. Music is nostranger to streaming, with Spotify being the most popular choice to listento music on the...
For a year that has so far brought drama and craziness – a bit of a heartwarming story should need a change of pace. Specifically, one that music and Hip Hop fans should all be clamoring for in an age of nostalgia. A group’s accomplishments that continue to be revered...
With a recession edging ever so closely within the United States, recent American pop culture has seen a resurgence of media and music genres that had gained popularity around a similar time in the early 2000s. Emo-rock was a popular genre at the time. Bands like My Chemical Romance, Paramore,...
