Ella Boh built The Butterfly Movement before the songs took off. A look at Discord-first fandom, and why it's becoming…
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Streaming growth has fallen to single digits while niche platforms like Qobuz grow 45%. The depth-over-breadth lesson …
Spotify is exploring live concert streaming and artist video uploads while YouTube's Music Nights films exclusive rele…
Goldman says superfan monetization is a $4.3B opportunity, but the subscription version just burst. The Ring VIP bet o…
Universal and Warner settled with Udio and Suno and licensed the future. Sony is still suing, indie artists filed clas…
Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear premiered at Tribeca and streams globally on Disney+ August 13, as Barker says he has …
CORTIS became the first K-pop boy band to play an NBA All-Star Game and TXT swept Korea's music shows. A San Diego kid…
US concert tickets average $144, up 31% in five years, and stadium demand is up while small rooms wane. What that mean…
Slush Puppy built a viral solo project around singles like EAT SPIT! while quietly becoming an in-demand writer-produc…
Beauty School Dropout turned Mark Hoppus mentorship and a tight LA alt-rock circle into one of the more durable acts o…
Devon Again spends 2026 and 2027 as direct support on Olivia Rodrigo's 65-date Unraveled arena tour, a leap from the s…
phem has quietly become one of pop-punk revival's busiest outside writers. Her own debut album, promised since 2023, s…
Peter Fenn left a corporate job at 25 to chase songwriting. Six years later he had a Grammy, a Myles Smith partnership…
Em Beihold's Numb Little Bug went platinum and hit No. 24 on the Hot 100. Two different people claim credit for findin…
Grant Sayler produced NUMB alone, the RIAA Gold single that remains Christian Gates's biggest song. His own footprint …
Elation built a free YouTube tutorial channel, then quietly became the most credited producer in Christian Gates's cat…
Devon Again slept in a cubby off Melrose before becoming the second artist ever signed to Dan Nigro's Amusement Record…
PRETTY HAVØC built a solo mission around Asian representation in pop-punk, then found his real foothold as Dutch Melro…
Nick Anderson built The Wrecks on a stolen studio and a self-taught ear, then turned that same discipline into an outs…
Jason Suwito built Sir Sly's sound from scratch, then quietly became one of pop's most trusted outside producers. Now …
No name, no interview, no photo. FUKKFAITH's entire career, from a Russian single to a Christian Gates credit, lives i…
From Capitol Records setup coordinator to Ally Nicholas's core collaborator, Diego Ferrera built a career on staying j…
How a broke LA trio became Mark Hoppus's Verswire signing, coined 'Renegade-Pop,' and landed arena support slots with …
Amelia Moore went from a Lawrenceville bedroom to Capitol Records to being dropped, then rebuilt herself into a Republ…
How a one-song pop pivot nearly cost jxdn his identity, and why seeing his given name on a festival screen brought him…
How a 2020 pandemic anthem, a self-invented singles format called Rat Trap, and a heaven/hell stage persona led Royal …
PLVTINUM built a career on Champagne & Sunshine, then walked away from majors to found Rebellion Records, the label be…
KiNG MALA turned opera training, Catholic imagery and horror films into a self-coined sound she calls cunt noir, culmi…
Jesse Rutherford fronts The Neighbourhood in black and white. His solo career, culminating in the Jesse® rebrand, has …
Aris Jeffers models for Misfit Model Management, records as Aris, and starred in a Christian Gates video. The connecti…
Elation built a free YouTube tutorial channel, then quietly became the most consistently credited producer on Christia…
Mike Kosak manages Arden Jones and Royal & the Serpent, whose Overwhelmed remix by Christian Gates got Atlantic callin…
Ally Nicholas cut her debut EP Nevermind the Hurry in ten days in an isolated desert studio, building five songs from …
Ally Nicholas posts as @slipknotshorty, a Slipknot tribute that predicted her whole grunge-gaze career. How a username…
Dutch Melrose's live history: numerous US and European tours, the joint run after Jennifer's Body, the 2025 Voila Euro…