Dua Lipa’s “Training Season” is about being tired of teaching romantic partners how to behave in a relationship. The singer wants somebody emotionally mature enough to understand what a healthy relationship requires without needing constant…
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‘Shattered Light’ is a new alternative single from Seoul-based producer Prod.Dex, released on Hidden Mint Records. The title comes from fragments of light scattered through a night garden under falling stars. It moves at a…
The Friends theme song is “I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts. The American pop-rock duo recorded the track for the television series. But here’s the interesting part. It wasn’t originally created as a…
The haunting opening song from the first season of True Detective is “Far From Any Road” by The Handsome Family. It wasn’t written for the series. The recording originally appeared on the duo’s 2003 album…
Phonk is a style of music that developed from Southern American hip-hop, particularly the underground Memphis rap sound of the 1990s. But the music most people call phonk today can sound very different from its…
If you love Jungle’s “Back on 74”, start with Parcels, Franc Moody, L’Impératrice, Jamiroquai and Roosevelt. Those artists combine different elements of funk, disco, soul and electronic music. Some focus on live instrumentation. Others use…
Troye Sivan’s “Party” samples Madonna’s 2000 hit “Music”. And Madonna personally approved it. The Australian singer released “Party” in September 2026, ahead of his fourth studio album, She’s the Best, which arrived on 9 October.…
A customer walks into a restaurant. Your song is playing. Does that create income for you? Potentially. But commercial music royalties can travel through several different systems. Understanding the reporting process helps artists and labels…
“Love Is All Around” was originally recorded by The Troggs in 1967. Not Wet Wet Wet. The Scottish band made the song enormously famous through the soundtrack to Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994.…
The explosive guitar instrumental at the beginning of Pulp Fiction is “Misirlou” by Dick Dale and His Del-Tones. But Dick Dale didn’t originally write the melody. The composition comes from an older Eastern Mediterranean musical…
