Something interesting is happening in Indian music. Haryanvi music is growing incredibly quickly. Once primarily associated with listeners in Haryana and nearby parts of northern India, Haryanvi songs are increasingly appearing on streaming platforms, social…
“Hootie Frutti” doesn’t have a neat dictionary definition. KATSEYE essentially invented the phrase. It plays with fruit imagery, attraction and the familiar phrase “tutti frutti”, creating something deliberately playful and suggestive. The track appears on…
“Linger” came from Dolores O’Riordan’s first serious kiss. Unfortunately for her, what happened afterwards was considerably less romantic. The future The Cranberries singer was 17. She liked a boy. They kissed. She became completely infatuated.…
For decades, popular Indian music and Bollywood music were almost impossible to separate. Some of India’s biggest singers became famous through film soundtracks, with songs often released as part of a movie rather than as…
Grand Theft Auto VI isn’t simply getting a soundtrack. Rockstar is releasing an entire album of original music created for the game. Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album will contain 34 new tracks and arrive…
If you’re British, you may immediately answer: Toploader. Wrong. If you know older American music, you might answer: King Harvest. Closer. But still not technically the original. “Dancing in the Moonlight” was written by Sherman…
“I don’t want you back. I just don’t want anybody else to have you.” That is essentially “Somebody Else”. The 1975 took one of the ugliest and most honest emotions after a breakup and turned…
“Landslide” is about change. But the change wasn’t abstract. Stevie Nicks wrote it while seriously considering whether to abandon her dream of becoming a professional musician. Her album with Lindsey Buckingham had failed commercially. Money…
Something interesting is happening around Nordic and Viking-inspired music on streaming platforms. VYRMA isn’t growing alone. A wider collection of digital-first artists is starting to appear around the same playlists, audiences and visual themes. And…
“Hallelujah” is religious. And sexual. And romantic. And broken. And hopeful. That’s why trying to explain it as simply: a song about God doesn’t really work. Leonard Cohen used biblical imagery to explore something much…
