Zara Larsson’s “Midnight Sun” is essentially a love letter to Swedish summer. More specifically, it’s about the strange freedom of summer nights when the sun barely disappears. Larsson has explained that she wanted the song…
Getting a song into Grand Theft Auto might be becoming one of the most powerful music promotion opportunities in the world. Bob Moses and Elderbrook’s track “Inner Light” saw its global Spotify streams increase by…
EDC Orlando returns to Tinker Field from 6–8 November 2026 with more than 100 artists spread across five stages. The festival celebrates its 15th edition this year with one of the biggest electronic lineups on…
Universal Music Group is taking another major step into AI music. The world’s largest music company has announced a multi-year partnership with ElevenLabs to develop a new licensed AI music platform where fans will be…
Apple Music plans to start showing listeners when a substantial part of a track has been created using generative AI. The label will read: Made With AI. This isn’t a ban on AI music. It’s…
Festival booking for 2027 is already underway. Independent artists should not wait until next summer to start looking for opportunities. Many events book months ahead, and some artist-application windows are already open. Ditto refreshed its…
DistroKid and CD Baby approach music distribution very differently. DistroKid sells subscriptions. CD Baby charges per release. That alone can make one dramatically better than the other depending on how often you release music. How…
Going viral on TikTok can change the trajectory of a song almost overnight. A track that was receiving a few hundred streams can suddenly appear in thousands of TikTok videos, reach millions of people and…
Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” is about reconnecting with somebody who once meant everything to you after believing that part of your life was gone. The song was written for Toy Story…
China’s music streaming market could be moving back towards free music. For several years, major Chinese streaming platforms have focused heavily on converting listeners into paying subscribers. But the rapid growth of ByteDance-owned Qishui Music,…
