TikTok has become one of the most important music discovery platforms in the world. Songs can move from relative obscurity to millions of listeners after being featured in a popular TikTok video, trend or challenge.…
You release a song. Spotify for Artists starts showing streams almost immediately. Then you check your distributor. No money. Nothing is necessarily wrong. Streaming statistics and royalty accounting run on completely different timelines. Streaming data…
Trying to put PinkPantheress into a single genre is difficult. The simplest description is alternative pop built from UK garage, drum and bass, jungle, R&B and early-2000s dance music. PinkPantheress herself has described her music…
Summer playlists are easy. Big choruses. Dance music. Road trips. Sunshine. Autumn requires something different. As evenings get darker and the temperature drops, acoustic guitars, warm vocals, folk, indie and nostalgic songwriting suddenly make much…
YouTube is expanding its new Stations feature beyond music, bringing 24/7 streams to creators, podcasts and media channels. The feature gives viewers a new way to watch YouTube without having to choose individual videos, instead…
Shaky Knees Festival returns to Atlanta from 18–20 September 2026 with three huge headliners: The Strokes, Twenty One Pilots and Gorillaz. More than 50 artists are scheduled to perform at Piedmont Park across the three-day…
‘easy waaaaay’ arrives from OPCD, the Changdong collective in Dobong-gu known as the home of beatboxer WING. The crew runs its own workshop projects rather than waiting for a label to schedule them, and the…
Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival is returning to Los Angeles on 14 and 15 November 2026, and the newly revealed lineup gives this article perhaps the strongest immediate news angle of this week’s festival selection. Tyler,…
Spotify for Artists says your song has 100,000 streams. Your distributor’s statement looks different. Has money disappeared? Probably not. You are likely comparing two datasets created for different purposes and at different times. Spotify for…
An artist starts by receiving £40 of royalties personally. Five years later, the same artist has a label, manager, employees and six figures of annual revenue. At some point, the payment structure may need to…
