“Zombie” was written after two children were killed in the 1993 Warrington bombing in England. Three-year-old Johnathan Ball and 12-year-old Tim Parry died after bombs planted by the IRA exploded in Warrington town centre. Dolores…
Tag: music
“505” is essentially about Alex Turner desperately wanting to return to a lover waiting in hotel room 505. But over time, the room has become something bigger. 505 represents the place where a relationship feels…
Trying to keep up with every new album released each week has become almost impossible. So don’t. Instead, here are ten new records released around September 11 that are worth putting on this weekend. This…
Ariana Grande’s “hate that i made you love me” became one of the biggest songs of 2026. It debuted at number one on Spotify’s Global Chart, spent 22 days in the top spot and eventually…
VYRMA may be one of the more mysterious new artists to emerge from the Nordic music scene in 2026, but there is at least one human name that repeatedly appears behind the project. Marios Demetriou.…
Sam Fender has built much of his reputation on turning real lives, difficult childhoods and working-class experiences into huge rock songs. “The Borders” is perhaps one of the clearest early examples. Released in 2019 as…
You walk into a coffee shop. Your song is playing. Does that generate money? Potentially, yes. Commercial businesses playing copyrighted music generally require appropriate public-performance licences. Those licence fees contribute to royalty systems for rightsholders.…
WhatsApp is making music a bigger part of Status updates, with users now able to share music clips lasting up to 30 seconds. The change doubles the previous 15-second limit and gives users more control…
Music used to have a fairly predictable life cycle. Release the single. Promote it. Hope it charts. Move on. Streaming, films, TV and TikTok have destroyed that model. A song can now become enormous: five…
The 2010s are now old enough to become genuinely nostalgic. That feels slightly offensive. But it is true. Songs released in 2010 are now more than 15 years old, and the current revival of Katy…
