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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is part of long play drawn...

Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder Donald Trump, it is fair to assume, will be switching channels during...
AI is making it hard for the music industry to embrace innovation while keeping it real. elenabs/iStock via Getty Images

Grammys’ AI rules aim to keep music human, but large gray...

Mark Benincosa, West Virginia University At its best, artificial intelligence can assist people in analyzing data, automating tasks and...

The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization

Laurel Elder, Hartwick College; Jeff Gulati, Bentley University; Mary-Kate Lizotte, Augusta University, and Steven Greene, North Carolina State University
Googoosh performs at Scotiabank Arena on Jan. 17, 2025, in Toronto. Jeremy Chan Photography/Getty Images

Googoosh, the ‘Voice of Iran,’ has gone quiet – and that’s...

Richard Nedjat-Haiem, University of California, Santa Barbara Before Beyoncé, before Cher, before Madonna, there was Googoosh.
Charli XCX performs during a celebration of the annual release of Spotify Wrapped in 2022 in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Spotify

The marketing genius of Spotify Wrapped

Ishani Banerji, Clemson University Even before this year’s Spotify Wrapped drops, I have a hunch what mine will reveal.
Once viewed by elites with disdain, bachata has become popular worldwide. Erika Santelices/AFP via Getty Images

How bachata rose from Dominican Republic’s brothels and shantytowns to become...

Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, Lehman College, CUNY What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of...
Teresa Teng, who died in 1995, still has legions of fans around the world. Nora Tam/South China Morning Post via Getty Images

‘The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop’ sings one last encore from...

Xianda Huang, University of California, Los Angeles Several years ago, an employee at Universal Music came across a cassette...
American online streamer Darren Jason Watkins Jr., also known as IShowSpeed, experiences a traditional Chinese musical instrument on April 5, 2025, in Shenzhen, in Guangdong Province in China. VCG/VCG via Getty Images

Is China the new cool? How Beijing is using pop culture...

Shaoyu Yuan, Rutgers University - Newark IShowSpeed, a 20-year-old American YouTuber and internet star, recently livestreamed hourslong tours of...

EXPLORING NATURE

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison