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Lillie Eiger / Sony Music Something’s Up With Harry Styles’s Vibe
Don’t be fooled by the pastel tones and gentle sounds of Harry’s House.
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Oliver Munday / The Atlantic The Impossible Ambition of Kendrick Lamar’s New Album
Despite what the artist says on Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, he’s still trying to save you.
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Kevin Mazur / Getty Arcade Fire’s Cringeworthy Dystopia
The spark and originality present in the band’s best work are missing from its latest album.
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Jacob Mulka / Coachella Coachella Defeated My Cynicism About Music Festivals
Amid the sweat and superficiality of the first Coachella since 2019, the most maligned concert format felt vital again.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters; Charlie Le Maignan / … Pop Music’s Nostalgia Obsession
Why do older sounds seem to dominate music lately?
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Valerie Macon / AFP / Getty How Jon Batiste Broke Grammys Expectations
The jazz pianist was a traditionalist choice to win Album of the Year—but a traditionalist choice for an evolving institution.
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Getty for the Recording Academy The Reason for Zelensky’s Surprise Grammys Appearance
Why a pretaped message from the Ukrainian president aired during a night of escapist entertainment
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Dan Franco An Artist Who Makes Me Excited About the Future of Music
Early this year, I found myself obsessed with a 21-year-old whose electronic-pop songs turn the past into something fresh.
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Terrence O'Connor The Legend of Charli XCX Grows
The pop star’s latest album, Crash, is a joyful exercise—a clever party starter that is well timed for the spring thaw.
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The Atlantic The Military Weapon That Has Become a Musical Touchstone in Ukraine
These are the viral songs of a country under siege.
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Oliver Munday; The Atlantic The Unforgettable Mark Lanegan
An appreciation of the greatest voice to come out of the grunge era
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Oliver Munday / The Atlantic The Tragedy of Kanye West
The Netflix documentary Jeen-Yuhs traces the rise of an artist whose gift for provocation mutated from intriguing to disturbing.
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Kevin C. Cox / Getty The Hip-Hop Halftime Show Was an Overdue Triumph
Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, and Eminem put on a dazzling spectacle that also felt like a family affair.
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Disney+ The Biggest Reason ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Is a Hit
The smash hit from Disney’s Encanto tells us a lot about how the definition of popularity is changing.
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The Atlantic Spotify Isn’t Really About the Music Anymore
In choosing Joe Rogan over Neil Young, the company has made its new priorities clear to listeners.
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Miikka Skaffari / FilmMagic / Getty Omicron’s Blow to Live Music
Postponing our tour was a hard decision, but it was the right one.
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Patrick Ford / Redferns / Getty Meat Loaf Owned the Power Ballad
The late singer took the genre to unapologetically grandiose, glorious new heights.
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Matilda Finn Welcome to Purgatory. The Weeknd Will Be Your DJ.
His new album makes the road to the afterlife sound like the ’80s, in the best way possible.
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Pete Cronin / Redferns / Getty Five Lessons in Creativity From Metallica
The artistic process, as revealed by demos, alternative takes, and abandoned cuts of a heavy-metal classic
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Jon Kopaloff / Getty; Johnny Nunez / WireImage … How Everything Became Emo
This year, a new wave of music argued that emo is less a genre than the sound of change, uncertainty, and desperate connection.
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