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Derek White / Getty Sam Smith’s Radical Centrism
One of the world’s most prominent queer entertainers thrives at playing to the middle.
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Paul Marotta / Getty The Immortal David Crosby
How the late musician’s obsession with science fiction shaped his legacy
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Tommaso Ottomano This Is the Band That’s Supposedly Saving Rock and Roll?
Måneskin looks a lot cooler than it sounds.
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Kevin Mazur / Getty / Live Nation Why No Singer Has Replaced Lady Gaga
Spencer Kornhaber’s culture picks include BeReal, online comedy stars, and an irresistible Nigerian singer.
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Julia Schimautz The 10 Best Albums of 2022
The year in music was a party.
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RCA Records What Gives SZA Her Edge
The singer’s highly anticipated new album, SOS, is a reminder of how fun fatalism can be.
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Mark Peterson / Corbis / Getty We Need a Little Christmas (Music)
Let’s not fight this Christmas, unless it’s about what station to tune the radio to.
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Joel Bernstein What Makes Neil Young’s Voice Irresistible
The key to the enduring popularity of his less-than-groundbreaking album Harvest
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic The Companies That Are Killing Creativity
Amazon and Spotify offer a raw deal for artists.
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Matthew Murphy Decoding the Most Important Songwriter of Our Time
What’s the secret to making great pop music? A Max Martin–inspired musical has some answers.
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Ronald Martinez / Getty Kanye West Finally Says What He Means
The swastika that the rapper tweeted ties a nasty little bow on his ever-expanding collection of disturbing ideas.
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Big Hit Music / HYBE RM of BTS Is Embracing the Silence
On his debut solo album, Indigo, the South Korean rapper finds meaning within the noise of global stardom.
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Pictorial Press / Alamy Christine McVie’s Most Miraculous Song
“You Make Loving Fun” showed that the late Fleetwood Mac member was a titan in her own right.
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Danny Clinch / Columbia Records Bruce Springsteen’s Misguided Homage
Only the Strong Survive, his new album of soul covers, isn’t wrong. It’s just pointless.
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Christopher Polk / TAS / Getty How Taylor Swift Broke Ticketmaster
Live music is a mess right now.
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Illustration by Paul Spella. Sources: Getty; L. Cohen … The Year Virginia Rewrote the Rules of Popular Culture
Missy Elliott. Timbaland. Allen Iverson. What was it about the Tidewater region in 2002?
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Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic; Prince Williams / … Hip-Hop Needs an Intervention
The regularity of these killings has us concerned and thinking, Who’s next?
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Amy Sussman / Getty For Drake, the Misogyny Is the Message
The rapper’s brand is now pointless, profitable cruelty.
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Getty; The Atlantic Brian Eno Has Some Actual Good News
The master of calming music has recorded a wake-up call.
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Getty Taylor Swift’s Best New Songs Aren’t Technically on Midnights
She hid her rawest, messiest feelings in her bonus tracks.
