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variety.com - Jem Aswad - Music Industry Moves: Avex Music Group Partners With the Orchard
Music Industry Moves: Avex Music Group Partners With the Orchard
Variety

Avex Music Group, the global music company of Japanese entertainment giant Avex helmed by CEO Brandon Silverstein, has partnered with the Orchard for distribution of all future releases in territories around the world. The first new music expected…

dailymail.co.uk - Cydney Yeates For Dailymail.Com - Taylor Swift releases Opalite music video
Taylor Swift releases Opalite music video
Mail Online

Taylor Swift has released her star-studded music video for Opalite as she revealed the inspiration behind it. The 36-year-old Grammy winner released the 90s-themed video, which sees Domhnall Gleeson play a lonely man opposite her lonely woman, on…

dailymail.co.uk - Heidi Parker - Taylor Swift fans go 'wild and crazy' for Opalite music video
Taylor Swift fans go 'wild and crazy' for Opalite music video
Mail Online

Fans are going wild for Taylor Swift 's Opalite music video which dropped on Friday morning. Some said the '90s retro vibe was 'crazy' as they loved seeing the songbird in the vintage outfits. Her followers seemed to be obsessing over one item in…

theguardian.com - Philip Oltermann - Max Richter: the composer who crosses the invisible divide between 'high' and 'low' music
Max Richter: the composer who crosses the invisible divide between 'high' and 'low' music
The Guardian

The German-born British composer Max Richter had never been nominated for an Oscar until this year, though he may – unintentionally – have once scuppered someone else's chance of winning one. In 2016, the Academy of Motion Picture…

newsweek.com - Alyce Collins - Every celebrity in Taylor Swift's new 'Opalite' music video-full list
Every celebrity in Taylor Swift's new 'Opalite' music video-full list
Newsweek

If you're one of the many people who hasn't stopped singing Taylor Swift 's “Opalite” since it was released on October 3, 2025, then join the club. The good news is that the singer has just dropped her latest masterpiece in the shape…

slate.com - Nadira Goffe - A Music Superstar Took a Hard Turn Right. It's Shocking-and a Long Time Coming.
A Music Superstar Took a Hard Turn Right. It's Shocking-and a Long Time Coming.
Slate

Some of the Barbz, the infamous fan base of “Super Bass” rapper Nicki Minaj, have been mourning a fallen leader in light of Minaj's recent full-tilt support of Donald Trump. What started with some occasional Trump-positive tweets on X…

wmagazine.com - BDG Studios - The Cocktail That Took Music's Biggest Night to the Next Level
The Cocktail That Took Music's Biggest Night to the Next Level
W Magazine

The first rule of music's biggest night? The real party kicks off when the show lets out. Following the big awards show on February 1, W Magazine hosted 250 of the industry's biggest musicians, artists, producers, and creatives at A-List hotspot…

pitchfork.com - James Gui - KAVARI: PLAGUE MUSIC EP
KAVARI: PLAGUE MUSIC EP
Pitchfork

KAVARI 's music sears like a controlled fire, destroying the underbrush to make room for the new. That was literally true of the Glasgow-based producer's 2025 EP Only Pleasure in Flame, a collection of slash-and-burn field recordings that sucked…

independent.co.uk - Holly Bishop - The chat show conversation that inspired Taylor Swift's star-studded new music video
The chat show conversation that inspired Taylor Swift's star-studded new music video
The Independent

This is the moment from The Graham Norton Show that inspired Taylor Swift 's latest music video. In October, the singer appeared on the BBC talk show to promote her album The Life Of The Showgirl. She was joined on the sofa by Domhnall Gleeson…

rollingstone.com - Michele Amabile Angermiller - American Idol' Music Supervisor Robin Kaye to Be Honored Posthumously at Hollywood Event
American Idol' Music Supervisor Robin Kaye to Be Honored Posthumously at Hollywood Event
Rolling Stone

The Guild of Music Supervisors will posthumously honor Robin Kaye — who was tragically killed during a home invasion in July 2025 along with her husband, Thomas DeLuca — with its Legacy Award at the 16th Annual Guild of Music…

rollingstone.com - Preezy Brown - 50 Cent on His Super Bowl Ad and His Future: 'I'm Going to Make Music
50 Cent on His Super Bowl Ad and His Future: 'I'm Going to Make Music
Rolling Stone

Few figures in hip-hop are as comfortable with verbal confrontation as 50 Cent. Long known for saying what others may think — but withhold out of fear of retribution or disrupting the established order—he's built a career on…

theguardian.com - Shaad D'Souza - 'Tickets have become status symbols': from Harry Styles to Taylor Swift, why is live music bigger and more expensive than ever?
'Tickets have become status symbols': from Harry Styles to Taylor Swift, why is live music bigger and more expensive than ever?
The Guardian

Selling out a venue such as London's O2 Arena used to be considered a high point of an artist's career. Now, selling out just one night there might seem a bit underwhelming. Raye and Olivia Dean will play six nights apiece at the 20,000-capacity…

variety.com - Jem Aswad - Nettwerk Music Group Announces $300 Million Buyout in Partnership With Create
Nettwerk Music Group Announces $300 Million Buyout in Partnership With Create
Variety

Long-running Canadian powerhouse Nettwork Music Group has announced a management buyout from its existing investors, supported by Create Music Group. The transaction is expected to close this month. As part of the proposed agreement, Create Capital…

counterpunch.org - David Yearsley - MELANIA's Music
MELANIA's Music
Home - CounterPunch.org

MELANIA made it to Berlin but was only showing at a single early-afternoon time. Brandishing my coveted CounterPunch press card, I tried to talk my way in for free. The woman at the counter was having none of it. I told her that I guess I'd have to…

businessinsider.com - Callie Ahlgrim - Taylor Swift released a star-studded music video for 'Opalite.' Here are the details and Easter eggs you may have missed.
Taylor Swift released a star-studded music video for 'Opalite.' Here are the details and Easter eggs you may have missed.
Business Insider

Taylor Swift surprised her devotees this week by announcing a music video for 'Opalite,' the fan-favorite third track from her latest album, ' The Life of a Showgirl.' The twinkling pop song is being promoted as the second single from 'Showgirl,'…

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