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Universal Music Korea Signs Hukky Shibaseki
Universal Music Korea signs award-winning producer, composer, and hip-hop artist Hukky Shibaseki to a management deal. Recognized for his distinctive approach to experimental hip-hop, electronic textures, and alternative homegrown rap, the South…
Great music is made by people': Suno spent years making AI music easy - now it's trying to stop people making quite so much of it
Suno, the most popular AI music creation tool, spent years making it incredibly easy to generate music. Now it's introducing download limits, watermarking and fingerprinting to stop people flooding streaming services with AI slop. That suggests…
3 Insufferable Pop Music Tropes That Predate the Gen Alpha Melody
With another pop music trope for a new generation recently revealed, we're thinking back to pop clichés of years past. The Gen Alpha Melody is the latest in a long line of meme-able, repetitive sequences that have shown up in mainstream…
Downtown Music Can't End Lawsuit Over Split With Partner It Linked to Streaming Fraud
A federal judge has denied Downtown Music's bid to dismiss lawsuit claiming it dropped a YouTube licensing partner as a “sacrifice” to help win approval of its merger with Universal Music Group. The case was filed by Blast Off Media…
Glen Hansard's heartwarming final act at music festival before his tragic death
A Czech music festival has released a touching video capturing the heartfelt moment the late Glen Hansard reconnected with organisers after honouring a promise he had made to them. Glen, who was killed at the age of 56 in a motorcycle crash on the…
Dodgers need to face the music with Shohei Ohtani's two-way status
Those around baseball are signaling the inevitable alarm regarding Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's two-way status. A lingering knee injury has kept Ohtani, a four-time MVP, from pitching over the last month. He's resisted going on the…
LA's massive new music festival canceled before it starts as organizers axe events
It was billed as the first of its kind jazz festival to take place in Los Angeles, but now its future is uncertain after organizers pulled the plug hours before it was to kickoff on Friday. The massive music festival featuring such names as John…
Yes Boone Signs With Warner Music Australasia
SYDNEY, Australia — Yes Boone joins the Warner Music Australasia roster, through a partnership with Warner Records in the United States. The photogenic DJ and producer has been making all the right noises in dance music circles. He was…
Stray Kids Drops 'This & That' Music Video in Tandem With 'THIS&THAT' Album Release
Stray Kids released their 8-track mini-album 'THIS&THAT' alongside a new music video for its title track, 'This & That'. Produced by 3RACHA (Bang Chan, Changbin and Han), 'This & That' merges experimental production with slick, ambitious rap flows…
Drake Appears on Karol G's New Album. Let's Look at His Past Latin Music Collaborations
It's official, Drake and Karol have collaborated on new song “Ahí” from the Colombian superstar's latest release No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto. The sultry track features Champagne Papi at his best. “Drake singing in…
Zachary Cole Smith Wants a Publicly Owned Music Streaming Library Built on Spotify's Dismantled Bones
DIIV has announced a new album, ZIRP!, dropping on October 30, 2026, and with it has come a new genre called the New Alternative. What exactly does that mean? Well, it somehow ties into the album title acronym, “zero interest-rate…
Weekend picks: '90s music, Springsteen and cocktails
Travel back in time to the '90s with the Ohio State Fair's big finale. 🎶 Our pick: Blues Traveler with Gin Blossoms and Spin Doctors. The intrigue: Each band in this trio could probably play a decently sized Columbus venue, but the fair is…
Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter slams using AI to create music is 'a way to bypass the creative process'
Daft Punk 's Thomas Bangalter has spoken out against using AI in songwriting, describing it as “a way to bypass the creative process”. READ MORE: In the age of AI Oasis, there's no point being ordinary The electronic music icon shared…
Kim Kardashian, Kanye West's Daughter North West, 13, Drops Music Video for 'Aishite'
Watch: Kim Kardashian, Kanye West's Daughter North West Cancels 14-Date Kimokawaii Tour North West 's new music video will make you love her. The 13-year-old—eldest daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West —dropped the creepy visuals…
The Week Unwrapped: Why is country music top of the pops?
Should everyone have to vote? What can we learn from the Aquiry civilisation? And why is country music top of the pops? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. A podcast for…
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