By Sara Bright In February 2025, five young women stood before the world and declared they would never go back. NewJeans – Minji, Hanni, Danielle,…
By Sara Bright On 11 June 2026, inside a courtroom at the Seoul Central District Court, a 24-year-old singer sat across from the label that…
By Sara Bright There is a particular kind of courage in starting over when the world has already written your ending. For Miki Berenyi, that…
By Tessa Nolan When Mark Velvet released “Redline” in July 2023, the track arrived as a two-minute burst of pulsating synths and driving percussion that…
By Sara Bright Sir Antonio Pappano describes the moment he first raised a baton to the London Symphony Orchestra as though he were recounting a…
By Sara Bright Pop music is an industry designed to consume youth and spit out the bones. It possesses no structural capacity for aging women.…
By Tessa Nolan There is a moment in every Kirill Richter performance when the audience realises it is hearing something that does not fit any…
By Tessa Nolan In December 2025, France’s Culture Minister Rachida Dati made a declaration that would have seemed absurd to the Anglo-Saxon music press of…
By Tessa Nolan In January 2024, France became the first major music market in the world to impose a dedicated levy on music streaming revenues.…
By Tessa Nolan Two years ago, Chappell Roan was working at a donut shop in Los Angeles, seriously considering giving up on music. This February,…