In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

Nearly 50 years after its release, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours isn't just the best selling classic rock album of 2025, it's the 25th-best selling record of the year overall. Of course, the very top of the ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...

Instagram debuted “Your Algorithm,” an AI-powered feature that gives users control over their Reels recommendations The tool shows an AI-generated summary of interests (e.g., “creativity, sports hype” ...

Three rock albums made Billboard's list of the 50 Best Albums of 2025 and one of them actually cracked the Top 10. This particular list consisted of staff picks and there are 30 writers credited on ...

With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly, exactly the way you want it.’ With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly ...

For the first time, Instagram will start letting you control the topics its algorithm recommends, much as you now can on TikTok. The new feature is starting with the Reels tab but will eventually come ...

First Lady Melania Trump announced on Friday that she’s launched her own production company, “Muse Films,” ahead of the release of a controversial Amazon documentary billed to focus on her life as she ...

Amazon’s Melania Trump doc will release on Jan. 30, 2026. By Lexy Perez Associate Editor First Lady Melania Trump has launched her own production company. Announced on Trump’s official social media ...

Wale says the modern music landscape is forcing artists like him into a nonstop battle with social media and streaming algorithms just to be heard. During his appearance on Million Dollaz Worth of ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Epic rock band Muse hasn't played a Milwaukee show since 2010. That'll change at Summerfest 2026. Matt Bellamy and company will headline the Milwaukee music festival's largest venue, the American ...