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Music

Music recommendations, industry developments, and other music coverage from Vox.

How Taylor Swift’s 10-minute “All Too Well” surpasses her original

By Constance Grady

Astroworld and the trickiness of tragedy blame games

By Melinda Fakuade

One Good Thing: Kacey Musgraves’s latest album is her messiest — and maybe her best

By Emily St. James

One Good Thing: Lucy Dacus’s latest album is a different kind of ghost story

By Emily St. James

Donda: The hype, the controversy, the music, the Kanye of it all, explained

By Aja Romano

20 years after Aaliyah’s death, her story only feels more tragic

By Constance Grady

Pop music made conspicuous consumption cool

By Ann-Derrick Gaillot

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Why won’t American radio play more K-pop?

BTS was supposed to usher in the K-pop invasion. Where is it?

By Aja Romano

Dear Olivia Rodrigo: Ignore the internet. “Originality” is overrated.

By Emily St. James

Why hit songs suddenly matter more than the stars that sing them

By Charlie Harding

On going back to the movies

By Alissa Wilkinson

Why Britney Spears’s fans are convinced she’s being held captive

By Constance Grady

How In the Heights went from a student musical to one of the summer’s biggest movies

By Constance Grady

Big events are back

By Rani Molla

Japanese Breakfast isn’t the artist she used to be

By Alexa Lee

BTS, the band that changed K-pop, explained

By Aja Romano

Apple’s antitrust problems in Europe just went from bad to worse

By Sara Morrison

One Good Thing: The perfect album for spring 2021

By Emily St. James
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How trucker country music became a ’70s fad

By Estelle Caswell and Antonella Crescimbeni

Taylor Swift’s songs haven’t changed. But she has.

By Emily St. James

How a pop-punk girl group became the most hated band on TikTok

By Rebecca Jennings
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How slow jams took over the radio

By Estelle Caswell

Lil Nas X’s evil gay Satanic agenda, explained

By Aja Romano

Megan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and H.E.R. win the 2021 Grammys’ top trophies

By Constance Grady and Jen Trolio

10 winners and 1 giant loser from the mostly enjoyable 2021 Grammys

By Constance Grady and Aja Romano

The difference between the Grammys’ Song, Album, and Record of the Year categories, explained

By Kelsey McKinney and Jen Trolio

Tons of K-pop artists have been purged from Spotify. It’s part of a much bigger problem.

By Aja Romano

Why did Jack Dorsey buy Jay-Z’s failed music service?

By Peter Kafka

How Dolly Parton became a secular American saint

By Constance Grady

One Good Thing: How indie rock band Fever Dolls won my heart in just 9 songs

By Emily St. James

Watch: The Weeknd’s Super Bowl halftime show was mellow but satisfying

By Aja Romano

How one hit song won The Weeknd a Super Bowl halftime show

By Aja Romano

The only Christmas music playlist you will ever need

By Emily St. James

Drive-ins were huge in 2020. But can they work for live music?

By Allegra Frank

11 of 2020’s best TV shows, video games, podcasts, and more

By Emily St. James

Taylor Swift, pop culture workhorse

By Constance Grady

South Korea just changed a longstanding military law for the sake of BTS

By Aja Romano

The true story behind Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving staple, “Alice’s Restaurant”

By Constance Grady

With “Dynamite,” BTS beat the US music industry at its own cheap game

By Aja Romano

Beyoncé and Taylor Swift lead the 2021 Grammy nominees

By Allegra Frank

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