From gatekeepers to feeds: Social media and streaming platforms bypass traditional media, allowing artists to connect directly with audiences and drive trends organically. Virality fuels discovery: ...

This summer, digital music culture was dominated by club classics and sapphic bops. But what if you’re looking for something a little off the beaten path? Finding songs and musicians you love requires ...

What's changing: Some YouTube users with watch history paused are losing homepage recommendations, prompting frustration and speculation about data tracking motives. Tuning your feed: YouTube Music ...

Spotify's 600 million users are facing one of the streaming service’s most anticipated, yet dreaded, events: Spotify Wrapped. The annual user listening report provides each Spotify user with a ...

Why do people love Spotify so much? A lot of the loyalty to the streaming app comes from its dynamic personalization. Spotify goes beyond providing a platform to listen to the songs and podcasts that ...

In the frenzy of the raging pandemic, livestreams and virtual music content were heralded as the saving grace of an offstage industry. Tunnel vision has largely snapped back with the reemergence of ...

The digital revolution was supposed to free us. Information at our fingertips, music without scarcity, art unbound from the shackles of plastic discs and corporate gatekeepers. And in a way it did. A ...