That syncing feeling: how Stranger Things supercharged the music industry | Music

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The impact of Running Up That Hill being used in Stranger Things was so great and so unprecedented that even Kate Bush was taken aback, calling it “quite shocking really” in a rare interview with […]

Metallica Sees Major Streaming Boost After ‘Stranger Things’ Placement

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Photo Credit: Raph_PH / CC by 2.0 Following the Stranger Things-driven commercial resurgence of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” (1985), Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” (1986) is attracting new listeners of its own after appearing […]

‘Minions’ TikTok Trend of Wearing Suits to See Movie Inspires Theater Bans

‘Minions’ TikTok Trend of Wearing Suits to See Movie Inspires Theater Bans

The record-setting box office success of Minions: The Rise of Gru isn’t without its mini-controversies. As you’ve surely seen on TikTok and elsewhere in recent days, particularly enthusiastic fans of the franchise have been showing […]

BTS rekindle debate about military service in South Korea

BTS rekindle debate about military service in South Korea

Yoon Sang-hyun, the lawmaker who proposed the amendment to include three-week training for K-pop stars, says the extent to which BTS had raised South Korea’s profile through ‘soft power’ should be taken into account when […]

Stranger Things 4 Volume 2 — Twitter Reacts To THAT Heartbreaking Death

Stranger Things 4 Volume 2 -- Twitter Reacts To THAT Heartbreaking Death

“no other character death has EVER hit like this EVER.” Spoilers ahead for “Stranger Things 4” Volume 2. While many “Stranger Things” fans likely braced themselves for the possibility that several characters wouldn’t make it […]

“A Whole New Direction”: Tiësto Says His New Album Will Heavily Embrace House Music – EDM.com

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With house music flourishing at the moment, Tiësto is readying what may be his grooviest album yet.  Tiësto has certainly been a key contributor to the current boom cycle in the genre, achieving big-time commercial success […]

The WGA’s Historic Campaign To Reshape Talent Agency Business Takes Full Effect Today – Deadline

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The WGA’s historic reshaping of the talent agency business will take full effect at the end of business today, after which agency packaging fees will no longer be permitted under the guild’s franchise agreement. “The […]

MoMA PS5 on Beyoncé, House Anthems, and Rainbow Capitalism

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Photo by Sidewalkkilla. “Don’t Break My Soul,” Beyoncé’s latest track, a house music revival that features Big Freedia, the legendary queer Black icon known for popularizing New Orleans bounce, has the internet aflame. In fact, […]