Spotify and UMG announce licensing deal allowing fans to create AI covers and remixes of songs from participating artists and songwriters signed to UMG.
No launch date yet (via Billboard).
software culture is dead. hardware & dumb tech. drag & drop mp3. file sharing. burnt cds & cassettes. no more inventing new words for old behaviors as branding. neocities. neopets. napster. a nostalgic internet. mean exactly what you say. sell exactly what you are selling.
digital media is freeeeeee just give it to them for freeeeeeeeeeeeee (or for pay-what-you-want) and then let people pay for the form and convenience of listening to what they want in the ways they want on the devices they want. <3
🚨 @lorde has been announced today as one of the financial backers behind a new music app called Lume
It’s an alternative to streaming, where users will purchase and OWN content
It’s built around albums, not songs and playlists. Each “Lume” = a full album plus bonus material…
NEW: We talked to an NYC millionaire who wants Kathy Hochul to tax him more.
He said he "wouldn't even notice" a tax increase, especially since he already got a break in the Big Beautiful Bill.
Taxing the rich wouldn't change his life much—but it would help millions of people.
Being a musician in 2026 is basically just busking online.
We're all spending our days posting content on insta and tiktok hoping to god it generates a sale or two of our music, or a booking.
I'm literally sat here right now producing a content roll out instead of making
Robert Pattinson when asked if he believes in romance being linked to astrology:
"I look at it a little bit. I’m a Taurus. Taurus is always good. It’s never been bad ever."
(Via @VogueFrance)
please wait in line in a parking lot for 3 hours to be patted down and maybe kidnapped by ICE
if you make it to your flight on time and unkidnapped, maybe your plane will smash into a fire truck on the tarmac responding to a call about A FIRE ON A DIFFERENT PLANE
ICE terror squads in plain clothes arresting and separating families who have already gone through security in SFO airport. Expect this at voting stations in November.
Not having a tourism or airline industry during another disastrous war will definitely improve the economy.