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The IssueMeta's AI 'Muse' Took the Band's Old Handle
Meta's new AI assistant is called Muse. The rock band with that name lost @Muse on X and Instagram, and searches for both spiked this week.Read the storyMin KeyPhoto: Julian / Unsplash
New release · Karol G'BbY WOW': Nearly Cut, Now No. 1 in 12
Karol G almost cut it; on our own read of YouTube's weekly chart it's No. 1 in 12 countries, six of them off every official list.Read the reviewMin Key
New release · Ankara Echoes'Beni Al': a 2022 song, found again
Not an AI hit but a second life: a writer's 2022 song, re-recorded by the band he belongs to and sped up for the dance floor, now charting from Bulgaria to Morocco.Read the reviewMin KeyCover art: Ankara Echoes
The Encore'Cleveland!' and the town in the chorus
Why is it called 'Cleveland!'? The Heights is Travis Kelce's hometown, and Taylor Swift never says his name. What the song and our measurements show.Read the storyMin Key
Coming Friday'Patient Zero' and the letter O
When is 'Patient Zero' out? 25 September. What Taylor Swift has confirmed, why the title began as a misread letter, and which upload to skip.Read the storyMin Key
New release · Kimo SoundsA patient song from a very fast catalogue
An AI-assisted song about taking your time, still on the charts four months on. Its lesson holds for the song itself, not for the 160 releases around it.Read the reviewMin KeyCover art: Kimo Sounds
The experimentWhat an AI copy of 'Bad Times' shows
A free AI copied Imael Angel's 'Bad Times' in 35 minutes, tempo and key included, but not its bright sound. Why that cannot prove the song is AI.Read the storyMin KeyCover art: Imael Angel
New release · HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra NatéMachine-made start, human-made finish
A human record built on an AI idea, and a fair preview of how AI music will reach the charts.Read the reviewMin KeyStill: Ultra Naté / YouTube
New release · Imael AngelWho is behind 'Bad Times'?
A song with 34 million views and a Shazam No. 1, beside a UK No. 2 hit, and an artist who has published no biography; what is confirmed is how far it travelled, not who made it.Read the reviewMin KeyCover art: Imael Angel
Live vs studio'Training Season': live beats studio
Dua Lipa's 'Training Season' live video has 138.8M YouTube views, 39M more than the music video. We measured both to see why, and what the song means.Read the storyMin Key
The K-pop questionKATSEYE's 'Animal' and the K-pop question
Is KATSEYE K-pop? Their song 'Animal' is in YouTube's weekly top 10 in 16 countries, but not Korea, Japan or Thailand. What the chart map says.Read the storyMin KeyStill: HYBE LABELS / YouTube
New release · Gradine TotoWho is Gradine Toto?
A rumba distress call to someone who read every message and answered none; the singer's passport is unclear, his music is plainly Congolese, and his stage is Kenya.Read the reviewMin KeyCover art: Gradine Toto
The comebackHow TikTok revived a 2011 ballad
Why is Katy Perry's 'The One That Got Away' back? A TikTok trend put the 2011 ballad at No. 1 on YouTube's weekly chart in the Philippines. Lyric and video.Read the storyMin Key
Rising fastWhen Corey Taylor met Serj Tankian
What does Falling In Reverse's 'Joseph' mean? A war song with Corey Taylor and Serj Tankian, No. 1 on YouTube's daily chart in 15 countries within five days.Read the storyMin KeyStill: Epitaph Records / YouTube
Global No. 1'Dai Dai': come on, in five languages
What does Shakira and Burna Boy's 'Dai Dai' mean? Four months on, it is No. 1 on YouTube's weekly chart in 19 countries, with 'come on' in five languages.Read the storyMin KeyStill: Shakira / YouTube
New release · BLESSD x ANUEL AA'CAPCANA COCOA' and the hug at 0:39
A luxury boast with the explicit parts left unprinted and a beat that never lets up; the moment people talked about is a hug, not a line.Read the reviewMin KeyStill: Siempre Blessd / YouTube
New release · Miley Cyrus'Bass Persuades': Miley versus the phone
A pop scolding delivered as an invitation: the chorus diagnoses a generation that will not dance, and the bass, not the singer, does the persuading.Read the reviewMin KeyStill: MILEY / YouTube
New release · JISOOJISOO's 'CLICK': the doubts come quietly
A song that files its objections in its quietest minute and surrenders at full volume, in a video where she is the last thinking machine in an abandoned theme park.Read the reviewMin KeyStill: JISOO / YouTube
New release · ROSÉROSÉ's 'new trick', shot on a phone
Three minutes of pop punk that opens on its chorus and never explains itself. The quietest master on the chart, and the most cheerful thing she has released.Read the reviewMin KeyStill: ROSÉ / YouTube
Global Top 10'Hootie Frutti': one word, sung 55 times
What does KATSEYE's 'Hootie Frutti' mean? Three words are a third of the lyric, yet it hit No. 31 on the Hot 100 and top 10 on YouTube in ten countries.Read the storyMin KeyStill: HYBE LABELS / YouTube
Global No. 1'SaWaDiKa': YouTube's No. 1, America's 69
What does LISA's 'SaWaDiKa' mean? It is top 10 on YouTube in 26 countries yet only No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100. The lyric, part by part.Read the storyMin KeyStill: LLOUD / YouTube
New release · BTSBTS 'Normal': a song with no off switch
A well-made pop single that has decided not to move.Read the reviewMin KeyStill: HYBE LABELS / YouTube
TrendsFocus playlists are everywhere. Almost nobody plays them.
Do people play focus playlists? Only 36 of 302 listeners did in six months, while Party songs were played over eight times as often. Mood shelves, compared.Read the storyMin KeyKeep it
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