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MUSIC

Is All Publicity Good Publicity?: A Look Into the Taylor Swift Brand

Taylor Swift boldly begs the question, can selling out be worth it?

Image by Paolo Villanueva

The adventures of sound engineering

Grace Clift interviews Tom Tunney, the Technical Manager of Skan PA Hire

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Behind the scenes at the Eras Tour

Jorgah Herbert explores everything that happened beyond the stage to make the biggest tour of the decade happen

Image by Paolo V, Flickr

A history of the ‘concept album’

Liesel Bradbury shares the timeline and trajectory of the ‘concept album’, from Sgt Pepper to evermore

Image of David Bowie’s “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” (1972)

The songwriters behind my 12 favourite songs

Alexandra Pullen tells the story behind your favourite songs that you’ve most likely never hear before

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The rise of KPOP: Is it here to stay?

Duniya Jan attends Stray Kid’s concert in London and delves into the relevance of Korean music in our pop culture

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How are soundtracks composed?

Ruby Mitchell goes behind the scenes of famous score from some of the most prominent films of all time

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Spotify’s Generated Playlist are rotting my brain

Aoife Carnevale explores how streaming platforms have reverted to AI as a means of “growth” and “improvement”

Image by Aoife Carnevale

Reneé Rapp is marketing the new album hard

Nikitah Tomlin runs through what Reneé Rapp’s marketing team is doing ahead of the new album

Image from @reneerapp on Instagram

Contra’ by Vampire Weekend: 15 Years On

Narayan Saimbi revisits Vampire Weekend’s second album, analysing the lyricism within the band’s indie rock sound

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A deep dive into the most underrated soundtracks

Aoife Carnevale highlights some of the best soundtracks of films and television

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