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It’s been a bumper start to the year for pop fans. First there was the return of Beyoncé with ‘COWBOY CARTER’, the 27-song long second part in her purported trilogy of genre-bending albums. Then, last month came Taylor Swift’s 11th album ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT’, an hour-plus long album that was immediately doubled in length by the addition of 15 more songs just hours after its release. By comparison, Dua Lipa, the British-Kosovo Albanian popstar’s third album ‘Radical Optimism’ released today is a far more taut affair with just 11 songs running at around 36 minutes. Swift’s latest was ...
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The Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals are next week, before the Grand Final on Saturday 11 May. Putting aside all the controversy and security concerns, the Euronews Culture team have picked their hot favourites for glory. Theo Farrant’s top pick: Nemo – The Code (Switzerland)If I had to put my money on a Eurovision winner this year, it would be 'The Code' by Nemo, representing Switzerland. Why? Well, firstly, it's my favourite out of the bunch; an incredibly original and catchy song. Secondly, it's currently the bookies' number one darling. 'The Code' is pretty batshit. It mixes drum and ba...
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The exhibition coincides with the 68th Eurovision Song Contest which is scheduled to take place in Malmo starting on 7 May, following the country's victory at the 2023 contest with the song "Tattoo" by Loreen.
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Today drops ‘Hyperdrama’, the new album by French electro duo Justice – their first record in more than seven years. Having listened to some of it, it’s a welcome return to form, with some live-tailored hooks that show the band have still got it, even if the album's hit and miss moments of downsized French house may disappoint earlier fans of Justice and the heavier beats present on their best album – 2007's ‘Cross’. Still, it sounds like their strongest work since their debut, and the eagerly anticipated comeback of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay signals that despite the retirement of Daft...
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Taylor Swift has released her new album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, which dropped at midnight - followed by a “surprise double album” two hours later. For the sake of sanity, our writer David Mouriquand, a proud but occasionally tortured Swiftie, is keeping it to the original 16 tracks of 'TTPD'. Here’s his take. "An uneven but entrancing post-mortem on love and its pitfalls"Time has no meaning and journalistic outlets should just bite the bullet at this point and revamp themselves as “What has Taylor Swift been up to today?”. Hardly a day goes by without an article on her relationships;...
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"Were you rushing? Or were you dragging?" It really matters. The Russian republic of Chechnya is said to have ruled that all music should "correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats per minute (BPM)" - meaning a lot of modern western music would be banned from being played publicly in the conservative Islamic society. The new standard of music is relatively slow compared to a lot of modern-day pop music, as well as electro, rave, dubstep and techno music – which tends to be of a higher BPM. Most pop songs range from 100 to 130 BPM, a tempo commonly used to create catchy and danceable rhythm. For...
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The full solar eclipse hits Mexico, the US and Canada today, while Europe will have to wait until August 2026 when it crosses the northern parts of Greenland, Iceland and Spain. And we think you'll agree that everybody needs something to listen to during a cosmic adventure... Here are our handpicked, genre-spanning, eclipse and eclipse-adjacent songs to accompany you through the sunlight block – in chronological listening order too. Don’t say we don’t treat you. 'Steal My Sunshine' – LenSingled out, this 90s hit by one-hit-wonder Canadian alt-rock band Len is arguably the least essential track...
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In case you missed it (or you live under a rock), Beyoncé released her much-hyped country album 'Cowboy Carter' on Friday – and the Internet went absolutely mad over it with a flood of think-pieces and reviews. But for the die-hard fans who received their pre-ordered physical copies, something strange was afoot. Over the weekend, many started complaining that their vinyls and CDs of the album were missing tracks that were included on the digital release. Fans took to social media to air their grievances, claiming there were four missing tracks on the CD and five missing tracks on the vinyl. Ac...
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Yeehaw... Saddle up, cowboys and cowgirls... Dust off your Stetsons... *Insert country cliché of choice here* Beyoncé is back tomorrow with her new album, ‘Act II: Cowboy Carter’, which will see Queen Bey paying homage to her Texan roots and embracing the country music style for another artistic reinvention of sorts, following her 2022 album ‘ Renaissance ’ - which leaned heavily on club and dance music. The celebrated singer previously revealed that this was all a part of a three-part project – hence the “Act II” part of the title. Prior to tomorrow’s album drop, Bey’s devoted fanbase - known...
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