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The Latin Invasion in Pop
When “Despacito” by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi and Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee hit Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (the first primarily Spanish-language song to do 20 years) and saturated...
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Ariana Grande Accused of Plagiarizing Artist in Music Video
Screenshot from Ariana Grande’s “God is a woman” music video (screenshot via YouTube) There are several scenes from Ariana Grande’s music video for her single “God is a woman” that play clever homage...
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Surface Buzz with Lizzo, Ariana Grande, Twice, and GFriend
The language of trap-pop has become so internationally pervasive it’s often hard to recognize — snare drums and synth loops are everywhere, hiding in corners, behind bushes, inside computers. The...
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The Heavenly Queens of R&B
While the term R&B has meant many things over the years, it’s come to denote music that stimulates, reacts to, and cautiously studies desire — music that makes room for interiority in the public...
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