Pop
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Like a Firing Squad, but for Romantic Rejection
Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! A new dating-show format asks contestants to pop a balloon to signal that they’re not interested. Who said heartbreak had to be quiet?
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Books
Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ Breakthrough
Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music The iconoclastic pop star Charli XCX has long flirted with mainstream success — helping write Icona Pop’s omnipresent 2012 hit “I Love It,” appearing on the hook of Iggy Azalea’s smash ...
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Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan Saw a Gap in Pop, and Filled It
Two pure pop songs, “Espresso” and “Good Luck, Babe!,” may give the aspiring stars behind them a boost from music’s middle class to the big time.
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Covering the Rise of Tracy Chapman
Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music Tracy Chapman’s ascent to the pop stratosphere in 1988 was not in any way guaranteed. She was making folk music in a time of stadium rock and hip-hop. She was orienting her songs around ...
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Newyork
A Pop Star Filmed a Music Video in a Church. The Priest Was Punished.
The singer Sabrina Carpenter danced through Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation. The Diocese of Brooklyn said it was “appalled.”
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Vince Clarke, a Synth-Pop Mastermind, on His Unexpected Solo Album
He’s made irresistible hits with Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure. But going alone for the first time at 63, his inspirations were more sober, and more personal.
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CMAT Makes Country Music Sad, Smart and Strange
In April 2020, a new force in Irish music announced herself with a song about love, loss and fried chicken. The video for “Another Day (KFC),” CMAT’s debut single, opens with the singer dancing cheerfully in front of a blue screen. “Baby give me ...
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Newyork
For Some, the Only Reason to Watch ‘The Idol’ Is for Blackpink’s Jennie
Fans of the K-pop group are tuning in to the new HBO series to marvel at the global pop star in her acting debut.
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K-Pop Stars BTS Will Release a Book Telling Their Own Story in July
The announcement by their U.S. publisher, Flatiron Books, came after days of frantic speculation by their fervent fans.
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World
Blackpink, Aespa, NewJeans: The Evolution of K-Pop Girl Groups
Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music Over the past few years, Blackpink has emerged as a worldwide force — hit singles, huge tours, influence in the fashion world — becoming perhaps the first K-pop girl group to ...
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