The dancers had used music generated by AI. Whatever model was involved had likely been trained on “You Get What You Give” ...

As many songwriters can attest, some of the best musical inspiration comes simply from the immediate world they see around them. At some point then, things are bound to get a bit meta. This is ...

Like a good cup of espresso, music is a sensory experience that can stick with you long after it’s gone. Music doesn’t even need to be played out loud. Perhaps even reading the word “espresso” put ...

Vinyl records set early limits on song length. A 45-rpm single could hold only about five minutes of music. Exceeding this often meant a dip in sound quality. Radio edits typically shortened songs to ...

The same song can make one person cry and leave another smiling, and science can explain why. From the physics of a note to dopamine, memories and the strange comfort of sad music, here is how sound ...

TikTok has recently become one of the most used video-sharing platforms. Users create videos by mostly inserting a popular background sound. Sometimes, these background sounds, which are almost always ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Hip-hop is a nebulous label — always evolving, and difficult to define. Since its birth in 1973, at a ...