2025 was a thrilling, wide-ranging year for pop music, from the big-budget triumphs of superstars like Lady Gaga and Taylor ...

When Hip Hop meets pop, the result is often pure magic. Some of the most memorable moments in music come from when a rap verse jumps into a pop track, adding a fresh layer of attitude, energy, and ...

Pop music sounds more homogenous and inoffensive than ever before. Venture capital hoovers up publishing rights and record labels lean hard on TikTok trends, desperate to build as many data points as ...

As 2025 rolls in, it's time to look back and celebrate some of the nostalgic pop songs you may have forgotten about that turn 25 this year. (Yes, we feel old.) These tracks defined the sound of 2000 — ...

The power of a lasting song is that it breaks free of its origins. Hits should be more than celebrity narratives. By Jon Pareles The megahits of 2024 were inseparable from their back stories. And that ...

Summer is for the girls. If you take a look at the music charts or just turn on the radio, you'll hear some of music's biggest pop stars on repeat. Of course, there's A-lister Taylor Swift, who ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. Netflix’s animated smash film KPop Demon Hunters has taken ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. Beyond the U.S., the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack hit Number ...

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A great K-pop song surprises you. It doesn’t whisper its intentions; it shouts them in multiple languages with a dance break in the middle. And in Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters, those songs also have ...

Katy Perry’s breakout moment, in the late two-thousands, had a type of frivolity and irreverence that feels difficult to summon now. Her début single, “I Kissed a Girl,” from 2008, is just what it ...