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Charli XCX. Brat. Atlantic Records, 2024.
Kircher, Madison Malone. “Why Fans Think Taylor Swift Wrote ‘Actually Romantic’ about Charli XCX - The New York Times.” New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025,... See more
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The most prominent recent victory for organized musicians was 2018’s Music Modernization Act, which, among other things, established mechanical royalties for streaming, based on a “grand bargain” offering streaming services indemnity from infringement lawsuits in exchange for royalties. The MMA was sponsored by conservative Republicans Bob... See more
Worker’s Song | Franz Nicolay
Take Whitney Houston’s 1987 smash “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me),” which was bought in late 2022 as part of a $50 million to $100 million deal by Primary Wave, a music publishing company backed by two private equity firms. The song was recently rebooted into our collective hippocampus via a movie about the singer, titled, naturally, “I... See more
Marc Hogan • Same Old Song: Private Equity Is Destroying Our Music Ecosystem
What are the women of pop music up to this summer? Being brats, Spencer Kornhaber writes.
It may sound like an insult, “but when the hipster diva Charli XCX titled her new album ‘Brat’ … she crystalized a cultural mood: Seeming a little immature, a little selfish, a little nasty, has taken on an air of glamour,”... See more
instagram.comAmerican Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst
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And without helping himself to a slice of the songwriting credits, which would have been standard practice. The failure of George Martin to rip them off remains one of the most bizarre elements of their story.