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In the AI Age, the Music Industry Needs New Metadata Standards. But Time Is Running Out (Guest Column)

In the rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI, the music industry is facing urgent and profound disruptions. As AI-generated compositions flood digital platforms, mimic human artists (to varying degrees), and go viral under fictional personas, the industry finds itself at a crossroads. At the heart of the issue is a challenge that resurfaces with every […]

Executive Turntable: SoundCloud Veteran Gets EVEN, Plus Saturn Stops Spinning at SESAC

EVEN, the direct-to-fan music sales platform, appointed industry veteran Lauren Wirtzer as chief operating officer. A 20-year leader at the nexus of music and technology, Wirtzer has held senior roles at SoundCloud, UnitedMasters, Instagram and Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment.  As COO, she will oversee operations, strategic partnerships and platform growth as EVEN expands its remit to […]

Wet Leg: Photos From the Billboard Shoot

As she sits in a hotel in North Carolina, some 4,000 miles from home, Rhian Teasdale is listing what she misses about London: a beloved coffee spot, seeing creative types “milling about everywhere,” Japanese food, feeding squirrels in a local park. “Oh, my God,” the Wet Leg frontperson says in a soft, yawning drawl. “There’s […]

Kevin Aviance Cements His Legacy With First Solo Album in Over Two Decades: ‘Music Saved My Life’

If there’s one thing that Kevin Aviance learned in the last few years, it’s that timing is everything. Related Drag Icon Kevin Aviance on the ‘Validation of Being Heard’ With His Sample on Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance’ Sophie Ellis-Bextor Calls Out Transphobes Who Make Attacking Trans People ‘Their Whole Personality’ Rainbow Kitten Surprise Gets Back to the […]

Inside Santos Bravos, HYBE’s First Latin Male Pop Group Built on the ‘Desire to Offer Something Different and Disruptive’

On Oct. 21, Santos Bravos will deliver its debut performance at Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional, playing to a packed audience at the 10,000-capacity venue — even though its members have yet to be revealed. The concert will not only serve to unveil the Latin boy band’s five members but also mark the culmination of their monthslong […]

Wet Leg Producer Dan Carey Shares Secrets From ‘Moisturizer’ Sessions: ‘They’re Almost Telepathic!’

Many things changed for Wet Leg ahead of its second album, Moisturizer — but one constant was acclaimed producer Dan Carey (Fontaines D.C., Caroline Polachek, Grimes), who returned to the fold after helming the band’s self-titled debut and helped the group’s new lineup unleash its sound. Below, he reflects on creating the sessions that sculpted the […]