16 December 2025 Taylor Swift / Credit: CBS via Getty Images Taylor Swift’s 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl didn’t just dominate streaming charts and social feeds, it also made waves on the lyrical database Genius, where one line from the song Wood emerged as one of the most-viewed of the year, illustrating the pop superstar’s ability to spark conversation and controversy with her wordplay and storytelling. According to year-end statistics from Genius, a particular lyric fr

09 December 2025 Sabrina Carpenter on Late Night With Seth Meyers | Lloyd Bishop/NBC Pop star Sabrina Carpenter recently opened up about a painful behind-the-scenes mishap during the filming of her ambitious music video for “Manchild”. The 26-year-old told viewers on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” that while shooting outdoors she accidentally fell into a cactus. What began as a moment of awkward amusement quickly turned into real pain, prompting tears on-set and medical attent

03 December 2025 Steve Cropper in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2020. (AP: Mark Humphrey) The music world is mourning the loss of Steve Cropper, the legendary guitarist, songwriter and producer whose understated playing helped define the sound of Memphis soul. He died on December 3, 2025, in Nashville at the age of 84, his passing confirmed by his family and widely reported across media. Cropper’s career began in the early 1960s when he helped form Booker T. & the MG's, the racial

02 December 2025 When Sabrina Carpenter discovered that her 2024 track “Juno” had been used without her permission in a video posted by the White House showing raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), she reacted with shock, anger and an urgent plea for her music not to be used in support of what she called an “inhumane agenda.” That video showed scenes of agents chasing, detaining and handcuffing individuals as the lyric “Have you ever tried this one?” from “

8 November 2025 Inductees Sandra “Pepa” Denton and Cheryl “Salt” James perform “Let’s Talk About Sex” onstage during the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Peacock Theater on November 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for RRHOF This year’s induction ceremony is a major milestone for music fans everywhere as the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class is ushered into legend at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and you won’t need to le

3 November 2025 Top row (L-R): Angélique Kidjo, Brandi Carlile, CeCe Winans, Chappell Roan, David Foster, Doechii; Middle Row (L-R): Little Big Town, Dr. Chelsey Green, KAROL G, Jon Batiste, Gayle King, Mumford & Sons; Bottom Row (L-R): Masaki Koike, Lizzo, Sabrina Carpenter, Nicole Scherzinger, Sam Smith. Photos Courtesy of Artists The Recording Academy has revealed that over 3,800 music-industry creators and professionals have joined its 2025 New Member Class, just days ahe

29 October 2025 Luigi Mangione, Taylor Swift. Credit : Curtis Means/Pool/Getty; Jeff Kravitz/TAS23/Getty Behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, 27-year-old Luigi Mangione revealed in a recently circulated letter that he downloaded Taylor Swift’s music to explore the hype after a viral, fabricated playlist falsely claimed she was among his favourite artists. Mangione wrote that he obtained music by Swift and Charli XCX on his tablet because he admitted h