
Addison Rae and the art of AgitPop
Her public persona is one of a starlet propped up by a Warholian cabal.
ByReviewing politics
and culture since 1913
Her public persona is one of a starlet propped up by a Warholian cabal.
ByThe popstar’s country-music transformation is complete.
ByIn an age of genuine instability, do we still want to get our politics from pop music?
ByThe pop star is supposed to be above this kind of self-conscious marketing.
ByI am struck by how ill-designed bodies seem to be: miraculous in so many ways, but so beset with flaws.
BySwift is a self-made billionaire and the most profitable live musician in history. What can her ascendance teach us?
ByIn our basement studio, we’re surrounded by our own history, our own inspirations.
ByThat Abrams is not quite ready for and a little startled by her early fame is part of her appeal.
ByThe singer’s new album attempts to recapture the intense art-project pop of her early records.
ByIt is 20 years since Back to Bedlam – and its songs have ascended to anthemic status in the years…
ByThe singer who embodied the Swinging Sixties in her youth gained a power in her later years that suited her…
ByAfter 149 shows over nearly two years, Taylor Swift's blockbuster, career-defining show comes to an end. Has it changed pop…
ByThe great Beatle and the shadow of John Lennon.
ByA recent London show proved Brat is the album of the year, and she is the artist of the moment.…
ByHer cool style only makes her music more emotionally powerful, especially live.
ByThe venerated producer, who has died at the age of 91, brought a jazz sensibility to pop.
ByHalf a century ago, the art-rock band introduced the world to the vocoder. Their sound – and pop music –…
ByAs another former teen idol’s story ends in tragedy, we must ask: should we let children become famous?
ByRebecca Lucy Taylor’s hit record Prioritise Pleasure was a loud rejection of the status quo. Her next album is “a…
ByShould we avoid reporting reality simply because it isn’t new? Plus: unease at the Observer and the tragic death of…
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