Washington post
New York Magazine
The ringer
- Stephan Jenkins Is Not Here to Talk About the Past
- 'Euphoria' is Rewriting the Teen Soap Soundtrack
- How Olivia Rodrigo Became a Canvas for Millennial Nostalgia
- Our Tech-Addled, Modern World Changed Dating. It Also Changed the Breakup Song
- The Apocalyptic Pop Of Grimes' New Album
- Fiona Apple Is at Her Sharpest—and Most Playful—on ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’
Pitchfork
retail brew
- How in-store music can help retailers hit the right notes
- Goodbye, minimalism: How Gen Z is reshaping retail product design
- Why this “dinner-party store” is perfecting brick and mortar before digging into e-comm
- A look inside Jokr, the rapid grocery delivery company
- “It was kind of an accident”: How kids’ overalls company Hey Gang expanded to adults
- How beauty app Supergreat aims to stand out in livestream shopping
- The cannabis beverage market is bubbling with brands
- The Rise and Fall of the Metal Straw
- Mobile apps must now be more than a checkbox for retailers
- TikTok #dorm content is driving a new category of home decor
- Nostalgia-hungry millennial parents crave healthier lunch box snacks for their kids
- Interest in designer collabs grows as Gen Zers view luxury goods as assets
- ReviewMeta wants to helps online shoppers reality check shady Amazon reviews
Stereogum
- Rebecca Black On Viral Fame And 10 Years Of "Friday"
- The 10 Best Charli XCX Songs
- With Its New Music Spinoff, The Bachelor Out-Dumbs Itself
- Hayley Williams Interview
- Am I Grateful Enough For The Dead?
- Tinder Is Even Worse At A Music Festival
- The Dream Of 2010 Is Alive At Electric Zoo
- Musical.ly, Tik Tok, And The Memeification Of Music
- Now That’s What I Call Music! Turns 20
- “…Baby One More Time” Turns 20
- A Decade Of Katy Perry: The Rise And Fall Of A Candy-Coated Pop Star In An Increasingly Sour World
- A Look Back At Sex And The City's Perfectly Corny Soundtrack
- James Blake Plays A Beautiful Set To Bored Teens At Gov Ball
- Something About Airplanes Turns 20
- Best Music Beefs Of 2018
- 2018’s Worst Music Trends
- 5 Other Songs Chainsmokers Should Make Into Movies (Satire)
- The 10 Best Yeah Yeah Yeahs Songs
- The Brilliant Future Gospel Of Young Fathers' Cocoa Sugar
- Band To Watch: THICK
- The Good, The Bhad, And The Buzzy
- Narrow Stairs At 10: An Interview With Ben Gibbard
Nylon
Uproxx
Playboy
The business of business
- BlackRock former CIO Tariq Fancy on greenwashing, "following passion alone," and other scams
- A talent agent explains how YouTube kids and family content mushroomed into a multi-million-dollar business
- I tried the YouCam Makeup app and created the Perfect Woman
- Vice Ventures wants good companies in "bad" industries
- On Fanhouse, users pay for selfies, sh*tposts, and a sense of intimacy
- The bossware boom is upon us: a look inside the employee monitoring software market
- Meet the food truck owner whose gyro sales can predict the stock market
- How hard seltzer became the alcohol industry’s party trick
- David Dobrik's Dispo app wants to put the 'social' back in social media, but can it rival Instagram?
- Twitter comes for creator payment platforms like Patreon with new Super Follows feature
- Snap stock reaches record high as investors bet on e-commerce and AR tools
- Spotify is entering the creator economy and cementing its podcast dominance
- TikTok, YouTube, and Snapchat are fighting to pay creators for their loyalty
- Go viral or go home: "TikTok leggings" raise the stakes as athleisure brands battle it out
- The pandemic is creating pharmacy deserts
- Is video chat really necessary? A debate
- Job postings data shows Amazon has been hiring spies for years
- The curious case of Quibi: why its "quick bites" were doomed from the start
- A look inside Reels: Can Instagram's new feature beat TikTok?
- How Coronavirus Is Changing The Live Music Industry
- Yes, People Are Still Buying Crocs
gray area / substack
forbes
Paper
- Tove Lo Pushes Pop To Its Climax
- Kimbra Is Ready For Her Return
- Citizens Of Nowhere Makes Bootleg Authentic
- Mari Andrew Navigates Early Adulthood In 'Am I There Yet?'
- Lauren Rantala: The Trials Of A Teenage Grim Reaper
- Material Girls: Exploring Intimacy With Power Tools
- The Organization Teaching Afghan Girls To Skateboard
- I Tried Kava And It Was Nothing Like Xanax
- Healing Crystals & Sex Toys (Interview)