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By Luke Albert At 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981, the birth of MTV was trumpeted in by an obituary. The music video for The Buggles’ 1979 hit “Video Killed the Radio Star” pushed MTV headfirst into every boxy television in America, ushering in an era of youth-centered monoculture and consumerism. The song posits that the death of radio is like the death of a shooting star, mourning its fleeting spectacle and fearing what happens when the stardust settles. On December 31, 2025,
Luke Albert
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By Luke Albert At 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981, the birth of MTV was trumpeted in by an obituary. The music video for The Buggles’ 1979 hit “Video Killed the Radio Star” pushed MTV headfirst into every boxy television in America, ushering in an era of youth-centered monoculture and consumerism. The song posits that the death of radio is like the death of a shooting star, mourning its fleeting spectacle and fearing what happens when the stardust settles. On December 31, 2025,
Luke Albert
8 hours ago3 min read
In Defense of the Guilty Pleasure
Let’s stop treating our favorite songs like dirty little secrets By Madelyn Kincel Graphic by Natalie Horvath Some time in between late November and early December, the year’s most anticipated musical release arrives: Spotify Wrapped. In the days following, listeners post their Top 5s across social media and brag about being in their favorite artist’s top 1% of listeners. But when you check your Wrapped, there always ends up being one statistic, one song, or one artist you do
Madelyn Kincel
Oct 222 min read
With Daisy Chain Fields, Olivia Rodrigo Got Herself a Spot in Feminist Music History
This popstar is at the top of her game By Ava Wiseley Graphic by Arrow Kempthorne This summer, Olivia Rodrigo put on the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields Music Festival in Irvine, CA. The event—which she said she’d been dreaming up for years—was designed to empower women and girls through music and community. In addition to featuring an all-female lineup, with names ranging from punk feminist icons Bikini Kill to modern pop star Chappell Roan, the festival had female-owned small
Ava Wiseley
Oct 142 min read
a girl so in love
Olivia Rodrigo’s first-time exploration of requited love by Kiana Golchin Olivia Rodrigo’s third studio album “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love,” is surprisingly uncontroversial for an artist who has been riddled with contention since her musical debut in 2021. That surprise quickly wears off after the first listen. In the three years since her last album, Rodrigo has successfully refuted critiques of lyrical immaturity, derivative sound, and repetitive subject matte
Kiana Golchin
Oct 83 min read
An Oscar Worthy Underscore
What’s in a score? By Sarah Delehanty Graphic by Allie Lin You don’t have to be a film fanatic to recognize the soundtracks that turn a movie into cinema. The song “Mia and Sebastian’s Theme” is recognizable from the first C sharp that Ryan Gosling plays. Whether or not you’re a Star Wars fan, you’ll know the movie from its triumphant fanfare or the daunting “Imperial March”. Of course, we cannot forget one of the most easily recognizable songs in film history: The Jaws theme
Sarah Delehanty
Oct 12 min read
Recession Pop is So Back
Is hearing Charli xcx in the club considered a recession indicator? By Olivia Prieto Photo by Gabby Wylie-Chaney It’s very common for pop culture to thrive in times of socioeconomic distress; recession pop brings about an escapist and dream-like coping mechanism for the world. Recession pop is categorized as upbeat, electronic dance-pop that had a large influence on American culture in the late 2000s and early 2010s following the Great Recession (2007-2009). Artists dominatin
Olivia Prieto
Sep 232 min read
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