Tag: music

SHAB’s Coachella Diary: Inside the Parties, Festival Fashion and Pop Culture Moments

April 22, 2026

If there’s anyone guaranteed to ring in Coachella in style, it’s global pop star and activist SHAB. Marking one of the festival’s most iconic years yet – think Sabrina Carpenter and Madonna’s historic ‘Like A Prayer’ duet, Justin Bieber’s early-hit nostalgia, and PinkPantheress’ stylish performance bringing British dance-pop overseas – it was not one, but two weekends to remember.

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How Record Labels Manage Their Back Catalogue in the Digital Age

January 28, 2026

In just over a decade, digital streaming has transformed the music industry. Gone are the days when physical album sales or even digital downloads ruled the charts. Today, platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube dominate how we consume music. According to data from the World Economic Forum, streaming accounts for more than 65% of global music revenues, making it the single most powerful force in the industry. This digital shift has redefined not only how new music is released and promoted, but also how older music—known as the back catalogue—is managed and monetized.

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The Story Behind Ed Sheeran’s High-Speed F1 Track “Drive”

December 16, 2025

Ed Sheeran has recently spoken out on the personal significance of the song “Drive” for F1: The Movie, the music that closes the film. The track plays during the final scene and the end credits, which gives it a central place in the film’s sound design. The project brought Sheeran into the world of Formula 1 through a collaboration focused on matching the tone of the film’s final moments, and as a big racing fan, Sheeran has described the experience as “pretty cool”.

Morricone’s Wild West Masterpiece Left an Unlikely Pop-Culture Legacy

July 15, 2025

Few sounds summon the American frontier as instantly as that lone ocarina cry in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — “ah-ee-ah-ee-ah,” as it’s lovingly remembered. Yet its mastermind, Italian legend Ennio Morricone, who passed away at 91 in Rome, didn’t set foot in the United States until 2007. That’s more than four decades after composing the score that would come to influence various music genres, including our beloved pop sounds.