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In 2024, Fandom Conquered the World
From MAGA to Moo Deng, fans had more power in 2024 than ever before.
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Culture, Culture / Digital Culture, Culture / Movies, Culture / Music, Culture / TV, Tech Industry, Tech News, Year in ReviewThe Year Villainy Won
Read more: The Year Villainy WonVillains were everywhere and more relatable than ever. Across pop culture, social media, and IRL, the phenomenon went full-on main character.
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Music Can Thrive in the AI Era
Read more: Music Can Thrive in the AI EraIt’s past time we applauded the creative skills of LLMs—and it might make us appreciate humans more too.
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Spotify Wrapped Now Includes an AI-Generated Podcast Analyzing Your Listening Habits
Read more: Spotify Wrapped Now Includes an AI-Generated Podcast Analyzing Your Listening HabitsWant to hear two robots chat about your music taste? This Wrapped season, Spotify and Google teamed up to make that dream (or nightmare) a reality.
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Spotify Wrapped Now Includes an AI-Generated Podcast Analyzing Your Listening Habits
Read more: Spotify Wrapped Now Includes an AI-Generated Podcast Analyzing Your Listening HabitsWant to hear two robots chat about your music taste? This Wrapped season, Spotify and Google teamed up to make that dream (or nightmare) a reality.
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Breaking Gold Medalist Phil Wizard Says Raygun Doesn’t Deserve the Meme Machine’s Wrath
Read more: Breaking Gold Medalist Phil Wizard Says Raygun Doesn’t Deserve the Meme Machine’s WrathThe b-boy weighed in on the past, present, and future of his sport during WIRED’s The Big Interview event.
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Drake May Soon Find Out If the Law Can Settle a Rap Beef
Read more: Drake May Soon Find Out If the Law Can Settle a Rap BeefDrake and Kendrick Lamar’s ongoing feud has mostly been a war of words, fought online. With several court filings this week, Drake aimed to take it to a different venue.
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Taylor Swift Fans Are Leaving X for Bluesky After Trump’s Election
Read more: Taylor Swift Fans Are Leaving X for Bluesky After Trump’s ElectionSwifties say they’re leaving X over Elon Musk’s support of Donald Trump—and the rhetoric that has erupted on the platform following Trump’s win.
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They Searched Through Hundreds of Bands to Solve an Online Mystery
Read more: They Searched Through Hundreds of Bands to Solve an Online MysteryAfter 17 years, a group of Redditors have identified “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet.” It’s just the beginning.
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‘BBL Drizzy’ Was the Beginning of the Future of AI Music
Read more: ‘BBL Drizzy’ Was the Beginning of the Future of AI MusicWill Hatcher got internet famous when Metro Boomin sampled his AI-generated song for a diss track released during the Kendrick Lamar–Drake beef. That was just the beginning.
