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Rihanna and Katy Perry built the download era. Why aren't they still on top? | Track Ten: Hit Material
Today is my own turn on Hit Material! This is my collaborative collection that explores how the format music is released on influences the songs themselves, and our relationships to them. Each essay is designed to stand on its own, but you...
why GUTS is Olivia Rodrigo’s middle child of an album
Olivia Rodrigo was living the Disney star to pop star dream in 2021 when she released “Driver’s License.” She achieved a bigger hit with her first outing than anyone could’ve reasonably hoped: eight weeks at #1 on the Hot 100, #8 on the 202...
Troye Sivan is more than pop’s gay best friend
Troye Sivan is a curiosity in the world of contemporary pop: a gay man operating in the mode of pop stardom we’ve come to expect from our leading ladies but not the pop boys. Pop is incredibly bifurcated by gender these days. You have the M...
ranking pop stars’ spookiest songs
Quietly plucked strings. Minor keys. Whispered vocals that make you lean all the way in, waiting for the other shoe to drop. Watch any horror movie, and you’ll recognize the musical tropes that help build suspense and dread to accompany wha...
CDs felt like the future, but they were really the end of an era | Track Ten: Hit Material
Welcome to Track Ten, the newsletter where we dive deep into pop’s past and present to understand how certain songs, stars, and moments come to define the culture. I publish a new piece analyzing the past and present of pop stardom every Mo...
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