No one is suggesting that a catchy song can completely eliminate serious pain. But several recent studies have suggested that ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Music changes how spaces feel in ways that visual design alone can’t achieve—the right soundtrack makes a kitchen feel ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Welcome to “The Lyrics of a Showgirl.” Any Taylor Swift album is endlessly quotable, and her 12th is far from the first exception, even if you have to go a few tracks in to “The Life of a Showgirl” to ...

Taylor Swift the celebrity is such a magnet for attention, she can distract from Taylor Swift the artist. But Swift was a songwriter before she was a star, and she’ll be a songwriter long after she ...

Bad Bunny has been confirmed as the headline performer for the Super Bowl 2026 halftime show, set for 8 June at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The Puerto Rican superstar, whose catalogue ...

This house music, it's gonna set you free. In 2025 house music is such a globally popular and varied genre that its origins in early 1980s Chicago warehouses seem improbable. But the myth of house ...

NFL and Apple Music revealed that Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny would be performing at the Super Bowl 2026 halftime show. Bad Bunny has been revealed as the Super Bowl 2026 halftime show performer, ...

Max Martin is one of Taylor Swift’s favorite collaborators — as on her soon-to-be blockbuster The Life of a Showgirl, where he and Shellback co-produced and co-wrote the whole album. Martin, the ...

Chris Stapleton, Dolly Parton, HARDY and more are featured at this look at some of country music's top songs about dogs. By Jessica Nicholson Country music is built upon a bedrock of storytelling, and ...