‘This is an art form – and we’re losing it’: is the music video dying?
Music videos were once cultural events almost as important as the music they promoted. In an era of digestible bite-size content on TikTok, the art form is in danger of being lost for ever
November 2023
‘He’s a man with a fork in a world of soup’: the bitterest music-duo spats
With Hall & Oates now saying ‘no can do’ to their partnership, we look at the other pop pairs who fell out of harmony
May 2023
King Charles and Queen Camilla make surprise cameo on American Idol – video
King Charles and Queen Camilla make surprise cameo on American Idol
Coronation Concert review – a cobbled-together bunch of B-listers
Coronation Concert: Take That, Katy Perry, Nicole Scherzinger and more perform to celebrate King Charles III – as it happened
April 2023
King’s coronation concert: Take That, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry to perform
Opera singers Andrea Bocelli and Sir Bryn Terfel also in lineup for Windsor Castle concert on Sunday 7 May
February 2023
‘Theatre and pop at its absolute excess’: William Shakespeare meets Britney Spears as & Juliet comes to Australia
The feelgood, feminist retelling of Romeo & Juliet, with songs from Spears, Katy Perry and Bon Jovi, is coming to Melbourne, confetti cannons and all
March 2022
‘Music is so different now’: Copyright laws need to change, says legal expert
Industry figures warn that songwriters face future drawn out legal battles because the way in which people consume music has changed
From Ed Sheeran to Katy Perry, plagiarism claims are an occupational hazard for musicians
Sheeran follows Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and a string of others forced to defend their work in the courts
Katy Perry wins £2.1m copyright appeal over hit single Dark Horse
Rapper Flame had claimed pop star plagiarised eight-note ostinato but judge rules such a copyright would ‘limit musical creativity’
January 2022
Saturday Night Live recap
Saturday Night Live: Willem Dafoe makes the most of first time as host
The actor is a game lead for a mixed episode that includes sketches featuring Beauty and the Beast and a new R&B song
December 2021
Back to Y2K with the new glitter hair party look
A sparkling barnet is the fashionable way to see in 2022 … even if you’re only staying at home
August 2021
Billie, Lorde, Lizzo: has being a female pop star in 2021 become unbearable?
Laura Snapes
New releases by three pop icons reveal their extreme attempts to protect themselves from the damage caused by fame. Pop stardom has never seemed less aspirational
April 2021
Tom Cruise spotted on location in North Yorkshire! Why am I so excited?
Emma Beddington
In these restricted times, reports of the global megastar filming on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway have been as thrilling as his Burj Khalifa stunt, writes Emma Beddington
March 2021
Top Snore-ty: can sleep-oriented pop remixes help our critic drift off?
The ‘soulless corporation’ look – yes, it’s Amazon on the high street
Barbara Ellen
February 2021
The fandom that made me
Katy Perry brought me friends – and undue power as a 10-year-old forum moderator
Finding devotees on the other side of the world let me escape from school, though my misbegotten responsibility soon became too much like hard work
January 2021
The star-packed inauguration special: a dull yet competent plea for unity
The 90-minute, celeb-studded affair that capped Biden’s inauguration was a Zoom parade of good intentions and bland celebrity culture
