Last week, New Zealand pop songwriter Lorde shared her highly anticipated new single "What Was That," a chrome-slick and shrewd interrogation of nostalgia through concurrently retro-minded pop trends.

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Microsoft has launched Artifacts, a new collaboration with TBA Agency collecting new work made with generative technology by different groups of artists. The teams participating are Bladee and James ...

What 2014 lacked in universally beloved albums, it more than made up in breakthrough artists. Across genres, it became the year of DIY. Major labels did their best work by reissuing and amplifying ...

Editor’s note: skaiwater is nonbinary and uses she/they pronouns. This story uses the singular they for consistency.

The longstanding FADER Mix series presents new, exclusive DJ mixes from our favorite artists, DJs, and producers. This week, ...

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1900Rugrat sees the same thing you see. He’s FaceTiming me from the Warner Music Group building in Manhattan with a Chrome Hearts beanie, a cran-apple Geek Bar and an uncommon level of self-awareness.