Is cross platform marketing the new key to owning the charts?
Call it sheer dumb luck or a stroke of marketing genius, either way Travis Scott may have given us a peak at the future of clout chasing in the music industry. With more registered players than the entire US population, it’s safe to say Fortnite was no flash in the pan. Developers Epic Games...
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Why Ditto makes distributing your music easier than ever
Music distributors such as Ditto are making it simpler than ever to get your music out to the masses, and it might be the best place to start if you’re a Gen Z artist. If, like me, you often find yourself going down odd Spotify rabbit holes, you've probably...
Banksy transforms his bathroom into rat art piece
It might not be in his usual street art context, but Banksy’s still making new pieces, this time in his house amidst the coronavirus lockdown. We’re on week five of lockdown now? I think? All this time being confined to your own home can stifle your creativity – though...
Little Simz ‘Drop 6’ – Review
One of London’s best artists is back with a quick EP to keep us going during lockdown, and it’s another solid entry in an already strong discography. Little Simz is up there with the best of them when it comes to UK rap and grime. Her last album ‘GREY Area’...
Apple is refusing to let villains use iPhones in films
Film director Rian Johnson has revealed an alleged industry secret, claiming that Apple prohibits any fictional bad guys from using its products on-screen. ‘Bad guys cannot have iPhones on camera,’ says director Rian Johnson in a video interview with Vanity Fair while explaining a scene from his most recent...
Hayley Williams finds strength in honesty on her solo debut
‘Petals For Armor’ takes a wide-reaching approach to its song writing, freeing Hayley from Paramore’s grasp and finally allowing her the reinvention she needed. Anyone who was around during the MySpace era will remember Paramore’s explosion onto the punk rock music scene in 2005. They had every quality needed to...
Yes, Animal Crossing ‘fashion shows’ are a thing now
As the world of fashion questions what the industry's future will look like, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has stepped up to the plate, giving users a chance to attend virtual runway shows during lockdown. At the moment, one of the biggest questions in fashion is: what will happen to the industry’s traditional creative model after being completely upended by the COVID-19 pandemic? Although the answer remains unclear, changes are already beginning...
Music live streaming surges amidst the pandemic
With nowhere to perform in real life, more artists than ever are taking to live streaming to get their music out to fans. Well, we’re nearly in mid-May, and everyone is still hunkered up at home due to the coronavirus outbreak. What many hoped would be a few weeks of inconvenience has turned into a long-term change in daily life, affecting all manners of industries and practices – including...
‘Flour Shaming’ is the latest lockdown trend
As the UK experiences widespread flour shortages with more people taking up baking to pass the time in quarantine, social media has become a hotbed of arguments over who is most deserving of the staple kitchen ingredient. Several weeks into lockdown and the days have become indistinguishable. Every morning you wake and reach for the only thing providing you with some form of connection to the outside world — your...
A Club Penguin resurgence has been sparked during lockdown
Since lockdown began, people across the globe have flocked to Club Penguin in hoards, using the virtually unchanged Disney chat game to socialise in the age of self-isolation. With everyone bored at home right now, it makes sense that we’d be striving to find new ways of keeping ourselves busy and entertained. Many have streamed an entire year’s worth of films and TV series in a single month. Some have...
