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Pop Pulse: Miley’s #1, The VMAs’ Comeback, and Taylor’s Next Takeover (opens the original)
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Reacting to Sienna Spiro, RAYE, and GENER8ION & Yung Lean Taking the VMAs Stage (opens the original)
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The VMAs may be struggling to feel like a major cultural event, but there was still plenty worth watching on stage. I sat down to watch performances from Sienna Spiro, RAYE, and GENER8ION featuring Yung Lean, including my first time hearing the latter’s song in full.Sienna and RAYE once again proved just how strong they are as live vocalists, although I couldn’t shake the feeling that some of these performances were missing the scale and punch you’d expect from the VMAs. Then GENER8ION and Yung
Olivia Rodrigo Kicks Off the Unraveled Tour at the Top of Her Game (opens the original)
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I went to opening night of Olivia Rodrigo’s Unraveled Tour in Hartford last night, and this is the most confident, commanding, and vocally impressive I’ve ever seen her as a live performer.The show is visually beautiful, built around a loose seasonal concept with a stage covered in flowers, but its strongest moments come when Olivia pushes the music somewhere heavier. “cigarette smoke” becomes a massive rock performance, while “the cure” delivers the emotional and theatrical centerpiece of the n
Reacting to Taylor Swift’s “The Life of A Showgirl: The Encore” (opens the original)
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Nearly a year after The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift is reopening the era with four newly recorded songs that she says were inspired by the album’s record-breaking success. I’m reacting to “Patient Zero,” “Pink Clouding,” “Cleveland,” and “Babylon,” breaking down which additions actually work, why “Cleveland” may be one of my least favorite songs she’s ever released, and whether The Encore gives this album any of the depth I felt it was missing the first time around. <a class="button primary
Taylor Swift Announces Surprise New Single “Patient Zero” (opens the original)
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