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Kenny Chesney Offered His First-Ever Social Commentary With Career-Changing Song

Kenny Chesney‘s 2016 “Noise” lyrics offered up his first-ever social commentary in a song, and the concept actually sprang ...
NPR

A decade-old wordless song shows how music and social media are shaping each other

Ten years ago, Kevin MacLeod released "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" — now in tens of millions of TikToks, Instagram reels and YouTube videos. Its path shows how music and social media shape one another.
Rolling Stone

Watch Bruce Springsteen’s Surprise Three-Song Set With Social Distortion

Bruce Springsteen took a break from his Broadway duties on Sunday night to play a surprise three-song set with Social Distortion at the Sea.Hear.Now festival in his adopted hometown of Asbury Park, ...
NPR

Politicians keep using songs on social media. What if an artist doesn't like it?

It became the inescapable soundtrack of the summer: the uplifting melody of Jess Glynne's 2015 dance-pop hit "Hold My Hand," followed by a chirpy voice declaring that nothing beats a Jet2 holiday. In ...
Reuters

China's new English language song for Beijing 2022 divides opinion

BEIJING, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A new English-language song released by Chinese state media for the Beijing Winter Olympics has divided opinion, gaining effusive praise on Chinese social media but panned ...