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This is what happens when a months-old story about a BTS-McDonald’s collaboration — and the rare Among Us-shaped nugget it spawned — gets picked up by the far right
KueenD went viral after flipping Kstylis’ 2013 single “Booty Me Down.” But by not clearing the sample, her breakthrough moment became a career-stalling ordeal
vaultboy, Jamie Miller, Dhruv, and Jillian Rossi are the latest breakouts to get a crucial boost from listeners in Southeast Asia, giving further support to the “Trigger Cities” theory of artist growth
Israeli soldiers — and the military itself — are trying to influence the Middle East narrative with sexy social media posts
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Kiwi singer-songwriter confronts fears and makes them danceable
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