Music | More Than Stars

Making money moves and breaking records: the success of Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow”

by Annie Cooper Like many, I was introduced to Cardi B through Instagram. A video of her strutting down a hotel hallway, proclaiming “It’s cold outside, but I’m still lookin’ like a thotty because a hoe never gets cold!” was making the rounds, and was all it took to sell me on the “regular, degular,…

Never would’ve met my friends if not for satellites: BROCKHAMPTON, the internet’s first boyband

by Sam Harris Self-proclaimed “All-American Boyband” and breakout internet superstars BROCKHAMPTON are our digital knights in shining armour. With their rise to fame culminating in a crucial moment in music culture, they weaved their way into the collective consciousness of thousands of kids searching for a beacon of hope or creativity or just some funky hip-hop…

Examining pop music’s fascination with death and rebirth in 2017

by Nat Pitcher Each morning when my phone alarm rings, rather than open my eyes and hit the snooze button like a regular person, I keep my peepers squeezed shut, and jab the screen randomly till my finger finds the right spot. This is because each day when I wake, I fully expect nuclear war…

An ethereal soundscape: Now That The Light Is Fading

by Elise Schumacher Maggie Rogers leaves us glassy-eyed and craving more of her “singular” sound in 17 short minutes or less. There’s something dreamy about a picturesque Alaskan landscape; the clinking of wind-chimes, frosty air and breathtaking glacial plains. These are just a few of the visuals that Maggie Rogers evokes through her 2017 EP Now…