Despite outcry from musicians, AI slop is creeping into the charts as record labels scramble to adapt to a new normal where hits can be made at the click of a buttonThis year, the battle for song of the summer has been eclipsed...
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Read MoreAfter writing about a racist attack on his last album, the award-winning musician wanted his new work to be happier. Then life took him down a different path. He discusses stigma, shame and how he got helpThe past five years...
Read MoreThe genre-hopping bass virtuoso has backed Ariana Grande and Herbie Hancock, appeared in Star Wars and become a dedicated boxer. Ahead of his fifth album, Stephen Bruner explains his polymath mindsetIt is an overcast Thursday...
Read MorePodcast by Adam Batty and BBC 6 Music DJ Afrodeutsche follows the leads to Leeds The hunt for clues about the life of the masked rapper MF Doom had taken Adam Batty to some strange places, none more so than a remote-control car...
Read MoreThe top categories are stacked with quality, from Bad Bunny to Kendrick Lamar, Chappell Roan and K-pop hits – but here are the artists who most deserve to triumphBad Bunny – DTMF Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild Doechii – Anxiety...
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