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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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Singer Nezza gets told she can’t sing the Spanish Star Spangled Banner at the LA Dodger stadium. She does it anyway

“Unc went out sad”: Timbaland launches AI music label—complete with an AI artist named TaTa. Then the backlash ensues

Why is everyone making fun of this Cher and Future Gap commercial 7 years after it came out?

Tommy Lee and Brittany Furlan announce split after she was catfished by fake Ronnie Radke. Then the real Radke responded

Katy Perry says she is “most hated person on the internet” at Chicago concert

Artists are calling the [untitled] music app the best thing since torrenting

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Musicians

“Weirdly unique”: Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds spent years turning Capture the Flag into a new video game

“The most British way to destroy a man’s reputation”: The internet is all about Lily Allen’s breakup song, “4chan stan”

“Is this really what we’re doing?”: Explaining the massively viral “Group 7” phenomenon taking over TikTok

Lana Del Rey and Ethel Cain are beefing and fans are wondering: who’s the Kendrick and who’s the Drake?

“I was expecting to hate it”: Benson Boone now has his own Crumbl Cookie. Here’s what fans think about it

Singer Nezza gets told she can’t sing the Spanish Star Spangled Banner at the LA Dodger stadium. She does it anyway

“Unc went out sad”: Timbaland launches AI music label—complete with an AI artist named TaTa. Then the backlash ensues

Why is everyone making fun of this Cher and Future Gap commercial 7 years after it came out?

Tommy Lee and Brittany Furlan announce split after she was catfished by fake Ronnie Radke. Then the real Radke responded

Katy Perry says she is “most hated person on the internet” at Chicago concert

Artists are calling the [untitled] music app the best thing since torrenting

‘They have no explanation’: Woman says Ticketmaster canceled her Sabrina Carpenter tickets. Then she found the exact seats for sale online

‘​​I don’t know how i should feel about this..’: Woman wearing band tee says man asked her to name 3 songs. She’s in the band

‘I’m concerned for the Swifties’: Psychiatrist says she’s being canceled over her Taylor Swift critique

‘Originally recorded by Miley Cyrus in 2011’: JoJo Siwa slammed by fans who think she claimed to have written new single ‘Karma.’ Did she?

‘I don’t know how i should feel about this..’: Woman wearing band tee says man asked her to name 3 songs. She’s in the band