Spotify will increase the price of its monthly premium subscription plan by $1 to $12.99 in the US, Estonia and Latvia markets, the Swedish streaming platform said Thursday. The company said its new pricing would take effect on consumers’ billing dates starting in February. Subscribers will receive an email about the price adjustment. Its shares fell … Read more
A showgirl doesn’t have to deal with tariffs. The Trump administration’s tariffs took effect on Friday, August 29, revoking the “de minimis” exemption, which once allowed billions of small shipments to be imported into the US without charges. But one exception survived — and it’s music to the ears of Taylor Swift fans. Physical copies … Read more
You used to make mixtapes for your crush; now you can slide into their Spotify DMs by sharing a song. The music streaming platform has introduced a new “Messages” feature that allows users to share music, podcasts and audiobooks with others without having to leave the app. The feature will start rolling out to both … Read more
Sweet tune, sweeter bite. A University of Bristol brainiac has created a song that actually makes chocolate taste even better when listening to it. After doing 60 years of research, which found that music’s pitch, speed and key can trick the brain into thinking something, particularly sweet treats taste more decadent than they already do, … Read more
LONDON — Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters. Deezer, based in Paris, is grappling with a surge in music on its platform created using artificial intelligence tools it says are being wielded to earn royalties fraudulently. The app will … Read more
Take aurally. Turns out the ultimate anxiety remedy may not be in your medicine cabinet — but on Spotify. An eight-minute ambient track called “Weightless” by British band Marconi Union is being hailed as the musical equivalent of a chill pill. The track, ‘Weightless’ by Marconi Union (above) — cooked up with sound therapists to … Read more
These tunes will have you Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree — Spotify’s Top 10 list of the most-streamed holiday tracks of all time. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is No. 1, and has been building momentum around the world since the start of the season – seeing a 860% increase in … Read more
This is some major league music. The Mets anthem “OMG,” performed by infielder Jose Iglesias, had a huge win of its own this week. The fan favorite pop hit enjoyed an increase of nearly 70% in streams on Wednesday, when the Mets defeated the Phillies in the NLDS, a rep from Spotify told The Post. Iglesias, … Read more
Siri, play “Another One Bites The Dust”? A recent survey conducted by end-of-life care charity Marie Curie revealed the ten songs people request during their final moments — and the number one pick turns out to be a defiant Sinatra tune. Over 1,000 respondents from the United Kingdom who lost loved ones shared the deceased’s bucket-kicking … Read more
One Facebook group isn’t getting any applause from Lady Gaga. The Grammy award-winning singer fired back at her former NYU classmates who cruelly started a closed Facebook group titled, “Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous.” “Some people I went to college (with) made this way back when,” Gaga said. “This is why you can’t … Read more
Scooter Braun realized “All Too Well” that he didn’t score an invite to the party of the summer. The 43-year-old took to social media to troll Taylor Swift after the singer threw a star-studded bash at her $17 million Rhode Island mansion over the weekend. Braun posted a photo of the Max documentary “Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun: Bad Blood” and … Read more
The streaming generation is trading Spotify for cassette tapes. But despite Gen Z’s obsession with all things vintage — from flip phones to Y2K fashion reboots like Ed Hardy and Von Dutch — the integration of retro technologies is difficult even for the tech savants. “I struggled a little bit,” 26-year-old Amy Campbell, who purchased Kacey … Read more
OMG! The Mets are obsessed with their teammate’s hot new track. During a Thursday night event at Citi Field, Mets players showed their love for Jose Iglesias’ new single, “OMG,” when they joined him in his live performance. Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo, J.D.Martinez, Mark Vientos and other teammates swarmed Iglesias — who musically … Read more
TikTok users will no longer be able to create videos with songs from Taylor Swift, Jon Batiste, boygenius and other Universal Music Group artists as the soundtrack, as contract negotiations between the two companies have collapsed. TikTok’s access to Universal’s expansive roster of artists ended Wednesday, after months of negotiations failed to yield a new agreement with the world’s largest music … Read more
Cry Justin a river. As Justin Timberlake has announced a new world tour, Britney Spears fans have sent her song “Selfish” to the top of the charts — to troll her ex-boyfriend. Timberlake, 42, dropped his comeback single “Selfish” earlier this week. His The Forget Tomorrow [World] Tour will kick off in Vancouver, Canada on … Read more
And the nominees are … The nominations for the highly anticipated 2024 Grammy Awards were announced Friday with SZA sweeping the awards with a whopping nine nominations. Other big names that received nods included Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Burna Boy and Billie Eilish. Like last year, the 66th Annual Grammy Awards will again be an … Read more
Exactly one year ago, the top of the Billboard Hot 100 was bumping with chart-busting beats from Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul, Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” and Harry Styles’ pogo-pop powerhouse “As It Was.” There’s no denying the summer of 2022 was nothing short of a boppity bopfest, one that would send us all twirling into … Read more
Spotify is changing its tune. On Monday, Spotify announced it would be raising the price on it US plans by $1. A student plan will now cost $5.99 per month, a single premium plan will star at $10.99 and families can expect to pay $16.99. The music and podcast streaming app has embarked on a … Read more
The Hot 100 chart is seeing a country music comeback. For the first time in 42 years, country music stars simultaneously hold the top two spots on the coveted music list. Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” remains atop the chart, with Luke Combs’ “Fast Car” coming in a close second. The last time country musicians were on … Read more
When Charlie Kaplan — founder and owner of Long Island-based online store Tapehead City — noticed that Urban Outfitters had devoted a section to cassettes and their players, he knew that a new generation was getting into the Walkman groove. “The younger kids are getting into cassettes for sure,” Kaplan, 41, told The Post. “Especially … Read more