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Much of This Year’s Most Vital Music Was Released by Veterans

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In Music, 2018 Was the Year Everything Had Already Changed

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Inside the Swedish Song Factory That Gave Rise to the ’90s Wave of American Teen Pop

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Music Trivia: The ’90s Pop Edition

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Why Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” Is Her First No. 1 Song

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Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” Isn’t a Diss Track—It’s Something Much More Clever

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Robyn’s Honey May Not Have the Sugar-Rush Highs We Want, but It Has the Healing Powers We Need

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The History of the Cover Song, and Why It May Be Making a Comeback

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A Star Is Born’s Vision of Music Is Dated, Damaging, and Deeply Conservative

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A Star Is Born Throws Gaga’s Pop Under the Bus, but on the Album, She Gets the Last Laugh

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