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Taylor Swift Takes Back Her Voice With ‘Speak Now’

A. Pollinger

Advertisements By Molly Reeves Taylor Swift released Speak Now as her third studio album in 2010.  Having just released Fearless, the most-awarded country album of all time, she was worried that her junior album wouldn’t get the same recognition. Taylor Swift was a country singer, but Speak Now had some pop elements, which made her wonder if she should stay in the country genre. At the beginning of the Speak Now era, music critics criticized Swift for not writing her own songs. As a response, Swift wrote every song on Speak Now alone, with no collaborators. On July 7, 2023, … Continue reading Taylor Swift Takes Back Her Voice With ‘Speak Now’

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Sof Being Aggressively Optimistic is Everything We Like

A. Pollinger

Advertisements By Amaris Pollinger Alt-pop musician Sofia Khorosh, aka Sof, is preparing to move. Her bedroom is crammed with boxes, folded clothes that don’t have a place, and an oversized mirror that is her prize possession, looming over her in the background. It’s almost larger than the wall it leans on, and she has no idea how she will transport it. “But someone has done it before, right?” The New Jersey singer laughs.  After dropping her latest single, “Limerence,” and announcing her next EP, Dusk, the release date of which is to be determined, Sof is also uncovering new aspects of herself, … Continue reading Sof Being Aggressively Optimistic is Everything We Like

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nothing, nowhere Handles Anxiety with Grace in “MEMORY_FRACTURE”

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Advertisements By Amaris Pollinger Joseph Mulherin, better known by his stage name, nothing, nowhere, started as all good things do; in the shadows. Blending elements of pop, hip hop, rap, emo, and trap beats, Mulherin sparked the hearts of fans before he ever made it into the mainstream. He released his first album as nothing, nowhere, The Nothing in 2015 on Bandcamp. By 2017, The New York Times had hailed his mainstream debut, Reaper, “the most promising album of the year,” and in 2018, Mulherin officially signed with the label Fueled By Ramen.   Released on April 19th, “MEMORY_FRACTURE” is the … Continue reading nothing, nowhere Handles Anxiety with Grace in “MEMORY_FRACTURE”