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RSS May 1, 2026 12:43pm · Musically
Charli XCX is planning ‘conversations’ with fans in New York
Fancy a chat with Charli XCX? If you’re in New York, you may have to join a long queue… With fans eagerly awaiting her next post-Brat move, the British star’s latest Instagram post reveals plans for something called ‘Conversations’ to be held in New York this month. “i love talking about making things and process and stuff […]
RSS May 1, 2026 12:40pm · Musically
Financials roundup: Apple, Roblox and Reddit Q1 2026 trends
Q1 financial-results season is up and running, so much so that we’re having to bundle some of the key announcements together today for reasons of space. We’ll start with Apple, which enjoyed a bumper $111.2bn quarter – its fiscal Q2 – including $30.98bn of revenues from its services: music, TV, games, cloud storage and more. Alas, no new stats […]
RSS May 1, 2026 12:40pm · Musically
Instagram is cracking down even harder on ‘unoriginal content’
For several years now, Instagram has been talking about its desire to boost ‘original’ content in its app, and as part of that drive, to reduce the reach of unoriginal or ‘reposted’ content. We reported on the first announcement of this in April 2022, including The Verge’s sharp take on the motivations behind it: “Translation? […]
RSS May 1, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
PRS for Music reveals its collections grew by 7.7% in 2025
UK collecting society PRS for Music has published its annual financial results, revealing that its collections grew by 7.7% to £1.24bn in 2025. £1.07bn of that was paid out to songwriters, composers and music publishers, up 4.9% year-on-year. And the society hailed the fact that it collected more than £100m from live music for the […]
RSS May 1, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
Hip-hop trends: Genre-blends, fan communities, discovery worries
Online hip-hop community Rap Fame has been surveying its independent artists – 1,595 of them to be specific – to uncover some current trends in the genre. Among the findings: genre boundaries are “seriously fluid” with more than 83% of respondents saying they flit between different sub-genres. “Right now, trap and drill are king, with almost 50% […]
RSS May 1, 2026 12:30pm · Musically
TuneCore will not distribute AI tracks made on ‘pirate studios’
Believe and its TuneCore subsidiary have adopted a new policy when it comes to AI-generated music: they will not distribute tracks made using “pirate studios”. Note the small ‘p’ and ’s’ – this isn’t an unexpected crusade against the popular network of self-serve recording studios. In this context, pirate studios are unlicensed AI-music platforms. Who, though? […]
RSS May 1, 2026 12:00pm · Musically
Behind “Turn The Lights Off” by Justė
The 2025 revival of “Turn The Lights Off” is a textbook example of how a 15-year-old catalogue hit can be translated into a modern one.  By pairing a nostalgic track with a high-intensity artist development program for the Lithuanian newcomer, the team achieved 1 billion radio plays and 37m Spotify streams. Here are the highlights […]
RSS May 1, 2026 12:00pm · Musically
Vine is (kinda) back, baby
Big news for any wistful former Vine users in the house – the app is getting a reboot, under the new name Divine.  Divine is offering access to roughly 500,000 restored Vine videos from the original service, as well as offering creators the floor to post new Vines, which has attracted the attention of some […]
RSS May 1, 2026 12:00pm · Musically
TikTok launches new feature for audience reach
TikTok has just announced a new optimisation reminiscent of YouTube tags, which could be beneficial for artists reaching their intended audience.  As app researcher Jonah Manzano posted to Threads, in addition to TikTok’s automatically-added keywords to posts based on popular searches, the feature now also enables users to manage the keywords assigned to uploads as […]
RSS May 1, 2026 12:00pm · Musically
Fred Again.. is pushing the limits of USB002 shows
Fred again.. is known for his innovative ways of releasing music, playing live and engaging fans – as his recent USB002 tour has been further testament to.  The artist’s initial USB002 tour in late 2025 featured ten shows, ten cities, ten weeks and ten new tracks released at each tour stop – all to be […]