By: Malgorzata (Gosia) Gorska This year, pop music has seen a rise in female stars like Chappell Roan, Addison Rae, and Tyla. Yet, it’s hard to disagree that 2024 belongs to none other than the shortest and sweetest – Sabrina Carpenter. Not long after opening for Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour, the release of …
The ‘80s Impact on Modern Music
By: Ava Bedoya An estimated 100,000 songs are uploaded to streaming platforms every single day. The rise of the internet paired with a rapid increase in accessibility to technology has made it easier than ever to make music of your own. With this massive uptick in music creation, it has become more and more difficult …
Meet Sun Room: The Epitome of Southern California
By: Zoey Martinez What started as a quarantine passion project quickly became known as “The Sound of Fun” – the tagline for the surf-rock band Sun Room. The founding member of the band, Luke Asgian, was a current student at Point Loma Nazarene University when the pandemic hit. After realizing music was his passion during …
One Direction: The unexplainable Cultural Phenomenon
By: Alana Saucier In the five short years of One Direction being a band, they were simply a cultural phenomenon that transcended the typical boundaries of music and fan culture. Emerging on the scene in the early 2010s, their rise coincided with the start of social media, which has since shaped modern fan culture as …
Liam Payne – In Memoriam
By: Maribelle GordonOn the evening of October 16, 2024, the world was rocked with the news that singer, songwriter, and former member of One Direction, Liam Payne, had passed away at 31 years old. Payne tragically fell off the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Argentina, reportedly under the influence of several different hard drugs. …
Kid A Mnesia Exhibit
By: Maria Kuttikadan In theory, Kid A Mnesia Exhibit is a walking simulator where you walk through halls of Radiohead music and look at its associated art. In practice, the Kid A Mnesia Exhibit feels like having a bucket of molten lead poured down your throat while you are being carefully vivisected, but in a …
Post-Concert Depression: A How-To-Guide
By: Jenna Lizasuain Have you ever left a concert that you had really been looking forward to, feeling like your life no longer had meaning to it? Do you have a very big concert coming up, one that you are currently looking forward to? If this is you, you are probably the victim of Post …
The 2000s Called They Want Their Pop Stars Back: The Return of The Nasty Pop Girls
By Alana Saucier The early 2000s was a time period full of bold fashion statements and unforgettable pop culture moments that left its generation and the one after with nostalgia and longing for the iconic time. Alongside the iconic fashion trends, there was also iconic music created by pop stars. The group of 2000s pop …
What One Direction Means To Me
By Alana Saucier For as long as I can remember, I was known by people around me as the One Direction girl, and as the person that was always associated with the band. My friends and family loved to joke with me about how “obsessed” I was, but I don’t think anyone will truly ever …
Travis leaves crowd of 80,000 “feining” for more at MetLife; appearances from Future, Playboi Carti, Sheck Wes, 41
By: Aaryan Sama “We gotta fill the stands up with slaps and the anthems,” yelled Travis Scott to his sold-out New Jersey crowd, beginning his one-night-only show with UTOPIA opener “HYAENA.” After the conclusion of his Circus Maximus tour in the United States at the end of 2023, fans were shocked in July 2024 when …