French drill rapper La Rvfleuze released his debut album, ‘Numéro d’écrou’, in March 2026. He had begun by releasing tracks via DistroKid in 2022 but was later jailed for burglary […]
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Behind The Campaign: Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd’s ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here, turned 50 on 12 September 2025. In late 2024, in a deal estimated at $400 million, Sony Music acquired the band’s […]
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Behind The Campaign: Fcukers
Fcukers are a New York-based electronic duo made up of Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis. They formed in 2022 and their first EP, Baggy$$, was released by Ninja Tune […]
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Behind The Campaign: Breathe
Australian electronic duo Breathe released their debut album, For Your Darkest Days, on 30 October. Except they were originally planning to just release singles; so the project shifted in the […]
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Behind The Campaign: Alex Warren
US singer-songwriter Alex Warren first came to prominence as a founding member of The Hype House, the TikTok-centric creator group based in Los Angeles. From here he started releasing music […]
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Behind the campaign: Foreigner
US rock band Foreigner are marking their 50th anniversary in a slightly different way, treating two specific moments (their formation and the release of their debut album) as constituting their […]
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Downtown Music CTO, Tom Allen: “People are running scared from AI”
Technical skills: Tom Allen is CTO at Downtown Music, where he oversees the company’s deployment of technology and how it works with external products and services. Music companies’ relationship with […]
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Behind The Campaign: Jade
Jade Thirlwall was a member of British pop group Little Mix (who released six albums between 2012 and 2020). Operating under the mononym Jade, she released her first solo single, […]
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Behind The Campaign: Big Thief
US indie-folk band Big Thief released Double Infinity, their sixth studio album, on 5 September. It was their first new album in over five years, although various solo projects helped […]
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Partner at Fox Rothschild, Cynthia Katz: “Any and all revenue streams related to music have turned into an asset class”
October 2025: Cynthia Katz, partner at Fox Rothschild. Acquisition position: Cynthia Katz is a partner at major US law firm Fox Rothschild where she specialises in mergers and acquisitions, as […]
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Behind The Campaign: Barry Can’t Swim
Scottish electronic DJ and producer Barry Can’t Swim (real name: Joshua Mainnie) released Loner, his second album, in July 2025, coming after his debut, When Will We Land?, in October […]
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Key Production founder and CEO, Karen Emanuel: “I’ve always found it really odd that people don’t value their staff”
September 2025: Karen Emanuel, CEO and founder of Key Production. Trust issues: Karen Emanuel set up Key Production in 1990 and it has weathered the storms of the assorted format […]
