Pop
Feelbad anthem
Liz Truss does indeed “move on out”
Hot sauce
Lil Nas X is the greatest show in the world right now
Music monsters
The perverted predators of pop
A square prehistory of popular music
Rock versus pop, and orchestral numbers versus guitar solos
Strange brew
The joy of letting unexpected, accidental music in
Lana chameleon
Pitchfork was one of a whole ecosystem of taste-making blogs which laid claim to being the ones who had made del Rey
Trapped in a gilded cage
Women’s rights are far more precarious than we have been led to believe
Swift reprise
Swift’s latest project is even more interesting than the imaginary motherhood album she pinned her hopes on
French Class
Michael Collins looks back Bertrand Burgalat’s career as the architect for the modern French pop sound
Blurred history
Britpop has a bad reputation for stolid, white-boy basicness now, but it’s not a reputation Parklife deserves