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“I said, ‘Sorry, boys – you can’t turn this chorus down!’”: How Def Leppard created a mega-hit song in 10 days
"It was really based on rap stuff – not your standard rock song”
“A song about a woman involved with birds and magic”: The Fleetwood Mac hit that Stevie Nicks wrote in 10 minutes!
Nicks’ performance of the song on stage every night “was like an exorcism”
The music theory behind a Depeche Mode classic
Dissecting one of Depeche Mode’s most cherished and universally beloved songs reveals some compelling inner-workings
“If that album bombed we would have been dropped from the label!”: Kiss stars recall the album that saved the band
It's 50 years since the release of Kiss Alive!
Is it OK to never complete your tracks?
Free yourself from the unrealistic expectation that you have to always be finishing songs and embrace all the different ways there are to be a musician and producer
From AI-driven stage design to collaborating with Brian May, we speak with electronic icon Jean-Michel Jarre
The synth pioneer reflects on his spectacular 2024 concert, Live in Bratislava, and his vision of the future of live performance
When Avicii transformed an ‘Irish pub song’ into a generational anthem
One of most euphoric tracks of the 2010s, The Nights has now racked up billions of streams
“If the point of Radiohead songs isn’t to make you feel good, what is their music for?”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Radiohead's Let Down
Hitting the charts 28 years on from its release thanks to a TikTok resurgence, this gloomy cut from OK Computer is having a moment. We put the song under the musical microscope
