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“In the ’80s, everybody came out with a power ballad. And we had a great one”: How a soft rock classic was created
But was that song really about a nun who sells dope to school kids?
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"The greatest pop record ever made”: How The Beatles created Strawberry Fields Forever – John Lennon's masterpiece
Lennon called it “psychoanalysis set to music”
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They set the boyband template, but The Monkees also introduced the world to the synth
People initially labelled them a fabricated band, but we’ve got the Monkees to thank for being pop's first ever synth players
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The true meaning and dense theory of one of Gary Numan’s most beloved tracks
The true meaning and dense theory of one of Gary Numan’s most beloved tracks
Miley Cyrus explains her distinctive singing voice and why it’s preventing her from touring
"It's like running a marathon with ankle weights on," she says
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"OK, let’s have some backstory”: The group songwriting sessions that yielded Lily Allen’s West End Girl
“It felt like days I had as a teenager in a band, writing live in the room,” says collaborator Violet Skies
It turns out there’s a reason André 3000 turned up at the 2025 Met Gala with a grand piano on his back
After the flutey New Blue Sun we now have 7 piano sketches
“I would come into the studio and people didn’t want to listen to me”: Avril Lavigne’s fight to create her first big hit
It also kick-started the career of production team The Matrix
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