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Billie Eilish and the Future of the Pop Star Documentary
The Grammy-winner’s Apple TV+ film The World’s a Little Blurry is radical in its transparency.
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Lo-Fi Music Streams Are All About the Euphoria of Less
On an internet built around excess, lo-fi hip-hop channels have created a community for minimalist escape.
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After 2020, Live Events Might Not Look the Same. Good!
This year radically changed what live events—at least those that weren’t canceled—look like. It also taught...
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2020: The Year of Cancel(l)ed Culture
This year, monoculture floundered, but microculture flourished. Everyone found a niche—and learned what they could live...
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The Best TikToks of 2020
The social media platform, which gained enormous popularity this year, served as a mirror of these...
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The Best Pop Culture That Got Us Through 2020
These 48 movies, TV shows, albums, Twitter feeds, songs, podcasts, and books helped us get through...
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The Glitched-Out Sound and Spontaneous Rise of 100 Gecs
On this week’s episode of Get WIRED, we’re lending our feed to The Pitchfork Review for...
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The Delightful, Painful Nostalgia of Radio Archives
On this week's Get WIRED podcast, writer Jason Parham dives into his past as a kid...
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A YouTube Radio Archivist Blasts the Past Into the Present
I went looking for the broadcasts of my coming-of-age in the early '90s. What I discovered...
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Taylor Swift's 'Folklore': The Risk and Rewards of a Pandemic Album
Musicians can make and release music pretty quickly in quarantine. Will it be what fans want...
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How to Throw a Karaoke Party on Zoom
You can use any videoconferencing platform to recreate the magic of a drunken night out—and it's...
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The Pandemic Can Taint the Memory of Things We Love
Music, binge-watching, sourdough starters—these things are helping people cope. Will coronavirus also ruin them forever?
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Everyone Is Watching 'Code 8' on Netflix—and That's a Big Deal
The sci-fi movie, which has catapulted up the ranks on the streaming service's Top 10, proves...
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Childish Gambino's '3.15.20' Is Apt for This Isolated Moment
The new album from Donald Glover's alter ego wants listeners to fill their long, lonely minutes...
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As Clubs Shut Down, Performers Must Find New Ways to Get By
DJs, comedians, drag queens—entertainers across the country are livestreaming performances to reach audiences and raise money.
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7 New Songs to Help You Feel Less Socially Distant
Right now, it's hard not to feel alone. These seven spring tracks reinforce the spirit of...
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As Pandemic Strikes, Pop Culture Migrates to Streaming Sites
As Covid-19 shuts down the cultural events that unite fans, audiences are resorting to their own...