So, click on to find out some of the biggest hits that sound the same, and some of the strangest stories behind them.

In Miami, FL, I asked random people to sing with me, starting with a couple of young ladies who overcame their fear to sing in public. This experience is part of my "Sing With Me" series, which aims ...

Spotify is providing users with deeper insight into their listening experience through the expansion of Song Credits, as well as the introduction of SongDNA and About the Song. Fans were previously ...

Neuroscientists uncover how a 12-minute digital audio track called The Brain Song is redefining focus, memory, and mental clarity through safe Gamma-wave stimulation, and why thousands now call it ...

Inspired by Taylor Swift’s “Showgirl” single, listen to a playlist of songs that use the tragic “Hamlet” heroine as inspiration. By Lindsay Zoladz When Taylor Swift first released the track list for ...

A good song will stick around for a few months to a year. A great song will last forever. That’s because great songs are crafted in such a way that they allow the vocals of those singing to shine ...

There are times when a well-known band, musical act or artist goes off in a different direction from its established sound. Often it's a one-time moment, but it can also usher in a new era for these ...

Just before World War I, two music students meet in a bar. Both lovers of folk music, though studying at a classical conservatory, they fall in love almost immediately. After the war, the two men ...

Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Summer 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available for sale on the XXL website. “‘Chain Swangin’ was the first time I felt like I caught one ...

“What if your first love is your greatest love — and your last love?” That is the question at the heart of “The History of Sound,” the new historical romantic drama starring Paul Mescal and Josh ...