Reports: Cultural trends
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Culture always starts as grassroots: The rise of bardcore raves
The ARIA Awards 2025: Why can’t we all just get along?
AI narration: hope or hindrance to audio creation?
There is no Pirates of the Caribbean 6: How long is the internet going to work?
What happens to entertainment in a gamified US economy?
Cultural movements A new take on mainstream for the fragmentation era
Online culture is fragmenting: Why White Lotus spoilers are not flooding the internet
If the internet dies, where does all the attention go?
Music is losing a generation of young men
Cultural forecasting: how socio-economic moods can predict trends
How the DNA of a hit changed in the last five years
Meritocracy only works if the door is open in the first place: International Women’s Day in 2025
YouTube is winning emerging markets by being social – and format-flexible
Mining fandom: Music’s Drive to Survive moment
Bootlegging is the scourge of many industries. Could it be music’s greatest strength?
The unflattening of music
Jersey club in Berlin | Behind the scenes and sounds of 2025
Creators and the creator economy Defining the undefinable