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Video game music’s untapped potential: More than background sound
Why the AI boom will boost non-Western markets
Culture always starts as grassroots: The rise of bardcore raves
How Crunchyroll became a driver of anime’s fandom and scenes
The life of a cultural narrative: Where are 2025’s iconic moments?
What happens to entertainment in a gamified US economy?
Cultural forecasting: how socio-economic moods can predict trends
Songwriters take the stage A new playbook for a new era
How big can music merch get? MIDiA’s latest report charts the course to $16B by 2030
85% of Rocket League players do NOT count electronic music as a favourite music genre – own goal or opportunity?
The rise of the songwriter ‘brand’
Live orchestras and game-specific songs: Death Stranding is a masterclass in harmonising games and music
Cultural movements A new take on mainstream for the fragmentation era
How Charli XCX leveraged the hyperpop scene into a global movement
Music isn’t getting worse, genre is
Netflix, Duolingo, and the art of engagement in a fiercely competitive attention economy
Splice x MIDiA Sounds of 2025
Bringing fandom to life: the rise of IRL superfan experiences
