World news | The GuardianJessie J’s triumphant return puts lucrative Chinese market in spotlight https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/13/jessie-j-lucrative-chinese-market-westlife-charli-xcx #China #MusicIndustry #JessieJ #PopAndRock #AsiaPacific #WorldNews #Music #Culture #Business
Culture | The Guardian USOlivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love review – who’s she singing about? Who cares when the songs are this good https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/12/olivia-rodrigo-you-seem-pretty-sad-for-a-girl-so-in-love-album-review #OliviaRodrigo #Music #PopAndRock #Culture
Olivia Rodrigo: You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love review – who’s she singing about? Who cares when the songs are this good
Gossips have rushed to the lyrics for details about her personal life, but the rest of us can just get on with luxuriating in Rodrigo’s funny, Cure-infused craft
Add to playlist: the sweet plunderphonics of Quiet Light and the week’s best new tracks https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/12/add-to-playlist-the-sweet-plunderphonics-of-quiet-light-and-the-weeks-best-new-tracks #Music #Culture #PopAndRock #ElectronicMusic
Ariana Grande rebukes White House for using her music in ‘barbaric, inhumane’ ICE video https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/12/ariana-grande-rebukes-white-house-music-ice-video #ArianaGrande #PopAndRock #Music #Culture #DonaldTrump #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsNews
David Harbour on Lily Allen’s West End Girl album: ‘It wasn’t my experience’ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/10/david-harbour-lily-allen-west-end-girl-response #LilyAllen #Music #UsNews #PopAndRock #UsTelevision #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio
Vagina lasers, bananas and an awkward Cumberbatch: 10 surprising moments in Madonna’s new video https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/09/madonna-new-video-confessions-ii-the-film #Madonna #Music #Culture #SabrinaCarpenter #BenedictCumberbatch #KateMoss #PopAndRock
Post your questions for David Byrne https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/08/post-your-questions-for-david-byrne #DavidByrne #Music #PopAndRock #Culture
‘At my funeral I want people dancing in the aisles to Madness’: David Gray’s honest playlist https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/07/david-gray-honest-playlist-madness-bob-dylan-grease #DavidGray #Music #Culture #PopAndRock
The Guardian FeedsAria music quiz: how well do you know the Australian charts?
By Andy Ball, Josh Nicholas, Nick Evershed and Julia Hollingsworth
We’ve looked at the Aria charts since 1998 to see who Australians can’t stop listening to. Take our quiz to see if you know your chart toppers from your one-hit wonders
https://www.theguardian.com/music/ng-interactive/2026/jun/08/aria-charts-music-quiz-trivia-australia
#Music #Australianmusic #Culture #Popandrock #Australianews #AndyBall #JoshNicholas #NickEvershed #JuliaHollingsworth
Is Australian music at risk of extinction? Here’s what the data tells us
By Josh Nicholas and Michael Sun
Forty years of Aria chart history shows big changes to our listening habits – and local artists have a huge fight ahead
#Australianmusic #Australianews #Music #Popandrock #Culture #Country #Hiphop #Electronicmusic #JoshNicholas #MichaelSun
