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By Rohail Spear || Managing Editor After two critically acclaimed alternative albums, Taylor returns to pop with Midnights, an album about love, revenge, and her darkest, deepest insecurities. The album’s…
By Kate McBride || Arts & Leisure Editor On his electric debut album, 24 year-old Omar Apollo wears his heart on his sleeve. Ivory is a collection of sultry, intimate…
By Lexi Weaver || Copy Editor It’s finally spring, which means there is no better time to start listening to new music. With the multitude of albums out there, it…
By Skylar Zachian || Contributing Writer Breaking news: Olivia Rodrigo has received the title of Billboard’s 2022 Woman of the Year. Now, you might be asking yourself—wait a minute, the…
By Emily Hanson | | Layout Assistant It’s terrible that finals season and the beginning of the true Christmas season fall at the same time. We need something to relieve…
By Lexi Weaver | | Copy Editor After nearly two years of virtual rehearsals and online concerts, instrumental music made its return last weekend with the Spectrum concert. The concert…
By Amani Dobson || Campus Life Editor & Rohail Spear || Layout Assistant When asked what an alien would think about religion on Earth, Professor Modern replied, “The alien would…
By Fiorella Comparini Donoso || Contributing Writer Due to the global pandemic, F&M has been scrounging for pennies recently. I knew things were going downhill when the upperclassmen told me…
By Audrey Berling || Staff Writer Taylor Swift is making music history once again with the recent release of the first song of her highly anticipated re-recorded discography. She chose…
By Rohail Spear || Layout Assistant At first glance, Madison Beer doesn’t seem any different than your typical female pop artist: flirty, high vocals, attempts at vulnerability, impossibly gorgeous looks.…
By Lily Vining || Contributing Writer Not only has the Coronavirus pandemic changed the logistics for classroom interaction in colleges across the United States, but it has also dramatically altered…
By Amani Dobson || Campus Life Editor A few weeks ago, I was mindlessly scrolling through TikTok, as one frequently does in quarantine, and heard for the very first time…
By Rohail Spear || Contributing Writer As of September 2nd, the song “WAP” was currently at its second week at number one on the Billboard Top 100, and, at face…
By: George Cho || Contributing Writer The strange but beautiful power of music has always been apparent through many means. However, now more than ever before, many have turned to…
Sojin Shin || Op-Eds Editor Photo courtesy of the author Hanon is a book consisting of 60 (240, in its original glory) finger exercises. None of them are “music”, so…