Bailey Holmes, Photography Editor-In-Chief
• March 5, 2024
At this point, if someone does not know who Taylor Swift is they officially live under a rock. In the past year, she has become what fans are calling "the most powerful person in America", benefitting...
In 2024, Spotify plans to stop paying artists who do not make 1000 streams yearly. This affects small artists who are just trying to start. It is nothing to be surprised about because the music industry...
After losing the rights to her first five albums, Taylor Swift is in the process of re-recording them anew. On Oct. 27 she released "1989 (Taylor’s Version)," exactly nine years after the original. The...
Ava Biederman, Photography Editor-in-Chief
• December 18, 2023
Taylor Swift emerges from the bottom of the stage breaming with pride. She spins in a circle to look around at all of her audience. As she begins to sing Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince you can...
Milena Sandstrom, Podcast and Distribution Reporter
• December 7, 2022
Taylor Swift released a music video for her song, Anti-Hero, which is on her newest album, Midnights and got backlash from the media. The song Anti-Hero has a powerful meaning of how we are our own worst...
"And the American Music Award goes to... BTS!". The crowd roars and cheers as RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook stand up and embrace each other. BTS had won the top honor, the Artist of the...
Taylor Swift has been a country and pop music icon for over a decade. Young girls have looked up to her since 2006, and it is all well deserved. Swift has catered to many different styles of music...
Lilly Sample, Online Editor-in-Chief
• January 20, 2019
“Ting. Ting. Ting.” Star Tribune Rock Critic Jon Bream sits in a San Francisco recording studio, separated from music legend Prince by only a pane of glass. Prince stares at him, steadily hitting a...
Gabi Danielson, Field Read and Watch Team Reporter
• December 11, 2017
Taylor Swift’s new album Reputation came out Nov. 10. It is her first album in over three years. Her fans are thrilled because they have been waiting for a long time for this album.
Reputation...
Megan Aller, Visual Arts Managing Editor
• February 26, 2015
The Star Tribune is the largest newspaper in Minnesota for news, information and community events. It is read by 1.4 million adults every weekend. Jon Bream began writing about popular music for the Minneapolis...
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