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A fangirl has every right to enjoy the music she likes and support her favorite celebrities just for her own personal enjoyment, without facing derision or condescension.

Masterfully-produced, risky, controlled chaos — these are words that apply to much of Travis’s catalog, but they describe very little of Utopia.

Monáe’s ability to craft miniature, self-contained worlds is a testament to their miles-high vision and finger on the pulse of the future. 

“Swarm” needs convicted characters and innovative direction to achieve the acclaim or cultural revelation Glover and Nabers show reaches for.

SZA’s interior battle feels decidedly of the moment, inflected by the murkiness of casual sex, the imperative for baseline levels of connection in a world where there seems to be a drought.

Read The Daily Californian's picks for the best of music in 2022.

More and more, American audiences appear willing to listen to the work of Spanish-speaking artists without the appended English-speaking popstar.

In honor of the finance impact issue, here are six tracks that might not solve all your financial woes, but will hopefully provide you with the motivation to chase that bag.

Charli XCX's capturing of the “main pop girl” aesthetic is not an imitation — it is an oracular impulse.

It's unclear whether Beyoncé follows the culture or the culture follows her, but either way, she remains its ultimate barometer.