In a year of conspicuous, big-budget samples and career-spanning concert extravaganzas, pop music kept pulling us back to the past. But we also got some glimpses into a fresher future, whether in the ...

Admit it, you love a list as much as we do. Because, really, isn’t it less stressful to argue over the best movie or song of the year than to bicker over politics? Perhaps that depends on your ...

It's no secret TikTok has become a major hub for sharing and discovering new music. According to the video-sharing app's annual end-of-year report, 2023 saw the resurgence of some older songs as well ...

For a band that is on a mandatory hiatus for South Korean military service, BTS had one of the best years of its career. Last December, group member RM released “Indigo,” his first solo LP since 2018, ...

WATCH: For concertgoers, a full return to live shows answered a need to connect. Correspondent Maura Johnston explains. A couple of weeks ago, what’s become an annual ritual took hold of social media ...

Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The album may be imperiled ...

It's been an eventful year for music; we saw the rise of Mexican Regional music on the charts, the emergence of AI artists, and the dominance of country music to boot. Host Brittany Luse chats with ...

K-pop hasn’t been this exciting in a long time and we’re not just saying that because this is our very first year-end roundup of the best K-pop albums here at Paste. Neither BTS nor BLACKPINK recorded ...

Is the sun finally setting on Anglo music’s global hegemony? The question has been timely for the last few years, but 2023 felt like a more permanent breakthrough for Spanish-language pop. Consider, ...

Business Insider ranked the 10 best K-pop songs of 2023, weighing factors like critical acclaim and listenability. The list includes rookie artists like tripleS as well as industry giants like ...