Hello readers! Welcome to the very first edition of EARWORM, a column in which I will be (almost) exclusively breaking down the songs that are stuck in my head each week. I came up with the idea for this theme based solely on my month-long fixation with Led Zeppelin's...
Hey guys! Welcome back to On the DL Vol.2! I’m super excited to write my second piece for WVAU. Today, I chose to write about Montell Fish’s 2022 album “Her Love Still Haunts Me Like a Ghost”, specifically the song “Pretend Lovers”. Montell Fish is a producer, writer,...
The wonder of art is that it comes in many different forms, and anyone can create something beautiful. I find music to be a fusion of art; the instrumentals, lyrics, music videos, and performances require an artistic process that results in a piece of art. Music is...
Dad-certified classics—alas, this is an elusive, genre-bending notion, comprehensively described as the songs of our youth forced onto us by our weirdly grungy, angsty fathers. Personally, my experience began in the backseat of my dad’s 2006 Toyota Tundra. In the...
Over ten years after the release of “Friday,” Rebecca Black reentered the music scene with the announcement of her debut album Let Her Burn in January 2023. The debut single, “Crumbs” set the tone of the album and the songs that followed worked together to solidify...
In 2015 I met one of my favorite pop punk bands at Vans Warped Tour, a traveling music festival for alternative acts. I was only 12 at the time, so I honestly do not remember much of the interaction. I do remember that I was so excited to meet artists I admired, and I...
The band Wednesday released their latest single, “Bath County,” on Feb. 23, 2023, and it promises an emotion-packed album that blends together diverse sounds. Their upcoming album “Rat Saw God” is set to release April 7 of this year. “Bull Believer” and “Chosen To...
When you think of sound, what comes to mind? Really: take a moment to think of the concept of sound and see what associations you make. Now that you’ve done that, I would be willing to bet that many of you had some imagery come to mind, some sort of mental image of...
J.I.D. and Smino have both established themselves as mainstage competitors in the hip-hop scene on their own. It seemed inevitable that the two of them would co-headline the "Love Is 4Ever Tour," a 32-date national tour in support of respective 2022 projects (J.I.D.'s...
Last month, Justin Bieber announced that he was selling the rights to his music for a staggering $200 million. Merck Mercuriadis, the founder and CEO of Hipgnosis Songs Capital (which bought Bieber’s music catalog), explained that, “This acquisition ranks among the...