Random music news for Friday, August 30, 2024

If you know how to use any of these things from the 90s, you’re old. Sorry. Now for some music news for August 30, 2024.

1. California has passed a “digital replica law” to protect performers from AI exploitation.
2. AI wrote this country song called “Nature’s Holster.” It’s…interesting. (Via Roz)
3. Here’s an examination of the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2024.
4. Items owned by Amy Winehouse and Marianne Faithful are going up for auction.
5. Adele’s month-long Munich residency in that “pop-up” temporary stadium is over. She grossed £100 million.
6. Congrats! You got 100 million views on YouTube. Now here’s the truth about what that means.
7. Spotify is fighting an American lawsuit over skimping on royalty payments.
8. Meanwhile, Spotify is getting back into planning live music events.
9. Apple music now has a feature where you can transfer playlists to YouTube Music.
10. There’s a K-pop sex crimes scandal.
11. People are still pirating music. Eight pirate sites in Brazil have just been taken down.
12. More proof that Taylor Swift fans can be weirdly obsessive.
13. Then again, that obsession is being channeled into “Swifties for Kamala” which could play big in the US election.
14. Wow! Check out this “immersive microphone.”
15. The Manchester suburb of Macclesfield will hold “Joy Division Day.”

BONUS: This metal drummer had never heard Led Zeppelin before. Here’s how he reacted.