Random music news for Friday, October 3, 2025
Today is World College Radio Day, a chance to recognize the important and irreplacable community services provided by campus radio. As for music news for October 3, 2025…
- Did Trump force the sale of TikTok because of K-pop stans? It’s a good theory.
- Prosecutors are asking that Diddy be sentenced to 11 years in jail.
- Is Kneecap really banned from Canada? It’s…confusing.
- Global music revenue reached US$18.3 billion in the first half of 2025.
- So now that Spotify has gone lossless, how does it stack up against the other streamers? Let’s take a look.
- More AI problems on Spotify. This time, Jay-Z is pissed.
- An AI musician just got a US$3 million record deal.
- Amazon has announced its new line of Alexa products. Worth the upgrade? Let’s take a look.
- Is this the future of music?
- In 1990, Mariah Carey recorded a grunge album in secret. (No, really!) It’s never been released, but she’s now revisiting tracks from Somebody’s Ugly Daughter, which was released under the name Chick. This should be interesting.
- Madonna has been talking about her health scare. She was really sick.
- DJ Steve Aoki is going to auction off stuff–other people’s stuff.
- Several years ago, a contest was held asking programmers to design the worst possible volume control. Here are some examples.
- The Grateful Dead now has their own Pantone colour.
- Vinyl Me, Please, the record club, has returned after some severe financial issues.
BONUS: Musicians are not a fan of Trump. Outside of Kid Rock and Ted Nugent, of course. (Via Sean)
