Random music news for Monday, September 8, 2025

Here’s why you should never, every use your phone on the toilet. You’re welcome. You’re also welcome for music news for September 8, 2025.

Fascinating: These past few months have been a summer without monoculture. Here’s what that means.
Meanwhile, TikTok insists that there was a Song of the Summer in 2025.
A good podcast listen: “Will artificial intelligence ruin music?”
Four of the top five songs on YouTube’s global music chart this week are from the Netflix film, Kpop Demon Hunters. In case you missed the memo, this is a virtual band backed by real musicians.
Still with YouTube, the company thinks we’ve entered an age of “creative maximalism.”
Atlanta police have determined that the motorcycle crash that killed Mastodon co-founder Brent Hinds was his fault.
Foreigner has offered to be the wedding band for Tay-Tay and Travis.
Willie Nelson has begun work on his 155th album. That is NOT a typo.
Wow! This is a stinky way of reselling tickets.
Instagram is FINALLY getting an iPad app. It’s only been 15 years…
How many bands would do this?
A cool list: Musicians who invented musical instruments or gadgets of some sort. (Via Mark)
Fantastic. A cuddly AI robot that gets jealous. Look out, Labubu.
On Friday, a record label sent me a new Christmas song of 2025 (a country song of no consequence.) It has begun.
Drummer Dave Lombardo, best known for his work with Slayer, has a new brand of coffee called Double Kick.