Random music news for Thursday, December 21, 2023
Winter hits at exactly 10:27 pm ET tonight. The northern hemisphere has bottomed out when it comes to daylight. The days only get longer from here. Music news? It stays about the same for December 21, 2023.
- This the last day of battle before the UK Christmas #1 winner is announced. Spoiler: Sorry, Mariah.
- Music pirates are now using AI to fake out other music pirates.
- TikTok had its first IRL concert in Arizona. Over 33 million people watched online, too.
- Grimes has a new children’s toy called Grok. Wait. Isn’t that the same name as Elon Musk’s (her ex) “anti-woke” AI chatbot?
- Liam Gallagher and John Squire of The Stone Roses are doing an album together.
- “Baddiecore?” What’s that? Oh.
- Wow. Not cool, Blueface.
- Meanwhile, Chris Martin did a very nice thing (a la Dave Grohl).
- My resolution for 2024: Don’t be a social media voyeur. I don’t want to be tagged with a mental health disorder.
- Scientists claim they’ve had a 20 minute conversation via whale songs–with actual whales, of course.
- This could be one of the worst corporate songs of all time.
- Is Mickey Mouse FINALLY about to enter the public domain? Maybe. And this is a big deal for all kinds of copyright and trademarks.
- A former member of Mike Patton’s Mr Bungle has been named a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend.
- Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are a rich power couple. Duh.
- Taking a flight anytime soon? Here’s a history of inflight entertainment.
- Cher: Not a fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- I don’t know how you can burn down a home gym, but Britney did it.
BONUS: How rubber bands are made.
BONUS BONUS: This is the smallest synthesizer ever.
