Random music news for Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Imagine being the Guinness Book of World Records official who had to certify this. Now that you’re grossed out, here’s music news for October 7, 2025.
- ICE Barbie says ICE agents will be “all over” the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show. Tell me again why the US is still hosting the World Cup and the Olympics?
- I love how Bad Bunny has MAGA all freaked out. He’s taunting back, too.
- Wait: It’s not illegal to copy material that’s freely available online? That’s a helluva legal defense for Suno. Good luck with that.
- This is good: A French court has ruled that “enabling streaming fraud is unlawful.”
- This is the first time I’ve seen a stat like this: French streamer Deezer says that only 26% of streaming listening is done to female artists.
- Threads has made it easier to hide replies to posts that you don’t want.
- I’ll translate: “TikTok has been banned in Indonesia by the government. No, wait. It’s not.” TL;DR: It was all over accusations over gambling on TikTok.
- A gay Turkish singer faces up to three years in jail for writing a love song to (it’s assumed) another man. The government has declared that to be obscene.
- Drummer Rob Hirst of Midnight Oil is auctioning off one of his kits. The last time I checked, bidding was already up to around $30,000 Australian.
- Bing Crosby has been dead since 1977, but he’s still releasing new Christmas duets.
- The summer was dominated by Oasis and Ozzy/Black Sabbath. Here’s how they affected streaming.
- A Fleetwood Mac farewell tour in 2026? Maybe.
- This new book looks at why we’ve become so attached to all our devices.
- Trent Reznor was going to hold a film music festival next month. It’s been canceled.
- Must she sing about this? Must we be talking about it?
BONUS: Wait. Is grandma doing gak?
