Joe Coscarelli

September 8, 2022

The 1975’s Matty Healy Is Still Trying to Be Funny, Sincerely

The last time the British pop-rock band the 1975 put out an album, it was 2020 and things were messy. Already known for its genre-melting sprawl […]
December 25, 2020

How Pop Music Fandom Became Sports, Politics, Religion and All-Out War

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November 26, 2020

Can the Mainstream Catch Up to Rico Nasty?

When the rapper Rico Nasty talks about falling in love at first sight, she doesn’t mean with an individual, but with a feeling. She’s talking about […]
November 20, 2020

Jeezy and Gucci Mane Address 15-Year Beef in Heated Verzuz Livestream

Nearly two million people watched live on Thursday night as two Southern rap heavyweights, Gucci Mane and Jeezy, leaned into, and then seemingly set aside, 15 […]
June 23, 2020

Why Obsessive K-Pop Fans Are Turning Toward Political Activism

In certain corners of the internet, the organizing prowess of K-pop fans — the typically young and diverse international enthusiasts of Korean pop music who congregate […]
December 18, 2019

Gary Vaynerchuk Is a Rapper’s Best Friend

ATLANTA — On a recent weekday afternoon, the fast-talking entrepreneur and advertising executive Gary Vaynerchuk, better known as Gary Vee, jumped out of an Escalade and […]