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Music – Vox

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Last updated on Jul 25, 2023
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Why this instrument explains Black American folk music
9:02
We tracked what happens after TikTok songs go viral
22:38
How trucker country music became a '70s fad
13:26
Quiet Storm: How 1970s R&B changed late-night radio
24:22
How the fisheye lens took over music
8:34
How an opera gets made
10:30
Why this chair is on so many album covers
7:35
We measured pop music’s falsetto obsession
16:31
The ingredients of a classic house track
12:54
Jacob Collier deconstructs a Stevie Wonder classic
10:43
Why disco made pop songs longer
9:52
How heavy metal and Satan gave us this sticker
20:51
The New Year's Eve song, explained
6:35
Why Shakira loves this African beat
7:38
How smooth jazz took over the ‘90s
13:05
The greatest album covers of jazz
6:51
The most feared song in jazz, explained
10:50
Aretha Franklin’s musical genius in 2 songs
9:35
What a conductor actually does on stage
4:42
Why the US national anthem is terrible — and perfect
9:25
The sound that connects Stravinsky to Bruno Mars
9:26
Why Stradivarius violins are worth millions
5:04
How figure skaters choose their music, explained with Adam Rippon
5:30
N.E.R.D.'s hit song "Lemon" owes a lot to New Orleans bounce
9:59
How J Dilla humanized his MPC3000
10:24
Why this awful sounding album is a masterpiece
10:04
Why we really really really like repetition in music
7:34
How Hans Zimmer and Radiohead transformed "Bloom" for Blue Planet II
6:52
How the triplet flow took over rap
9:42
Why more pop songs should end with a fade out
7:42
How a recording-studio mishap shaped '80s music
8:30
The secret rhythm behind Radiohead's "Videotape"
10:15
The sound illusion that makes Dunkirk so intense
3:02
How Mura Masa makes internet beats
3:04
Grime: London's latest music export
5:17
The evolution of American protest music
7:07
Why Drake uses a Jamaican accent
2:39
How sign language innovators are bringing music to the deaf
7:14
Why rappers love Grey Poupon
10:05
Kanye, deconstructed: The human voice as the ultimate instrument
8:51
How Queen got Trump to stop using their music
3:36
How They Might Be Giants influenced art-rapper Open Mike Eagle
4:13
Rapping, deconstructed: The best rhymers of all time
12:44
Prince, remembered in 11 songs you might not know he wrote
6:29
Afrofuturism mixes sci-fi and social justice. Here’s how it works.
3:11
How seapunk went from meme to mainstream
4:32
Hip-Hop is political again. Here's why.
3:25
David Bowie, remembered in 9 songs that sampled him
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