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March 2025

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March 13
- “The track blew up to enormous proportions - it opened up a lot of doors, but it also shut some”: Unearthed Junkie XL interview reveals the ‘nightmare’ behind his hit Elvis Presley remix
- “He noticed that the studio had a marimba sitting in the corner, and the rest is history”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind ABBA's Mamma Mia
March 12
- “Karl left because they spent millions on these machines but never played one note. They were caught by the technology and it overtook them”: Our lost interview with Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flür gives rare insight into the band's internal conflicts
- “Coldplay come on stage to that piece - who’s not going to like it when 20,000 people get up to your song?”: Our re-discovered classic interview with Jon Hopkins catches him on the verge of his most successful decade
March 11
- “It made me feel bad that I didn’t put it on the album”: From Pavement to Donna Summer, here are six more B-sides that became huge hits against the odds
March 10
- How a lone Bee Gee became the first person to use a drum machine on a pop hit
- “It was a beautiful, hot, sunny day and I just got this phrase in my head: 'Everybody loves the sunshine'”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Roy Ayers' most iconic song
March 6
- “We always thought it had something”: From Green Day to U2, here are 6 B-sides that became massive hits
March 4
- “The verse and chorus of that song are exactly the same. But, you don’t really notice since the energy of the chorus is completely different”: Cracking open Max Martin’s über-succesful songwriting formula
- TESSAN x Rachael Yamagata: Embracing Connection Through Music and Travel
March 3
- “I threw a party for John Lennon one night, and he sat there at the Moog for four hours making flying saucer sounds”: They set the boyband template, but also introduced the world to the synth
March 1
- “Glitter Gel Pen lyrics are the drunk girl at the party who tells you that you look like an Angel in the bathroom”: How Taylor Swift’s songwriting skilfully makes the personal universal