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“It’s literally just that - that’s the whole song”: How Lola Young wrote Messy
Listen out for the guitar part that sounds like The Backstreet Boys, too…
“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
On Mamma Mia's 50th birthday, our resident music prof puts ABBA's infectiously catchy karaoke staple under the musical microscope
A music professor breaks down the theory behind Roy Ayers' Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Our resident music professor puts Ayers' oft-sampled 1976 classic under the musical microscope
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Is it time to ditch your 'deep focus' playlists? You might need something 'groovier', says study
Music that improves your mood could also make you work faster, it seems
Cracking open Max Martin’s über-succesful songwriting formula
Exploring the winning routes taken by the songwriting mastermind behind Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Ariana Grande's biggest tunes
The music supervisor on The White Lotus reckons that viewers will “adjust” to the new main title theme
Gabe Hilfer on his working relationship with composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer and that Thai rock cover of Black Sabbath’s Iron Man
How Taylor Swift’s songwriting skilfully makes the personal universal
Taylor Swift deftly divides her songwriting between three separate voices. Here's how to spot them…
