Art pop
Pop music genre that emphasizes artistic styles over personal expressions
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| 2025 | The Microsoft Sound was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, recognized for its cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance. |
| April 11 2025 | Performed on the main stage at Coachella, marking her first performance since her chronic fatigue syndrome diagnosis. Set included both old hits and three new singles from 'Princess of Power'. |
| April 2025 | Lorde cleared her Instagram feed and posted a snippet of new music on TikTok, further teasing her upcoming fourth studio album. |
| April 10 2025 | Released the third single 'Cuntissimo' and announced the album's title, cover, and release date. |
| 2025 | Planned release of sixth studio album 'Princess of Power' |
| March 20 2025 | Released a second single titled 'Cupid's Girl' from her upcoming sixth studio album. |
| 2025 | Published 'What Art Does', a book co-authored with Bette Adriaanse exploring the role of art in society and its impact on human experience. |
| 2025 | Kevin Godley reunited with Graham Gouldman for a special performance on BBC Radio 2's Piano Room with the BBC Concert Orchestra, performing three songs including 'I'm Not in Love' and a new composition 'I Don't Want To Go To Heaven'. |
| March 2025 | Poppy appeared as a musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! |
| March 2025 | Featured on The Waterboys' single 'Letter from an Unknown Girlfriend' from their album Life, Death and Dennis Hopper. |
| March 10 2025 | Appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform the song 'The Cost of Giving Up'. |
| 2025 | Planned release of 'MAD!' album. |
| March 2025 | Released a new solo album Aurum, exclusive to Apple Music. |
| February 28 2025 | Co-produced Adéla's song 'Machine Girl' and made a cameo in its music video alongside Sofia Wylie. |
| February 24 2025 | Uploaded two demos to SoundCloud: 'The Fool' and 'I Don't Give a Fuck, I'm Insane'. |
| February 21 2025 | Released 'Butterfly', the lead single from her sixth studio album, with an accompanying music video premiered on YouTube and Paramount Times Square billboards in New York City. |
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Brian Wilson
The completed album 'Cows in the Pasture' is scheduled for release, accompanied by a docuseries about its making.
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| 2025 | FKA Twigs revealed that she is no longer following a vegan diet. |
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Eusexua
Eusexua released an album that charted in multiple international markets, including peak positions on charts such as Australian Albums (ARIA) at 59, Croatian International Albums (HDU) at 9, Japanese Digital Albums (Oricon) at 44, Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) at 36, and New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) at 21.
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| 2025 | FKA Twigs is set to play The Mother in the film The Carpenter's Son, which is currently in the filming stage. |
| 2025 | FKA Twigs has a role in the film Brighton Beach, currently in post-production. |
| 2025 | FKA Twigs is involved in the post-production of the film Mother Mary. |
| 2025 | Poppy was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the Grammy Awards for 'Suffocate'. |
| 2025 | Poppy is set to embark on the They're All Around Us Tour. |
| 2025 | Poppy is pending for a nomination for Best Metal Performance for 'Suffocate' at the Grammy Awards. |
| February 2025 | Criticized Elon Musk for bringing their eldest son to public events after he was photographed in the Oval Office. |
| February 2025 | Contributed to Is This What We Want?, a fully silent album by 1000 UK artists protesting copyright laws regarding artificial intelligence. |
| February 2025 | After Musk was accused of performing a Nazi salute, Grimes denounced Nazism and the 'far alt-right', and criticized Musk for bringing their eldest son to public events. |
| January 29 2025 | Released NOSTALGIAZ video to celebrate the band's 25th anniversary, featuring clips from their music videos set to 'Pirate's Progress'. |
| January 24 2025 |
Eusexua
Album 'Eusexua' released, containing 11 tracks.
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| January 24 2025 |
Eusexua
Released her third studio album 'Eusexua' through Young and Atlantic Records, marking her first studio album since Magdalene (2019).
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| January 24 2025 | FKA Twigs is set to release her third studio album titled 'Eusexua'. |
| January 2025 | Attended a party in Washington, D.C. with Curtis Yarvin to celebrate Donald Trump's second inauguration. |
| January 16 2025 |
Eusexua
Announced the Eusexua Tour to support the album.
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| 2024 | Awarded the Pop Pioneers award at the MTV Europe Music Awards, highlighting their influential status in pop music. |
| 2024 | Released remix album 'Be Here Soon Remixes'. |
| 2024 | Released 'Annette: The Original 2013 Recordings' album. |
| 2024 | Revolver magazine chose Poppy as their Artist of the Year, further cementing her influential status in contemporary music. |
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Brian Wilson
It was announced that Wilson had been diagnosed with dementia and entered into another conservatorship starting in May.
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| 2024 |
Brian Wilson
Wilson agreed to be the executive producer for the completion of 'Cows in the Pasture', an unfinished album from 1970, contributing new vocals for one of the tracks.
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| 2024 | Filmmaker Gary Hustwit released a documentary titled 'Eno,' which uses a computer program to randomly select elements from 30 hours of interviews and 500 hours of archival footage, creating a unique show at each screening. |
| 2024 | FKA Twigs is set to portray 'Shelly Webster' in the film 'The Crow'. |
| 2024 | Premiered his opera Dream Requiem, with a soundtrack album featuring Meryl Streep planned for release in February 2025. |
| 2024 | Caroline Polachek was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for her album 'Desire, I Want to Turn Into You' |
| 2024 | Her single 'So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings' earned RIAA Gold Certification. |
| 2024 | Caroline Polachek won the Golden Trifecta Award at the Resonator Awards for her album 'Herself' |
| 2024 | Marina Diamandis published her debut poetry collection, 'Eat the World,' inspired in part by her experiences with bulimia. |
| 2024 | Appeared on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia for the first time, photographed by Viðar Logi. |
| 2024 | During the Glastonbury Festival, Albarn delivered a pro-Palestine speech, referring to the Israel–Hamas war as an 'unfair war' and urging attendees to vote in the upcoming UK general election. |
| 2024 | Bush received two nominations at the 67th Grammy Awards for Best Recording Package and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. |
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