BTS will not submit its music for consideration at the 69th Grammy Awards, scheduled for Feb. 7, 2027, the group announced on Wednesday. All seven members – RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook – posted the same statement on their individual instagram accounts. “We have decided not to submit for Grammy consideration this […]

India’s paid music streaming subscriber base could grow to between 28 million and 30 million by 2028, up from an estimated 14 million as of December 2025, according to the EY and the Indian Music Industry (IMI) “How India Listens, Streams and Pays for Music” report, released Friday in Mumbai. The report draws on a […]

A.R. Rahman, the two-time Oscar-winning Indian composer behind “Slumdog Millionaire” and “127 Hours,” is launching ARR Immersive, an app bringing his decade of immersive storytelling work to Apple Vision Pro on July 22. The app draws on Rahman’s ongoing work in immersive formats, tracing back to “Le Musk,” a 360-degree virtual reality film that debuted […]

Bollywood stars Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda visited London’s Wembley Stadium to celebrate the first anniversary of “Saiyaara,” unveiling a collector’s edition vinyl LP of the Yash Raj Films blockbuster – a package built to give fans and music enthusiasts a definitive way to revisit the film’s complete sonic journey. “Saiyaara,” directed by Mohit Suri […]

Tiffany Young, the Los Angeles-born K-pop veteran who rose to prominence as a member of Girls’ Generation, will release her debut solo studio album, “Edge of Calm,” on Aug. 20 through Pacific Music Group and its flagship label, Pacific Records, alongside an eight-city Asia tour launching Sept. 12 in Hong Kong. The 11-track set draws […]

Four years after its debut, Psychic Fever built its second full-length album around a simple idea: none of its seven members sound, look or think alike, and that’s exactly the point. The members of Psychic Fever – Kokoro, Weesa, Tsurugi, Ryoga, Ren, Jimmy and Ryushin – released their second full-length record, “Different,” July 10 through […]

For decades, the surest route to international success for a Latin artist was to record in English. At Taiwan’s 2026 Golden Melody Festival, Latin Recording Academy CEO Manuel Abud explained why that logic no longer holds. Held ahead of Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards, the annual Golden Melody Festival conference brings together music industry leaders from […]

Music supervision is far more than picking great songs. That was the central message from Brittany Whyte – whose credits span “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Riverdale” and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” – at the 2026 Golden Melody Festival in Taiwan. The session, titled “The Art of Music Supervision: From Selection to Storytelling,” was moderated by […]

Japan’s kawaii culture didn’t go global by adapting to Western tastes – it did it by doubling down on its own identity. That was the central argument at one of the 2026 Golden Melody Festival’s most colorful opening sessions, held in Taiwan ahead of the Golden Melody Awards. Kawaii – Japan’s aesthetics-driven pop movement built […]

The secret to Jolin Tsai’s most celebrated albums, according to British producer Richard Craker, has less to do with technique than with trust – and a willingness to sit with uncertainty until the music finds its shape. The final conference of the 2026 Golden Melody Festival in Taiwan, held ahead of the Golden Melody Awards, […]