Vishal Mishra keeps coming back to one word: honest. Ask him about competing with streaming playlists, about his string of Bollywood hits, about writing a love song for a film soaked in violence, and the composer-singer circles back to the same idea: the music has to be true to the moment it was born from, […]

BTS member V told fans in a Wednesday livestream that he is being treated for hearing loss affecting his right ear, which he said now functions at roughly a third of the level in his left. He said he initially did not take the issue seriously, calling it “a matter of mental strength,” but is […]

China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group posted total revenues of RMB8.93 billion ($1.32 billion) for the second quarter of 2026 – a 5.8% year-over-year gain – as its music services arm delivered double-digit growth and the newly integrated Ximalaya platform began contributing to the bottom line. Music-related services revenues reached $1.12 billion, up 11% year-over-year, with […]

India’s Yash Raj Films (YRF) has launched Raah Records, a new record label and artist incubator built to discover and develop original Indian music talent outside of film soundtracks. The label’s first release, “Jaadugari” by singer-songwriter Aman, drops across major streaming platforms on Aug. 5. YRF, one of India’s leading privately held entertainment studios, said […]

UPDATED: Massive Attack has addressed the aftermath of the Singapore concert in a statement posted to Instagram. The band said its members were “detained by the police, isolated and separately questioned” following the show, and described some members undergoing hotel room searches and temporary passport confiscation as part of the process. The band said the […]

Both members of Massive Attack have been permanently barred from re-entering Singapore after unfurling a Palestinian flag during the British trip-hop group’s concert in the city-state, according to a joint statement from the Singapore Police Force and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA). The statement said police investigated both band members for “their actions of […]

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 […]