K-pop group NewJeans’s contract omitted rights to ‘sleep and free choice’ – report
New report finds that record label Ador stripped child protections from group’s contracts when they were minors
Full of life and catching feelings: Christine and the Queens’ greatest songs – ranked!
As the French avant-popper returns with new single Rendez-vous avec toi, we celebrate the best of an artist who uses sleek songwriting to grapple with knotty emotion
‘At my age, I can rant!’ Bernie Taupin on Elton John, hellraising vampires and competing in full-blown rodeos
He is the outstanding lyricist who propelled the Rocket Man to 300m sales. As Taupin releases a wistfully grouchy solo album, he talks about the joy of anonymity, his LA drinking gang – and owning a prize-winning bucking bull
Ashanti: ‘I’ve had a bodysuit snap off on stage. That was not my coolest moment’
Before her Australian tour, the Grammy-winner talks about her marriage to Nelly, fans rushing the stage and her secret skill
Steve Ellis, frontman of Everlasting Love hitmakers Love Affair, dies aged 76
Singer hit No 1 with pop-rock band in 1968 and scored three more Top 10 hits with them, before solo career featuring collaborations with Paul Weller
‘They said we incited riots’: explosive punks Bad Brains on drugs, self-destruction and recording from jail
Young, black and fuelled by self-help mantras, they were reputedly the best live band on Earth. As their wild first sessions are rereleased, the group talk about scaring club owners – and getting kicked out of the UK
Rosalind Ashford obituary
American singer who was a founding member of Martha and the Vandellas
Odette on a later-in-life autism diagnosis: ‘It completely revolutionised the way that I exist’
Last year she got sober and an official diagnosis. It’s not the first time a new understanding about herself has reframed the Sydney artist’s music – and life
Sampa the Great: Nu Zamrock review – a full-circle moment for a world-class act
Sampa Tembo’s genre-hopping third album meets the moment with charisma and cheek
Cuts like a knife: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams trolls Trump with new song
Musician wrote a ‘love letter’ to Canada with a new album – and some pointed commentary about the US president
Dónal Lunny obituary
Producer and musician who played with the influential Irish folk bands Planxty, the Bothy Band and Moving Hearts
‘He buckled. I could hear his bass ringing out …’ The luminous rise and tragic end of US alt heroes Morphine
Fronted by Mark Sandman, the group brought enigmatic, elegant rock to post-grunge America. As lost demos surface, those closest to Sandman remember a man who grabbed on to life’s joys
‘Algorithms make everything predictable’: why the CD is making a comeback
As John Lewis reports a 96% rise in searches for CD players, music fans share their reasons for ditching streaming
The Big Moon: Forever review – the hell of hearing loss inspires a defiantly hopeful pop-disco marvel
After frontperson Juliette Jackson lost half her hearing, she wrote sad songs and felt frustrated. So she pivoted, writing herself a happy ending. The results are joyfully convincing
Pop prodigy Underscores: ‘I don’t think Gen Z is a loveless generation’
With a sound inspired by the San Francisco tech boom, the hyperpop musician is entering the big leagues, and has a slot on Charli xcx’s tour. First she needs to get over her own shyness – not to mention a fear of love songs