vol 9 issue 5

Author: arouseadmin

  • AROUSE’s Top 20 Albums of 2023

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    Even in 2023, albums never go out of style. From diverse, globetrotting trips across genres to homogenous artistic statements, we enjoyed a multitude of song collections this year while waiting for our studio to be ready for broadcasting. Here are our picks for the year’s best: 20. This is Why – Paramore After a five-year…

  • AROUSE’s Top 15 Songs of 2023

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    Like most songs in the age of streaming, we’ll keep it short and simple: sometimes you just need a three-minute mood. Here’s 15 of the best new ones that 2023 gift-wrapped for us. 15. Hollywood Baby – 100 Gecs “Hollywood Baby” is what happens when you give a toddler the keys to a Mercedes. Crashing…

  • The Myth of the DIY Diva: Slayyyter’s Starfucker, the Internet Pop Star, and Auteur Theory

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    By Connor Telford The world is obsessed with the grind. Between nepotism baby discourse, Twitter campaigns, and Genius lyric annotations, it’s not enough for pop music fanatics, and by proxy, the entire internet, to just enjoy celebrity content anymore — it has to be homegrown, ethically sourced, intentionally crafted celebrity content. But it also has…