Jason King

On Doja Cat's fourth album, <em>Scarlet</em>, she delights in playing the "demon" her haters and fans accuse her of being.

On 'Scarlet,' Doja Cat finds power harnessing the darkness of online vitriol

Jason King

The pop star has always loved out-trolling her trolls. But Doja Cat's fourth album and dramatic rollout pushes that persona further, interpreting her antics through a playfully demonic lens.

Dua Lipa released her second album, the glossy, pristine <em>Future Nostalgia</em>, in March, just weeks after COVID-19 locked the world into quarantine. The sure-footedness of her dance floor-inspired pop gained ironic resonance in the uncertainty of the moment that followed.

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How Dua Lipa's Day-Glo Nostalgia Found A Home In Dark Times

Jason King

A pair of euphoric projects have helped to make the singer a ray of light for pop fans longing for the dance floor in a year filled with calamity.

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'An Evening With Whitney' Hologram Tour Trades On The Image Of A Complicated Star

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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Jason King of New York University about the surge in hologram tours and what the ethical implications are of recreating the image of Whitney Houston.

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The Unlikely Success And Down-To-Earth Soul Of James Ingram

Jason King

The gifted songwriter and singer wasn't a born superstar — but became something of a sleeper hit on the strength of his singing, songwriting and history-making collaborations.

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Aretha Franklin Knew How To Make Us Laugh, Too

Jason King

The Queen of Soul had quite the sense of humor.

Jacob Collier's multi-tracked YouTube covers, recorded and filmed in his room, showed musical sophistication and adventurousness. On his debut album, <em>In My Room</em>, he brings the same qualities to original songs.

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With 'In My Room,' Jazz Phenom Jacob Collier Is Bringing Jubilation Back

Jason King

The YouTube star's virtuosic debut album, actually recorded in his room in the house where he was raised, reveals a young artist unafraid of gleefully trying it all.

Prince playing Madison Square Garden in February of 2011.

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Still Would Stand All Time: Notes On Prince

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No black artist who came before him aggregated so many diverse people in the service of anti-normativity and perverse polymorphism; the world is a better and richer place for it.

Maurice White performing with Earth, Wind & Fire in New York in the late '70s.

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Maurice White: The Audacity Of Uplift

Jason King

His clever idea in forming Earth, Wind & Fire was to power forward with an ethical black music that could force us to keep our heads up to the sky when it matters most.

Natalie Cole performs at Jazz 91.9 WCLK's 41st Anniversary Benefit Concert on June 26, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Natalie Cole: Underappreciated But Never Forgotten

Jason King

She who ended Aretha Franklin's eight-year Grammy-winning streak deserves more credit than she's usually afforded: she was influential and flexible and a phenomenal singer.

Grammy Award-Winning Singer Natalie Cole Dies At 65

Jason King

Natalie Cole, the Grammy award-winning singer and daughter of Nat King Cole, has died at 65.