Music news: CDs, cassettes and vinyl enjoying a resurgence in a digital world
For years, it seemed like streaming had dealt the final blow to physical music. Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube put nearly every song ever recorded directly into our pockets.
Vinyl racks were pushed to the back corners of thrift stores, cassettes were considered retro curiosities, and CDs collected dust in glove compartments.
But in 2025, the story looks very different. Sales of vinyl records are at their highest in decades.
Cassettes, once left for dead, are popping up on merch tables at indie shows.
Even CDs, long dismissed as outdated, are enjoying a quiet resurgence.
Music News Blitz writer Anna Ferraz delves deeper into this phenomenon and why physical music has made such a powerful comeback.
Music analysis: Is artificial intelligence taking over the music industry too?
We have all noticed the uprising of artificial intelligence use across many aspects of life, but now we are beginning to see its use within the music industry.
Many have conflicting views about the use of AI in the world of music production.
Here, Music News Blitz writer Evie Scroggie gets stuck into the debate.
The hilarious #HamiltonTrend on TikTok: When Eliza’s plea becomes a punchline
It has been a decade since the Broadway sensation Hamilton rewired our brains to rap along to American history, and made us believe that its founding fathers spoke exclusively in couplets and perfect harmonies.
Now, in 2025, the internet has found a way to take one of the musical’s most quietly devastating moments and turn it into pure slapstick chaos. The scene in question? That tiny emotional gut-punch, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it duet, “Best of Wives and Best of Women”, where Eliza wakes to find her husband Alexander preparing to leave for a meeting at dawn.
In the show, it’s tender and ominous like a moment that lingers like a lump in your throat, knowing full well he’s on his way to duel Aaron Burr.
On TikTok, however, Alexander isn’t walking nobly to his fate - he’s booking it like a man running late for his Uber.
Music News Blitz writer Anna Ferraz delves further into the social phenomenon.
Oasis ‘25: What’s the Story – Back to Glory?
Millions of songs sold, with millions still streaming today, sold out gigs packed with screaming fans, and worldwide acclaim – for brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher and the rest of the band, it felt as though Oasis as an entity was dead.
Ahead of the reunion, Charlie Gardner asks: What’s the Story?