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‘We wanted it to be a battlecry’: how Republica made 90s anthem Ready to Go

Taylor Swift: The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore review – flashes of humanity and bafflingly vindictive love songs

MNEK on writing smash hits, battling self-doubt and his solo struggles: ‘I’m a fat Black gay man. Try selling that’

Add to playlist: the defiant queer dancehall of Destin Conrad and the week’s best new tracks

Jason Isbell and David Lowery are suing Suno in a class action suit. Importantly, they’re hitting Mikey Shulman’s company with identity claims – not copyright.

Udio continues to argue that its AI training was ‘quintessential fair use’ – and says, even if it infringed Sony Music’s recordings, damages should be ‘as low as $200 per work’

Warner Music launches Warner Records Germany in Berlin, led by Lea Londa

Suno and Bright Data sued again by ‘Blurred Lines’ lawyer Richard Busch – this time for Regional Mexican label Gerencia 360

The BMG and Concord merger is complete; Bob Valentine begins role as CEO of new company

‘After I had my cat stolen, I would listen to Funkadelic and cry and cry’: Jennifer Herrema’s honest playlist

‘It’s easier when nobody’s watching’: inside the secretive and sublime freak-folk of @

Add to playlist: the spectral, fathoms-deep folksong of June McDoom and the week’s best new tracks

Dahi: Black Boy (Alternative) review – Kendrick producer takes the spotlight for all-star guitar celebration

Klara Lewis: Opening review – enigmatic, ecstatic sound sculptures from a Swedish slowburn master

Ariana Grande to take ‘a step back’ from public life due to ‘endless, ongoing scrutiny’

‘Trumpeters? We think we’re the kings of the orchestra’: Wynton Marsalis prepares to blow the Edinburgh festival away

‘I loved the Police from the get-go’: Elaine Paige’s honest playlist

D4vd hearing details high hopes and brutal end of girl at heart of murder case

Singapore bans Massive Attack for showing Palestinian flag, breaching ban on foreign emblems

Add to playlist: the art-pop showtunes of Luki and the week’s best new tracks

Arca: XXXXX review – a wild, brilliant album that taps into our bodies’ most feral frequencies

Melodies International presents Ariwa Sounds review – head-spinning classics from dub legend Mad Professor

‘I was so self-assured in my early 20s. Then my frontal lobe hit’: Rachel Chinouriri, every pop star’s favourite UK pop star

Dedicated followers of passion: the Kinks’ 40 greatest songs – ranked!

Victor Willis, frontman of Village People, dies age 74

My Chemical Romance review – ​fire! Nuclear war! Killer pierrots! This is stadium rock at its most monumentally madcap

R&B star Chris Brown ordered to pay $13m to housekeeper mauled by his dog

Saxophones, song charts and a rejected Simpsons script: David Bowie archive to tour the UK

‘I’m not a quitter!’ Rubén Blades, the salsa supremo who acted with Jack Nicholson, inspired Bad Bunny – and served as Panama’s tourism minister

From burning bogs to boutique bonanzas: how did Britain become a nation of festival obsessives?

Garth Brooks review – swooning fans turn out for British Summer Time’s hottest ticket

Bad Bunny review – dynamic Latin superstar hosts thrilling party

‘I’ve only been addicted to two things – funk and praise’: Eddie Marsan’s honest playlist

Haunted hooks and bone-chilling screams: how Chanel Beads became the indie breakout of the year

‘I knew it was over for us’: the bands who got left behind when punk exploded

Lizzo: Bitch review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

Original Abba members celebrate expansion of London education programme

Sing when you’re winning: the 20 greatest songs about football – ranked!

Mike D review – ex-Beastie Boy’s first UK gig in two decades, in a Tyneside bingo hall, is uproarious fun

Producer Abhijit Vaghani launches music institute The Swamp Academy

UMG spends $290m buying back stock from Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square, amid fund’s exit from music company

‘It’ll never be like that again’: Sonny Rollins and Steve Schapiro on jazz’s golden age – in pictures

BMI promotes four executives across Creative and Corporate Communications teams

Peabo Bryson, R&B singer behind classic Disney duets, dies aged 75