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Sabrina Carpenter lies on a pink bedspead in a red dress, with her hands crossed across her chest

Why pop stars embracing sex is still controversial

By Clare Thorp

Mira, Rumi and Zoey from fictional Kpop group Huntr/x in KPop Demon Hunters (Credit: Netflix)

The K-pop film that swept the world

By Julie Yoonnyung Lee

Tommy Cash wearing a suit and holding a post-it note which reads "I heart Tommy Cash"(Credit: Alina Pyazok)

The Eurovision song that's caused outrage in Italy

By Emma Madden

Picture of Cindy Lee (Credit: Vanessa Tignanelli)

Who is Cindy Lee? Pop's most mysterious sensation

By Shaun Curran

President-elect Donald Trump dances to YMCA

How YMCA became Donald Trump's unlikely anthem

By Nicholas Barber

Robbie Williams depicted as a CGI chimp in his biopic, Better Man (Credit: Paramount Pictures)

The powerful music biopic – with a CGI chimp hero

By Arwa Haider

Taylor Swift (Credit: Getty Images)

End of an Era: The show that took over the world

By Clare Thorp

Mariah Carey performing in a Christmas outfit (Credit: Getty Images)

How a modest 1990s hit came to define Christmas

By Jeffrey Ingold

Liam Payne with his One Direction bandmates (Credit: Alamy)

Should there be a ban on teenage popstars?

By Laura Martin

Lady Gaga (Credit: Inside Out)

Why Lady Gaga's comeback hits the spot

By Nick Levine

Katy Perry at the 2024 VMAs (Credit: Getty Images)

Why Katy Perry's comeback has gone so wrong

By Nick Levine

Sabrina Carpenter (Credit: Alamy)

How Espresso became the song of the summer

By Nick Levine

D:Ream in the 90s (Credit: Alamy)

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The dance hit that's a British political anthem

By Nicholas Barber

Why Abba's Eurovision win divided Sweden

By Clare Thorp

The 2,600-year-old history of 'tortured' poets

By David Robson

Taylor Swift takes aim at critics with new track

By Clare Thorp