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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicPop music

Topic: pop music

Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain is still shaping pop culture. Here’s how

Nirvana were everywhere at the start of the 1990s, much like Taylor Swift’s omnipresence today.

Haryanvi songs are moving from vulgarity to veil — ghoonghat is sexualised, male gaze the muse

Songs such as 52 Gaj ka Daman and Chatak Matak are gaining popularity in Haryana. Singers have no option but to give in to the disturbing trend.

Viva – India’s first girl group that sang feminist anthems in the early 2000s

At the dawn of a new century, India had an all-girl band whose members were outspoken, didn't shy away from risque fashion and were unapologetic about their behaviour.

Pop Goes India—my suggestion to Rajiv Gandhi when he wanted to promote rock: Remo Fernandes

In his autobiography, Remo Fernandes talks about how he was one of the faces behind India's revolution in pop music.

‘I’m so angry. It’s insane’: Britney Spears’ emotional outburst in court on dad’s guardianship

2 years after a public breakdown in 2006, Britney Spears was officially placed in the care of her father Jamie Spears, in a conservatorship that she describes as 'oppressive and controlling'.

I’m a Taylor Swift fan and I don’t need male approval to enjoy her music

Taylor Swift joined the ranks of Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon after winning her third Album of the Year Award at the 63rd Grammy Awards.

On Camera

Faiz Hameed conviction is a message from Munir. He won’t tolerate sympathy for Imran Khan

The political trajectory is clear. Asim Munir is now prepared to convict and sentence Imran Khan for instigating a rebellion against the army chief, with no possibility of mercy.

Goa, Kerala lose sheen as more foreign tourists pick Maharashtra & Bengal, shows RBI data

RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.