“Do it for the Vine” was the unofficial slogan of the now-defunct, once wildly popular short-form video app Vine. You’d hear people shout it from behind their phone cameras as they filmed their ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Grace Gardner is an independent musician. They own their own music; write, ...

The year 2009 stands out as one of the greatest in pop music, thanks in large part to the rise of dance and synth-pop hits. It was the same year that marked the debut of Kesha’s breakout track “TiK ...