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🌀 This Oscar Was About More Than a Film Score

Mar 18, 2026

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9 min read

🌀 This Oscar Was About More Than a Film Score

How Ludwig Göransson's win for Sinners became a quiet act of historical reckoning.

Ekin Ilgın Demirhan
Ekin Ilgın Demirhan

Music

🌀 The Canon Was Always a Choice

Mar 11, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 The Canon Was Always a Choice

The canon wasn't discovered. It was constructed.

Ekin Ilgın Demirhan
Ekin Ilgın Demirhan

Music

🌀 The Sound You Can't Hear: Music's Carbon Problem

Mar 4, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 The Sound You Can't Hear: Music's Carbon Problem

Your playlist is weightless, but its carbon footprint isn't.

Ekin Ilgın Demirhan
Ekin Ilgın Demirhan

Music

🌀 Algorithms on the Charts

Feb 25, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 Algorithms on the Charts

The rise of generative music.

Ekin Ilgın Demirhan
Ekin Ilgın Demirhan

Music

🌀How Rap Outgrew Its Own Gold Chain

Feb 18, 2026

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8 min read

🌀How Rap Outgrew Its Own Gold Chain

Why did every rapper start sounding like a millionaire, and why is that era ending?

Ekin Ilgın Demirhan
Ekin Ilgın Demirhan

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🌀 How Zara Larsson Let Her Fans Rebrand Her

Feb 11, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 How Zara Larsson Let Her Fans Rebrand Her

Zara Larsson let a meme influence her career, and it paid off.

Ekin Ilgın Demirhan
Ekin Ilgın Demirhan

Music

🌀 Bad Bunny Made Puerto Rico the Center of the World

Feb 4, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 Bad Bunny Made Puerto Rico the Center of the World

How a love letter to Puerto Rico became the most important album in the world?

Ekin Ilgın Demirhan
Ekin Ilgın Demirhan

Music

🌀 The Swift Institution: More Than A Melody

Jan 28, 2026

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6 min read

🌀 The Swift Institution: More Than A Melody

How Taylor Swift became "The One"?

Ekin Ilgın Demirhan
Ekin Ilgın Demirhan

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