So, 2021 wasn’t quite the “post-pandemic” return to normal we’d all hoped for. But once again, music carried us through, and not even ever-mutating variants could stop incredible artists from ...

It’s brutal out there, and that’s why, more than ever, we needed the consoling and prodding pleasures of popular music to help everything make sense in here. [Stage direction: taps chest, knowingly.] ...

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They called it 2021, but it really felt like an extension of 2020, didn’t it? Everything feels like one big blob now, where things are bad and good and in between, and the lines that separate them are ...

If you’ve been reading Paste this year, you know a lot of music came out in 2021. Hip-hop was no exception, and despite a pandemic, it was a blessing in disguise to the many musicians who had an ...

How to pick the best albums of 2021? It was a particularly fruitful year for music, so shortlisting the true standouts is tricky. Looking back, some albums British Vogue selected as the best of 2020 ...

Daily Arts has taken the time to assess and determine the best pieces of art of 2021. From Red (Taylor’s Version) to “Squid Game” to “Dune,” we’ve figured it all out so you don’t have to. Keep reading ...