Over 21 Million Copyrighted Songs Are Circulating Among AI Developers: Report
The findings emerge as controversial AI music generators like Suno and Udio navigate a thicket of copyright lawsuits.
New Study Confirms What Ravers Already Knew: Electronic Music Reduces Stress
Researchers captured over 600,000 heartbeats across two dancefloor sessions to quantify what electronic music and guided movement do to the human body.
Deezer Launches Free Tool to Detect AI Music in Playlists on Spotify, Apple Music and More
The AI detection tool is operating with 99.8% accuracy, according to Deezer.
Suno Valued at $5.4 Billion After $400 Million Raise
The controversial platform has more than doubled its valuation in seven months.
Search Data Reveals Tomorrowland Overtaking Coachella in Global Festival Hype
Live music fans are aggressively searching for international experiences as domestic options like Ultra and Lollapalooza fight to maintain their market share, according to a new study from SeatPick.
Miami Residents Sue Ultra Music Festival as City Locks In 20-Year Bayfront Park Deal
Ultra's co-founder and CEO, Russell Faibisch, called the deal "a historic moment for the City of Miami and for the global electronic music community."
Phone-Free Events Are Up 567% as Digital Burnout Worsens
New data from Eventbrite paints a bleak yet promising picture of people who are so fried by the internet that they're buying tickets specifically to escape it.
Why Authenticity Is Resonating With Listeners in a Way AI Has Not Matched
"You can’t build a fanbase from something that doesn’t connect to listeners on an emotional level."
At $15.1 Billion, the Electronic Music Industry Has Never Been More Valuable
In 2025, electronic music added 600 million fans and attracted record catalog investment en route to its highest valuation yet.
Why No One Is Actually Dancing on Dancefloors Anymore
A brass-knuckled fistful of different forces is converging on the dancefloor at roughly the same time, clawing at our ability to dance freely through smartphones, sexual harassment and more.
Charli xcx Says “The Dancefloor Is Dead” — The Data Says Otherwise
As she explores rock music for a new album, the chart-topping artist seems ready to abandon the dancefloors that turned 'Brat' into a global phenomenon.
Sam Altman-Backed Startup Reveals New Tool to Combat Concert Ticket Scalping Bots
Originally conceived by the OpenAI CEO alongside Max Novendstern and Alex Blania, World is "intended to be the world’s largest, most inclusive network of real humans."
Jury Finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster Held Illegal Monopoly Over Ticketing Market
A federal jury has ruled against Live Nation in a landmark antitrust case, finding that the company and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had unlawfully cornered the live music ticketing market.
Inside Pacha’s Ambitious Plan to Fix the Safety Failures That Plagued the Brooklyn Mirage
The Brooklyn Mirage left behind a complicated legacy when it closed, and the club moving in is spending considerable time and money trying to make sure that legacy does not follow it through the door.
Negotiations Between Suno and Major Labels Hit Impasse Over Keeping AI Songs Inside Their Platforms
Talks with the controversial AI music company have stalled over a fundamental disagreement about how artificially generated songs should be distributed.
California Bill Targeting Ticket Resellers Picks Up Steam After Coachella Passes Reach $5,000
The California Fans First Act would make it illegal to resell concert tickets at more than 10% above face value, a cap that would have barred nearly every listing currently on StubHub for Coachella.
“Are We Doomed to Be Banned Everywhere?” Asks AI Artist Who Is Baffled That Real Musicians Don’t Support Him
A new AI music creator discovered that the path to an online audience runs directly through a gauntlet of people who would prefer that path not exist.
House Music Leads Miami Music Week, Comprising Two-Thirds of All Programming
A new analysis of 889 artists found that tech house dominates Miami Music Week’s sprawling lineup.
States Plan Legal Action, Revolt Against DOJ’s Live Nation Settlement: “It’s a Terrible Deal”
A consortium of Attorneys General claim the federal settlement does little to curb alleged monopolistic practices from Live Nation.
‘Support Women DJs’: What a Raver Learned About Power Structures by Building One of Her Own
Rach Brosman did not set out to become one of the more disruptive voices in electronic music, but the lineups gave her very little choice.
Live Nation Reaches Landmark Antitrust Settlement, Must Open Ticketmaster to Rivals: Report
The US government secured a watershed antitrust settlement against the entertainment giant, forcing it to dismantle key components of its business and pay roughly $280 million in damages.
“Creep Behavior”: Calls Grow to Ban Meta Glasses in Nightlife Venues
The small LED light on the glasses designed to signal an active recording is being deliberately disabled, giving women no way to detect when they are being filmed.
Supreme Court Rejects AI Copyright Appeal, Leaving Fully AI-Generated Works Unprotected: What That Means for Music Producers
By declining to hear Thaler v. Perlmutter, SCOTUS left intact a rule that fully AI-generated works without meaningful human input cannot be copyrighted under current US law.
Rave Culture Shapes “Festivalization of Wellness,” One of the Global Wellness Summit’s Top Trends for 2026
Long focused on discipline and self-measurement, the wellness industry is pivoting away from compulsive "over-optimization" and toward dancefloors.
Chasing Viral Trends Rarely Turns Into Long-Term Streaming Income: Report
An analysis from Duetti of over 6 million tracks revealed the qualities in a catalog that are most likely to make it "durable."
Google Brings AI Music Generation to Gemini App
Powered by DeepMind's Lyria 3 model, the feature debuts as generative AI music tools continue to arrive faster than the legal frameworks meant to govern them.
The EDM.com Class of 2026 Has Been Revealed
Meet the artists changing the fabric of electronic dance music.
Rukes Tells All: How EDM Festivals and Artists Learned to Devalue the Photographers Who Document Them
An intimate interview with Drew Ressler, the nation's preeminent EDM photographer, who has watched the scene's transformation from both sides of the lens.
deadmau5 Blasts Unknown DJ for Using AI Deepfake to Promote Music
The influential producer said he woke up to find an AI-generated video of himself promoting another artist's music without his knowledge or consent.
Fueled by Dubstep Comeback, SoundCloud Confirms Electronic Music as Fastest-Growing Category
More than one-third of all SoundCloud uploads now fall under electronic genres, up from just 25% in 2020 as producer output races to match listener demand.
Jake Shore Torches House Music’s Descent Into Algorithmic Conformity: “We Have Completely Lost the Plot”
The Chicago DJ and producer eviscerated today's house music scene, posting a scathing critique of artists who abandon experimentation for algorithmic approval.
New Organization Launches Charts for Only AI-Generated Music
The Sonic Intelligence Academy has developed two charts for AI-generated music: "Top 100 AI Songs" and "Top 100 AI Cover Songs."
