For this year’s Future of Music package, Rolling Stone dove deeper than ever into the trends, technology and artists shaping the music of tomorrow — and got some help from the issue’s cover star, Bad Bunny
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The artists who have us most excited about what’s next
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the messy rise
of ai music
From voice-cloning wars to looming copyright disputes to
a potential flood of nonhuman songs, artificial intelligence
is already a musical battleground
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AI Artwork by BRIA AI & Tomer Hanuka
Bing’s AI Reviewed the Lil Yachty Record for Us. We Had Some Notes
Here’s what happened when we typed in “Rolling Stone review of Lil Yachty’s album Let’s Start Here”
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Photo Illustration by Matt Cooley
Snippet
core
The post-genre at the end of the internet
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THE WILD NEW LANDSCAPE OF ARTIST VIP PACKAGES
As perks get more expensive and bespoke, you can get interactive, intimate, and even drunk with your favorite artist
Photo Illustration by MAX-O-MATIC
Photo Illustration by Matt Cooley
10 global
scenes
we love
Bogota, Colombia
Toronto, Canada
Manchester, UK
Seoul, South Korea
Accra, Ghana
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unhearable music, a
sci-fi tale
A Sci-Fi Tale
Illustration by Carolina Rodríguez Fuenmayor
Imagine a future with surgically inserted earbuds and whale concerts. This is fiction but the tech isn’t far off
Nashville’s Radical Reinvention
As Music City goes through seismic
changes, fresh sounds and surprising
trends are emerging
Justin Renfroe
Is This $2 Billion Orb the Future of Live Music?
Designers say the high-tech Sphere in Vegas will redefine the concert-going experience. Others say it’s an expensive boondoggle
MSG Sphere
Five Things Coming to Concerts of the Future
From digital re-creations of classic artists to immersive audio, these innovations may change the way you see and hear live music
Metaverse Entertainment
Going to a Show? Prepare to Surrender
Your data
You may be listening, but Big Business is watching — and collecting your data to learn your concert-going habits
Photo Illustration by Matt Cooley
21 Numbers That Tell the Future of Music
The biggest trends in music, quantified — from skyrocketing concert ticket prices to shrinking Number One hits
Photo Illustration by Matt Cooley
How Discord Became Rap’s most Important Platform
Artists like Kenny Beats aren’t just
cultivating a fan base on the app —
it’s a real community
Evan Tetreault
Independent Venues Found a Way to Survive
From securing nonprofit status to bands buying the actual clubs, anything and everything seems to be on the table
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the future of music
interview
Our favorite artists’ takes on where music is headed
Future of Music: Q&A
u.s. girls
The art-pop provocateur on AI, ancient mythology, and the cost of living
Emma McIntyre
Future of Music: Q&A
tainy
The producer on who’s pushing reggaeton forward, hanging with Skrillex, and why AI music can’t measure up
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Future of Music: Q&A
christine and the queens
The French artist on his ambitious three-act pop opera, gender identity, and pitching Madonna
Jasa Muller
Future of Music: Q&A
juls
The British Ghanaian producer helped shape the sound of Afrobeats. Now, he says, the music is returning to its roots
Ayo Sama
h.e.r.
The multi-instrumentalist on the future of R&B, the possibilities of AI and why bands are coming back
Tim Saccenti
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the future of music
interview
Our favorite artists’ takes on where music is headed
Future of Music: Q&A
u.s. girls
The art-pop provocateur on AI, ancient mythology,
and the cost of living
Emma McIntyre
Future of Music: Q&A
tainy
The producer on who’s pushing reggaeton forward, hanging with Skrillex, and why AI music can’t measure up
Courtesy of Tainy
Future of Music: Q&A
christine and the queens
The French artist on his ambitious three-act pop opera, gender identity, and pitching Madonna
Jasa Muller
juls
The British Ghanaian producer helped shape the sound of Afrobeats. Now, he says, the music is returning to its roots
Future of Music: Q&A
h.e.r.
The multi-instrumentalist on the future of R&B, the possibilities of AI and why bands are coming back
Tim Saccenti
Ayo Sama
ai music
RZA
The Wu-Tang visionary gives the long view on trend cycles and why Afrobeats is the future
Daniel Hastings
Mike Will
The mastermind behind dozens of hip-hop hits isn’t done thinking of ways to shake up music
Diwang Valdez
Mike will
The mastermind behind dozens of
hip-hop hits isn’t done thinking of ways
to shake up music
Diwang Valdez
How Viral
AI Songs Get Made
We asked a Grammy-winning songwriter to create an AI song. We got a Biggie tune about AI world domination
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How Viral
AI Songs Get Made
We asked a Grammy-winning songwriter to create an AI song. We got a Biggie tune about AI world domination
See full video
RZA
The Wu-Tang visionary gives the long
view on trend cycles and why Afrobeats
is the future
Daniel Hastings
Photo Illustration by Matt Cooley
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Videography by Bret Hamilton
Videography by Bret Hamilton
