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TRIVIAL: Art and Music

Eurovision 2021: Stronger Than Ever

Gizem AKDOĞAN

07.06.2021

Art & Music

It had been two years since the world heard this sentence until 18 May 2021. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual song contest of Europe, Eurovision Song Contest, was canceled for the first time ever since it debuted in 1956. Previous Executive Supervisor of Eurovision Song Contest Jon Ola Sand announced the cancellation on 18 March 2020 and told the contest would come back next year ‘’stronger than ever.’’ 65th Eurovision Song Contest took place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 18-20-22 May 2021, thanks to the victory of Dutch singer Duncan Laurence with the song ‘’Arcade’’ in the 2019 contest.

Eurovision 2021: Stronger Than Ever

Gizem AKDOĞAN

07.06.2021

Art & Music

‘’Let the Eurovision Song Contest begin!’’
It had been two years since the world heard this sentence until 18 May 2021. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual song contest of Europe, Eurovision Song Contest, was canceled for the first time ever since it debuted in 1956. Previous Executive Supervisor of Eurovision Song Contest Jon Ola Sand announced the cancellation on 18 March 2020 and told the contest would come back next year ‘’stronger than ever.’

Blurred Lines of Genres: Unboxing The Creativity

Hülya AFAT

05.04.2021

Art & Music

We are already living through the third decade of the 21st century. Music has constantly been evolving, so have the artists. For the past couple of years, we have witnessed many artists trying out a different genre than that they have been established in and many new artists not sticking to one genre. Since the artists are the ones to define the art, saying the lines between the genres are getting blurry would not be wrong.

History of Pop Music

Cansu Gülbahar

04.01.2021

Art & Music

Pop music is harder to define unlike the other genres of music. Pop music is a short version of the word 'popular.' It's a contemporary form of music that charms a wide audience. It often includes a danceable tempo, easy to remember lyrics and simple notation.

The Underrated Mastermind of the Alien IDM: Qebrus

Ümit Altar BİNİCİ

07.12.2020

Art & Music

Imagine, one day you come across a song that you have never heard anything similar to before. I am sure you would feel alienated from the song itself, and that is rhetorically what Qebrus possibly planned in his creation! If you are some pop music fanatic of some sort, be warned that Qebrus’ underrated unique style might sound irritating for your ears.

City Pop: A Brief Rewind of 70s’ Music Culture

Ümit Altar BİNİCİ

02.11.2020

Art & Music

The 1970s were crucial times for Japanese people. After stabilizing its economy in such a little time as 30 years following the mushroom cloud, Japan was under the effect of western-oriented cultures. Some completely adapted themselves to western influence, while others completely rejected it, stuck to their traditions. This very cultural clash was also occurring within the musical world.

Youth and Unconventional Music: An Inseparable Duo

Boran Göher & Alp Ünal Ayhan

07.09.2020

Art & Music

One of the most prominent factors making up any generational gap is the difference in music taste. A fact apparent when you analyze the music tends over the years. The dominant music genre is always different, and sometimes the dominant genre in just the previous decade is, in some ways, the distinct opposite of the ongoing decade.

Separating Art from the Artist

Ece HASGÜL

03.08.2020

Art & Music

After the trans erasing and transphobic tweets from J.K. Rowling users have started to declare Daniel Radcliffe and many other fictional characters as the writer of the infamous book series, Harry Potter. As the book series holds dear memories in both young and old fans’ hearts, they did not want to associate those precious feelings with someone who is clearly and openly exclusive anymore.

Celebrate Diversity: LGBTI+ Representation in Eurovision Song Contest

Didem ÖZÇAKIR

01.06.2020

Art & Music

Everybody loves Eurovision! Every year in may each one of us, even the ones who have never watched the contest before, definitely hear about that year’s winner. We all remember the excitement of waiting if our country would win or not.

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