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In many ways, pop releases in 1996 foreshadowed what pop would become in the new millennium. Pop music went unapologetically into a new era of expression. Pop stars created a craze around them, and fandom was out of control. These pop albums were larger than life, and we can’t believe they’re turning 30 in 2026. ‘spice’ by the spice girls Having sold more than 25 million copies worldwide, this album remains one of the best-selling albums by a female group in history. Their debut single, “Wannabe”, shot to No. 1 in over 20 countries and is among the best-selling singles of all time. Young girls everywhere attached their identity to one of the five Spice Girls . They not only generated hits, but they took fashion in a different direction. Fashion of the early 2000s became heavily influenced by the girl group. “Wanna Be” was followed by three more chart-topping hits: “Say You’ll Be There”, “2 Become 1...

There are moments when the sky stops being scenery and starts being the whole conversation. This is one of them, stargazer — a Solar Eclipse in Leo arrives Wednesday, and whatever you’ve been circling, avoiding, or slowly building toward is going to get some pressure applied to it, whether you asked for that or not. Eclipses don’t ease you in or give you time to prepare. They just show you where you actually are and ask what you’ll do with it. The week has its own texture on either side of that. Mercury moves into Leo at the start, changing how you speak and what you’re willing to say directly. Saturn trining Jupiter all week asks whether your biggest ambitions have actual structure underneath them. By Saturday, Mercury conjuncting Jupiter means something from this week hits differently than you expected. Something gets resolved — not tidily, but without flinching. That’s the trade. How will your sign fare this week? Aries: March 21 –...

The sibling experience is varied, layered, and nuanced. No one has ever had the exact same sibling relationship since the concept of siblings was invented. These are great examples of various sibling dynamics presented in pop song format , but there’s no way we could find a song for every single sibling experience and keep this list under 1,000 words. In the meantime, here are four songs that represent a decent chunk of the sibling dynamic spectrum. “Shadow” by Ashlee Simpson Ashlee Simpson released her debut album Autobiography in 2004, which featured the vulnerable pop song “Shadow”. The lyrics were inspired by Ashlee’s experience living in the shadow of her older sister, Jessica Simpson, who, by the mid-2000s, was a household name in pop culture. This song was Ashlee’s way of confronting the struggle to find her own identity. On the spectrum of sibling experiences, “Shadow” represents those who are constant...

We may be in the midst of a loneliness epidemic, but it also seems like we’ve never had more ways to meet a new friend, like dating apps that pivoted into friendship apps and online forums where everyone can congregate and get to know one another. And yet, according to a new study, even with all these modern advancements in finding friends, we still look for the same things in our friends we did back when we were cavemen: would they make a good hunter-gatherer? According to a study published in Evolution and Human Behavior by researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, friendship is more than shared hobbies and a similar sense of humor. We evolved to form long-term bonds with people who look like they knew what the hell they were doing. We like people who are reliable hunting partners or good foragers. People who know how to survive. How Scientists Found Our Caveman Friendship Instincts To test the idea, the researchers paired up strangers for a 30...

We all know inflation is adding more stress to our everyday lives, but what about its impact on dating? It’s so bad out there that there’s a new dating trend thought to combat financial stress. “As costs rise due to inflation, there is a new trend that has been coined ‘infladating’ in the relationship space,” says Susan Trombetti, matchmaker and CEO of Exclusive Matchmaking. In other words…we’re all struggling so much that we combined a dating trend with a financial wellness trend. What Is Infladating? Trombetti describes “infladating” as “being more mindful about spending on dates due to rising costs.” I mean, that sounds quite rational to me. “This doesn’t have to be a negative thing at all and can actually help people realize they can plan something probably more romantic for a date without spending a ton of money,” she explains. “Think going to get a coffee and walking in the park, having a picnic, etc.” For exampl...

Geek rock hit a peak in the 1990s. Geeks everywhere found an alternative outlet as well. Geek rock bands were foreshadowed by groups such as The Cars and Devo. In the 1990s, many alternative subgenres were created, and geeks found alternative bands to resonate with. These are three no-skip geek rock albums from 1996 that we still geek out to 30 years later. ‘factory showroom’ by they might be giants They Might Be Giants are one of the quirkiest bands of the 1990s. Notably, they performed the Malcom in the Middle theme song. They sounded like a hybrid of Weird Al and Devo, creating some of the best geek rock of the 1990s. Their sixth studio album, Factory Showroom, was the band’s last on the Elektra label. They left following the release, feeling that Elektra hadn’t promoted the band well enough. In a legendary geek rock move, the band recorded “I Can Hear You” on a wax cylinder at Edison Laboratory without the use of electricity . ...

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