Daily Score – MuseScore https://musescore.com/news Music news, analysis, and education from MuseScore.com Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:29:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/wpnews.musescore.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-cover_85.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Daily Score – MuseScore https://musescore.com/news 32 32 253427791 Dolly Parton ‘Jolene’: The Irregular Bar Structure Behind the Song https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/dolly-parton-jolene-the-irregular-bar-structure-behind-the-song/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:29:33 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=3030 Dolly Parton in 1983, singing and playing acoustic guitar live on stage.

Dolly Parton based "Jolene" on two real people, an eight-year-old fan and a bank teller who'd taken a liking to her husband.]]>
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Bad Bunny ‘EoO’ Spotify Streams Pass 1 Billion https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/bad-bunny-eoo-spotify-streams-pass-1-billion/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:42:06 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=3004 3004 Ella Langley’s ‘Weren’t For The Wind’ Trends Again as Her First Solo Country Radio No. 1 https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/ella-langleys-werent-for-the-wind-trends-again-as-her-first-solo-country-radio-no-1/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:45:53 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=2995 Ella Langley in a whitedress standing in front of a floral backdrop.

Nearly two years after its release, Ella Langley's "Weren't For The Wind" is climbing the Hot 100 again, on the strength of becoming her first solo No. 1 on Country Radio.]]>
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Arctic Monkeys ‘505’: Tumblr, TikTok, and Techno Remix Resurgence Explained https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/arctic-monkeys-505-tumblr-tiktok-and-techno-remix-resurgence-explained/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:43:41 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=2978 Arctic Monkeys photographed in 2007.

Nearly 20 years after "505" closed out Favourite Worst Nightmare, a Dutch producer's hard techno remix has pushed the track back onto the Spotify charts, this time built on the same Ennio Morricone-inspired organ line that opened it in 2007.]]>
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Mitski ‘My Love Mine All Mine’ Chords, Meaning, and Self-Love Lyrics Explained https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/mitski-my-love-mine-all-mine-chords-meaning-and-self-love-lyrics-explained/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:14:01 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=2972 Mitski photographed on August 12, 2022, in Seattle, performing at the Day In Day Out Festival.

Mitski's biggest hit found a second life as background music for couples on TikTok, but the lyrics themselves seem to push against that romantic reading, insisting nothing belongs to her but her own love.]]>
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KATSEYE ‘Animal’: A Return to Traditional Pop Sound https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/katseye-animal-a-return-to-traditional-pop-sound/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:43:44 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=2928 KATSEYE performing live in Bogotá, Colombia, March 2026.

KATSEYE's latest single ditches the two-word hooks for real verses, with Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, and producers Omer Fedi and Blake Slatkin behind the songwriting.]]>
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Tame Impala ‘Loser’ Chart Performance: Spider-Man Brand New Day Boost https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/tame-impala-loser-chart-performance-spider-man-brand-new-day-boost/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:42:44 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=2921 Collage of Kevin Parker of Tame Impala photographed performing live in October 2025, and the Spider-Man: Brand New Day promotional poster.

Nearly a year after barely cracking the Hot 100, Tame Impala's "Loser" is finding new life in a Spider-Man movie theater, and it's not the first Deadbeat track to pull off that trick.]]>
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Stella Lefty’s ‘Boston’: Behind Her No. 3 Country-Pop Hit and TikTok Rise https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/stella-leftys-boston-behind-her-no-3-country-pop-hit-and-tiktok-rise/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:10:50 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=2884 Stella Lefty performing live in 2025.

Stella Lefty wrote her breakout single about her boyfriend, not the city in the title, and didn't even realize the piano she wrote it on was named "Boston" until a month later.]]>
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Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen’s ‘I Can’t Love You Anymore’ Hits #7 on Hot 100 https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/ella-langley-morgan-wallens-i-cant-love-you-anymore-hits-7-on-hot-100/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:34:56 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=2825 Photo of Ella Langley.

For all the buzz around the chart history, it's the vocal pairing that's keeping people coming back, Langley and Wallen trading heartbreak lines while the laid-back tempo holds the tension back instead of releasing it.]]>
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Two Years Later, Malcolm Todd’s ‘Earrings’ Is a Hit https://musescore.com/news/daily-score/two-years-later-malcolm-todds-earrings-is-a-hit/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:43:49 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=2817 Photograph of Malcolm Todd in 2026.

Malcolm Todd's "Earrings" spent two years as a deep cut on his 2024 mixtape "Sweet Boy" before TikTok pushed it onto the charts. Here's what's behind the sudden surge, and why the song's laid-back, wistful sound is resonating now.]]>
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