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The new Lyrics Translation function in Apple Music on iOS 26 is really helping me figure out what is going on the new ROSALÍA album (which is ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, btw)
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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please note. apple's excellent "the crate" music playlist is in halloween mode again.

if you're sick of the same-old spookus tunes, this is the place to be. music.apple.com/us/playlist/t...
The Crate (Halloween Edition) on Apple Music
Playlist · 51 Songs
music.apple.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Just launched: you can now listen live to Apple Music 1, Apple Music Chill, Apple Music Club and all the other Apple Music broadcast radio stations on TuneIn, without subscription and free from ads:

www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
August 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
PSA: You can now easily transfer your library and playlists from other services → Apple Music in the UK, Australia, Canada and a bunch of other places.

More info here: www.macrumors.com/2025/08/26/a...
Apple Music Transfer Tool for Switching From Spotify Now Available in UK and 7 Other Countries
Apple has quietly expanded availability of its music transfer tool to six additional countries, allowing users to import playlists and libraries from...
www.macrumors.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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I’ve worked in music for exactly twenty years today (!), so I thought I should write a little bit about it: de-online.co.uk/2025/08/01/v...
Vicennial | David Emery Online
Two decades ago today, I walked into an unassuming converted collection of terrace houses, somewhere in Wandsworth, South London, and began working in the music industry. It was purely by chance that....
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August 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I’ve worked in music for exactly twenty years today (!), so I thought I should write a little bit about it: de-online.co.uk/2025/08/01/v...
Vicennial | David Emery Online
Two decades ago today, I walked into an unassuming converted collection of terrace houses, somewhere in Wandsworth, South London, and began working in the music industry. It was purely by chance that....
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August 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Hmmm
July 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Apple Music is 10 which, as is often the case with such milestones, seems like a very long time and like it happened yesterday.
June 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Some great new Apple Music features were just announced at WWDC — including AutoMix, which automatically transitions between songs, Lyrics Translation and Pronunciation, Pinned content in the Library, Motion Artwork on the lock screen and a whole lot more: www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
June 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Just launched: the Shazam Viral Charts, which leverage the Shazam’s data to offer a comprehensive view of today’s fastest-growing songs across the globe.
May 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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My blog turned twenty the other week, which means it’s older than YouTube, Google Maps, any many other things: de-online.co.uk/2025/04/26/t...
Twenty | David Emery Online
This blog turned twenty years old last week, and I have a couple of things to say about that. I had planned to post on the day, but instead I took my children to an aeroplane museum on the west coast....
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April 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My blog turned twenty the other week, which means it’s older than YouTube, Google Maps, any many other things: de-online.co.uk/2025/04/26/t...
Twenty | David Emery Online
This blog turned twenty years old last week, and I have a couple of things to say about that. I had planned to post on the day, but instead I took my children to an aeroplane museum on the west coast....
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April 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just launched: DJ with Apple Music. Build and mix your sets directly from Apple Music’s library of over 100 million songs with Serato, Algoriddim, AlphaTheta and many more.

More details here: apple.co/DJwAM
March 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Shoutout to LCD Soundsystem for recognising the “tired dad” segment of their audience and putting some matinee shows in their Brixton residency run
March 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Out today is Apple Invites, a new app that helps you create custom invitations to gather friends and family for any occasion. What’s neat is that Apple Music is built in, so you can easily add a collaborative playlist to soundtrack your event, right on the invite page.
Introducing Apple Invites, a new app that brings people together
Apple today introduced Apple Invites, a new app for iPhone that allows users to create custom invitations to gather friends and family.
www.apple.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Just launched - Apple Music Replay ‘25, which details everything you’ve been listening to so far this year, is out now, updating every month: replay.music.apple.com

(So far I’ve still been rinsing Kendrick…)
February 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I was raised on Soulwax bootlegs so I’m naturally predisposed to a mashup, but this… this is a masterpiece
Oh this is just *delightful*: for the opening of his documentary on the history of music on SNL, Questlove produced “a high-speed, six-minute DJ mix of SNL music highlights”. So good you’ll want to watch it way more than just once. [kottke.org]
Questlove’s Fantastic Video Mix of 50 Years of SNL Music
Oh this is just delightful: for the opening of his documentary film on the history of music on SNL he co-directed with Oz Rodriguez, Questlove produced what the NY Times calls “a high-speed, six-minute DJ mix of SNL mu
kottke.org
January 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Music fraud is a super important topic - the more manipulated streams, the less artists get paid - and today we talked for the first time publicly about some of the steps Apple Music has being taking to fight it: musically.com/2025/01/21/a...
Apple talks music fraud: 'On Apple Music less than 1% of streams are manipulated'
Apple Music has gone public with its data and opinions on tackling music fraud and stream manipulation, in a speech at Music Ally Connect.
musically.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Music fraud is a super important topic - the more manipulated streams, the less artists get paid - and today we talked for the first time publicly about some of the steps Apple Music has being taking to fight it: musically.com/2025/01/21/a...
Apple talks music fraud: 'On Apple Music less than 1% of streams are manipulated'
Apple Music has gone public with its data and opinions on tackling music fraud and stream manipulation, in a speech at Music Ally Connect.
musically.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Look, I know we’re all aware that Blue Monday is a made up thing, but they *really* nailed it with yesterday
January 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A little late, yes, but here’s a quick roundup of my favourite music from 2024: de-online.co.uk/2025/01/10/2...
2024 in Music | David Emery Online
If you checked my Apple Music Replay it would tell you that for the 3rd year in a row Taylor Swift was my post listened to artist, and who am I to argue with a data story like that? That stat was...
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January 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
PSA: Did you know that Apple Music Replay updates every week? So — you can now get your full year 2024 rundown, which is great if, like me, you spent the entirety of December with the new Kendrick album on repeat…
January 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
An early Christmas present for you — Apple Music has just launched three new radio stations: Apple Música Uno, Apple Music Club and Apple Music Chill.
December 10, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Apple Music Replay ‘24 launches today, and as well as letting you share what you’ve been listening to all year, it’s also now available for artists - they can share top songs, cities, their most shazamed song and much more.

Check it out in Apple Music for Artists: artists.apple.com/support/5486...
December 3, 2024 at 6:05 PM
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As we head into personalised-end-of-year-stats season, I’ve had a few people ask about whether you can hide stuff from your listening history on Apple Music, and the answer is: yes!

Here’s a quick write-up on how to do it (feat. Imagine Dragons & Scott Walker): de-online.co.uk/2024/12/02/t...
Curating your curation | David Emery Online
I know from personal experience that if you work with an artist or band, you very frequently end up liking, or even loving, their music. This is true even for music that is wildly out of your comfort....
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December 2, 2024 at 8:53 PM