Navigating reality has become an almost constant shock to the system. With the ongoing cost of living crisis, wars, political polarisation, and global environmental issues, life’s stresses are becoming increasingly difficult to escape. With individuals and collectives in a perpetual state of disturbance, peop...

Swiftogeddon is a club night devoted to playing Taylor Swift tracks, with Swifties attending in costume to complete the Eras Tour atmosphere as they bring digital fandom IRL. As fans seek ways to come together offline, how are personalised, hyper-specific experiences helping them build community?

Britons are engaging with music subcultures in new, personalised ways inspired by fluid digital identities. After exploring this behaviour in our Media and Entertainment Sector Snapshot, Canvas8 spoke to eight people across the UK about how their relationships with music subcultures are changing.

Doja Cat’s fans are deleting their stan accounts after the artist criticized their sense of entitlement and blocked many across social media platforms. The debacle highlights a desire for more parakin relationships as superfans look to directly engage with and influence brands and idols.

Vinyl record sales in the US have grown for the 18th year in a row and outpaced digital audio consumption by some margin in 2022. With popular discourse often dominated by technological advancement and how it might optimise people’s time, they’re still looking for ways to unplug and slow down.