Pop Culture This Week: ICE Pins, ‘Melania’ Reviews and a Taylor Swift Video

This week, pop culture ran hot. Here is Newsweek's round-up of everything on the scene that you may have missed.
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What is 'recession pop' — and why is it making a comeback? New music from Kesha, Lady Gaga signals return to 'escapist pop bangers.'

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kesha performs during Lollapalooza in 2024. (Josh Brasted/FilmMagic) As the economy cratered, pop music thrived. Recession woes ...
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In 2025, K-Pop Battled Its Demons

The genre peaked in terms of global awareness with “KPop Demon Hunters,” while the industry’s most promising new act was mired in a legal morass. By Jon Caramanica This year, from a distance, the ...
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From fandom to force: How K-pop finally broke through in the U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rarely has an original movie infiltrated pop culture like KPop Demon Hunters. It’s hard to overstate just how massive this movie ...