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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Taylor Crumpton [Crumpton](https://www.taylorcrumpton.com/) is a music, pop culture, and politics writer from Dallas. In her work—which can be found in outlets like _The Washington Post_, _The Wall Street Journal_, _Harper’s Bazaar_, The Guardian, NPR, and many other platforms—Crumpton writes about a range of topics from Black Queer advocacy to the underrepresented hip-hop scenes in the southern United States to pop analysis on releases like “WAP” and “Black Is King” ## Taylor Crumpton *  Sep 3, 2026 ### ['Love Island USA' Fails to Protect Black Women](https://time.com/article/2026/09/01/love-island-usa-black-women/) The record-breaking reality TV franchise is built on the popularity of its Black female stars, but i... [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Mar 16, 2026 ### [The Oscars Can’t Measure the Power of Black Storytelling](https://time.com/article/2026/03/16/oscars-best-picture-sinners-one-battle-after-another/) The Oscars rivalry between Sinners and One Battle After Another shows how Hollywood still struggles ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 10, 2026 ### [Bad Bunny Showed America What Love Is](https://time.com/7373250/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-immigrants-puerto-rico/) Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance displayed a love that encompasses every country in the A... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 19, 2025 ### [Holiday Music Charts Are Stuck in the Past](https://time.com/7341203/christmas-holiday-music-charts-mariah-carey/) Mariah Carey isn’t the problem. Nostalgia is. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 12, 2025 ### [We’re All Working for the Algorithm Now](https://time.com/7332708/creator-economy-algorithm-unpaid-labor-privacy/) In a world where every moment can become content, intimacy has become the price of visibility. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 2, 2025 ### [The Rise of the Etsy Witch](https://time.com/7307401/rise-of-etsy-witch/) "Hiring an Etsy witch has become a commodified exchange—often for social media clout," writes Taylor... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 13, 2025 ### [‘Love Island USA’ and a New Era of Toxic Fandom](https://time.com/7301911/love-island-usa-toxic-fandom/) "When Islanders leave the villa and their 15 minutes of fame are over, they often face online hatred... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 20, 2025 ### [Sabrina Carpenter Is Not the Problem](https://time.com/7295687/sabrina-carpenter-mans-best-friend-album-cover-essay/) Sabrina Carpenter is yet another placeholder for America's sexual frustrations, writes Taylor Crumpt... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 22, 2025 ### [The ‘Song of the Summer’ Is Dead. Thank God for That](https://time.com/7287405/song-of-the-summer-is-dead-essay/) The abundance of choice for people to connect with music and pop culture could be a good thing, writ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 11, 2025 ### [Maybe We Need Recession Pop Right Now](https://time.com/7276586/recession-pop-benefits-essay/) Gen Zers and millennials are not the first generations to use music as a way to express societal ins... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 7, 2025 ### [How Kendrick Lamar Went Pop in His Own Way](https://time.com/7213750/kendrick-lamar-superbowl-halftime-pop-essay/) The Super Bowl halftime show underscores just how much Kendrick Lamar has been dominating pop cultur... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 3, 2025 ### [Beyoncé’s AOTY Win Shows We Won't Be Erased](https://time.com/7212482/beyonce-album-of-the-year-win-essay/) It’s one thing for Beyoncé to win the night’s most prestigious award. It’s another to win for 'Cowbo... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) * ![Unknown \(American\). \[Studio Portrait\], 1940s– 50s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, 2015](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt21976337b7425e77/698a8a4ad0753335d9e75e33/met-gala-black-dandyism-exhibit-portrait.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Oct 24, 2024 ### [The 2025 Met Gala Theme Honors Black Dandyism. We’re Already Missing the Point](https://time.com/7096829/2025-met-gala-black-dandy-history-essay/) Lost in the cultural appropriation discourse of the 2025 Met Gala theme is the centering of a Black ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 13, 2024 ### [Leave Chappell Roan Alone](https://time.com/7021241/leave-chappell-roan-alone-essay/) Idolatry is not a novel concept. What is unique are the new ways in which our culture demands that c... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 10, 2024 ### [What Beyoncé's Snub at the CMAs Says About Country Music's Dangerous Hierarchy](https://time.com/7019535/beyonce-cma-snub-essay/) 'Jim Crow never left America; he just went country,' writes Taylor Crumpton. 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