Product Placement and Brand Mentions in Top 20 Tracks

A whopping 212 different brands have been mentioned throughout all the songs that reached top 20 status in the last three years, according to Bloomberg pop culture reporter Kim Bhasin and data journalist Lance Lambert. Their study analyzed the tracks, searching for brand references, whether by proper name or through slang references. Rolls-Royce received the most mentions (helped along the way by Rolls-Royce owners Drake, …

Tourist feat. Ardyn: We Stayed Up All Night

There is a moment in time, perhaps at five or six or even seven in the morning after the night has been spent dancing or talking to friends with fervor, when the sun quietly and powerfully rises in the distance. Tourist’s track “We Stayed Up All Night” captures this beautifully. Now, the song—which features vocals from Katy Pearson of Ardyn—has a Daniel Brereton-directed music video …

AuthaGraph World Map Corrects Perceptions

No map is perfect but those behind AuthaGraph have offered an alternative that addresses size perception. By laying the spherical world out on 96 triangles, which are then transferred to a triangular pyramid, they have been able to depict continents (and countries) in more accurate sizes with regard to one another. When unfolded, this pyramid can either lay flat in rectangular form or be folded …