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Swift's determination to create a new image for herself comes at the expense of originality.
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Taylor Swift slithers but doesn’t bite in new album, ‘reputation’

By Carl Zabat | Nov. 20, 2017

With reputation, Taylor Swift makes a transformation — one that many huge stars have attempted — into a darker, more serious version of herself. Bruno Mars did it with Unorthodox Jukebox, Michael Jackson scowled on the cover of Bad and Beyonce embraced her sexuality like never before on her self-titled album. Swift, however, had slightly different circumstances

UW-Madison alumnus Charlie Berens discussed his popular show.
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Charlie Berens, of 'Manitowoc Minute' fame, kept it movin' with the Daily Cardinal

By Maggie Chandler and Nina Bertelsen | Nov. 20, 2017

With a Wisconsin accent and growing bread for No-Shave-November, Charlie Berens walked up to the fifth floor of Vilas Hall after sleeping on a plane. The J-School alum and former Daily Cardinal arts writer was in town for the Michigan game and spent the afternoon chatting with current Badgers. In his time away from Madison, Berens moved around a lot, taking risks and networking as a TV-broadcaster in Dallas before transitioning into satire and comedy.

Amazon pilots like “Sea Oak” saw high ratings from viewers.
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Amazon’s TV pilots showcase strong female representation

By Monique Sheidler | Nov. 16, 2017

Last Friday, Amazon released three new shows as a part of their biannual pilot season program. The way the pilot season works is they release a bunch of pilot episodes for new shows, after which the viewers are able to rate and review them. The ones with the best ratings get picked up for a series order. This winter, they released three new pilots — “I Love You More,” “Sea Oak” and “The Climb” — showing a push for female representation both on and off the camera.

Though he is new to the music scene, Petit Biscuit proves to be a noteworthy artist in the electronic music genre.
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Petit Biscuit features ambient sounds, maturity on debut album

By Erin Bates | Nov. 16, 2017

Petit Biscuit released his debut album, Presence, this past Friday. Though he is most known for his song “Sunset Lover,” which boasts over 226 million plays on Spotify, Petit Biscuit displays an advanced sound on his new album, which features 14 tracks — almost entirely new releases. With collaborations from fellow producers Lido, SONIA and Bipolar Sunshine, Presence offers a creative mix of electronic melodies from all the featured artists.

Jidenna unexpectedly dropped his new EP over the weekend, but it doesn't live up to expectations.
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Jidenna’s ‘Boomerang’ EP stumbles in attempt to reinvigorate past songs

By Edgar Sanchez | Nov. 13, 2017

Over the weekend, Jidenna dropped a surprise EP titled Boomerang. Some may remember the billboard-charting, electro R&B hit, “Classic Man” from 2015. Since then, Jidenna has pushed out some great work and performed at a slew of festivals, including this past summer’s Lollapalooza in Chicago. Fans of the Netflix show Luke Cage will likely remember Jidenna’s appearance with his stellar performance of the melodic single, “Long Live The Chief.”

Mayhem gave a theatrical performance at Majestic on Tuesday, complete with Satanic costumes and props.
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Mayhem bring theatrical black metal to Majestic

By Dylan Anderson | Nov. 9, 2017

Norwegian black metal moguls Mayhem put on a dramatic exhibit at the Majestic Theatre Tuesday night, playing the entirety of their highly influential 1994 debut album, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. Known for using pseudonyms for their stage aliases, the active lineup featured one founding member, bassist Necrobutcher, who was absent from the group during the record’s production.

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