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Music Monday: Celebrate the VMAs with Aquila

Music Monday: Celebrate the VMAs with Aquila

by Cynthia Xie September 8, 2025

Music Monday features a different category of songs on a weekly basis. Each Monday, Harker Aquila will release seven songs, one song for each day of the week. MTV hosted the Video Music Awards, an annual...

Past summer anthems included Sabrina Carpenter’s light and poppy "Espresso," Kendrick Lamar’s club banger “Not Like Us” and Charli XCX’s hyperpop album "Brat." On the other hand, this summer's top single "Ordinary" by Alex Warren is instead characterized by its manufactured authenticity.

Summer hits lose their spark, formulas become standard

by Suhani Gupta and Sam Li August 24, 2025

This summer’s charts crowned American singer-songwriter Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” as the season’s soundtrack, taking Billboard’s top spot. However, it lacks the originality of past anthems:...

Delightfully naughty and nice: “Short n’ Sweet” portrays Sabrina Carpenter in her purest form

Delightfully naughty and nice: “Short n’ Sweet” portrays Sabrina Carpenter in her purest form

by Lily Peng, Reporter September 17, 2024

A flirty wink, a casual toss of her hair, a dazzling voice. And from that voice comes simple melodies. Silly tunes ring clearly in my head, ready to erupt from my lips in off-tune shrieks and compel...

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