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Paramount – Warner : The danger of consolidation in Cultural Industries
In 2022, Elon Musk spent $44 billion to acquire Twitter. For some, it was nothing more than a high-profile business transaction. For others, it was a warning sign. A single billionaire had acquired one of the world’s most influential communication platforms and gained the ability to reshape its rules, its algorithms and, inevitably, part of the public opinion. In 2022, Elon Read more
From Objects to Narratives : The Political Power of Museums
The museums, between procedees, tools and places of power, who gets to tell History ? Are museums really just places of culture? When you think of museums, what comes to your mind? Most of the time, we generally imagine a place dedicated to preserving and transmitting culture. Whatever the nature of the objects on Read more
Understanding art and emotion: does understanding art explain away its magic?
What do you feel when you look at this painting? Anxiety? Melancholy? Admiration? These feelings can come out of nowhere as if a single brushstroke could transport us without explaining anything. This whole chemical cocktail can kick in before we understand that the painting probably evokes the passage from life to death. Our first emotion therefore arrives Read more
Art in the Face of War: The Example of Gaza
In the modern world, social media no longer merely connects people: it shapes public debate.In the context of Gaza, long kept at a distance from major international newsrooms, these platforms have played a key role. A video goes viral, a photograph circulates, a testimony moves people—and suddenly, the world is watching. But in times of Read more
Vald’s renewal : how does artistic freedom pushes the boundaries of French rap ?
Whether you liked it or not, 2025 was definitely a productive year for Vald. Between ‘Pandemonium’, its hardcore techno reloaded version, and ‘Magnificat’, a mixtape compiling pop, techno and rock tracks, the French rapper never stopped to surprise his fans, for the better or for the worse. Today, we’re going to analyse this project and Read more
LOL and LOL 2.0: Sixteen Years of Teenage Representation
Sixteen years after the release of LOL (Laughing Out Loud), Lisa Azuelos and the small family at the heart of the film return to the big screen with LOL 2.0. From the very first notes of Little Sister by Jean-Philippe Verdin, the cult track that opened the original film and reappears in the sequel, nostalgia Read more
Why is the video game industry so complex to understand ?
The video game industry has become a juggernaut among cultural industries, but despite its growth and popularity, it remains incredibly difficult to understand Financially, it outpaces music and film combined. The outdated perception of games as a niche hobby for teenage boys has — almost — vanished. People of all ages play. You can find Read more
Do we still know how to listen to music ?
Unlimited music, limited attention Music has never been so present in our lives, but do we really still know how to listen to it ? In just a few decades, our relationship with sound has been transformed: from a rare and desired commodity, it has become a continuous stream. The emergence of streaming services such Read more
How “AI Slop” is shaping the music industry
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer only playing a major role in the tech and startup industry – it has also entered the heart of many creative industries. In recent years artists tried to figure out how they can utilize AI in order to enhance or implement in their music. This has sparked a debate Read more
The Disco Myth: Why Studio 54 Still Matters in 2025
A Legendary Door Reopens I decided to write about Studio 54 after watching the recent documentary Love to Love You, Donna Summer (2023) by Roger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano. It reminded me that disco was never just a musical genre: it was a social movement, a way of being. And this year, the mirror Read more