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Elvis Presley had a bone to pick with the Beatles. Their worlds couldn't have been more different. TAPE analyses the tensions between the icon of the 50s and the band of the hippie generation.

Phil Collins is the king of pop who doesn't make waves. Patrick Bateman, the anti-hero of American Psycho. But Bateman is quite the Collins fan... how come?

At first glance, nothing connects Lil Wayne to Donald Trump: one is an African-American rapper from the poor neighborhoods of New Orleans, the other a rich white heir turned President of the United States. And yet without Donald Trump, Lil Wayne could have gone to prison for up to a decade. TAPE tells you all about this surprising relationship.

United States, Gabon, Bahamas... Serge Gainsbourg wasn't just an artist, he was also a traveller. The wanderings of this icon led him to Jamaica, the Mecca of musical renewal.

Desde que Kurt Cobain desapareció el 5 de abril de 1994, Dave Grohl ha publicado diez álbumes con sus "Foo Fighters", ha escrito 76 canciones y ha tenido nueve éxitos en el top de las listas. ¿Y si el fin de Nirvana fuera lo mejor que le ha pasado a Grohl?

January 20, 1997. Daft Punk released Homework and began their conquest of the planet. But Inrockuptibles music critic Christophe Conte was scathing. 24 years, 6 grammys and 11 million albums sold later, he's had to eat his words. Daft Punk's victory begs the question: what if everything the journalist hated about them was precisely what made the band so successful?

In 2017, Justin Bieber attended the Hillsong Church conference with his pal Carl Lentz, the star pastor of this powerful evangelical church. Thanks to him, and after going through an existential crisis, the pop star said he was finally saved. But their close relationship wasn't to last...

The child-star of the Cosby Show, Raven-Symoné signed her first contract by the age of five. In 1993, Raven-Symoné came out with the hit song That's What Little Girls Are Made Of, featuring Miss Elliott - but in the music video, Missy was replaced by an actress. Missy didn't look the part. That was devastating to her... but it didn't stop her rise and rise.

Radical, sulfureux, voire agressif… Voici comment les médias des années 90 présentent NTM, le légendaire duo formé par Joeystarr et Kool Shen. Clichés sur les banlieues, interviews orientés et remontage à gogo, rien n’est épargné aux deux rappeurs. NTM et les médias, pourquoi ça coince ? TAPE répond.

To accompany the release of their first album in 1967, the Doors send their biographies to the press. The bio of their singer Jim Morrison is worth a second look. Full name: Jim Douglas Morrison. Eye color: blue. Parents: dead. Hmm… Really?

On October 1, 2014, Snoop Dogg made the guests of his Youtube show laugh by attacking Migos and their signature flow. But the Atlanta's technique is nothing new! So what annoys Snoop so much about the Migos rap style?

Miles Davis made his comeback on the stage of the very prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in 1984. In his tracklist, the trumpeter includes Time After Time, a cover of a slow song by Cyndi Lauper. And that, for jazz purists who considered Miles Davis a living God, was an act of high treason.

Apple launched its streaming service in 2015, and to celebrate, the company made their customers an offer they couldn't refuse: three months free subscription. The problem: during these three months, the artists streamed will not receive a penny. But that was without reckoning for Taylor Swift, who published an open letter to the firm on her Tumblr detailing why refusing to pay artists for their work was unacceptable. Apple backtracked.

Last year, Lil Nas X drew the ire of American pastor Greg Locke, who filmed himself reacting to the Montero music video. Lil Nas X broke onto the music scene with his country-rap hit Old Town Road in 2019, but this new song was different. It features inverted pentagrams, devilish cosplay, and a lapdance to Lucifer. What is the meaning of Lil Nas X's satanic twerking?

With the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles took a step into the avant-garde. TAPE tells the story of its famous album cover juxtaposing Marilyn Munroe, Stockhausen and Hitler.

Since his birth, Keith Richards has been burning the candle at both ends, and yet he's still fighting fit. He's even survived 2016. Is the Rolling Stones guitarist too rocky for The Reaper? Quite possibly...

Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing. He's always been fighting for our right to enjoy a better future than the one we are making for ourselves. Perhaps a strange mission for someone with punk musical roots?

Rock is dead, long live hip-hop? TAPE takes a look through the infamous clash between rapper Jay-Z and Britpop legend Noel Gallagher.

How did counter-culture icon Patti Smith get invited to the most hallowed hall of the French republic?

A review of the life of a legend.

When Pussy Riot founder Nadezhda Tolokonnikova opened an OnlyFans account, did she betray her punk-feminist values?

Certains rappeurs ont leur cœur grand comme ça ! Comme Kendrick Lamar par exemple. TAPE vous raconte tout.

In the 1990s Marilyn Manson got a kick out of upsetting American society. His videos and stage shows were designed to provoke and force the USA to face its cultural contradictions.

Lizzo, reine de la pop et queen de la flûte traversière ! Comment l’Américaine a-t-elle donné un coup de jeune à son instrument fétiche ? TAPE enquête.

How did Tupac go from being gangster king to the paragon of the underdog? TAPE tells the story.