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Nearly two months after Nina Protocol announced it was shutting down, the free, independent music platform has been acquired by SoundCloud. The agreement allows SoundCloud to inherent Nina Protocol’s editorial archive, genre map, and—if artists choose to opt into SoundCloud’s “creator ecosystem”—their music catalogues. Musicians who take SoundCloud up on…

Photo Credit: SoundCloud x Twitch SoundCloud and Twitch announce the launch of SoundCloud Sessions, a collaborative effort enabling DJs to reach new audiences across both platforms. This week, Twitch and SoundCloud announced the launch of SoundCloud Sessions, a collaborative partnership focused on helping DJs reach new audiences and increase their…

Photo Credit: SoundCloud Want to hear French Montana’s newest track? You’ll have to follow the artist on SoundCloud to do so, as the platform has made “Grimey” available to superfans ahead of its scheduled release across all services as part of Wave Gods 2: Cosmos Brothers. “Grimey” arrived on SoundCloud…

Nearly a decade ago, Billie Eilish, then 13 years old, put “Ocean Eyes” on SoundCloud and catapulted to global super stardom. It was the kind of ascent aspiring singers dream of, propelled by a platform that at the time wasn’t known for unearthing pop stars. But if you ask her…

A stunning pan-genre feast of pop electronics... 23 · 03 · 2026 April Harper Grey took to music as naturally as breathing. A formidable production voice, her first SoundCloud uploads came as a teen in the Bay Area – small, vibrant missiles of digi-soaked pop bedlam. Since then, she’s developed her…

From anonymous SoundCloud uploads to global stages, Paul Klein and Jake Goss are still chasing connection over perception with their newest drop, ‘Soft 2’ Photo by Shahzad Bhiwandiwala for Rolling Stone India Somewhere in the gentle tailspin of drum kicks and guitar strums that set off LANY’s track “When Did…

Spanning consumption patterns and emergent scenes, Soundcloud’s Music Intelligence Report 2026 maps out where music is heading next SoundCloud’s Music Intelligence Report 2026, which was released this February, revealed the platform to be part listening ground, part subcultural hotspot.  Assessing the data of artists and listeners, the report serves as…

Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny will perform at the United States' most-watched concert this weekend — the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show — fresh off Grammy Awards success for his latest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos. The album, described as a "love letter to Puerto Rico", became the first Spanish-language…

Brandon Banks is a man of the people; he moves with intent, down to the last syllable, the last strum. Since his debut in 2018, the Los Angeles native has finessed a folkloric strain of RnB with early SoundCloud experiments, and character-building EPs ‘ Tides ’ and ‘ Static ’. His latest…

Mirelo founders CJ Simon-Gabriel (left) and Florian Wenzel. Photo Credit: Mirelo Less than three years after setting sail, audio startup Mirelo, which says it lets “anyone generate perfectly synchronized sound effects for videos,” has scored a $41 million raise. Berlin-based Mirelo reached out with word of its Andreessen Horowitz- and…