Luisa Valencia

For many people, music can be just catchy noise or a distraction. For others, it is, with no better way to describe it, everything: goosebumps, chills, sounds that run through the body from head to toe, instrumentals that combine all kinds of resonances, and even spontaneous dancing. Something that can seem as simple as listening to a song can, in reality, trigger responses in the brain that we still don't fully understand, and cause completely different reactions in each person. To...

For the 69th Annual Grammy Awards, set to take place in 2027, the Recording Academy announced the addition of five new categories, including Best Asian Pop Music Performance and Best Latin Song. Although the institution framed these changes as a step forward for musical diversity, they also revived an old debate: is this genuine inclusion, or just another way of separating artists by their cultural origin? Rather than competing on equal footing for the most prestigious awards, these...