Before Donna Summer became shorthand for disco excess—mirror balls, glitter, and endless four-on-the-floor beats—she was already fighting a quieter battle: being taken seriously as a singer with real range. The Disco label followed her everywhere, even as she kept proving she could out-sing, out-feel, and outlast it. This is the story of how Donna Summer spent her career breaking out of the box people were determined to keep her in.
The 2010s didn’t feel historic while we were living in them, but now they hit like a time capsule. Whether they blasted from club speakers, soundtracked messy breakups, or looped endlessly on your phone, these pop songs became emotional bookmarks. And hearing them now pulls you straight back to who you were, where you were, and how that moment felt.
Milli Vanilli rose to pop superstardom, won a Grammy, and then lost everything when the truth about their voices was exposed—revealing one of music’s most infamous scandals.
For decades, Brian Johnson’s voice was AC/DC. But in 2016, after more than 35 years fronting the band, everything changed. A sudden and serious hearing problem forced Johnson off the stage—and for the first time in his AC/DC career, someone else had to take the mic.
Some albums arrive too raw, too strange, too personal, or just too different for their moment. Then time does its thing. Context changes, tastes shift, and suddenly those same records are hailed as classics, blueprints, or emotional masterpieces. These albums were hated at first, but now they're legendary.
