Grammy-winning singer and R&B star Muni Long lets us in on her songwriting must-haves and what's on her playlist for USA TODAY's Essentials. "When you go viral on TikTok, there's this stigma there ...

Songwriter and musician Scarlet Keys is getting to the bottom of what makes a Taylor Swift song truly sing, and is passing it on to her students at Berklee College of Music in her course, “The ...

Singer-songwriter Julia Michaels has penned hits for major pop artists like Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, and Dua Lipa, as well as her prominent solo career. Michaels has also collaborated with ...

Songwriting is a mystery. Why are some of us able to boil down emotions into a melody or sum up our lives in a stanza, while others cannot? When you speak to a wealth of songwriters about their ...

In USA TODAY’s The Essentials, celebrities share what fuels their lives, whether it's at home, on the set or on the road. R&B hitmaker Muni Long has an unmatched pen. "When you go viral on TikTok, ...

In USA TODAY’s The Essentials, celebrities share what fuels their lives, whether it's at home, on the set or on the road. R&B hitmaker Muni Long has an unmatched pen. Writing pop hits for Rihanna ...