Songs about current events
Hear markets, politics and technology turned into AI-generated blues, musical parody and a rap battle. These songs use fictional scenes and exaggeration to play with familiar news themes; choose a style below.
These are creative songs, not news reports or accounts of specific events. The dates show when each recording was published; the scenes and boasts in the lyrics are fictional.
3 episodes · Open an episode in the browser player, or read its transcript and available sources.
Start here · Blues · fictional market lament
Friday Market Blues
Songs · Market Blues Weekly · 2 min 42 sec · English audio
A fictional trader sings about hopeful green arrows, falling prices and returning to the market each Monday.
Musical parody · fictional political theatre
The Friday Political Follies
Songs · Political Spotlight Weekly · 2 min 36 sec · English audio
An imaginary budget debate turns into a stage musical, complete with a funded duck and a senator reading takeout menus.
Rap battle · fictional tech rivalry
Headline Heat
Songs · Tech Clash Weekly · 2 min 7 sec · English audio
Two fictional tech rivals trade exaggerated boasts about models, users and demos, while the chorus follows the cycle of publicity.