The Year in Pop: Hits Without Stars, Stars Without Hits
Briefly

"This past spring, a snippet of a song used in a video on TikTok catapulted Richman, a young soul singer, onto the path to fame... He hasn't done many interviews; he had a needless social-media kerfuffle over how people taxonomize his sound..."
"While Million Dollar Baby is one of this year's defining singles, Richman remains largely a cipher. The current pathway for breakout successes, especially via TikTok, is more insidious than that..."
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