Are Music Blogs Back? How Artists Are Reclaiming Their Own Press

May 30

Written By AV .

Let’s cut through the noise: music blogs aren’t dead — they’re reinvented.
The real shift? Artists aren’t waiting for press anymore. They’re writing their own headlines, building their own coverage, and doing it on platforms that actually speak their language.

So yeah, Billboard might still run the numbers. Rolling Stone might still post the safe angles. But in 2025? The real narrative is being controlled by artists and the fan-powered platforms like this one — CherryHill.

Let’s talk about how the game flipped.

Artists Aren’t Waiting Anymore — They’re Publishing Themselves

Kanye doesn’t call GQ. He just posts the tracklist on a wall and watches the internet melt.
No context. No article. Just energy.
And when we covered it here? We weren’t chasing headlines. We were documenting impact.

Lil Wayne’s Press Release? A Signed CD.

When Wayne dropped that limited Tha Carter VI CD, that wasn’t just merch — it was marketing. It was exclusivity. It was a move that made more noise than a press run.
He didn’t need a cover story. He became the story.

CherryHill Is Built for This Moment

We’re not waiting on label approvals. We’re not playing it safe.
We write about what’s happening — in the culture, in the community, in the comments.

That’s why our posts about Jennie’s Coachella performance, BIBI’s poetic releases, and Ice Cube’s legacy tour hit different.
We speak to the real fans, the day-ones, the ones who don’t need a press badge to know what matters.

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Blogs Are Personal Now — Not Corporate

The new wave of music blogs — like this one — are built like journals meets fandom meets business strategy.
They’re run by people in the game — not just covering it. That’s why you see us writing about licensing, rollouts, cultural relevance, and indie strategy alongside viral drops.

We’re not chasing clicks. We’re building archives.
Because five years from now, people will want to know who saw BIBI’s “Scott and Zelda” as a turning point. And it’ll be this page they land on.

Final Thoughts from CherryHill

Music media in 2025 is about ownership.
Artists are owning their sound. Fans are owning the platforms. And blogs like ours are owning the narrative — one post at a time.

If you’ve ever read something here before it hit the big outlets, that’s not luck. That’s because we’re watching different. Listening deeper. Writing from within.

Welcome to the next era of music coverage.
We don’t need a press pass. We are the press.

— CherryHill

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AV .