This article explores the use of AI tools in the DIY production of a music video through a practice-led case study involving Midjourney, Runway and Plask. The project demonstrates how AI enables faster and more stylistically ambitious visual content creation, especially for music producers without formal visual training, while also reshaping the artistic challenges for the maker. Through critical reflection, public feedback and an industry interview, the study examines how AI functions as an incubator and technical executor, aiding in the preparation and elaboration stages of the creative process. Drawing on creativity theory, this article argues that while AI can produce novel and valuable outputs, it lacks intentionality and must be guided, interpreted and curated by humans. The research supports emerging concepts of AI co-creativity, suggesting that the future of content production lies not in AI replacing humans, but in augmenting human direction through collaborative frameworks.

This article investigates electronic dance music on German radio stations. How is this music selected by editors? Which terminology is employed and presented on-air? What are the implications of this for audiences and researchers? What types of electronic dance music and related music are currently featured on German radio? What are their characteristics? In order to address these questions, a multi-method approach is employed, encompassing playlist and musicological analyses, as well as interviews with radio editors. Electronic dance music on German radio is characterised by heterogeneity of variants and trends, with fluid transitions to other popular music. Distinguishing between different types of this music can often be a challenging task. Editors' expertise in genres is evident in their work, but this is only apparent at certain times, as genres are not mentioned on-air most of the time, which adds to the confusion surrounding electronic dance music and its contested meanings.

Over the past two decades, electronic dance music (EDM) has gained immense popularity among India’s urban middle-class youth, driven by the rise of commercial EDM festivals and local artists. This study examines how Indian urban youth engage with EDM culture (EDMC), focusing on participation, performance and consumption, as well as the meanings attached to EDM within this demographic. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews (2020–2023), the research highlights the shift of Indian dance music scene from its global underground origins to a commercialised mainstream culture. Annual, commercial multi-day festivals, featuring diverse genres, are central to EDMC in India, fostering a translocal ethos. These events, distinct from global rave culture, cater to middle-class, cosmopolitan youth navigating tensions between traditional values and global aspirations. This article elucidates the bicultural identities emerging from these negotiations, showing how contested understandings of dance music shape cultural practices and collective identities within India’s urban youth.