biko

i love music and architecture

[biko @mxlk_1204]

@definetlymercy @JahTalksMusic First of all how tf would you know if he visited and second who tf said he's American 🤣🤣🤣 all that yappin for no reason smfh acting like people can't have opinions

[biko @mxlk_1204]

@JahTalksMusic Literally a whole bunch of nothing 🤣🤣🤣 what was the point of that pathetic ass speech just to basically say he supports Israel... genuinely embarrassing and i can't believe his team approved it too. He didn't even say the word Palestine once smfh, even the irish don't want him

[Jah Talks Music @JahTalksMusic]

In other words:

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Boy stfu

[biko @mxlk_1204]

I love music!

[Jah Talks Music @JahTalksMusic]

I know it’s only been a year since his last album but I actually really miss JID’s presence in music rn…

I can’t wait for whenever he decides to come back out with new music.

[biko @mxlk_1204]

@JahTalksMusic I really miss him

[biko @mxlk_1204]

@vexare__ @JahTalksMusic are u okay?? there's no ai in this whatsoever

[biko @mxlk_1204]

@comquerles @JahTalksMusic omg you're such a glazer, calling it his best project ever is insane

[biko @mxlk_1204]

@JahTalksMusic ka and earl sweatshirt🤯🤯🤯🤯

[biko @mxlk_1204]

@JahTalksMusic cant wait to give it a listen! thank u jah

[biko @mxlk_1204]

@JahTalksMusic jalen!!! jah would you ever consider doing a listening party, i would love to hear your live reaction!!

[Jah Talks Music @JahTalksMusic]

I’ll never get over this song. Especially that last part dedicated to Nipsey… Special special track.

[Jah Talks Music @JahTalksMusic]

Happy 76th birthday to Stevie Wonder, one of the greatest artists we have ever been blessed with…

[Jah Talks Music @JahTalksMusic]

Idk how you can miss someone you never met so much, but I actually miss Mac Miller so damn much lately.

I’ve been going through his discography again reminiscing all week.

Ugh.

[Linus ✦ Ekenstam @LinusEkenstam]

Its Aus Taylor.

The impressing things is not his alleged raise. it's the number $20.9 billion.

That’s how much Live Nation’s concerts division pulled in during 2025 alone. up 10 percent from the year before, part of a $25.2 billion total live business.

Artists are now making 70 to 85 percent of their money from touring.

Streaming pays pennies.

One night on a glowing, rotating Earth-like globe in front of 70,000 fans isn’t just visuals. It’s the entire revenue model.

Aus Taylor didn’t build the set alone.

He and Ye collaborated on something symbiotic: a massive half-sphere suspended on the stadium floor, shifting from blue planet to abstract orb, lit with smoke, projections, and water effects that turned SoFi into a living Akira frame.

No traditional stage. No catwalk. Just Ye standing literally on top of the world for two straight hours.

The economics are unforgiving.

Big stadium productions routinely cost $3 to $8 million per night in rigging, custom spheres, lighting crews, and effects. One weather glitch or tech failure can erase a week’s profit.

Yet the return is ruthless: premium tickets averaging well north of $150, often $400 plus on resale, near-instant sellouts, plus merch and local economic spill.

One international date alone once delivered $56 million to the host city on just $7.2 million in tickets. Ye sold 42,000 seats in China in under ten minutes.

The part every “insane visuals” comment misses is the incentive flip.

In the 1990s, albums funded tours. Today the recorded track is the trailer; the live spectacle is the product.

Pink Floyd’s Wall and Michael Jackson’s Bad tour used dramatic sets to sell tickets.

Ye and Aus Taylor scaled it for the infinite-content era.

Every frame instantly shareable, every attendee a free marketing node.

Es Devlin’s earlier Saint Pablo mountain stage was the proof of concept. This globe is the evolution.

Risks are real. Moving a 70-foot oscillating sphere in an open stadium, syncing it to every beat, surviving California weather. Logistics alone can bankrupt a tour.

But the upside compounds: FOMO fuels secondary-market premiums, keeps cultural heat alive, and turns fans into evangelists for an experience no phone screen can replicate.

These aren’t line-item expenses. They’re the flywheel.

The set designer doesn’t need a raise because the visuals look cool. He needs one because those visuals are now the only scarce good left in music.

In an economy drowning in free streams, the irreplaceable live ritual, built on one perfectly timed, planet-sized stage, remains the last thing worth paying real money to witness in person.

We long for analog, and Aus & ye just showed us how much it matters.

[biko @mxlk_1204]

@ausxtaylor I'm an Architecture student and I'm wondering what's the structure of the set? It's so cool I'd love to know how it was made if possible!!

[biko @mxlk_1204]

@JahTalksMusic I'll check it outtt thank u Jah

[biko @mxlk_1204]

@TD_jakes_FOTD Sounds like it's coming from a bum with no taste

[biko @mxlk_1204]

That is a crazy statement 😂😂😂😂 literally in NO way is Drake a better artist. The Weeknd clears him in every aspect other than rapping and even then he cooks

[Nick @nickatnite18_]

The Weeknd is a better singer, but Drake is the better artist