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Now at more than 200 million streams on Spotify, “In My Room” was the song Wolf knew would click — so she made people listen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

"The government has to listen to the voice of the people."

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

"Did anyone listen to us? No, no-one did."

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

OK, time to pivot from the slow debasement of public service to a public-service announcement from my colleagues about what to read and listen to if you’re looking for a distraction:

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Torak couldn’t make out what she was saying, but to his dismay, others drew closer to listen.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Zamorano can play the ukulele, listens to music created years ago and doesn’t pay attention to what others think.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Anyone who listens to this single on Cyrus’ 2017 album, “Younger Now,” can hear Parton’s bubbly voice behind that of her goddaughter, nestled between samples of phone messages the legend left for the pop songstress.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

Edmond “Eddy” Porteous, one of the novel’s narrators, is an 18-year-old gay man in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1988, and like many artsy young people he expresses his personality through the music he listens to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

By the end of last year, EsDeeKid's monthly listens on Spotify had "skyrocketed", external, which Dazed said had "half of Europe rapping in his distinctive scouse accent".

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

She listens to Luke Messenger’s tape, and to the other music Zach gave her as a graduation present.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

So, I listened to this thing called “The Broadcast,” which used to be called “The Fisheries Broadcast.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

I don’t remember what he said, but I vividly recall how he made me feel: worthy of his attention, valued, listened to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

I listened to that thing over and over again, until I spilled a bottle of soap in my tape deck and ruined it.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

"I'm just exhausted really, it's a fight to get heard, to be listened to," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

I could feel my heart pounding in my neck as I listened to the last of their voices and their laughter drifting away outside.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

"She had time to tell me was that she is, for the moment, in Iceland, where she is listening to the wind," Carlberg, said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Arnold was a 9-year-old boy with an elongated ovoid head who enjoyed listening to jazz fusion under the skylight of his attic bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

A further indication of the format's growing popularity saw the release of Christopher Nolan's film caused daily listening hours for The Odyssey to surge in France by 752 percent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Couples who exercised together also reported better listening and stronger feelings that their spouse heard and supported them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Yes! We agree!" growled mighty Val the miller, who had stood silently listening in the shadows, shoulder to shoulder as always with Ellis, her twin brother.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda