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This week, Harry Styles makes a glittering pivot to the discotheque, Arctic Monkeys return with a swaying charity single, and Wizkid and Asake unite for a sleek highlight from their collaborative EP.
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Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
The new generation of skiers that emerge in the 1970s embraced bursts of vibrant color, head-to-toe black, metallics, prints and plaids in the same era when fashion icons, celebrity and socialites mingled with locals at aprés-ski hangouts and discotheques.
—Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 21 Dec. 2025
Select your drink on the device’s phone app, and the machine will light up like a discotheque or a try-hard bowling alley.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 18 Nov. 2025
Early 21st century rave, ‘70s glam-rock party, ‘90s discotheque, ‘80s fitness center, cozy piano lounge — all fitting for her updates of throwback-minded Europop, house, R&B, power balladry, funk and psychedelia, all usually filtered through disco grooves and sent up with addictive choruses.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
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Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026
The new generation of skiers that emerge in the 1970s embraced bursts of vibrant color, head-to-toe black, metallics, prints and plaids in the same era when fashion icons, celebrity and socialites mingled with locals at aprés-ski hangouts and discotheques.
—Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 21 Dec. 2025
Select your drink on the device’s phone app, and the machine will light up like a discotheque or a try-hard bowling alley.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 18 Nov. 2025
Early 21st century rave, ‘70s glam-rock party, ‘90s discotheque, ‘80s fitness center, cozy piano lounge — all fitting for her updates of throwback-minded Europop, house, R&B, power balladry, funk and psychedelia, all usually filtered through disco grooves and sent up with addictive choruses.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Discotheque.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discotheque. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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discotheque
noun
dis·co·theque
ˈdis-kə-ˌtek 
ˌdis-kə-ˈtek
: disco
Etymology
from French discothèque "nightclub with music for dancing," from disque "phonograph record, disk" and -thèque (the same ending as in French bibliothèque "library")
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