Clearly we have reached the point in the 2024 presidential campaign where certain candidates are simply free-associating in an unmedicated-and-triggered way—and we’ve still got three months of this brain-melting lunacy to go. We deal with it by huffing lighter fluid in a dark room and attempting to enter a fugue state. Perhaps you can alter your brain chemistry with these delightful industry photos, featuring Robert Kyncl, Lady Gaga, Charli xcx, Justin Eshak, Elliot Grainge, Simone Biles, Chappell Roan, Efe Ogbeni and more.

Having the time of their lives, Crush's Bob McLynn, WMG board member Val Blavatnik and CEO Robert Kyncl, Green Day's Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool and Billie Joe Armstrong, Warner Chappell's Guy Moot and Carianne Marshall, Crush's Scott Nagelberg, WMG's Eric Wong, Crush's Jonathan Daniel and friends assemble at Green Day's stadium-tour launch.

Enjoying a "FEMININOMENON" of hanging with the hottest pop breakouts of 2024, Island co-head Justin Eshak is flanked by Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter at a swanky party.

Lady Gaga surprises the world at the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games with a performance of "Mon Trec en Plumes." C'est magnifique.

BRAT season: Manager Brandon Creed with red-hot client Charli xcx

Congratulations to Wasserman's music division, which set the record for the biggest crowd in a trade photo at Lollapalooza.

Stay humble, friends. Olympic champion Simone Biles and teammate Jordan Chiles genuflect before Brazil's Rebeca Andrade.

Spotify's Ashley Graver and Lisa Ritchey flank Chloé Caillet at WeHo's Plaza in celebration of Chloé’s new track IDs playlist.

Atlantic Music Group CEO Elliot Grainge with African-music ambassador Efe Ogbeni.

Leo Luna Roblejo, Cuban double bass player and recipient of the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation's Sebastián Yatra Scholarship, Universal Music Latino's Yatra and Loud & Live CEO Nelson Albareda at the foundation's awards banquet on 8/7 in Miami. With $1m pledged by Loud & Live over five years, 44 students received scholarships.