It’s something that artists from this year's Lollapalooza lineup know all too well. And herein lies the future of music: the improvements we make today are the standards we’ll adhere to tomorrow, and so on, until 2019’s most-listened-to singles will be sold on an early-21st-century vintage compilation. We’re not there yet, though — recent research shows that only 17% of popular artists and 12.2% of songwriters on the top charts in 2018 were women — and right now, we’re simply looking ahead to the work we can continue to do tomorrow (and the next day, and the next day) in the name of diversity, equality, and progress. One thing is certain: The future is ours for the taking. Take it from Tayla Parx, who stopped by our Citi®️| Refinery29 Studio built to address gender inequality in the music industry.