Pitchfork, “the most trusted voice in music” has merged with men's magazine GQ. Per Capita's Jermaine Lawal-Adewale argues that it is “one of the many tragic decisions in music journalism”.
Whatever you may call it - the foreword, or even just the “acknowledgements” section (for the purpose of this article, I’ll go with the former), the foreword is usually one of the most intimate and unabashed opportunities for artists to explain their work and the intentions behind it.