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Steve Lacy brings bedroom pop to the Billboard top
It’s the song that launched a thousand TikTok videos – or over 500,000 to be exact: Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit.”
The track is a smooth, psychedelia ting…
3 years, 5 months ago
Why it hurts to release a record (with Sylvan Esso)
Earlier this year, the members of Sylvan Esso took a gamble, making their "most free and wild and strange" album yet: No Rules Sandy. And to add to t…
3 years, 5 months ago
Santigold sings Spirituals
After a four-year hiatus – and a name drop on a Beyoncé remix – musical polymath Santigold is back with a brand new album. Known for her signature bl…
3 years, 5 months ago
The future of music pt I
In part 1 of our Vergecast: Future of Music series, Alex Cranz talks with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding about the trends in music today that make…
3 years, 5 months ago
Lady Gaga & The Pequeños Monstruos
After an enlightening experience at Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball, producer Reanna Cruz takes a look at the connection between Gaga's music and the Lat…
3 years, 5 months ago
Invasion of the Vibe Snatchers
Why do so many songs sound familiar? Because the number of chart topping interpolations — songs built off of old hits — has roughly doubled in the fi…
3 years, 6 months ago
Into It: Song of Summer 2022
Who had the song of the summer? Sam Sanders chats with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding and Reanna Cruz about whose song (and album) is in the runni…
3 years, 6 months ago
Learning to love the Killers (maybe)
Are you like Nate? Is there one artist that, every time you hear them, you can't help it—you start to grimace, sweat, seethe. You can't explain it, b…
3 years, 6 months ago
K-Pop Chartbreakers: BLACKPINK, Girls’ Generation, NewJeans, IVE
A lot has happened in the world of Kpop this summer, from Girls’ Generation sugar coated banger “Forever 1” marking a triumphant return from a five y…
3 years, 6 months ago
Demi Lovato Searches for "Substance" In Pop-Punk Perfection
Demi Lovato has found herself in many avenues over the past few years – from releasing a tell-all documentary to uncovering extraterrestrials – but 2…
3 years, 7 months ago