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Julia Michaels’ Songwriting Superpowers
For nearly a decade, Julia Michaels has penned hit songs for the biggest acts in pop music. She is adept at turning people’s vulnerabilities into mem…
4 years, 10 months ago
How Take A Daytrip took off (full interview)
The story of the hitmakers behind Lil Nas X’s “Montero” Sheck Wes’s “Mo Bamba” and many more
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4 years, 10 months ago
The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Day Trip)
Lil Nas X has a talent for creating productive controversy. First with “Old Town Road,” he challenged expectations about blackness in country music. …
4 years, 10 months ago
Pop On A Perilous Planet (with Kyle Devine)
Earth Day 2021 gives us the chance to pause our usual programming and consider the role pop music plays in our deepening climate emergency. On Side A…
4 years, 11 months ago
5 Rules of Great Songwriting Collabs, According to Teddy Geiger and Dan Wilson (On Air Fest 2021)
On Switched on Pop we talk to songwriters and artists about how they make great songs. Most songs are written with two or more people in the room. So…
4 years, 11 months ago
Silk Sonic's Retro Soul (with Tayla Parx)
Anderson Paak and Bruno Mars have joined forces as the duo Silk Sonic, and their first release “Leave the Door Open” suggests that their collab is as…
4 years, 11 months ago
AJR Conjure Broadway on 'OK Orchestra'
Adam, Jack and Ryan Met, better known as AJR, started playing gigs on the streets of New York City. The sidewalk hustle taught them how to grab the a…
4 years, 11 months ago
Return of the Funk Guitar: Cory Wong Breaks Down Dua Lipa, Jessie Ware and Nile Rodgers
Cory Wong is a Minneapolis native and Vulfpeck collaborator known for pushing rhythm guitar from a background instrument to the star of the show. Won…
4 years, 11 months ago
What the 63rd Grammys say about the state of pop
The 63rd Grammys was as unprecedented and unusual as last year. Backdropped by the pandemic, the show was delayed and had to be taped in multiple loc…
5 years ago
Kimbra reflects on a song that we used to know
Ten years ago the Australian artist Gotye asked New Zealand musician Kimbra to feature on his song “Somebody I Used To Know.” At the time Kimbra had …
5 years ago