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Summer Hits: Jack Antonoff on Bleachers “Stop Making This Hurt”
We’ve been wanting to speak with Jack Antonoff since we started Switched On Pop back in 2014. We've had countless hours of conversation sound tracked…
4 years, 10 months ago
Modern Classics: Yola on Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” and the Longevity of Soul
In this installment of Modern Classics we speak to the amazing four-time Grammy Nominee musician, singer and songwriter Yola about her new record, St…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Appealing Uneasiness of Listening to L’Rain (Live at JBL)
L’Rain is the musical persona of singer and multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek, whose new album, Fatigue, begins with a lyrical quandary: “What have yo…
4 years, 10 months ago
Summer Hits: City Girls - Twerkulator (with Kyra Gaunt
One of the songs we anticipate playing on repeat this summer is “Twerkulator” by Miami rap duo City Girls. It’s a track with enough sonic energy to p…
4 years, 10 months ago
Summer Hits: Lorde - Solar Power (w Hanif Abdurraqib)
Lorde's new song "Solar Power" set the internet ablaze when it dropped from out of nowhere in June. Some fans found the song to be a buoyant departur…
4 years, 10 months ago
Summer Hits: Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u (with Jessica Hopper)
Olivia Rodrigo’s summer breakup anthem “good 4 u” is filled with the kind of ebullient angst that makes us want to spontaneously dance around our hou…
4 years, 10 months ago
Modern Classics: Labrinth's "Sexy MF" (with Sam Sanders)
Modern Classics is the new series where Charlie and Nate invite their favorite musicians, journalists, and friends of the show to wax lyrical about a…
4 years, 11 months ago
Growing Pains with Lucy Dacus
Growing up is never easy. But pop songs about adolescence too often gloss over the complicated moments. The “teenage dream” archetype is just a pop c…
4 years, 11 months ago
Summer Hits: BTS - Butter (with Jenna Andrews)
In summer 2020, BTS released “Dynamite,” their first single recorded entirely in English. The song shot up the charts, became one of the most success…
4 years, 11 months ago
Pop’s Worst Kept Secret ft. Emily Warren
In 1974 country music, singer songwriter, Dolly Parton got wind that Elvis Presley wanted to record her new song, “I Will Always Love You.“ According…
4 years, 11 months ago