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The Weeknd: Dance of Deception
The Weeknd’s deliriously funky chart topper “Can’t Feel My Face” has sparked sweat-soaked dance sessions across the country, but dark notes lurk at t…
10 years, 5 months ago
Let’s Talk About Sax
The sax is back. This surprisingly funky reed keeps popping up in pop hits from Derulo to Grande. But where did the sax come from? And where did it g…
10 years, 6 months ago
Kacey Musgraves: Transgressing Country
Can you be a country star and critical of the country at the same time? Grammy Award Winner, Kacey Musgraves, has two hit albums that challenge the s…
10 years, 7 months ago
Song of Summer: LIVE!
In the first-ever LIVE edition of Switched on Pop, Charlie and Nate enter an epic debate over what track should be crowned 2015’s definitive Song of …
10 years, 7 months ago
The Dual Meaning of Fetty Wap’s Trap Queen
Fetty Wap’s Trap Queen is an unlikely contender for the top 10. It straddles genres between hip-hop and pop in subtle yet mesmerizing ways. Is it a d…
10 years, 8 months ago
One Direction: Our Modern Day Castrati
One Direction is one of the biggest bands in pop, but unless you’re a preteen or the parent of one, like us you’ve probably never heard a second of t…
10 years, 9 months ago
The Final Dropout
How does a good pop song end? With a bang, right? As it turns out, explosive endings are kinda over. Songwriters are instead opting to end with a fin…
10 years, 10 months ago
Hidden Sounds in FourFiveSeconds
FourFiveSeconds is one of the more surprising collaborations in recent pop history. Rhianna, Kanye, Sir Paul McCartney. The motley lineup doesn’t dis…
10 years, 10 months ago
Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You
Carly Rae Jepsen might be the patron saint of Switched on Pop, the show first hatched by Charlie and Nate on a trip down CA-1 while the stereo blaste…
10 years, 11 months ago
Hozier’s Waffling of Faith in Take Me To Church
Written in the Hozier family basement, Take Me To Church has risen up to be one of the biggest pop hits of the year. But this is not a typical pop so…
10 years, 11 months ago