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Beyoncé's House
The world stops with a Beyoncé drop. On Monday, June 20th, our prayers were answered with “Break My Soul,” the lead single off of her upcoming album,…
3 years, 9 months ago
Robert Glasper on jazz, basketball, and his score for "Winning Time"
Episode 273
Robert Glasper is the only artist to have an album debut in the top 10 of 4 different Billboard charts. He's a musical polymath whose resume ranges f…
3 years, 9 months ago
Scoring Stranger Things with Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein
We recently deconstructed how Kate Bush’s 1985 song “Running Up That Hill” has found itself at the center of culture due to a placement in the Netfli…
3 years, 9 months ago
Kate Bush, Stranger Things, and a hit song four decades in the making
Kate Bush’s “running up that hill” has soared up the charts, performing better than its release in 1985. Heavily featured in Strangers Things Season …
3 years, 9 months ago
So your song went viral on TikTok. What’s next?
Episode 271
There's been a meme circulating: pop stars lamenting making TikTok videos that labels force them to publish. Supposedly content creator wasn’t in the…
3 years, 9 months ago
The 1980s jam that gave Latto and Mariah Carey Big D*** Energy
Episode 270
If you've heard Latto's swaggering track "Big Energy"—and after 30 weeks on the Hot 100, you probably have—you may have heard a resemblance to Mariah…
3 years, 10 months ago
Kendrick Lamar and the big samples
It’s been five years since Kendrick Lamar released his Pulitzer winning album DAMN. Having established himself as a modern rap virtuoso whose songs h…
3 years, 10 months ago
Modern Classics: PJ Morton on Stevie Wonder & Nas
PJ Morton is one of the hardest-working musicians on the scene today. Maybe you’ve seen him playing keys with Maroon 5, or fronting a full string sec…
3 years, 10 months ago
Will Ukraine win Eurovision 2022?
Greece, Spain, UK, Sweden, Italy and Ukraine are the frontrunners in the 2022 Eurovision competition. Switched On Pop analyzes the top six songs as w…
3 years, 10 months ago
Belle and Sebastian on the value of staying "young and stupid"
Belle and Sebastian released the first album Tigermilk in 1996, and they’ve released eight more since—a catalog that helped define the sound of rock …
3 years, 11 months ago