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Summer Hits: Lorde - Solar Power (w Hanif Abdurraqib)
Episode 227
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, 8 months ago
Summer Hits: Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u (with Jessica Hopper)
Episode 236
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, 8 months ago
Modern Classics: Labrinth's "Sexy MF" (with Sam Sanders)
Episode 225
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, 9 months ago
Growing Pains with Lucy Dacus
Episode 224
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, 9 months ago
Summer Hits: BTS - Butter (with Jenna Andrews)
Episode 233
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, 9 months ago
Pop’s Worst Kept Secret ft. Emily Warren
Episode 222
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, 9 months ago
40 Years Later, Japanese City Pop is Still Crashing the Charts (with Cat Zhang)
Episode 221
If you listen to a lot of music on YouTube, you may have been recommended a video. The thumbnail image is a striking black-and-white photo of a Japan…
4 years, 9 months ago
J Cole’s The Off Season and the Power of the 12/8 Shuffle
Episode 220
J Cole is one of the most successful rappers of his generation, someone who racks up hits while sustaining critical acclaim. But that isn’t necessari…
4 years, 9 months ago
ICYMI Rina Sawayama Reimagines the 00s
One of our favorites artists right now is Rina Sawayama. She works with her producer Clarence Clarity to make this mash up of sounds from the late 90…
4 years, 10 months ago
Vijay Iyer on why jazz has always been political
Episode 219
When you think of jazz, you might think of La La Land, luxury car commercials, or fancy dinner parties. Cool, sophisticated, complex, jazz today seem…
4 years, 10 months ago