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Switched on Pop

A podcast all about the making and meaning of popular music. Musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Ch

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Total: 442

Are you like Nate? Is there one artist that, every time you hear them, you can't help it—you start t

A lot has happened in the world of Kpop this summer, from Girls’ Generation sugar coated banger “For

Demi Lovato has found herself in many avenues over the past few years – from releasing a tell-all do

Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance is one of her most ambitious albums yet. On this week’s episode of S

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In the middle of a long, hot summer 2022, the people have spoken, and the people want to dance. Lizz

Baz Luhrmann’s hit box office hit biopic Elvis has spurred new interest in the music of The King. El

On June 24th 2022 the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning

As we hit the dog days of summer, the artist that’s started to soundtrack pool parties across the co

In 1999 filmmaker Baz Luhrmann released the song “Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen,” a 7-minute-lo

Beyoncé's House

2022/6/28

The world stops with a Beyoncé drop. On Monday, June 20th, our prayers were answered with “Break My

Robert Glasper is the only artist to have an album debut in the top 10 of 4 different Billboard char

We recently deconstructed how Kate Bush’s 1985 song “Running Up That Hill” has found itself at the c

Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” enters the latest season of Stranger Things during a brooding hig

On TikTok, pop stars — Halsey, FKA Twigs, and Florence Welch among them — have been complaining a lo

If you've heard Latto's swaggering track "Big Energy"—and after 30 weeks on the Hot 100, you probabl

It’s been five years since Kendrick Lamar released his Pulitzer winning album DAMN. Having establish

On all of his projects — Grammy-winning albums, playing keys with Maroon 5, fronting a full string s

Greece, Spain, UK, Sweden, Italy and Ukraine are the frontrunners in the 2022 Eurovision competition

Belle and Sebastian released the first album Tigermilk in 1996, and they’ve released eight more sinc