The Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times. It covers the latest in popular music criticism, trends and news. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 17 days 21 hours 58 minutes
episode 137: Streaming Is Taking Over Pop, but It’s Far From Flawless
Spotify, SoundCloud, Tidal: Seemingly every major streaming service has suffered through some controversy lately
episode 136: From Jay-Z to Prodigy, It’s Time to Talk About Hip-Hop’s Elders
A new album from Jay-Z, documentaries about Sean Combs and Dr. Dre, and the death of Prodigy have stirred new thinking about older artists
episode 135: Can K-pop Conquer America?
Fanaticism about this Korean genre is on the rise in the United States, but it hasn’t cracked mainstream pop culture
episode 134: Hip-Hop’s Punk Moment Has Arrived
SoundCloud rap is a raw, rowdy, rebellious movement fueled by young rappers looking outside the genre for inspiration.
episode 133: Katy Perry, Lorde and Halsey: How to Make a Pop Album in 2017
Three female pop stars, three different approaches: a conversation about their new albums, on Popcast.
episode 132: Why We’re Still Listening to the Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’
Our pop music critics are not fans of record anniversaries, but 50 years after the creation of “Sgt. Pepper,” there are still lessons to be learned from the album.
episode 131: Latin Pop Thrives, No Bieber Required
“Despacito” is the first Spanish-language song to top the chart since “Macarena,” but there are many more interesting shifts in Latin pop today.
episode 130: Festivals That Inspire Awe, and Festivals That Lead to Criminal Investigations
Music fests are ubiquitous, but only some are curated well enough to be thrilling. And there’s the Fyre Festival.
episode 129: Harry Styles and John Mayer, Teardrops on Their Guitars
The One Direction member and the pop-blues poster boy have a few things in common.
episode 128: Paramore Returns, Headed Straight For the 1980s
One of the most impressive rock bands working in the mainstream has taken a left turn. Where is Paramore headed, and how did it inspire scores of artists?