A podcast all about the making and meaning of popular music. Musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding pull back the curtain on how pop hits work magic on our ears & our culture. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
http://www.switchedonpop.com
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 10 days 12 hours 15 minutes
I Am America (w Shea Diamond and Justin Tranter)
How Shea Diamond turned her experiences as a black trans woman in America into a bop about belonging
Baz Luhrmann’s “Sunscreen Song” — The 90s’ Most Unlikely Hit (with Avery Trufelman)
How a 7m graduation speech made it on Billboard
Jacob Collier on staying creative and his 646 track song “All I Need”
Quarantined in his family’s music room, musician Jacob Collier has been remarkably productive. Known for his polymathic musical talents, Collier has used this time to reflect on, and release new music. His latest song “All I Need,” was created with new technology that let him record remotely with his collaborators Mahalia and Ty Dolla $ign. The song is uplifting. It modulates into arcane keys that evoke the euphoria of newfound love...
episode 169: What it means to make music in 2020
Featuring Ricky Reed, John-Robert, Jacob Collier & Dua Saleh
Big Floyd And The Influence Of Houston Chopped N Screwed Music
Unpacking DJ Screw, chopped and screwed, and George Floyd’s involvement with the Screwed Up Click.
Carly Rae Jepsen: Meeting The Muse
"I’m a bit of an over-writer:” How Carly Rae Jepsen whittled 200 songs down to 12
Eurovision Lives! (with Netta)
Celebrating all the beauty, funk, and absurdity of the international song contest that never was
Did Fiona Apple Just Release a Perfect Album?
Since 1996, Fiona Apple has only ever had one hit, “Criminal.” Nonetheless, every album she’s released has been nominated for a Grammy. Her newest work, Fetch The Bolt Cutters, has received near universal acclaim. Apple’s songs are simultaneously idiosyncratic and relatable, tackling unusual themes for pop songs: middle school bullies, uncomfortable dinner conversation, toxic masculinity and female friendship...