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
Return Of The Guitar: Halsey, 5 Seconds of Summer, Joji
In 2019 guitar made a comeback in the top 10. According to analysis from Hit Songs Deconstructed, about a third of all songs featured the electric guitar. In 2020 this trend isn’t stopping.
Look At Selena Gomez Now with Justin Tranter & Ian Kirkpatrick
Selena Gomez has her first #1 song on the Hot 100. “Lose You To Love Me” is a confessional look at her past five years of heartbreak and health challenges. By contrast, her single “Look At Her Now” is a testament to moving on and moving up. Each of these songs inhabits a different musical and lyrical world and we were lucky to get to speak with her collaborators on the songs to take us behind the scenes of how they came to be...
Five Directions: How do the solo efforts of One Direction stack up?
After a five year hiatus, all of the members of the group released a solo album. Which stands out?
Hopes and Fears of Mac Miller, Future, Drake, and Billie Eilish
When dreams and nightmares collide on the Top 40
ICYMI: Chance The Rapper, Kehlani, & The Shifting Sound of R&B — with Oak Felder
Originally aired March 9, 2018
ICYMI: Billie Eilish is a Different Kind of Pop Star (ft. FINNEAS)
On a trajectory to be one of the biggest pop stars for this generation, seventeen year old Billie Eilish is not, however, your typical pop star. Her music speaks to the real anxieties of young people without any veneer. She sings from the perspective of monsters and villains. Her hushed voice, baggy style, and direct demeanor subvert the norms of the pop princess. And her music is dark, but still catchy. Billie co-writes and produces her sound with her older brother Finneas O’Connell...
Dolly Parton's America (with Jad Abumrad)
From "Jolene" to "9 to 5," what makes Dolly Parton such a masterful songwriter?
Who's Afraid of the Sound of TikTok? (w Cat Zhang)
Can Charlie handle the cacophony of music's newest movement?