Switched on Pop
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.
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Turns out Willow Smith rocks
The emo/pop punk track "Transparent Soul" makes us ask why didn't we take Willow seriously
29 min
177
Julia Michaels’ Songwriting Superpowers
You’ll Always Know a Julia Michaels Song When You Hear One
40 min
178
How Take A Daytrip took off (full interview)
The story of the hitmakers behind Lil Nas X’s “Montero” Sheck Wes’s “Mo Bamba” and many more
38 min
179
The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Tak...
How Lil Nas X Rattled the World to Earn his Second #1 Hit
34 min
180
Pop On A Perilous Planet (w Kyle Devine)
Musicians Confront the Climate Crisis
33 min
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5 Rules of Great Songwriting Collabs, According...
5 Ground Rules for Collaboration
29 min
182
Silk Sonic's Retro Soul (with Tayla Parx)
How Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak Revived 70s Philly Soul for their Throwback Hit
50 min
183
AJR Conjure Broadway on 'OK Orchestra'
Breaking down "Bang" and "Way Less Sad"
41 min
184
Return of the Funk Guitar: Cory Wong Breaks Dow...
The guitar rhythms that power pop’s biggest hits
32 min
185
What the 63rd Grammys say about the state of pop
Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion and Taylor Swift had a big night
39 min
186
Kimbra reflects on a song that we used to know
"'Somebody That I Used to Know' is the most unlikely hit—it just made me dream bigger and it made me think the possibilities are endless.”
47 min
187
Kaytranada's journey from basement beat-making ...
From remixing Janet Jackson, to collaborating with Anderson .Paak
34 min
188
JP Saxe Didn’t Mean for His Grammy Hit ‘If the ...
Grammy Nominee for Song of the Year
34 min
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Adrian Younge's new project sounds like James B...
An unapologetic critique of racism in America — and a funky paean to its greatest Black musicians
31 min
190
The Scandalous Sounds of Bridgerton (w Kris Bow...
It's not your mother's Regency drama soundtrack
39 min
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How The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” used retro s...
And why it is so misunderstood
35 min
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Epik High is our gateway into Korean hip hop (w...
A conversation with Tablo about Epik High Is Here Part 1
50 min
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Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” is a full th...
The power ballad peaked in the 90s. Is it making a comeback?
37 min
194
D.O.C. (Death of the Chorus) with Emily Warren
Pop music will never be the same
38 min
195
ICYMI: The End Of Pop Music As We Know It: Fall...
The end of the pop drop
45 min
196
ICYMI: Do You Believe in Life After Autotune?
A conversation with Simon Reynolds
46 min
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Wham! Op. 84 “Last Christmas” with Chilly Gonzales
George Michael & “A Very Chilly Christmas”
50 min
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Taylor Swift has "evermore" of a good thing
How how "folklore" followup stacks up
42 min
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Women's Rap Renaissance
Megan Thee Stallion, Tierra Whack, Rico Nasty, Flo Milli, and CHIKA
39 min
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Red Hot + Blue with Meshell Ndegeocello
How a record label fought the AIDS pandemic
40 min