Name 3 Songs
Take a deep dive into the real-world impact of music and pop culture in our daily lives. Co-hosts Sara Feigin and Jenna Million set out to make a difference in the way fans and consumers understand and engage with celebrities, the media, and online discourse. Also find exclusive interviews with rising artists about the challenges they face in today's society.
For detailed show notes on each episode, visit name3songs.com.
This is a music commentary podcast based on in-depth research and the personal opinions of the hosts.
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Megan Thee Stallion and the Power of Female Emp...
Megan Thee Stallion may have less than a decade under her belt as a household name, but her time in the spotlight has proven just how important women’s role in the music industry is.
56 min
152
Sensual, Not Sexual: How The Female Gaze Challe...
The female gaze is so much more than just a trope to discuss the medium of film. It’s turned into a way of life and a new and more accepting way to see the world. The male gaze and the heteronormative line it follows is so passe.
70 min
153
The Virgin-Whore Complex and Its Control Over P...
Every pop star since the dawn of time has had to walk the line of being sexy yet virginal – also known as the Virgin-Whore or Madonna-Whore Complex. But what exactly does this mean? And how does the Virgin-Whore Complex hold such control over pop culture?
82 min
154
The Power Of Male Fans & The Subjugation Of Fan...
The vastly different way male fans are discussed in comparison with female fans just proves the power male fans hold and how female fans are looked down on by the general public and the media at large.
78 min
155
How Musicians are Making Politics Accessible
As long as music has existed, those who make music take to their songs to express their feelings on the political climate. But since the early 2000s, the way the media, especially conservative media, handles those who "step out of line" and talk politics when it's "not their job to" is not with kindness.
68 min
156
Celebrity Feuds: Human Nature’s Addiction to Drama
The term catfight has rarely been used by tabloids in the past decade, but it used to be a term that ruled the headlines. Journalists would collect every crumb they could of potential girl vs girl happenings in Hollywood and make that their beat. But it doesn't help that it's genuinely part of our human nature to be addicted to drama.
57 min
157
Performance Art & 2009’s Pivotal Pop Moment
What made the 2009 such a weird time for pop music? America was in a weird place, and we were moving on from the bubble gum pop girlies and towards more rock ‘n’ roll laced pop icons.
80 min
158
Are the Grammys Even Necessary? with Larisha Paul
The Grammys claim to be the biggest night in music, but how can they be the biggest night in music when they’re only celebrating artists that have succeeded in the United States? And it seems like fans and artists alike...
80 min
159
Larry Stylinson: When Fandom Goes Too Far
Fantasizing about your favorite same sex band members falling in love with each other is all fun and games, that is until you refuse to believe they’re not actually together. The fans who shipped Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson together, aka Larry Stylinson really showed what happens when fandom goes too far.
68 min
160
R&B: The Black Women Who Paved the Way Without ...
While R&B has been intertwined into popular music seamlessly in recent years, the women who pioneered the genre haven’t received the same recognition as the pop stars who were inspired by them.
80 min
161
Pop Stars Never Asked to Be Your Role Model
When young female artists develop into budding pop stars, they’re thrust into more than just the limelight – they’re faced with the responsibility of being a role model whether or not they wanted it.
70 min
162
The Year Women Dominated: 2021 in Review
Undoubtedly Free Britney was one of the biggest moments of 2021, creating an uproar of public outrage and opening the conversation for how we treat female pop stars. In the same year, we also saw the likes of Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift reclaim their stories.
61 min
163
The Lasting Impact of Toxic Tabloid Culture
To this day clickbait headlines about celebrities ravage the internet and tabloid newspapers line grocery store checkouts and newsstands. In the late 90s, the Spice Girls were equally beloved and smeared by headlines..
70 min
164
The Power of A Female Voice in Songwriting with...
We know the music industry has a gender equality issue, but looking at the stats of songwriting teams is shocking – only 12.6% of songwriters are women and only 2.6% of producers are women, according to a report by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.
57 min
165
Spice Girls: The Group That Changed Feminism an...
In 1996, the Spice Girls took the world by storm, becoming the highest-selling girl group in history, and sharing their message of girl power so loud that it inspired the 4th wave of feminism – or at least we like to think so.
57 min
166
Girl Groups Were the Original Punk Icons with K...
What if we told you that early 1960s girl groups were punk before punk music existed? We’re taking a look back in history to connect the seemingly unlikely dots between these two.
61 min
167
Minority Voices in Music: The Asian American Co...
If you think of Asian American music stars who comes to mind? It’s no coincidence that the biggest Asain American stars – Bruno Mars, Olivia Rodrigo, Anderson Paak, Saweetie, H.E.R. – are all mixed-race individuals who don’t typically read as Asian.
77 min
168
Ariana Grande: How a TV Sidekick Became a World...
Miley Cyrus transitioned from teen TV star to A-list music celebrity seemingly overnight. And while Ariana Grande also got her start as a teen tv star, it took 5 years of releasing music to become a worldwide sensation.
84 min
169
Blackfishing, Cultural Appropriation and the Je...
Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus… and now Jesy Nelson. A growing list of pop artists who have used Black culture as an aesthetic for a song or an album cycle. The former on the list eventually discarded those same aesthetics when it no longer served them.
68 min
170
Halsey: The Pop Star that Refuses to Fit Your S...
As we’ve explored throughout the podcast, the music industry loves to put people in a box. For pop stars, the expectations are strict – be a sexy, womanly figure that men will find desirable and keep your opinions to yourself.
66 min
171
BONUS! Olivia Rodrigo and the Theft of a Concept
Olivia Rodrigo has been accused by Courtney Love and others of stealing concept ideas for her album artwork and promotional photos. But is it really theft if the concept isn't original? And what's the difference between similar ideas and copying someone's artwork?
42 min
172
Fanfiction, But Make it Gay: From the Emo Scene...
If you grew up as a teen on the internet, odds are you came across fanfiction of your favorite band – whether by accident or on purpose. And if you dove even farther in, you wound up discovering Slash Fiction...
78 min
173
Pete Wentz To Harry Styles: How Assumed Queerne...
Harry Styles is not the first straight man assumed to be queer. Years before Harry Styles was praised for carrying a rainbow flag around on stage and ignoring questions about his sexuality, Pete Wentz dominated the covers of gay magazines while proclaiming to be straight.
66 min
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When Record Labels Take Advantage of Artists
Why do labels sign artists but not allow them to release an album for years? Why do labels control an artists’ image or ghost them when they’re ready to drop music?
60 min
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The Gamification of Music: History of the Billb...
What’s all this talk about fans “gaming” the Billboard Charts? In recent months, music critics have argued that BTS’ “Butter” is not the biggest song in America, despite sitting at No 1 on the Hot 100 for 9 weeks...
62 min