Switched on Pop
Listen closer to pop music — hear how it moves us. Hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan & songwriter Charlie Harding. From Vulture and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Is Morgan Wallen the problem with country music?
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"Manchild" and other songs about male incompetence
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Frankly, Sinatra still matters (with Seth MacFa...
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Is the future of pop...heavy metal?!
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Charli XCX threw this party 4 us
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808: The drum machine that changed music foreve...
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Chartbreakers: Lorde & Drake reboot, Worship Po...
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‘Sinners’ summons the demons of American music
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Eurovision feast: Poison Cake, Milkshake Man, a...
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Put your headphones on for TikTok's Addison Rae
How does one translate TikTok celebrity into pop success?
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Generation Taylor: Gracie, Maisie, Phoebe (with...
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Music's New Success Model
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Miley Cyrus goes avant-garde
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Chappell Roan is giving country... and hair metal?
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Writing The Who’s ‘My Generation' With Pete Tow...
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Lady Gaga's Monster Return
Gaga's newest album, MAYHEM, is a self-referential return to Gaga's musical roots
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How Missy Elliott and Timbaland Freaked the World
"Get Ur Freak On" pushed pop into the future
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Playing "Hide and Seek" with Imogen Heap
How a late night studio improvisation created a surprise hit
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The Umbrella Effect: How Rihanna’s Breakout Hit...
Modern Classics: "Umbrella"
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Learning to love: Tate McRae
Simple Pop and the pop music B-Team
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Does It Trance? The Weeknd & FKA Twigs
Trance music used to dominate the clubs. Can we hear it in 2025?
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How Spotify hacked our ears (and our data)
Liz Pelly's Mood Machine says the playlist isn't the product — you are
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25 Predictions for 2025: Grammys, J-pop, kazoos...
Playing bingo for the coming year in pop, and predicting Grammy for Album of the Year.
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Bad Bunny's love letter to Puerto Rico
Debí Tirar Más Fotos is an intertextual, anti-colonial opus
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The biggest theme song fail
From game show sleaze to PBS prestige
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