The start of the year is a time where artists have the opportunity to frame the musical narrative. Coming out of the holiday season, it's been weeks since there's been a major new release. Getting out the gate early can give an artist a real competitive advantage. So today, we have two established artists who are trying to seize the moment with attention seeking new work that both builds off of their celebrity narrative as well as pop music history: Lil Nas X with "J. Christ" and Ariana Grande with "Yes, And?"
Songs Discussed
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The Appealing Uneasiness of Listening to L’Rain (Live at JBL)
Summer Hits: City Girls - Twerkulator (with Kyra Gaunt)
Summer Hits: Lorde - Solar Power (w Hanif Abdurraqib)
Summer Hits: Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u (with Jessica Hopper)
Modern Classics: Labrinth's "Sexy MF" (with Sam Sanders)
Growing Pains with Lucy Dacus
Summer Hits: BTS - Butter (with Jenna Andrews)
Pop’s Worst Kept Secret ft. Emily Warren
40 Years Later, Japanese City Pop is Still Crashing the Charts (with Cat Zhang)
J Cole’s The Off Season and the Power of the 12/8 Shuffle
ICYMI Rina Sawayama Reimagines the 00s
Vijay Iyer on why jazz has always been political
Introducing Galaxy Brains
Turns out Willow Smith rocks
Julia Michaels’ Songwriting Superpowers
How Take A Daytrip took off (full interview)
The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Daytrip)
Pop On A Perilous Planet (w Kyle Devine)
5 Rules of Great Songwriting Collabs, According to Teddy Geiger and Dan Wilson (On Air Fest 2021)
Silk Sonic's Retro Soul (with Tayla Parx)
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