When you make a weekly podcast about pop music, there’s some things that, naturally, slip through the cracks. On this episode of Switched On Pop, our hosts – alongside our editor, Jolie Myers, our engineer, Brandon McFarland, and our producer, Reanna Cruz – try to course correct that by discussing our team’s (and a listener’s) favorite picks of 2023. Whether it’s something we got to in the later months or something we felt still deserved its flowers, this episode hops around genres to show the musical versatility of the Switched On Pop team. We even got some of our selections, specifically Laufey and Chappell Roan, on the show to talk about the music that made our year. Who knows: maybe you’ll find the song to top your personal best-of list!
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How Coachella took the Woodstock look
Modern Classics: Mark Ronson on Ginuwine's "Pony"
Summer Hits: Jack Antonoff on Bleachers “Stop Making This Hurt”
Modern Classics: Yola on Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” and the Longevity of Soul
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)
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