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Summer Hits: BTS - Butter (with Jenna Andrews)

In summer 2020, BTS released “Dynamite,” their first single recorded entirely in English. The...

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Pop’s Worst Kept Secret ft. Emily Warren

In 1974 country music, singer songwriter, Dolly Parton got wind that Elvis Presley wanted to...

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40 Years Later, Japanese City Pop is Still Crashing the Charts (with Cat Zhang)

If you listen to a lot of music on YouTube, you may have been recommended a video. The thumbnail...

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J Cole’s The Off Season and the Power of the 12/8 Shuffle

J Cole is one of the most successful rappers of his generation, someone who racks up hits while...

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ICYMI Rina Sawayama Reimagines the 00s

One of our favorites artists right now is Rina Sawayama. She works with her producer Clarence...

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Vijay Iyer on why jazz has always been political

When you think of jazz, you might think of La La Land, luxury car commercials, or fancy dinner...

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Introducing Galaxy Brains

Today we’re sharing something a little different - a new TV and film show from the Vox Media...

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Turns out Willow Smith rocks

Willow Smith has a new Paramore-inspired emo-slash-pop punk track with a formidable drum groove...

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Julia Michaels’ Songwriting Superpowers

For nearly a decade Julia Michaels has penned hit songs for the biggest acts in pop music. She is...

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How Take A Day Trip took off (full interview)

The story of the hitmakers behind Lil Nas X’s “Montero” Sheck Wes’s “Mo Bamba” and many more...

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The Mystery of Montero AKA Lil Nas X (feat. Take A Day Trip)

Lil Nas X has a talent for creating productive controversy. First with “Old Town Road,” he...

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Pop On A Perilous Planet (w Kyle Devine)

Earth Day 2021 gives us the chance to pause our usual programming and consider the role pop music...

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Inside the songwriting session with Teddy Geiger & Dan Wilson (On Air Fest 2021)

On Switched on Pop we talk to songwriters and artists about how they make great songs. Most songs...

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Silk Sonic\'s Retro Soul (with Tayla Parx)

Anderson Paak and Bruno Mars have joined forces as the duo Silk Sonic, and their first release...

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AJR Conjure Broadway on OK Orchestra

Andrew, Jack and Ryan Met, better known as AJR, started playing gigs on the streets of New York...

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Return of the Funk Guitar: Cory Wong Breaks Down Dua Lipa, Jessie Ware and Nile Rodgers

Cory Wong is a Minneapolis native and Vulfpeck collaborator known for pushing rhythm guitar from...

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What the 63rd Grammys say about the state of pop

The 63rd Grammys was as unprecedented and unusual as last year. Backdropped by the pandemic, the...

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Kimbra reflects on a song we used to know

Ten years ago the Australian artist Gotye asked New Zealand musician Kimbra to feature on his...

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Kaytranada's journey from basement beat-making to the Grammys

Kaytranada has what every producer strives for: an in demand signature sound. His records glide...

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If The World Was Ending We’d Talk to JP Saxe About Songwriting

JP Saxe wrote the song “If the World was Ending” with acclaimed songwriter Julia Michaels in 2019...

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