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Latest 10 Episodes
Naughty or nice? The 2025 holiday music round up 12/23/2025 10:01 am
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Every Christmas season, pop stars far and wide throw their Santa hats into the ring to see who has the next "All I Want for Christmas Is You," and this year is no exception. It's a ... LISTENPAUSE
The year that killed music (best and worst of 2025) 12/16/2025 10:00 am
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From big-ticket albums by Taylor and Gaga, to a revival of the stomp-clap revival – 2025 had it all, for better and for worse. Now that the year has come to a close, it's time to ... LISTENPAUSE
Why pop songwriters break the rules (ft. Amy Allen) 12/12/2025 01:07 pm
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Grammy-winning songwriter Amy Allen joins NYU Steinhardt students live to trace her path from early pitch songs to co-writing some of the decade's defining hits. She explains why Halsey's ... LISTENPAUSE
How Sombr’s bedroom recordings became his biggest hits 12/09/2025 05:10 am
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Sombr went from crafting raw, reverb soaked songs alone in his Lower East Side bedroom to finding his life shifting in ways he never could have predicted across 2024 and 2025. His biggest ... LISTENPAUSE
"It’s a Hail Mary every time" (ft. Marc Rebillet) 12/02/2025 08:00 am
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When it comes to improvisational loop jams, few have gone as viral as Marc Rebillet. From his 2020 lockdown-era video “How to Funk in Two Minutes,” which features him wearing nothing ... LISTENPAUSE
Quitting Spotify (ft. Deerhoof) 11/25/2025 05:05 am
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In June 2025, indie veterans Deerhoof scrubbed their entire catalog from the world’s dominant streaming platform. The catalyst wasn't low royalties, but Spotify co-founder Daniel ... LISTENPAUSE
Is there a Disney curse?: Demi, Selena, and Miley 11/18/2025 10:03 am
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This year, there were a few records that delivered less-than-optimal returns on either the Hot 100 or the Billboard 200 – and they all came from former Disney pop stars.
Demi ... LISTENPAUSE
Rosalía's 'LUX' brings the symphony to the club 11/11/2025 10:05 am
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Spanish pop star Rosalía is back with her new album, Lux. Over eighteen tracks, she trades in the dembow beats that filled her last record Motomami for maximalist orchestral sounds ... LISTENPAUSE
Lily Allen and Tate McRae revive the revenge anthem 11/04/2025 10:00 am
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They say the best revenge is living well, but if you’re a pop star going through a break up, that’s false. The best revenge is releasing a searing scorched-earth revenge banger ... LISTENPAUSE
Can “professor” Charlie Puth pass our qualifying exam? 10/28/2025 09:00 am
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Charlie Puth breaks down his new single "Changes," a maximalist eighties production hiding a melancholy story about drifting friendships. As he prepares for fatherhood, the singer-songwriter ... LISTENPAUSE
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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