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Switched on Pop

100 gecs and the new sound of hyperpop

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 β€’ 2.7K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Everyone will describe the music of 100 gecs differently. To some, Dylan Brady and Laura Les make deeply satisfying earworms, tracks able to scratch the itches that occupy the deepest memory-holed corners of the brain. To others, though, their music is an "anarchic assault on the ears,” a quilt of all of the genres historically ridiculed in the popular canon: nu-metal, scuzz-rock, ska and 90’s pop punk are all fair game in the world of gecs. On their latest record, aptly titled 10000 gecs, Brady and Les double down on the crunchy distortion and harmonics, creating tracks equally influenced by Primus and Eddie Van Halen as they are by their hyperpop contemporaries. The album reflects a Internet-core approach to music as a whole, shedding notions of β€œgood” and β€œbad” music in favor of catchy melodies and intricate song construction. On this episode on Switched On Pop, we dig deep into the ethos of 100 gecs, and producer Reanna Cruz talks to the duo themselves about their eclectic sophomore record. Songs discussed: 100 gecs – Hollywood Baby 100 gecs – Billy Knows Jamie 100 gecs – stupid horse 100 gecs – 745 sticky 100 gecs – Doritos & Fritos Primus – Jerry Was A Racecar Driver Ween – Bananas and Blow Limp Bizkit – My Generation Gorillaz – Dirty Harry Future – I Been Drinking J-Kwon – Tipsy Justin Timberlake – Summer Love Violent Femmes – Added Up 100 gecs – Dumbest Girl Alive THX Deep Note Cypress Hill – Insane in the Membrane 100 gecs – The Most Wanted Person in the United States 100 gecs – Frog on the Floor Alan Jackson – Chattahoochee Limp Bizkit – Dad Vibes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Your favorite bands about to play a sold out show and you definitely got tickets and drinks.

0:06.0

Now hurry and make it back to your spot.

0:08.0

Has this person and that person about 20 more? Watch out for feet.

0:13.0

Hey, just keep going.

0:15.0

A little further. Oh there's your friend.

0:18.0

Over here. Right where you want to be.

0:20.0

Close enough to see the set list.

0:22.0

And they're definitely playing your song.

0:24.0

When you're with Amax, it's not if it's going to happen.

0:27.0

Then American Express don't live life without it.

0:36.0

Which dawn pop?

0:43.0

Welcome switch on pop. I'm producer Rihanna Cruz.

0:46.0

And I'm songwriter Charlie Harding.

0:48.0

So Charlie, this is going to be like a set up to a joke.

0:51.0

Okay, you ready?

0:52.0

Okay.

0:53.0

Weaser, Skrillex and Slaybells all walk into a bar.

0:57.0

What comes out?

0:59.0

I guess the only answer is the Weaser holiday album remixed and chopped and screwed.

1:05.0

I don't know.

1:07.0

Close, but no, it is this.

1:23.0

Right, that's like weasers, Beverly Hills, but totally messed up.

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