And the Grammy goes to…

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music, Music Interviews, Music History, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The ultimate gauntlet of popular music is upon us once again: it's Grammy season, and this year, the competition is pretty tight across the board. Big ticket A-listers like Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar, and Lady Gaga occupy three of the four big categories (Song, Record, and Album of the Year), while folks like Olivia Dean, Lola Young, Leon Thomas, and Addison Rae duke it out in Best New Artist. On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie, Nate, and Reanna take a look at the "big four" categories, and stump for their respective frontrunners in order to predict who will be taking home a golden phonograph (or two). Links: ⁠Newsletter⁠, ⁠YouTube Songs discussed: Bad Bunny – DtMF Lady Gaga – Abracadabra Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild Kendrick Lamar – squabble up Olivia Dean – Nice To Each Other Olivia Dean – Man I Need Lola Young – Messy Addison Rae – Headphones On Addison Rae – New York Addison Rae – Fame is a Gun Kendrick Lamar, SZA – luther Billie Eilish – WILDFLOWER HUNTR/X – Golden Chappell Roan – The Subway Kendrick Lamar – tv off (feat. lefty gunplay) Justin Bieber – ALL I CAN TAKE Bad Bunny – NUEVAYoL Bad Bunny – VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR Bad Bunny – LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii Bad Bunny – LA MuDANZA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.1	Welcome to Switchdown Pop. I'm producer Rianna Cruz.
1:13.7	I'm musicologist Nate Sloan. and I'm songwriter Charlie Harding.
1:32.8	Charlie, Nate, I've gathered you both here today for a very special reason, okay? The ultimate gauntlet of popular music is finally upon us once again. It's Grammy season, baby. The 68th Grammy Awards are right around the corner, February 1st, to be exact.
1:37.7	And I got to tell you both, this year, I feel like the competition is pretty tight.
1:41.7	There's a lot of heavy hitters nominated this year.
1:42.7	We got Bad Bunny. Lady Gaga.
1:55.9	Sabrina Carpenter
2:03.6	And Kendrick Lamar, just to name a few.
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2:40.5	And I wanted to summon our collective brainpower to deduce exactly who is going to take home some of these awards before Sunday's ceremony.
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