Welcome to Pop Pantheon the podcast where we completely overanalyze all of your favorite

pop stars and then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon.

This is your host, DJ Louis the 14th, and it's a big day on this podcast, as I'm sure

you've gleaned from the title. Before I get into all of that, don't forget to buy tickets to our

upcoming dance party in New York City. This is main pop girls. And in honor of today's series,

we are announcing that we will be celebrating both the arrival of Lady Gaga's new album

Mayhem and also doing a Britney celebration night as well. So there's going to be a Lady Gaga

versus Britney theme to our main pop girls party this time. We'll be playing lots of Lady Gaga,

lots of Britney, along with all of their fellow friends and diva, their diva cohort at Parkside

Lounge on March 21st. This will coincide with this series. I'm going to get more into discussing what the series is going to look like in a second, but get tickets to that at poppanthionpod.com or by clicking the link in the show notes of this episode. I'm also so excited that we're going to be joined by Legends Only's Bradley Stern and T. Kyle, our fellow

pop podcasters. So it's going to be a summit, a Britney summit, a Gaga summit, a pop diva summit. I can't wait to play all these hits for you all night. So get tickets again at pop pantheonpod.com or click the link in the show notes of this episode. My queer pop party gorgeous gorgeous is happening on Saturday night, March 1st, at the Sultan Room in Bushwick in New York City.

You could snag tickets to that in the show notes of this episode. It's also happening in L.A. on March 14th, and you can also snag tickets in the same place. Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast wherever you're listening to it now. Follow us on social media at Pop Pantheon Pod. I'm at

DJ L-O-U-I-E-X-I-V on Twitter and Instagram. Merch is at PopPantheon.com. Our Patreon channel, Pop Pantheon All Access is available at patreon.com slash pop pantheon. And speaking of Brittany, this week, we talked about Britney Spears, Acolyte, Tate McCrae's new album so close to what. So you don't want to miss that. Again, weekly bonus episodes at patreon.com slash pop pantheon.

Show notes of the. Spears, Acolyte, Tate McCrae's new album so close to what, so you don't want to miss that.

Again, weekly bonus episodes at patreon.com slash pop pantheon. Show notes of this episode, you can click the link or you can subscribe for the audio only directly in the Apple Podcasts app. All right, y'all, and I don't use the term y'all lightly. This is the moment I think many people have been waiting for. We are finally digging into one of the most iconic pop stars of my life of all time. It's Britney Spears. This is perhaps the most

demanded, listener demanded series we've ever done on the show. It's been many, many, many months

and maybe even years in the making. And I'm so excited and proud with how

it's come out. It's been a wondrous and sort of depressing at times, but also really

cathartic journey for me. So I hope that you enjoy this. I think the purpose of this series is

to explore Brittany in all of her multitudes from her legend, from her achievements, her

musical innovations, her story, narrative,

all of the stuff.

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