Emi Pop on Puerto Rican power trio: Desahuciados
In Our Headphones
KEXP
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Host Evie Stokes talks with Seattle based duo Emi Pop about the Puerto Rican power trio, Desahuciados, and their song, "Fomes Peccati". They share about their beginnings in music, and what it was like coming of age in the Puerto Rican punk scene.
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| 0:00.0 | Experience the magic of music discovery through live performance on the live on KexP podcast. |
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| 0:19.9 | Hey, it's Evie. |
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| 0:45.7 | You're listening to In Our Headphones and I'm Evie Stokes here today with Seattle artist Emmy Pop and her drummer, partner in crime and in life, Miles. |
| 0:56.2 | Thank you. Thank you so much for having us here today. It's nice to have you. Thanks for coming |
| 1:00.1 | through and talking with us about music. So I'm hoping you can tell me a little bit about |
| 1:05.2 | yourself. Who is Emmy Pop? So Emmy Pop is a Puerto Rican artist based out of Seattle. My music is influenced by a lot of like pop, |
| 1:16.7 | punk, power pop, Puerto Rico, Spain. |
| 1:19.3 | Yeah. Yeah, it's just a little mix of everything and you can hear all the different genres and |
| 1:25.0 | influences as you go. And it's all in Spanish. |
| 1:27.8 | So if you like Spanish music and if you never heard it, try it out. |
| 1:32.0 | So are you originally from Puerto Rico and Very fun and I love the new record. |
| 1:46.0 | So are you originally from Puerto Rico and now living in Seattle? |
| 1:50.0 | Yes, I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. |
| 1:52.9 | In 2007, I ended up in Washington State. |
| 1:56.4 | And I've been in and out of Washington State. |
| 1:59.9 | I went back to Puerto Rico, moved back after Hurricane Maria. |
| 2:02.8 | And after that, we settled in Seattle again. |
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