Hey y'all, DJ Louie here, just dropping a preview of our latest Pop Pantheon All Access episode,

which is a conversation between myself and Julie Haidt about Casey Musgrave's new record Deeper Well.

We're diving into all of the different facets of this album from the music to how it's positioned

in Casey's catalog and how it's all functioning and working to serve as a course corrective,

perhaps for StarCross, her last record, and how it's advancing functioning and working to serve as a course corrective, perhaps for Star Cross,

her last record, and how it's advancing Casey's narrative forward. If you enjoy this snippet and you want

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So without further ado, here is a snippet of my conversation with Julie about Casey Musgraves

Deeper Well.

What were you hoping for with this record?

I mean, what were you maybe hoping for as a fan before you'd even heard any of this music?

Like, were you just hoping for like a Back to Roots album?

Like, is there anything in particular that you had expectation-wise heading into this era?

I was bearing in mind a few things, you know, one that she is definitely an artist who does not

like to repeat herself and she really likes to feel like she is growing, progressing, evolving. I mean, it seems that that's true for her as a human being and as an artist, an album maker, a songwriter, a shaper of her sound. So I was thinking of that. And then I was also thinking that same trailer, different park, and Golden Hour were both so revelatory because they were so unexpected.

You know, she was giving us her own versions of these templates that didn't really exist.

And that's a difficult thing to repeat, you know.

I mean, I have faith that she can and will find new ways to do that, especially as we get to see her continue to age and evolve as an artist in the spotlight.

But I was kind of wondering whether she would give us an album that was some sort of clear statement about her relationship to genre.

You know, I thought somehow she would be maybe trying to spell that out.

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