Kendrick! Lorde! Gaga! The 2017 Music Special with Gerrick Kennedy

Pop Rocket

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This week, the gang (minus Guy) is joined by Gerrick Kennedy, music writer at the Los Angeles Times, to discuss the best album releases of 2017. For the first time in 33 years, there are no women in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100's chart. The gang discusses whether they think this is a fluke or a trend, how they think streaming services affect the numbers, and what this means for women musicians of color. They discuss the importance of the new Kendrick Lamar album D.A.M.N. and about early contestants for "The Song of the Summer" title. They talk about whether they think Ed Sheeran is creepy and why Harry Styles is a #HeForShe hero. Then, in lieu of jams and because Coachella just kicked off the start to the music festival season, the panel tells us about their dream music festivals-where they would be, who would be playing, and how much they would cost. All of this, plus each panelist tells us what they're all about.

Margaret Wappler, Karen Tongson, Wynter Mitchell, and Gerrick Kennedy

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Phil Elverum Pitchfork Piece by Jayson Greene
Here Lies Love
Ed Sheeran's Rolling Stone cover story
No Women in Hot 100's top 10 For The First Time in 33 years

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0:17.0	Oh, hey there I'm Margaret Wappler filling in for Guy Branham and welcome to Pop Rocket, a weekly show picking over the pop culture we all love to love. With me to talk, TV, film, music, and anything else entertaining are digital Strategist Winter Mitchell.
0:23.8	Hello Hello Hello Hello.
0:25.9	Because I said Hello Hello for Waffler Junior.
0:28.5	I'm on T Winter.
0:30.9	You are on T Winter for sure. There you go.
0:33.0	So for those of you who are not on our Facebook group,
0:35.0	and okay, first of all, why are you not on our Facebook group?
0:38.0	You should be on there by now.
0:40.0	We talk about it. Great, seg wopler.
0:41.0	Constantly.
0:42.0	I announced my pregnancy, I'm carrying a little junior wopler right now he's a boy
0:47.4	he has a lot of opinions because he kicks me every time he I eat something he likes
0:51.6	so I know he's there.
0:53.7	Which is cool.
0:55.4	Yeah.
0:56.4	It's good to know they're there.
0:58.6	And they're not imaginary.
1:00.1	Pop culture scholar Karen Tongson.
1:02.6	Hey Margaret, Hi rocketeers.
1:04.9	Hi Karen.
1:06.1	And we have a special guest this week, music reporter for the LA Times,
1:10.4	Mr Garrett Kennedy.
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