Music Biopics: What's the Hype, and How Honest Are They?

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🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this week's episode of What the Hype?!, we're looking at music biopics! From Elton John to Whitney Houston to Queen to a forthcoming biopic about Britney Spears, these films give us inside-looks at lives of artists who we adore. But how much truth bending can we tolerate, and how do artists and viewers benefit from these stories? Plus, Eric, Andrew, and Pam look at forthcoming biopics and our favorites that we've seen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tell me all about your latest obsession.
0:05.0	Are you a fan?
0:07.0	Got guilty pleasure, yeah, your confessions.
0:10.0	What the hype?
0:12.0	Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. What the high? What the high?
0:15.0	Drink we from vegetable
0:17.0	that's then.
0:18.0	What the high?
0:20.0	What the high?
0:22.0	What the hype? What the hype? What the hype?
0:25.0	Welcome back to What the hype!
0:30.0	I am Eric and I'm inviting you to pick up your guitar. Step up to the
0:37.2	cameras. I mean the microphone because today we're covering the hype behind
0:42.4	the mega Hollywood music biopick.
0:46.0	I am joined by my lovely co-host, Andrew and Pam.
0:50.0	Hey guys.
0:51.0	Hello, hello, hello.
0:52.0	Excited to talk about tragic music stories captured on film.
0:56.0	Tragic heart-breaking, inspiring, and some good music along the way.
1:01.0	All of the emotions.
1:03.0	I just watched, I can't believe it's been five years already, but I just watched Rocketman, and I was so
1:09.1	inspired, it made me want to dance on the couch.
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