Now I Sia, Now I Don't

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2016

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

One of the biggest voices in pop music has no face: Sia. She started her career as a ghostwriter for stars like Rihanna and Beyoncé. Recently she found pop star success with her hit "Chandelier." So with her new album, "This Is Acting," you'd expect to see her front and center. Instead, she hides her face from the media spotlight, covered by wigs, hats and other foreign objects. Lindsay Zoladz from NYMag joins us to discuss Sia's the musician and Sia the media spectacle. Featuring: Sia - Chandelier Rihanna - Diamonds Sia - Alive Sia - Reaper Rihanna - Work (ft. Drake) Sia - Bird Set Free Duke Ellington - Cotton Club Stomp Duke Ellington - East St. Louis Toodle-O Duke Ellington - Ko-Ko JC Burnett - Amazing Grace Charlie Johnson - The Boy In The Boat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Switched On Pop.
0:14.2	I'm Songwriter Charlie Harding.
0:16.3	We're getting a lot of requests these days and it honestly means a lot because recording
0:21.2	a podcast in your closet at home can be a lonely affair and we really love hearing from
0:26.2	you all.
0:27.4	And one artist keeps of curing in your emails and tweets.
0:31.1	See ya.
0:32.1	You probably know her from her hit Song Shandle Lear and her recent album This Is Acting.
0:45.1	She's got an amazing story with a career blossoming after years of ghost writing for
0:49.8	other artists and with Nate away on academic duties.
0:53.2	I've invited one of the best music journalists in the business Lindsay Zolads from New
0:57.3	York magazine to help break down see as totally original career in music.
1:02.1	So Lindsay you wrote a really creative album review for New York Mag that peels back the
1:06.7	curtain of pop music production through the really famous pop ghost writer Sia.
1:12.3	Yes.
1:13.3	And usually on Switched On Pop we don't focus too much on the person but I feel like her
1:18.6	story in many ways is very inseparable from her sound.
1:21.4	Do you mind giving us just a little bit of a background on where she's coming from?
1:24.5	Yeah.
1:25.5	Personally and in her music career.
1:26.5	Sure.
1:27.5	Sia, her full name is Sia Furler and she was essentially trying to have this Indie Rock
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