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Pop Pantheon

POST MALONE (with Larry Fitzmaurice)

Pop Pantheon

DJ Louie XIV

Music Commentary, Music, Pop Culture, Pop, Pop Music

4.7630 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Editor, writer and author of the newsletter Last Donut of the Night, Larry Fitzmaurice, joins DJ Louie as the two attempt to understand “pop’s most suffocating presence”, Post Malone. First, Larry and Louie break down Post’s emergence with his debut hit, the post-Drake lament “White Iverson'', his incoherent and often baffling dismissal of criticisms that he appropriates Black musical signifiers and icky attempts to distance himself from the hip hop sounds on which he made his name. They then discuss Post’s ascent to the top of the streaming ecosystem with his blockbuster second record, Beerbongs and Bentleys, how his genreless dirge of music has come to define this era of pop and effectively ended the idea of The Album, his secret strengths as an emo rock, grunge, and nu-metal practitioner, how exactly this unlikely superstar became one of the most listened to artists in the modern pop ecosystem, and whether or not Post Malone actually has fans. Louie and Larry then rank Post in the official Pop Pantheon.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Pop Pantheon, the podcast where we completely overanalyze the music, legacy, and cultural impact of all your favorite pop stars.

0:19.3

I'm your host, DJ Louis X. Louisth, and I'm a DJ, writer,

0:23.0

and all-around pop music fanatic. I've spent my entire life and career thinking about,

0:27.8

dissecting, and being obsessed with pop stars. Their music, their legacies, how they relate to one

0:33.1

another, to the larger pop musical landscape, and to culture more broadly. What separates an icon from a mere superstar?

0:39.8

Why does some careers become the soundtrack to our lives, and why do others flop?

0:44.8

Whose work in legacy transcends time and whose feel stuck in it?

0:48.4

Every episode of Pop Pantheon, we'll devote an entire episode to a pop icon,

0:53.0

from Titans of the Genre like Beyonce and all the

0:55.3

way down to lesser Titans, like Nicole Scherzinger. Each episode, you'll hear a little breakdown from me,

1:03.1

and then some distinguished guests and I will chop it up about their careers, discographies,

1:07.5

public personas, live performances, music videos, feuds, tweets, you name it.

1:12.6

And at the end, we'll turn pop into fantasy football, make our final judgment, and place them

1:17.7

in the official pop pantheon.

1:20.1

What is up, everybody?

1:22.0

Welcome back to another episode of Pop Pantheon.

1:25.7

This is, of course, DJ Louis, so, so, so, so happy to have you guys back here again for another incredible installment of this podcast.

1:35.6

You guys, everyone that's been rating, reviewing, subscribing to the podcast, thank you so, so much for helping me get the podcast out there and for all of your amazing comments. I

1:46.3

fucking love you guys so much. Just wanted to start out by saying thank you, thank you,

1:50.5

thank you to everybody that's been doing that and helping the podcast grow. Please go on and

1:54.8

follow Pop Pantheon on social media, Pop Pantheon Pod on Instagram or follow me, DJ, L-O-U-I-E-X-I-V on Twitter and

2:02.7

Instagram. New York, L-A, shows with Who Weekly coming up this weekend and next weekend.

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