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Reggae’s Summer Flirtation

Popcast

The New York Times

Music Interviews, Music Commentary, Music

3.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

A look at the desire for a reggae or reggae-like worldwide pop hit between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I think that I found myself a jelly.

0:04.0

Welcome to the New York Times Popcast.

0:07.0

Your Shazam's forecast of modern music and critical thinking. I'm your host Ben Ratliff. I'm a chugging in a bottle, yeah, yeah,

0:23.7

because I'm the wizard of a long

0:26.0

and I got the magic one.

0:28.0

All these other girls are ten.

0:29.7

With us today is Joe Coscarelli.

0:31.2

Hi Joe, how you doing.

0:32.3

And John Caramonica. Popcast massive in the building. We're going to talk about cheerleader by Omey, of which you just heard the remix by Felix Yen. The number one song in the country in this country. And many more.

0:47.2

Many more. It's been hit in what more than 50 countries?

0:51.2

So many countries. Are there more than 50 countries?

0:54.0

I think so.

0:55.0

No, it's Omee.

0:56.0

So, Joe, you just spoke to Omee.

0:59.0

He's in town.

1:00.0

He's spent the day with him yesterday.

1:01.0

This is his moment.

1:02.0

He's got to do a lot in this particular moment.

1:05.6

I mean I don't think there's a bigger day for a musician than the day he had on Tuesday

1:09.7

which is he woke up to find out his song was number one in the United States.

1:13.8

He played Good Morning America, call time, 445 AM.

1:18.0

Yeah.

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