The Deep History of '7 Rings'

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

"7 Rings" is Ariana Grande's latest smash, a glittering banger that owes much to Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1959 classic "My Favorite Things." 60 years later, Grande updates the track for a modern audience, making her the latest artist to repurpose this anthem from the "Sound of Music." When it comes to Ari's flow, however, questions of appropriation arise. Author Lauren Michele Jackson joins to break down who has the right to repurpose sonic history. Featuring: • Ariana Grande - 7 Rings • Julie Andrews - My Favorite Things • John Coltrane - My Favorite Things • The Doors - Light My Fire • Lauryn Hill - Black Rage • Migos - Bad and Boujee • Princess Nokia - Mine • Two Chainz - Spend It • Soulja Boy - Pretty Boy Swag Check out Lauren Michele Jackson's article, "To Whom Does '7 Rings' Owe its Sound?," hear more connections between Coltrane and the Doors in this NPR story, and discover the triplet Migos flow on Vox's Earworm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:17.0	Chevy is making EVs for everyone, everywhere.
0:20.0	Go to chevrelay.com slash electric to learn more.
0:30.0	We switched on.
0:39.0	Welcome to Switched on Pop. I'm musicologist Nate Sloan.
0:43.0	I'm songwriter Charlie Harding.
0:45.0	Charlie, today we unpack a song that is much discussed.
0:50.0	Oh, yeah?
0:51.0	But how closely are people listening?
0:54.0	Oh, okay.
0:55.0	It's Ariana Grande's seven rings.
0:58.0	Lots of controversy.
1:00.0	Yes, and before we dig in, let's just press play.
1:04.0	Always.
1:05.0	Yeah.
1:06.0	I miss the Tiffany's and Battles and Babbles.
1:09.0	Girl with tattoos like getting in trouble.
1:12.0	Lashe's and time and they tee in my shoes.
1:16.0	I myself all on my favorite thing.
1:19.0	Fendroll some batch that I should be a savage.
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