The Pop Music Forecast (with Lauren Michele Jackson)

Switched on Pop

Vox Media Podcast Network

Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Shawn Mendes, BTS, Alicia Keys, 24kGoldn, Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber & Chance The Rapper are all in the Hot 100 with songs that attempt to cope with the state of the world. What do they tell us about the sound of popular music and our collective psyche? Charlie is joined by writer, critic and friend of the podcast, Lauren Michele Jackson to offer a meteorological reading of music in late 2020. MORE Read Aja Romano's article "With 'Dynamite,' BTS beat the US music industry at its own cheap game" on Vox.com SONGS DISCUSSED Shawn Mendes - Wonder Alicia Keys - Underdog Hamilton - My Shot Dua Lipa - Break My Heart INXS - Need You Tonight BTS - Dynamite Justin Bieber - Holy ft. Chance The Rapper 24kgolden - Mood ft. iann dior Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Switched On Pop.
0:14.3	I'm Songwriter Charlie Harding.
0:16.3	We've been doing a lot of throwback on the show.
0:19.4	Classical series on Beethoven.
0:21.0	We've been diving into country music, but I feel like we've been missing out on something
0:24.9	that we love to do, which is looking at what's happening on the charts and seeing what's
0:28.4	new.
0:29.4	It'd be fun to do a chart topping weather report.
0:33.2	Do a breezy look through what's happening in music.
0:35.9	And Nate is out today, but I'm delighted to introduce to you as my co-host, Friend of
0:40.5	the Pod, Writer, Critic, and Professor Lauren Michelle Jackson.
0:44.3	Welcome.
0:45.3	Hi, thanks for having me.
0:47.4	Oh, it's so great.
0:48.9	Okay, so we have set out the rules of today is that each of us have picked three songs
0:53.7	that are either topping the charts or are significant new releases.
0:57.7	And you have picked three songs.
0:59.8	I have picked three songs.
1:01.6	Our goal is to figure out what do they tell us about where we are at musically and maybe
1:06.5	more broadly as well.
1:08.5	Do you want to leave us off?
1:09.8	Yeah, so first off, we have Wonder, the single by Sean Mendez.
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