105. What Makes An Award Winning Song?
What if music awards were given out for only musical qualities? It may seem like celebrity and spectacle are more important than ever at the 61st Grammy Awards, but we […]
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104. Valentines Day Special: What Makes a Song Sexy?
Author Courtney Smith joins to offer her expertise on an urgent topic in advance of Valentine’s Day: Can we abstract the sexiest songs of all time into a universal list […]
103. The Deep History of ‘7 Rings’
“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 […]
102. Do You Believe in Life After Autotune?
Auto-Tune may be the most divisive effect in music. Artists have protested it publicly at the Grammys, and critics have derided the effects for its inauthentic reproduction of the voice. […]
101. Slay Bells, All Year Long
This winter season unwrap a deep dive through a pop subgenre of monumental importance: non-holiday songs that feature sleigh bells, from Bonnie Tyler to Nas, On Side B, we rebroadcast […]
100. Look What You Made Us Do
Four years into Switched On Pop, Charlie and Nate finally reveal what was behind the entire series. We may have not been totally honest with you from the beginning. Back […]
99. Entering Beard Phase (with Mike Posner)
Mike Posner has written hits for himself (“I Took a Pill in Ibiza”) and for stars from Justin Bieber (“Boyfriend”) to Maroon 5 (“Sugar”), so you better believe he has […]
98. How Dirty Projectors Make You Feel Energy (with David Longstreth)
Dirty Projectors are known for their kaleidoscopic soundscapes. They make strange bedfellows of dissimilar music techniques like 14th vocal harmonies and African guitar rhythms. But in the backdrop of their […]
97. Stairway To Hell: Greta Van Fleet’s Scorching Album Review That Went Viral
Classic rock climaxed a half century ago, yet it still survives in two places: FM radio & Greta Van Fleet. The later are an upstart of four boys from Michigan […]
96. Charli XCX and Troye Sivan Love the 90s
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan conjure late 90s nostalgia in their latest banger. “1999” drips with lyrical nostalgia for the last decade of the millennium — but does the music […]