Empress Of asks for your consideration (with Empress Of)

Switched on Pop

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Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

There’s many things to love about Los Angeles: low-rider cars, roadside taco stands, and, come awards season, the omnipresent “For Your Consideration” billboard. Nobody knows this better than lifelong L.A. resident Lorely Rodriguez, also known as Empress Of. The indie-pop darling’s latest record, aptly titled For Your Consideration, is her take on what it means to have your full self considered, in all of its guises. The almost genreless record is so wildly catchy and remarkable in scope (all of the percussion on the record is actually Rodriguez’s voice) that Switched On Pop host Nate Sloan and producer Reanna Cruz had to consider For Your Consideration with Empress Of herself, live in person, in the City of Angels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	First thing in the morning, as soon as you wake up, the to-do list starts.
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0:50.0	Welcome the Switch on pop. Welcome to Switched on Pop. I am producer
0:52.6	Rihanna Cruz. And I'm musicologist Nate Sloane.
0:55.6	So Nate, you and I, we both live in the city of Angels Tinsul Town,
1:01.4	la Land, Los Angeles.
1:04.2	Yes, indeed.
1:05.4	Best of the West.
1:06.6	And there are many things that I love about this deeply vain city,
1:11.0	among the $20 smoothies and the flashy low rider cars. One of my favorite
1:18.6	constants of Los Angeles is the omnipresence of the classic for your consideration
1:25.7	Billboard. Yes I'm familiar with these you're driving down Sunset Boulevard and
1:31.2	all of the sudden there's you know an actor Sunset me in the upcoming Emmys or Oscars or Screen Actors Guild Awards.
1:46.2	Right and it's not just even an award season it feels like year-round everywhere
1:50.9	you look there's a sign begging you to pay attention to a certain show, a certain movie, a certain record.
1:58.0	It's a thirsty city we live in.
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