Introducing: Switched On Pop

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Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9 • 876 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This week on One Song, we’re sharing another music podcast that LUXXURY and Diallo both love. It’s called Switched On Pop, and it’s about the making and meaning of popular music, hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding. The episode we’re sharing focuses on the fact that the first half of 2024 has been for the “pop girlie.” It seems like every major artist who’s dominated the discourse this year has been a woman, ostensibly making music about what it means to be a woman. There’s Camila Cabello's "Chanel no.5,” Lorde and Charli XCX working out the labyrinth of emotions that come with female friendship on the “Girl, so confusing” remix, and Sabrina Carpenter’s ode to the female ego, “Please Please Please." On this episode, Charlie, Nate, and Reanna – with some insight from journalist Ilana Kaplan – unpack these tracks at length, exploring what these artists are saying about femininity, and by extension, themselves.

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0:00.0	Hey, One Song Nation. Luxury here. We're doing something a little different this week. I want to share a podcast that Diallo and I love, and that we think you'll also enjoy. It's called Switched on Pop, and it's about the making and meaning of popular music. It's hosted by musicologist Nate Sloan and songwriter Charlie Harding. Each week
0:22.4	they chat with leading artists, songwriters, and producers, and break down pop songs to figure
0:27.2	out what makes a hit. Their goal is for you to come away, finding aha moments in your favorite
0:32.6	music. There are plenty of great episodes to choose from, but the one I wanted to share with you
0:36.9	now is about how 2024 has been the year of the pop girly.
0:41.4	From Camilla Cabello and Sabrina Carpenter to Lord and Charlie XCX,
0:45.4	what are these artists saying about femininity, and, by extension, themselves?
0:51.0	Anyway, I really hope you enjoy this episode, and we'll see you next week. Welcome to Switch on Pop.
1:15.6	Welcome to Switch on Pop.
1:17.1	I'm producer Rihanna Cruz.
1:18.6	And I'm songwriter Charlie Harding.
1:19.9	And I'm musicologist Nate Sloan.
1:22.3	So y'all, happy to be here with the both of you.
1:25.1	It's a pleasure.
1:25.7	Always.
1:26.3	The biggest album of Summer is here,
1:28.9	and we're finally talking about it. It's the center of the conversation. Her name is on
1:35.7	everybody's lips. Wait, hold on, hold on. Does it start with the C? It does. It starts with
1:40.8	the C. Okay. C. H? No? Charlie, I hear you. I see you, and we're going to get to that. But I, of course, am talking about former Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello.
1:56.7	Oh, what? Really? The reveal. Twist.
2:01.5	I feel cheated because my namesake, Charlie X-E-X has the biggest record of the summer,
2:05.9	Brat, you've got some explaining to do.
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