Welcome to Popcast Deluxe, your VHS version of Weekly Cultural Review.

I'm John Caramonica, a critic at the New York Times.

I'm Joe Kaskarley, I'm a reporter at the New York Times.

For Popcast deluxe, YouTube.com slash Popcast, like and subscribe, comment, maybe we'll respond.

The comment section last week was lively.

Vivid. People love to argue about Taylor Swift.

I've learned that.

Also in the IG reel and Tik-Toc comments.

Also like Tik-Toc.

dot-com slash Pop-Cast Lux, get involved there on IG, Popcast Deluxe as well.

People really get active in the comments, so feel free to go off.

In the rear view, the Taylor album, what if it's not bad? That's not what you said

before we start taping. I'm getting to where I said, but what if it's not bad? I spent a lot of time with it over the last few days and

specifically because one of the things we're going to do this week is our sort of edited

version EP slash tight LP 31 songs down to at least for me it's a dozen

And I began to think of the Taylor album a lot like Views.

Which is another album that I made an edit of.

Yes, Drake's Views came perhaps at his imperial era

although we are certainly still in fully in bigger imperial era. had an anniversary this weekend.

That's right, eight years?

Sure.

Great.

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