The Oscars’ Best (and Worst!) Music Moments

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The New York Times

Music Interviews, Music Commentary, Music

3.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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From "Wicked" to Doja Cat, how the Academy Awards incorporated music into its 97th annual ceremony on Sunday, in ways both smooth and bumpy.Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, you're a yuck, yuck goose.
0:13.8	I'm using criticism.
0:15.1	I'm John Caramonica, critic of the New York Times.
0:18.0	And I'm Joe Costcarelli.
0:19.1	I'm a reporter at the New York Times.
0:21.0	Joe, we are recording this the day after the Oscars.
0:24.6	A huge night for Anora.
0:26.9	A huge night for Tatu.
0:29.3	All the things she said being played at the opening of this episode.
0:32.1	A very important song in 2008, something in there.
0:37.9	Did I ever tell you about the dinner that I had with Tattoo at the restaurant that's
0:43.5	like underneath the Queensboro Bridge?
0:47.0	This is the plot of the next Sean Baker movie.
0:50.3	Yeah.
0:50.9	Anyway, it was like, you know, back when press dinners were still worth going to. Yeah, had a dinner with Tattoo. Lovely conversation with one of the two members of Tattoo that evening. Joe, what do you make? We're going to talk, first of all, this episode is going to be largely focused on music and music adjacent things at the Oscars. Of which there was so many.
1:11.6	Shocking. It was basically the Grammy's. Yeah. A shocking amount in both highs and lows of
1:16.3	music at the Oscars. Yes. But let's start with, let's start with the big scenario, which is
1:22.4	Anora wins, which is a huge win for Russian language industrial rat music, for tattoo, Brooke
1:30.5	Candy?
1:31.5	For, yeah, Brooke Candy, Slater.
1:33.9	Mm-hmm.
1:35.1	For early 2010s strip club hip-hop type beats.
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