Switched on Pop

Tate McRae's billions of streams and perfectly crafted hits can feel almost algorithmic, l... more

In last month's episode predicting the coming year in pop, one of the team's predictions w... more

Behind Spotify's promise of infinite music lies a carefully engineered system that shapes ... more

2024 was an unpredictable year, and 2025 seems to be cut from the same cloth. So for this ... more

The first great release of 2025 is already here: Bad Bunny's newest album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS ... more

What happens when your podcast’s theme song—cobbled together from GarageBand loops—gets ca... more

Critics are not feeling the love tonight when it comes to Disney's latest sequels, Mufasa ... more

On this very special episode, we join forces with the hilarious podcast  [OFF BOOK] (https... more

Popular music changes all the time, but there’s been one consistent element in practically... more

The first time you hear "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," it probably registers as just ano... more

Three artists quietly reshaped pop music in 2024, though you might not know it from your S... more

It's an annual tradition: Every December, artists release their bids to join the hallowed ... more

In 2024, Kendrick Lamar pulled off what seemed impossible: winning hip-hop's biggest rap b... more

The year's hottest movie is, against all odds, a musical. Wicked, starring Cynthia Erivo a... more

TIME Magazine once said, “there are few figures more closely associated with religion in p... more