Switched on Pop

Taylor Swift isn't just a world-conquering pop star at the top of her game, her approach t... more

Specialized platforms and social media have empowered musicians to tap into niche audience... more

Miley Cyrus just released three singles from her ninth studio album, Something Beautiful. ... more

Why was Chappell Roan's band dressed like an 80s hair metal act during her Grammy performa... more

The Who's "My Generation" wasn't born from inspiration—it was commissioned. In a rare inte... more

In 2022, Lady Gaga embarked on The Chromatica Ball – a stadium tour featuring a stage that... more

When the song “Get Ur Freak On” hit radio in 2001, it set the world of popular music on fi... more

It may be hard to believe it in this technology-driven day and age, but one of the most pe... more

In 2007, a 19-year-old Barbadian pop singer released the lead single off her third album. ... more

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