Switched on Pop

Our theme music sucks. Let’s change it.

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

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Have Disney musicals lost their edge?

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

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• 11 days

Going Off Book

On this very special episode, we join forces with the hilarious podcast OFF BOOK. When our powers...

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• 18 days

Auto-Tune always and forever

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

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• 25 days

The many lives of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"

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

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• 29 days

Breaking Through: Doechii, Mk.gee, Rosé

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

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The best (and worst) of holiday music in 2024

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

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Kendrick Lamar: from Pulitzer to pop

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

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We're off to see the "Wicked"

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

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Listening 2 Madonna: Ray of Light

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

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Listening 2 Madonna: Spanish Eyes

Throughout her forty-year career, Madonna has managed to travel the globe, both literally and...

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Listening 2 Madonna: Who's That Girl?

Madonna is the world's biggest female pop star. She's influenced everyone from Beyoncé to Britney...

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Fleetwood Mac perfected turning drama into hits

In 1973, before their ascent to rock superstardom with Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham and...

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Still Freaky After All These Years: Gaga, Tyler, The Cure

A musical "freak," to us here at Switched On Pop, is an artist who is unique,...

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Did Kendrick Lamar kill hip-hop?

Over the summer, the culture was shaken by the biggest rap beef this decade, between Drake and...

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Where are all the scary songs?

It’s the spookiest time of the year; Halloween is right around the corner. But unlike the winter...

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• 3 months

The virtuosity of Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder may very well be our modern-day Mozart. A child prodigy, he joined Motown as a...

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• 3 months

The last decade of pop explained

We celebrate Switched On Pop's 10th anniversary by taking a deep dive into the last decade of pop...

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• 3 months

Learning to love: Coldplay

Coldplay is one of the biggest musical acts in the world, ranking #6 on Spotify and boasting one...

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• 3 months

Fall Out Boy and the worst earworm ever

Marianne Eloise has had the same Fall Out Boy song stuck in her head for over three years....

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• 4 months