“It’s funny, because when you asked, ‘Could it happen again?’ my thought was, Would I wish it on anybody? ” Ten years ago, Maggie Rogers was a senior at NYU, scrambling to finish a song for a music-production class she was close to failing. The guest crit... See more
How Charlie Puth honored Whitney Houston for 125 million people (live at Berklee NYC) EPISODE Charlie Puth joins Switched On Pop in Studio A at Power Station at Berklee NYC, live before a room of current students, ten days after performing the national an... See more
RAYE’s maximalist masterpiece is the hope we need EPISODE 465 RAYE names Amy Winehouse and Edith Piaf as her artistic predecessors on the opening tracks of new album This Music May Contain Hope. Both died young, undone by the same darkness they sang about... See more
Can Bruno Mars counterprogram his way to another hit album? EPISODE 461 Bruno Mars is back with a new album called The Romantic, his first solo release since 2016’s 24k Magic. At first listen, the lead single, “I Just Might,” sounds like an outtake from 2... See more
Charli XCX's "Wuthering Heights" fever dream EPISODE 460 Emerald Fennell's new adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 gothic romance "Wuthering Heights" is the most talked-about film of the year. But for pop lovers, the soundtrack is the real event: Charli xcx... See more