This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes discussion of:
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The imperfect rollout of Dua Lipa’s latest album, “Radical Optimism,” and how the narrative around it became poisoned before it was even released
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Dua Lipa’s career of smooth and frictionless pop
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The current pop marketplace favoring eccentricity, humor and meme-ability
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What it will take for Dua Lipa to break free of her cycle
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The struggle of making movies about pop music, including “Back to Black,” the new biopic about Amy Winehouse and “The Idea of You,” about a divorced woman who falls for an aging boy band star
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Snack of the week
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