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 current Hot 100, which features newcomers like Tommy Richman, Shaboozey, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and others
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Who has emerged, besides Taylor Swift, as a true cross-platform pop superstar in the last decade — Bad Bunny? Drake?
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How centrist pop has become an aggregation of several styles rather than one coherent sound
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How pop superstars of the ’80s and ’90s aggregated superfans and casual fans
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Whether there is a path for a new star to get famous enough to play something like the Super Bowl halftime show a decade from now
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