Popcast (Deluxe): A.I. Pop Stars and Luke Combs’s ‘Fast Car’

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This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly tradition roundup present on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, contains segments on:

• The latest wave of generative A.I. music, together with songs “by” Taylor Swift and Harry Styles, Drake and the Weeknd, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Michael Jackson and others

• Luke Combs’s cowl of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car,” which is now No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, topping the unique’s 1988 peak of No. 6

• Viewer questions on band reunions and pop star protests

• New songs from Doe Boy and Nia Archives

• Snack of the week