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The Popcast crew assembles for a semiannual mailbag episode, bearing on lots of the urgent pop music problems with the second, together with the controversy surrounding Frank Ocean’s Coachella set; the challenges confronted by even the most important pop stars (Sam Smith, Miley Cyrus) making an attempt to comply with large singles; the sudden arrival of artificial intelligence in pop music and evolving notions of authorship; the startling current development within the reputation and visibility of música Mexicana and corridos tumbados, with stars like Grupo Frontera and Peso Pluma; and the way the framework of style continues to have that means even in a universal-jukebox universe.
Guests:
Jon Pareles, The New York Time’s chief pop music critic
Joe Coscarelli, The New York Times’s pop music reporter
Lindsay Zoladz, The New York Times’s pop music critic
Caryn Ganz, The New York Times’s pop music editor
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