EPISODE #71

At the top of the pop charts, Taylor Swift and Cardi B, two artists with seemingly little in common, exploit the same compositional technique to hook listeners in. Meanwhile, across time and space, electro producers Clean Bandit ft. Julia Michaels, channel the thematic tricks of French Romantic composer Hector Berlioz in his 1830 Symphonie Fantastique.

SONGS DISCUSSED

Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do

Cardi B – Bodak Yellow

Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy

Clean Bandit ft. Julia Michaels – I Miss You

Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique performed by Berliner Philharmoniker

Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique performed by DuPage Symphony Orchestra