The State of the Pop Union

EPISODE 245

From time to time, it is our constitutional duty to provide an update to the people on the current state of pop. What are the sounds? Who’s making the hits? What are they singing about? We take the musical temperature by consulting the charts, the platforms, and the people.

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SONGS DISCUSSED

The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

Dua Lipa - Cold Heart

Drake, Wizkid - One Dance

Wizkid - Essence (feat. Justin Bieber)

Drake, Future, Young Thug - Way 2 Sexy

Right Said Fred - I’m Too Sexy

Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

Pascal Letoublon - Friendships

Walker Hayes - Fancy Like (feat. Kesha)

Adele - Easy On Me

Måneskin - Beggin’

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Beggin’

Hoàng Read - The Magic Bomb

CKay - love nwantiti

PinkPantheress - Pain

jxdn - WANNA BE (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)

LILHUDDY - 21st Century Vampire

IU - LILAC

Coldplay, We Are King, Jacob Collier - ❤️