TikTok and the Pop Music Rough Draft

In an intimate, exclusive sit-down, the rapper and actor reflects on how the chaotic eight years since his previous album led to his new release, “Don’t Be Dumb.” Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite po ...  Show more

The 22-year-old rage-pop phenom and his father John Herndon, of the post-rock band Tortoise, chatted with Popcast about songwriting, nepotism and what they’ve taught each other. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via y ...  Show more

On TikTok, pop stars — Halsey, FKA Twigs, and Florence Welch among them — have been complaining a lot lately about their labels forcing them to make TikToks. As people spent the early part of the pandemic staring at their phones instead of flocking to concerts, the short-form-vid ...  Show more

On the new Pop Shop Podcast, hosts Keith and Katie dive into a discussion about why it was important for Lady Gaga to drop a new single right now — specifically "Stupid Love" — and how its pure dance-pop sound fits into the current pop radio landscape. Learn more about your ad ch ...  Show more

Charli XCX joins the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast to discuss her new made-in-quarantine album "How I'm Feeling Now," and how "it felt like a very ripe time" for her to write new music. Plus, she discusses the upswing in popularity of disco-tinged "happy" pop music from the likes of ...  Show more

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Keith & Katie are sharing their pop predictions and new year's resolutions about superstars from Madonna to Lady Gaga and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices