How the 'Hit Girls' Shaped Our Current Pop Landscape. Plus, Where's Our Song of the Summer?

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Live Music Is So Good Right Now!

Nora and Nathan give some final thoughts on 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore' and Taylor's appearance on 'SNL' with Dakota Johnson (1:00). Then Nora recaps a run of live shows she's been to recently, including the phone-free Phoebe Bridgers show (27:31), the short and sweet Au ...  Show more

'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore' | Every Single Album: Taylor Swift

'The Life of a Showgirl' isn't over yet. Nora and Nathan break down the four bonus tracks we got in 'The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore' and talk about why Taylor might have chosen to release the songs now (1:00), the highs and lows of these bonus tracks (13:42), and what could c ...  Show more

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