Pablo And The Wolves

Everybody sings the chorus, but superfans quote the verse. On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie and Nate trace the verse from Shakespeare through opera to TikTok, and songwriter Audrey Hobert shares her philosophy of specific verses and anthemic choruses: you can't have th ...  Show more

Research says you judge a song in under half a second. So why write an intro at all? On this episode of Switched on Pop, Charlie and Nate kick off their Netflix launch and probe what an intro means in today's musical landscape, alongside special guests like Aaron Dessner (Taylor ...  Show more

A deep dive into Kanye West’s pained, fragmented new album “The Life of Pablo” with Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield, Brittany Spanos, Simon Vozick-Levinson and Nathan Brackett. Plus: Aussie rocker Courtney Barnett makes ramen cool; and, in our first debate, writer David Browne moun ...  Show more

In today’s episode we’re discussing Kanye West’s new album and the possibility of it becoming a classic. We also spoke about his new collaboration album with Ty Dolla $ign, the latest updates on new shows and more.

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The ever-polarising Kanye West can be controversial at times but James can't help but like the music. After all, his 2016 album The Life of Pablo has a vein of weirdness running through it that is right up James' street. However, is it a path Toussaint Douglass is willing to trea ...  Show more

In this episode, we’re speaking about Vultures by Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign and things you may have missed from the album. This includes hidden samples, songs from the Vultures era that are in limbo, album theories and more. LIVE ALBUM REACTIONS HERE