Popcast (Deluxe): Pop Stars vs. the Attention Economy

Popcast (Deluxe): Pop Stars vs. the Attention Economy

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This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes segments on:

  • The new Jennifer Lopez album “This Is Me … Now,” and an accompanying film, “This Is Me…Now: A Love Story,” that covers her romantic biography in intimate and sometimes unexpected and extravagant detail

  • What belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Lopez’s career

  • Confusing rollouts for other pop stars including Dua Lipa, Justin Timberlake and Camila Cabello.

  • The new album from the rapper Yeat, “2093”

  • The up-from-the-bottom success of recent songs by Teddy Swims and Benson Boone

  • New songs from Lainey Wilson and John Summit feat. Hayla

  • Snack of the week

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by NYTimes