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In the second half of our supersized MARINA 2-parter celebrating 5 years of her 4th LP 'Love + Fear', we tackle the latter 8 tracks of the 16-song behemoth to determine which half is stronger, while also diving into the subtle Marina-isms that sneak their way into a few songs before we address THAT verse on THAT song! You know the one! (& if you don't, you will once you've listened)! ALSO discussed: TAYLOR SWIFT's latest surprise double release, BETTY WHO's forthcoming (can we officially say that now?) 5th album, and the SWEAT tour from TROYE SIVAN & CHARLI XCX. At the SPA: DANI SYLVIA (Blindside), MICHAEL MEDRANO (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), LAGOONA BLOO (Tunnel Vision), RACHEL CHINOURIRI (It Is What It Is), BONNIE MCKEE (Jenny's Got A Boyfriend), and PEPPE PIG (Roar). Next week: CONAN GRAY's 'Found Heaven'!

Sorry for the late upload, gang! But that means double trouble this week as we dive into MARINA's 4th LP 'Love + Fear' in our newest 2-parter, the first of which is yours in the here and now! Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss the lore of Marina's name change, her temporary leave of absence from the music scene and we try to determine why this album never feels to live up to the superstar's standards. ALSO discussed: LADY GAGA's new Joker trailer, the continued rise of our favorite midwest princess CHAPPELL ROAN, and other Coachella sightings like GRIMES, KESHA, & OLIVIA RODRIGO! At the SPA: DUA LIPA (Illusion), SABRINA CARPENTER (Espresso), PERRIE (Forget About Us), MIMI WEBB (Mistake), MOODY JOODY (Velvet Connection), DAGNY (Strawberry Dream), TINASHE (Nasty), and SKAAR & MOYKA (DNA). NEXT WEEK: Part 2 of our deep dive into MARINA's Love + Fear!

This week it’s actually pretty loud on the western front as we submit to BEYONCÉ’s new country LP ‘Cowboy Carter’. Throughout our track-by-track (which we had to whittle down for our own sanity), we discuss the album’s long, winding road to release, the legendary inspirations BEYONCÉ had (& endorsed!), the endless collaborations that pepper the album and of course we attempt to pick our favorite tracks! ALSO DISCUSSED: expectations for DAGNY’s ‘Strawberry Dream’, BILLIE EILISH’s 3rd LP ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’, and CONAN GRAY’s ‘Found Heaven’. At the SPA: AVA MAX (My Oh My), IMAGINE DRAGONS (Eyes Closed), KEHLANI (After Hours), CONAN GRAY (Bourgeoisieses), BLUSHER (Accelerator), JOJO SIWA (Karma), ASTRID S (Oh Emma), GRIFF (Cycles), SMALLPOOLS (Swayze), and CHAPPELL ROAN (Good Luck, Babe!). NEXT WEEK: 5 Years of MARINA’s ‘Love + Fear’ (1/2)!

This week, we're diving head-first into ARIANA GRANDE's 7th studio album 'Eternal Sunshine'! Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss her comeback, the very specific circumstances that led to this album's creation and of course we have to touch on the press and scandal of it all... ALSO discussed: Hayden's apology to DAGNY in light of her new single 'Strawberry Dream', BETTY WHO's imminent return, MARINA's whatever-the-opposite-of-imminent-is return, RINA SAWAYAMA's label woes & our first reactions to BEYONCÉ's 'Cowboy Carter'. At the SPA: OLIVIA RODRIGO (Obsessed), CHARLI XCX (B2b), CAMILLA CABELLO (I Luv It ft. Playboi Carti), ISAAC DUNBAR (Apartment A), MAUDE LATOUR (Too Slow), and ZEE MACHINE & BENTLEY ROBLES (Anyone But Him). NEXT WEEK: (A selection from) Cowboy Carter!

This week, we’re taking another dive into the 2019 time capsule as we celebrate 5 years of ’Sucker Punch’ - the debut LP from Scandinavian pop princess SIGRID! Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss our rich lore with Sigrid, how our expectations for this LP (& her next) shaped our perceptions of it, and where she’s goes from here. ALSO DISCUSSED: Last minute expectations for BEYONCÉ’s ‘Cowboy Carter, DUA LIPA’s official announcement for ‘Radical Optimism’, CHAPPELL ROAN’s ‘Good Luck Babe’, CAMILLA CABELLO’s ‘I Luv It’ from CXOXO & the throws of us being old. At the SPA: AURORA (Some Type of Skin), REMI WOLF (Cinderella), SUB-RADIO (Ceilings), THE LAST DINNER PARTY (Nothing Matters), GIRL IN RED (Too Much), PIPER 57 (Love Bombing), DANI SYLVIA (Eli, Can I Come Over Tonight?), GRIFF (Miss Me Too), & CHARLI XCX (The Von Dutch Remix with Addison Rae & A.G. Cook) NEXT WEEK: ‘Eternal Sunshine’ by ARIANA GRANDE!

This week, we're dialing up our alt-pop kink as we submit to the newest album from indie legend ALLIE X, 'Girl With No Face'! Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss Allie's long gap between projects, what sets her apart from other pop acts in this lane, her MARINA-esque discussions of her own fame, and the auto-immune disease that propelled much of this record. ALSO discussed: ARIANA GRANDE's 'Eternal Sunshine', DANI SYLVIA's '1:11', BEYONCÉ's 'Cowboy Carter' artwork, and OLIVIA RODRIGO's spilled 'Guts'! At the SPA: OLLY ALEXANDER (Dizzy), FLO (Walk Like This), GRETTA RAY (Roses), CONAN GRAY (Alley Rose), LÉON (Dirt), and SMALLPOOLS (Night Shift). NEXT WEEK: 5 Years of 'Sucker Punch' by SIGRID!

We're back, back, back again! After our not-so-brief holiday hiatus, your (2nd?) favorite homosexual podcast duo has returned to talk all things pop music in 2024! We kick things off with a Q1-thus-far recap touching on albums & news thereof from ARIANA GRANDE, KESHA, ALLIE X, KATY PERRY, LADY GAGA, and CARLY RAE JEPSEN! At the SPA: CHARLI XCX (Von Dutch), SELENA GOMEZ (Love On), RACHEL CHINOURIRI (Never Need Me), CONAN GRAY (Lonely Dancers), ESSY (All In It), ZEE MACHINE (Good Boy), TWICE (I Got You), BEYONCÉ (16 Carriages), DUA LIPA (Training Season) and PHARRELL WILLIAMS & MILEY CYRUS (Doctor [Work It Out]). For our main course this week, we're going back where it all began - kicking this season off the same we we started the show 3 years ago: with an ode to our favorite pop girl BETTY WHO as we celebrate 5 years of her self-titled LP, BETTY! Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss the rich era lore (label clapback tracks around every corner), the eclectic execution of Betty's first independent record, and which one of these songs just might be her best, ever. NEXT WEEK: 'Girl With No Face' by ALLIE X!

This week is the one we wait for all year- when we submit to our inner-most stans and host our very own "Best Of" awards show to celebrate the most dominant pop music 2023 had to offer! Throughout the show, we recap this year in music while awarding recognition to songs, albums & artists that showcased pop excellence in categories honoring Opening Tracks, Closing Tracks, Ballads, Bridges, Late-Album Smashes, Collaborations, Choruses, Deep Cuts, Bangers, Ad-libs & of course we tackle the be-all, end-all of categories: Best Song & Album of 2023. Grammys, who? Also featured are our predictions (hopes?) for pop music in 2024! Join in on the fun for the season 3 finale of Dom Pop!

This week is a classic one for us as we dive into work from a Scandinavian pop songstress - this week's 'Movies, Cars & Heartbreak' from MOYKA! Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss our discovery of Moyka (this year!), how she fits into the scene with her peers (Dagny, Aurora, Robyn, & Agnes to name a few) and the power of a tight-knit album. ALSO discussed: Spotify Wrapped / Apple Music Replay and the 3rd Annual DOMMY Awards! At the SPA: TAYLOR SWIFT (You're Losing Me), DUA LIPA (Houdini [Extended Edit]), WALK THE MOON (The Liftaway), ZARA LARSSON (Memory Lane), ALLIE X (Girl With No Face), YEARS & YEARS (A Very Bad Fun Idea), BEYONCÉ (My House), and HOLLY HUMBERSTONE & MUNA (Into Your Room). Next week: THE 3RD ANNUAL DOMMY AWARDS!

This week, we're finally diving into the newest record from pop sensation KYLIE MINOGUE as we do a track-by-track of 'Tension'. Throughout the episode, we discuss Kylie's tete a tete with camp, the album's lingering identities & the PADAM PADAM of it all! ALSO discussed: the GRAMMY noms, the DOMMY noms, GIA WOODS' 'Your Engine', BIRDY's 'Portraits', and... Fortnite? At the SPA: DUA LIPA (Houdini), AURORA (Your Blood), LULU SIMON (Stay), JUNG KOOK (Yes or No), TATE MCRAE (Greedy), and SLAYYYTER & LOLO ZOUAÏ (Makeup). Next time: 'Movies, Cars & Heartbreak' by MOYKA!

This week, we're taking on another classic record from mother monster as we submit to LADY GAGA's 'Artpop' which turns 10 this month! Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss the iconic rollout, the timid reception & how the project has aged over the past decade. ALSO discussed: KYLIE MINOGUE's Vegas Residency and KATY PERRY's Vegas Residency (& her upcoming album). At the SPA: OLIVIA RODRIGO (Can't Catch Me Now [from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes}), MICAH MCLAURIN (Moons), SALEM ILESE (Team Sport), GIA WOODS (Your Engine), PEACH PRC (Like A Girl Does), BAD SUNS (Living or Dying), and BONNIE MCKEE (Don't Get Mad Get Famous). Next week: KYLIE MINOGUE's 'Tension'!

This week, we're slipping into our twink suits (we wish) to submit to main pop boy TROYE SIVAN's third LP 'Something to Give Each Other'! Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss his growth since 'Bloom', which song MAX MARTIN has uncredited work on, the eons-long rollout for RUSH (& the era's course correction) AND we try to figure out which 'straight' guy Troye was hooking up with because this is a very serious podcast. ALSO discussed: spooky season shenanigans, 1989 (Taylor's Version), DAGNY's 'Elle' (TLDR: delayed xo) and ZARA LARSSON's upcoming album 'Venus'. At the SPA: TAYLOR SWIFT (Is It Over Now?), CONAN GRAY (Killing Me), SIGRID (Borderline), LOREEN (Is It Love), THOMSTON (Faithfully), ROSEMARY JOAQUIN (It Was Me), and RAYE & HANS ZIMMER (Mother Nature). Next Week: 10 Years of LADY GAGA's 'Artpop'!

This week, it's all about Hollywood, baby, as we take a deep dive into the sexy LA fantasy of SLAYYYTER's second LP 'Starf***er'! Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss Slayyyter's road traveled thus far, inspirations and manifestations of the album and echoes of works like 'The Fame', 'Turn Off The Light' & 'Electra Heart'. ALSO discussed: BETTY WHO on Broadway in 'Hadestown', TROYE SIVAN's new album 'Something to Give Each Other', TAYLOR SWIFT's 1989TV, Kansas City for some reason, and a massive rule change to the podcast moving forward!! At the SPA: CAROLINE POLACHEK (Dang), BOYS LIKE GIRLS (Hourglass), GRIFF (19th Hour), JULIE BERGAN (Old Habits), MICHAEL MEDRANO (Karma), ALLIE X (Black Eye), and CHARLI XCX & SAM SMITH (In The City). Next Week: TROYE SIVAN's 'Something to Give Each Other'!

In this week's episode, we take a deep dive into KATY PERRY's 3rd (official) studio album 'Prism' - in celebration of it's 10th anniversary! Throughout our track-by-track discussion, we discuss the looming shadow of 'Teenage Dream', Dr. Puke's continued influence on Katy's catalogue, the Bonnie McKee of it all (is her album still coming?? does anyone know??), and connections across the record to SIA, ROBYN & KYLE MINOGUE! ALSO discussed: HANNAH DIAMOND's 'Perfect Picture', SLAYYYTER's new album we cant spell out for legal reasons, TROYE SIVAN's 'Something to Give Each Other', DAGNY's 'Elle', CAROLINE POLACHEK's 'Dang', ALLIE X's 'Black Eye', and DUA LIPA's impending new era! At the SPA: SIGRID (Ghost), ST. LUCIA (Poet), RÊVE (Breaking Up With Jesus), ARIZONA (Sorry Now), BAD SUNS (Astral Plans), & BOYS LIKE GIRLS, 3OH!3 & STATE CHAMPS (The Outside ft. THE SUMMER SET & THE READY SET). No ep next week cause we're kiki'ing in NYC! But when we return we're talking all things SLAYYYTER's new album (that once again we cannot spell out for legal reasons).

In this week's HELLACIOUS episode, we take the deepest dive we can into the debut album from CHAPPELL ROAN: 'The Rise & Fall of a Midwest Princess'. Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss the monumental task of structuring this tracklisting, the actual rise & fall of Chappell through the music industry, which song could have benefited from a re-record, and what having such a long rollout does to an album in our brains. ALSO discussed: BEYONCÉ's 'Renaissance' film, HEMLOCKE SPRINGS' new EP 'Going, Going, Gone', MUNA @ the Greek, and RINA SAWAYAMA's 'Hold the Girl: Reloaded' tour. At the SPA: HANNAH DIAMOND (Perfect Picture), GIA WOODS (Somebody Else's Baby), MADISON ROSE (Girls Girls Girls), HYRA (Dirty Bitch), TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB (Sure Enough), & *NSYNC & JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (Better Place) . NEXT WEEK: 10 Years of 'Prism' by KATY PERRY!

This week, we're back on our pop-punk teenage BS as we submit to the second studio album from Disney breakout OLIVIA RODRIGO, 'Guts'! Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss the road from 'Sour' to now, why fame for Olivia feels so overwhelming and our hopes for her career moving forward. ALSO discussed: KYLIE MINOGUE's 'Tension', SLAYYYTER's 'Starf***er' & the general onslaught of music we are getting right now. At the SPA: TROYE SIVAN (Got Me Started), ZEE MACHINE (The Radio), HOLLY HUMBERSTONE (Into Your Room), DEMI LOVATO (Cool for the Summer [Rock Version]), RÊVE (Contemporary Love [Paul Woolfard Remix]), DAYA (Downtown), and EMPRESS OF & RINA SAWAYAMA (Kiss Me). NEXT WEEK: 'The Rise & Fall of a Midwest Princess' by CHAPPELL ROAN

This week, we're taking you to church as we dive off the deep end into Australia's hottest record 'Positive Spin' by GRETTA RAY! Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss the kismet moments that led to our discovery of Gretta, the importance of a pivotal Track 3 moment, as well as the unique way Ray plays with syntax & syncopation in songwriting. ALSO discussed: OLIVIA RODRIGO's 'Guts', CHAPPELL ROAN's 'The Rise & Fall of a Midwest Princess', KYLIE MINOGUE's 'Tension', SLAYYYTER's 'Starf***er', DEMI LOVATO's 'Revamped', KIM PETRAS' 'Problematique' & DAGNY's 'Elle'! At the SPA: BLACKPINK (The Girls), OTNES (Sue Me), DAGNY (Ray Bans), MARIS (Hot Guitar Player), KIM PETRAS (Dirty Things), POPPY (Motorbike), and ZARA LARSSON & DAVID GUETTA (On My Love). NEXT WEEK: 'Guts' by OLIVIA RODRIGO!

The clock stays wound back this week as we celebrate 5 years of CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS' sophomore album, 'Chris'. Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss the timestamp of the album on Christine's journey of gender expression and the deep narrative lore surrounding the Macho Chris & his relationship to the more fragile side of Christine we saw on his first effort. ALSO discussed: BETTY WHO's Broadway debut in 'Hadestown', Quincy's BEYONCÉ blunder, and the hottest new Aussie-pop sensation GRETTA RAY! At the SPA: KYLIE MINOGUE (Tension), SKAAR (Follow Your Heart), SOFIA ISELLA (Everybody Supports Women), BAD SUNS (The One I Used to Love), GRIFF (Vertigo), MS MR (Saturn Return), and MÅNESKIN (Honey [Are You Coming?]). NEXT WEEK: 'Positive Spin' by GRETTA RAY!

We're continuing our nostalgic journey this week with a dive into 5 Years of PALE WAVES' debut LP 'My Mind Makes Noises'. Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss the changes in PW' sound over the past half-decade, the lyrical growth Heather shows across their early EPs, THAT Matty Healy connection and of course we attempt we narrow down our favorite tracks! ALSO discussed: ALY & AJ's tiktok reveal about MILEY CYRUS (& Hannah Montanna), and gay twitter's hottest new music trend. At the SPA: SELENA GOMEZ (Single Soon), THE KILLERS (Your Side of Town), CONAN GRAY (Winner), ARIZONA (Hanging On), ST. LUCIA (Two Moons), MILEY CYRUS (Used to Be Young), GRANDI (Childhood Dreams), and CARLY RAE JEPSEN (Shadow, George Daniel Remix). NEXT WEEK: 5 Years of CHRISTINE & THE QUEENS' 'Chris'!

This week, we don't waste any time cause we've got 15 years of one of modern pop's most significant albums to discuss: 'The Fame' by LADY GAGA. Throughout our track-by-track, we discuss the album lore, her extensive list of collaborators and the world Gaga built around this album & the character she still coexists with today. ALSO discussed: new releases from RENEÉ RAPP (Snow Angel) and ADDISON RAE (AR) and how one bad taste of media you once enjoyed can taint it for good. At the SPA: CHVRCHES (Manhattan), ZEE MACHINE (Making Diamonds), LÉON (Pretty Boy), TINASHE (Needs), SLAYYYTER (Erotic Electronic), MOYKA (Perfect Movie Scene), CHARLIE PUTH (Lipstick), IDINA MENZEL (Beast) and HEMLOCKE SPRINGS (Enknee1). NEXT WEEK: 5 Years of 'My Mind Makes Noises' by PALE WAVES!