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THE POP PROFESSOR PODCAST

THE POP PROFESSOR PODCAST

著者: JUSTIN GRANT
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The Pop Professor is your crash course in music history, culture, and the moments that shaped pop as we know it. Each episode dives deep into the artistry, industry, and cultural impact behind iconic songs, albums, and artists—from Motown and Disco to 2000s pop stardom and today’s chart-toppers.

Think of it as music history class, but way more fun. Passionate, witty, and insightful, The Pop Professor connects the dots between the hits of yesterday and the sounds of today—proving that pop isn’t just entertainment, it’s culture.

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  • Lecture 110. The Backlash Era (Taylor's Version)
    2025/10/07

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know Taylor Swift just dropped a new album. The numbers are massive, the headlines are glowing… but the discourse tells another story. From feminist contradictions to feud fatigue, from AI controversies to cultural blind spots, the shine of Showgirl has sparked something we haven’t seen in years: a real backlash.

    In this episode of The Pop Professor, we unpack why this moment feels different. Is Taylor still leading the cultural conversation, or has she finally slipped a step behind her peers? Are her muses fueling evolution, or trapping her in repetition? And what does it mean when the world’s most dominant pop star suddenly finds herself facing questions she can’t control?

    This is The Backlash Era (Taylor’s Version) — and it may be the most fascinating chapter of Taylor Swift’s career yet.

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    31 分
  • Are Your Pop Stars Even Real?
    2025/09/30

    Pop music has always thrived on illusion — from the “family” fantasy of the Jackson 5 to Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, from Milli Vanilli’s lip-sync scandal to Britney’s schoolgirl persona. Each era refined the pop factory, turning image into product and spectacle into culture. MTV supercharged it, Disney and American Idol franchised it, and the internet blew it wide open with YouTube stars and TikTok virality.

    Now, the industry has taken its boldest step yet: stars who don’t exist at all. From ABBA’s digital Voyage avatars to Japan’s Vocaloid idol Hatsune Miku, and AI newcomers like Xania Monet — who already has a record deal — the future of pop may be more virtual than human.

    In this lecture, The Pop Professor traces the history of how pop has always blurred the line between real and manufactured — and asks whether authenticity itself has become the ultimate illusion.

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    29 分
  • Lecture 108. The Wallen Effect: Dangerous By Design
    2025/09/23

    Morgan Wallen isn’t just country’s biggest star — he’s Nashville’s perfected prototype. This episode of The Pop Professor Podcast traces the blueprint that built him, from Garth Brooks’ spectacle to bro-country’s party anthems, and how Wallen combined it all into a streaming-era juggernaut. We explore how his mullet, rasp, and massive catalogs were engineered for algorithms, why his 2021 scandal made him stronger instead of weaker, and how Nashville is now cloning his model with rising acts. Wallen is more than an artist — he’s proof that today’s country machine doesn’t just write songs, it prints blueprints.

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    37 分
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