Podcasts about Uptown Funk

This week we talk, escape rooms, walking for life, Uptown Funk, and of course, Titus 2. Our main topic is how people who believe the Savior has appeared will bear the appearance of the Savior.

For many of us, 2015 feels like just a few years ago. But the reality is, we are now a full DECADE away from the midpoint of the 2010s. You know what that means: time for a potent hit of nostalgia, arguably more comforting than ever in these unprecedented times. Thankfully, 2015 was loaded with incredible music, including career-defining singles for more than one pop-music superstar, some strong debuts by new and fresh voices, and some totally unexpected bangers. So join us as we go back to a slightly simpler time as the Great Pop Culture Debate determines the Best Song of 2015. Songs discussed include: "Hello" by Adele; "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran; "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor; "Bang Bang" by Jessie J., Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj; "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith; "Ex's & Oh's" by Elle King; "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson; "Shut Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon; "Chandelier" by SIA; "Delilah" by Florence + The Machine; "Blank Space" by Taylor Swift; "I'm Not the Only One" by Sam Smith; "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift; "Bitch Better Have My Money" by Rihanna; "Love Me Like You Do" by Ellie Goulding; "I Can't Feel My Face" by The Weeknd. Looking for more reasons to become a Patreon supporter? Check out our Top 10 Patreon Perks. https://www.greatpopculturedebate.com/blog/top-10-reasons-to-join-great-pop-culture-debate-patreon Sign up for our weekly newsletter! Subscribe to find out what's new in pop culture each week right in your inbox! https://www.greatpopculturedebate.com/subscribe Episode Credits Host: Eric Rezsnyak Panelists: Curtis Creekmore, Gary Jackson, Jake Pitochelli Producer: Derek Mekita Editor: Eric Rezsnyak Theme Music: “Dance to My Tune” by Marc Torch #2010smusic #2010snostalgia #music #popmusic #2015music #2010s #2010spop #songsof2015 #adele #edsheeran #arianagrande #jessiej #nickiminaj #meghantrainor #walkthemoon #samsmith #elleking #brunomars #markronson #sia #florenceandthemachine #taylorswift #rihanna #elliegoulding #theweeknd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We hear from a listener living with old people, consider getting a new passport, tell you our instant skip songs, and talk about the cargo area on planes!

Today on the poddy intro you are joined by Bryce, Mulls, Ryan and Mitch where we discuss weddings, the D floor and Fat Eddies.

Call the police and the fireman because Deep Cuts: Lost & Found is too hot (hot damn), and is gon' give it to you like Uptown Funk in this new episode, focused on the music of 2015. Featuring tracks from Protomartyr, Preoccupations, Wavves & Cloud Nothings, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Veruca Salt and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've got a jumbo-sized episode to celebrate our Canadian Podcast Awards nomination! We cover some great music between Gwen Stefani's Love Angel Music Baby and Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk. We also talk about World of Warcraft, the show House, and the time Kim Kardashian broke the internet. All of this and so much more in another fun episode!

On the November 10 edition of the Music History Today Podcast, Uptown Funk gonna give it to you & Sesame Street premieres. Also, happy birthday to Eve & Diplo. For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts from ALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musichistorytodaypodcast/support

[SEGMENT 2-1] Trump at Al Smith Dinner 1   Forget all the funny quips that Trump writers prepared for him for the Al Smith Dinner. While these were spot on, and had the impact of the comedic delivery, it's the other things that Trump did that made this event even more pivotal. Before I explain how Trump secured his already secure election, let's give kudos to Trump's writers. They delivered knock-out blows with their jokes, cleverly blending their humor with relevant facts. These writers covered many serious issues in a way that comedy is supposed to deliver. [X] SB – Trump at Al Smith Dinner opening Deferential to the event Thanked all the people, including those who hate him.  [SEGMENT 2-2] Trump at Al Smith Dinner 2 They touched on Harris' absence, Trump's assassination attempt, transgender issues, and many other Leftwing nutjob comments in a way that allowed even Democrats to have a few laughs. Take for example this shot Trump took at the "women" of The View. Trump trolls The View: "They need to bring Rosie O'Donnell back."pic.twitter.com/DO8f7hVTF0 — Defiant L's (@DefiantLs) October 18, 2024 The masterful use of Rosie O'Donnell offers a clinic in comedy "call backs". And for the writers to allow a Trump callback to the line that arguably launched his political career borders on genius. Remember this: "Only Rosie O'Donnell." Three little words that proved to the world that Trump was no ordinary politician. In that supposed "gotcha" moment by Megyn Kelly, Trump proved that he was not the typical politicians. Not long after this, Democrats plotted to make Trump the Republican nominee, not realizing that they just unleashed the krakken. But that wasn't Trump's only callback. Get a load of this one (pun intended): Trump's self deprecating jokes, an Al Smith dinner tradition:"Tradition holds that I'm supposed to tell a few self-deprecating jokes this evening, so here it goes:Nope, I've got nothing.There's nothing to say. I guess I just don't see the point in taking shots at myself when… pic.twitter.com/4FLXHAxNaT — Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) October 18, 2024 Again, the gentle reminder by Trump that somebody tried to assassinate him. And yet, there he stood in a room full of political vermin. The majority of the people sitting in that room who wanted him dead or in prison. Moreover, many of them participated in conspiracies to get rid of Trump, one way or another. There stood Trump, the front-runner to be President again. His presence alone mocked them. The felon, sexual predator, unfit to serve as they painted him, laughed in their faces with the help of his writers. A Bit on Kamala Harris   And what of this quip that took a shot at Kamala Harris? Trump alluded that Harris--a no show--might have shown up if they worded their invitation differently: NEW: Trump jokes that Kamala Harris would have shown up to the Al Smith dinner if the money was going out to bail out criminals. Brutal. pic.twitter.com/aDRVDq7WbP — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 18, 2024 Touché to the writers for bitch-slapping Harris in front of what would be mostly her crowd. One should note however, that there were approving whistles for Trump during much of his presentation. Indulge my repetition, but President Trump attended the Al Smith dinner and Kamala Harris did not. Harris bucked a tradition that hadn't been bucked since 1984. Interesting year, given George Orwell's novel, but I digress. Getting back to Harris being a no-show, I wonder if perhaps Harris doesn't feel like a candidate? After all, she was shoe-horned in, in the coup of her former boss. Even Trump-hating Jim Gaffigan managed to see the irony of Harris' absence: Kamala gets roasted for being the first presidential nominee since 1984 to skip the Al Smith charity dinner: "She did find time to appear on The View, Howard Stern, Colbert — and the longtime staple of campaigning, the Call Her Daddy podcast..." pic.twitter.com/gVBxTcv6ou — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 18, 2024 "This is a room full of Catholics and Jews...in New York City. This is a layup for the Democratic nominee." As Gaffigan stated, this event was a slam dunk for a Democrat candidate much like the National Association of Black Journalist event that Harris conveniently avoided when Trump graciously accepted the invitation. And they wonder why Harris is losing the Black vote? Speaking of the NABJ, Harris ultimately did an interview with the NABJ. Have you seen a single clip from that interview that has been universally panned? To add on to Trump's quip about her absence, I say that one thing is certain: Harris wasn't helping hurricane victims in Florida. Find out the main reason why Trump will be the next POTUS, again by reading Part Two of this article here.[SEGMENT 2-3] Trump at Al Smith Dinner 3   [X] SB – Trump at the Al Smith Dinner on Tim Walz     Trump did more than show up In Part Two of this article, let's look at the crux of Trump's appeal as demonstrated by his appearance at the Al Smith Dinner. I learned saying from a mentor years ago. He said to me the secret to success is the "UPs Program": Get up, show up, and follow up! Apparently, Trump understands that. And to quote singer Bruno Mars from Uptown Funk, "If we show up, we gon' show out, smoother than a fresh dry skippy". Trump got up, showed up, and don't worry, he will follow up. Trump performed magnificently. Despite his stilted delivery of the jokes, Trump made his points because the jokes were so cleverly written that delivery was secondary to the not-so-subliminal messages laced within them. Further, let's face it: with the Left, the jokes practically write themselves. What Americans witnessed yet again is that has no fear going into the belly of the beast. As with the NABJ, Trump joined these New York elites on their turf knowing that they hate him more than they hate Vladimir Putin. Still, Trump "showed up and he showed out". Trump reminded these smug Leftist New Yorkers of their past with him. Trump displayed the billionaire bad boy side of himself that he was noted for, prior to getting into the blood sport of actual politics. Trump reminded the crowd that long before many of their careers were built, he was a New York institution. And still is.  [SEGMENT 2-4] Trump at Al Smith Dinner 4   Trump showed humility where he needed none. Because he was bigger than they in the past, and he even bigger and badder than ever. As Trump delivered in one of his joke, I don't need to take shots at myself.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-kevin-jackson-show--2896352/support.

[SEGMENT 2-1] Trump at Al Smith Dinner 1   Forget all the funny quips that Trump writers prepared for him for the Al Smith Dinner. While these were spot on, and had the impact of the comedic delivery, it's the other things that Trump did that made this event even more pivotal. Before I explain how Trump secured his already secure election, let's give kudos to Trump's writers. They delivered knock-out blows with their jokes, cleverly blending their humor with relevant facts. These writers covered many serious issues in a way that comedy is supposed to deliver. [X] SB – Trump at Al Smith Dinner opening Deferential to the event Thanked all the people, including those who hate him.  [SEGMENT 2-2] Trump at Al Smith Dinner 2 They touched on Harris' absence, Trump's assassination attempt, transgender issues, and many other Leftwing nutjob comments in a way that allowed even Democrats to have a few laughs. Take for example this shot Trump took at the "women" of The View. Trump trolls The View: "They need to bring Rosie O'Donnell back."pic.twitter.com/DO8f7hVTF0 — Defiant L's (@DefiantLs) October 18, 2024 The masterful use of Rosie O'Donnell offers a clinic in comedy "call backs". And for the writers to allow a Trump callback to the line that arguably launched his political career borders on genius. Remember this: "Only Rosie O'Donnell." Three little words that proved to the world that Trump was no ordinary politician. In that supposed "gotcha" moment by Megyn Kelly, Trump proved that he was not the typical politicians. Not long after this, Democrats plotted to make Trump the Republican nominee, not realizing that they just unleashed the krakken. But that wasn't Trump's only callback. Get a load of this one (pun intended): Trump's self deprecating jokes, an Al Smith dinner tradition:"Tradition holds that I'm supposed to tell a few self-deprecating jokes this evening, so here it goes:Nope, I've got nothing.There's nothing to say. I guess I just don't see the point in taking shots at myself when… pic.twitter.com/4FLXHAxNaT — Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) October 18, 2024 Again, the gentle reminder by Trump that somebody tried to assassinate him. And yet, there he stood in a room full of political vermin. The majority of the people sitting in that room who wanted him dead or in prison. Moreover, many of them participated in conspiracies to get rid of Trump, one way or another. There stood Trump, the front-runner to be President again. His presence alone mocked them. The felon, sexual predator, unfit to serve as they painted him, laughed in their faces with the help of his writers. A Bit on Kamala Harris   And what of this quip that took a shot at Kamala Harris? Trump alluded that Harris--a no show--might have shown up if they worded their invitation differently: NEW: Trump jokes that Kamala Harris would have shown up to the Al Smith dinner if the money was going out to bail out criminals. Brutal. pic.twitter.com/aDRVDq7WbP — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 18, 2024 Touché to the writers for bitch-slapping Harris in front of what would be mostly her crowd. One should note however, that there were approving whistles for Trump during much of his presentation. Indulge my repetition, but President Trump attended the Al Smith dinner and Kamala Harris did not. Harris bucked a tradition that hadn't been bucked since 1984. Interesting year, given George Orwell's novel, but I digress. Getting back to Harris being a no-show, I wonder if perhaps Harris doesn't feel like a candidate? After all, she was shoe-horned in, in the coup of her former boss. Even Trump-hating Jim Gaffigan managed to see the irony of Harris' absence: Kamala gets roasted for being the first presidential nominee since 1984 to skip the Al Smith charity dinner: "She did find time to appear on The View, Howard Stern, Colbert — and the longtime staple of campaigning, the Call Her Daddy podcast..." pic.twitter.com/gVBxTcv6ou — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 18, 2024 "This is a room full of Catholics and Jews...in New York City. This is a layup for the Democratic nominee." As Gaffigan stated, this event was a slam dunk for a Democrat candidate much like the National Association of Black Journalist event that Harris conveniently avoided when Trump graciously accepted the invitation. And they wonder why Harris is losing the Black vote? Speaking of the NABJ, Harris ultimately did an interview with the NABJ. Have you seen a single clip from that interview that has been universally panned? To add on to Trump's quip about her absence, I say that one thing is certain: Harris wasn't helping hurricane victims in Florida. Find out the main reason why Trump will be the next POTUS, again by reading Part Two of this article here.[SEGMENT 2-3] Trump at Al Smith Dinner 3   [X] SB – Trump at the Al Smith Dinner on Tim Walz     Trump did more than show up In Part Two of this article, let's look at the crux of Trump's appeal as demonstrated by his appearance at the Al Smith Dinner. I learned saying from a mentor years ago. He said to me the secret to success is the "UPs Program": Get up, show up, and follow up! Apparently, Trump understands that. And to quote singer Bruno Mars from Uptown Funk, "If we show up, we gon' show out, smoother than a fresh dry skippy". Trump got up, showed up, and don't worry, he will follow up. Trump performed magnificently. Despite his stilted delivery of the jokes, Trump made his points because the jokes were so cleverly written that delivery was secondary to the not-so-subliminal messages laced within them. Further, let's face it: with the Left, the jokes practically write themselves. What Americans witnessed yet again is that has no fear going into the belly of the beast. As with the NABJ, Trump joined these New York elites on their turf knowing that they hate him more than they hate Vladimir Putin. Still, Trump "showed up and he showed out". Trump reminded these smug Leftist New Yorkers of their past with him. Trump displayed the billionaire bad boy side of himself that he was noted for, prior to getting into the blood sport of actual politics. Trump reminded the crowd that long before many of their careers were built, he was a New York institution. And still is.  [SEGMENT 2-4] Trump at Al Smith Dinner 4   Trump showed humility where he needed none. Because he was bigger than they in the past, and he even bigger and badder than ever. As Trump delivered in one of his joke, I don't need to take shots at myself.On that note, one must question the motives of the Secret Service as behind Trump on the dais sat Letitia James. Who allowed that seating arrangement, as I would never turn my back to that Black bitch? If you want real irony, consider that only about a decade ago James would have begged Trump for his endorsement. While Trump read his comedic lines, he wasn't vindictive. In fact, in one instance he actually alluded that a joke may have gone too far. Imagine a man who shows the humility to cringe against a joke about the snakes who sat in that room who targeted him, plotted his demise, and continue to strategize against him. Yet, Trump took the event and its attendees in stride. Trump performed as if he were unscathed by any of their tactics. Why was Trump so comfortable? Trump got the chance to mock the establishment in a venue of their choosing. Remember, not that long ago Trump's appearances in New York centered around his court cases. Oh the joy Trump must have felt being the felon holding court over judges, Senators, and Congressmen. But put playing the role of court jester aside for a moment and understand what Trump knows. These people have spent billions of dollars in their attempts to ruin him, yet he's going to be their leader once again. Why was Senator Chuck Schumer so accommodating to Trump? Because he knows the inevitability of November 5.   Chuck Schumer and President Trump were spotted having a conversation at the Al Smith dinner in New York. The body language tells ALL. Trump is the REAL POTUS! A TRUE LEADER!pic.twitter.com/xXjhpAdDSp — AJ Huber (@Huberton)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-kevin-jackson-show--2896352/support.

"Bluegrass will lift you up and sweep you along like the fast-flowing waters of the Tennessee River...it's foot stomping, hand clapping, blazingly fast songs hotter than a match." In this episode, dive into the world of Tennessee bluegrass and learn why this is a genre of music that can only be truly experienced live. Join host Aaron Millar as he sits down in a 100-year-old country store for a one-of-a-kind show; dives into the history of legends like Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs; and meets some of the contemporary artists who are creating a new generation of bluegrass sound. ABOUT THE SERIES Produced in a documentary style, the Tennessee Music Pathways series takes listeners on a more than 1,000-mile road trip, from Bristol and the birth of country music to Memphis and the start of rock n' roll. Along the way, listeners will hear bluegrass played fast as lightning and traditional Appalachian music performed live in the Great Smoky Mountains. Follow along as host Aaron Millar shops in Elvis' favorite clothing store, bangs drums in the studio that made Uptown Funk, learns to play the spoons and drinks whiskey in a distillery housed in a more than 100-year-old former prison. WANT MORE TENNESSEE MUSIC? Tennessee Music Pathways is a guide that connects visitors to the rich musical heritage of our state. Visitors can curate their own path based on interests using an interactive guide at TNmusicpathways.com. Follow the conversation on social using or searching hashtag #tnmusicpathways. TNvacation.com | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Thank you to our guests and musicians: Evie Andrus evieandrusmusic.com Alex Leach thealexleachband.com Fast Track Band fasttrackband.com Jimmy Bilbry, Sutton Ole Time Music Hour granvilletn.com Wayne Bledsoe realknoxvillemusic.com Michael McCall, countrymusichalloffame.org Visit Knoxville visitknoxville.com Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @armchairexplorerpodcast. Want travel tips and advice? Questions about this episode? Message me! Sign up for the monthly newsletter at armchair-explorer.comProduced by Armchair Productions, the audio experts for the travel industry www.armchair-productions.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Uptown Funk came out 76 years ago. Feel old yet? Well this week we're taking a blast to the past for An Evening with Silk Sonic! I can condone making someone walk on shards of broken glass, but I draw the line at taking a dump without locking the door Slap City picks: "Chunky" by Bruno Mars, "Sunkissed Afro" by We the Commas. Listen to our playlist here Join us in 2 weeks when we'll discuss our next pick, Daniel Johnston's Hi How Are You!

Dave and Ethan welcome "Polkamania!" animator Ryan Krzak (aka RWappin) to talk about officially working with Weird Al nearly two decades after creating the beloved fan-made Flash animation videos for "Albuquerque" and "Everything You Know Is Wrong" on Newgrounds. ABOUTSince 2019, Dave & Ethan's 2000″ Weird Al Podcast has covered all facets of the life, career, and fandom of “Weird Al” Yankovic. Hosted by Dave “Elvis” Rossi and Ethan Ullman, two Weird Al super fans, collectors, and historians - the podcast aims to spread the joy of Weird Al and his music while digging deep and learning from those who have worked with, or been inspired by, his work. LINKSFollow us on social media, Patreon, and more: https://linktr.ee/2000inchPast episodes available at WeirdAlPodcast.com PODCAST CREDITSIndependently produced, hosted, and created by Dave "Elvis" Rossi and Ethan UllmanTheme song performed by the Grammy Award-Winning Jim "Kimo" WestPodcast logo designed by Heather Malone COPYRIGHT© 2019-2024 | Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast

The JSJ panel talks with Morad Stern from Wix about personal branding; what it is, why it's important for developers, and how to build it.LinksObama asks America to learn computer scienceConfiguring Apache Solr Multi-core With Drupal and Tomcat on Ubuntu 9.10PicksAJ - War Stories | How Crash Bandicoot Hacked The Original PlaystationAJ - Crash Bandicoot Co-Creator Andy Gavin: Extended Interview | Ars TechnicaAJ  - The Story of Spyro the Dragon | Gaming HistorianAJ  - Utah Node.js: Scaling Node.js at PlaidSteve  - Six13 Uptown Passover - an "Uptown Funk" adaptation for PesachDan  - Scott LynchMorad  - This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See: Seth GodinBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/javascript-jabber--6102064/support.

2015. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was the Person of the Year, Instagram Stories didn't exist and Uptown Funk was the most popular song in the country. And I left Wall Street with a newborn daughter and no real plan. In the past 9 years, I've learned about money, envy, simplicity and relationships. And I want to share all of it with you. [Episode 49]  —- JOIN OUR GROUP COACHING COHORTS: Are you looking to ask deep, introspective and provocative questions about your own life (with Khe and likeminded peers) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply today⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ —- BECOME A RADREADER:

A medida que se acerca el verano, las editoriales americanas, principalmente Marvel y DC, comienzan a agitar las aguas de sus universos y maquinarias de marketing de cara a los eventos veraniegos, bien sean en el plano ficticio o en el real en forma de Comic Con de San Diego. Es por eso que el año pasado por estas fechas ya surgió un programa similar a lo que estáis a punto de escuchar y este año repetimos. La proliferación de noticias y rumores nos dan pie a lanzar nuestra salva de divagaciones y vaticinios sobre pasado, presente y futuro de Marvel y DC con la dispersión que nos caracteriza. La línea Absolute de DC, Absolute Power, Blood Hunt, el From the ashes mutante, la línea nostálgica geriátrica de Marvel y mucho más se cruzará en esto que tenemos el atrevimiento de llamar debate. Eso sí, como esto es uno de nuestros popurrís, en la segunda parte, os dejamos un buen puñado de tebeos recomendados bien fresquitos y para todos los paladares. La noche es caliente como el infierno. Todo se te pega. Una asquerosa habitación de un asqueroso barrio de una asquerosa ciudad. El aparato de aire acondicionado es un pedazo de chatarra que no podría enfriar ni una bebida aunque la metieras dentro. Parece el sitio perfecto para escuchar el podcast 333 de ELHDLT Selección musical: 🎶 Street Life, de The Crusaders 🎶 Good Times, de Chic 🎶 Uptown Funk, de Mark Ronson

MausMix - Deine Musikwünsche. Heute mit André und natürlich mit der Maus und dem Elefanten. Mattes interessiert die Erfindung des Rades (00:15) Den Gemüsesong möchte Lukas hören (03:57) Gut geküsst hat Lotta bestellt (07:04) Zoe lässt die Kuh Muh Crew auf die Motorräder (10:11) Dance monkey kommt für Christoph (15:40) Matheo lässt Roboter arbeiten (19:27) Bruno mag Uptown Funk auf die Ohren (23:27) Von Andre Gatzke.

In this episode, Luca went through Reddit, YouTube & X comments and reacted to opinions about the most overrated songs. These songs include KMT by Drake ft. Giggs, Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars, Control by Playboi Carti and more. - List of Songs & Albums Discussed •KMT by Drake ft. Giggs •Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson •Control by Playboi Carti •K-Pop by Travis Scott ft. Bad Bunny & The Weeknd •& More - LIVE ALBUM REACTIONS HERE

We are in Shikoku at last as James continues to expand his palate while Philip comes to grips with an unexpected response (and not James' this time...). Thanks as ever to Brian of Grooves Ahead for his assistance with sound.

On the November 10 edition of the Music History Today Podcast, Uptown Funk gonna give it to you & Sesame Street premieres. Also, happy birthday to Eve & Diplo. ALL MY MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday CHECK OUT MY OTHER PODCAST, THE MUSIC HALLS OF FAME PODCAST: LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichallsoffamepodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musichistorytodaypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musichistorytodaypodcast/support

Stereogum's Tom Breihan returns to Pop Pantheon to dissect the career of pop history's greatest mimic, Bruno Mars. Louie and Tom dive into how Bruno spent his childhood impersonating greats like Elvis and Michael Jackson, his failed start on Motown and early work for other artists, including via his production group The Smeezingtons. Then they discuss his tightly-stitched 2010 debut, Doo-Wops and Hooligans, 2012's pop history grab-bag, Unorthodox Jukebox, and the cultural sensation of his 2014 Mark Ronson-collab, the Morris Day-tributing “Uptown Funk.” Next, they explore Bruno's  tour through Black pop and soul history on 2016's 24K Magic and his Philly Soul and Parliament-Funkadelic-homaging super-duo with Anderson .Paak., Silk Sonic, as they parse whether Bruno is central to his music at all or simply a nostalgia curator. Finally, they rank Bruno Mars in the official Pop Pantheon.Read Tom's Number Ones Column write-ups of "Just The Way You Are" & "Grenade"Listen to Pop Pantheon's Bruno Mars EssentialsJoin Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and MoreBuy Tickets to Pop Pantheon Live: Britney's Memoir, Music & Legacy on 11/2 In PasadenaCome to Gorgeous Gorgeous NYC: Halloween Edition on October 27Come to Gorgeous Gorgeous LA on November 10Come to Gorgeous Gorgeous X Who? Weekly on November 16Shop Merch in Pop Pantheon's StoreFollow Tom Breihan on TwitterFollow DJ Louie XIV on InstagramFollow DJ Louie XIV on TwitterFollow Pop Pantheon on InstagramFollow Pop Pantheon on Twitter

Was als Jam von Bruno Mars und seiner Band begann, wurde unter der Regie von Produzent Mark Ronson zu einem Welthit. „Uptown Funk“ steckt voller Funk-Referenzen und wurde gleich zwei Mal bei den Grammys ausgezeichnet.

Armchair Explorer goes on-location! "Whiskey is a combination of fire, water, wood, time - and feelings." Join host Aaron Millar as he samples a recipe as old as the Revolutionary War; visits a haunted prison that distills one-of-a-kind moonshine; meets a mad scientist blending chemistry and artistry in the glass; and learns the untold tale of the legendary whiskey maker that the world never got to meet. Spanning 600 miles across the state of Tennessee, the Tennessee Whiskey Trail takes visitors through dozens of craft distilleries where no sip is like the last. Along the way, distillers share the inspiring - and often grisly - stories behind whiskey production in Tennessee, illustrate the process of creating a unique flavor, and of course, offer some delicious pours. Whether or not you're already a whiskey drinker, this episode will have you ready to pour a glass! How about a musical chaser with that glass? The Whiskey Trail has a sister series exploring the soundtrack of America, made in Tennessee! Produced in a documentary style, the Tennessee Music Pathways series takes listeners on a more than 1,000-mile road trip, from Bristol and the birth of country music to Memphis and the start of rock n' roll. Along the way, listeners will hear bluegrass played fast as lightning and traditional Appalachian music performed live in the Great Smoky Mountains. Follow along as host Aaron Millar shops in Elvis' favorite clothing store, bangs drums in the studio that made Uptown Funk, learns to play the spoons and drinks whiskey in a distillery housed in a more than 100-year-old former prison. The Tennessee Whiskey Trail knits together 25 distilleries across the state, offering visitors an immersive experience rich with history, culture, and taste. Learn more and plan your visit at TNWhiskeyTrail.com. The Tennessee Music Pathways is a guide that connects visitors to the rich musical heritage of our state. Visitors can curate their own path based on interests using an interactive guide at TNmusicpathways.com. Follow the conversation on social media using or searching hashtag #tnmusicpathways. TNvacation.com | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Thank you to our guests: Heath Clark, Company Distilling companydistilling.com Alex Castle, Old Dominick Distilling olddominick.com Bill Lee, Gate 11 Distillery gate11distillery.com Stanton Webster, PostModern Spirits postmodernspirits.com Nick Bianchi, Lost State Distilling loststatedistilling.com Canaan Brock, Brushy Mountain Distillery brushymtndistillery.com Fawn Weaver, Uncle Nearest Distillery unclenearest.com/distillery Visit Memphis memphistravel.com Visit Chattanooga visitchattanooga.com Visit Knoxville visitknoxville.com Discover Bristol discoverbristol.org Share the show with your friends! Subscribe to the podcast wherever you're listening, follow @armchairexplorerpodcast on Instagram and Facebook, check out Armchair Explorer's website, and learn more about APT Podcast Studios on their website. This series was produced by Armchair Productions, the audio experts for the travel industry. Aaron Millar wrote and presented it, Jason Paton did the field recording and production. Theme music by the artist Sweet Chap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Lewis is an American music producer, mixing engineer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter based in New York City. With over two decades of experience, he's earned seven Grammy nominations for his work on projects like Eminem's "Recovery," Kanye West's "The College Dropout," and FUN.'s "Some Nights." Ken's diverse discography includes collaborations with top artists, contributing to numerous gold, platinum, and diamond-certified records, such as "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars and "Gold Digger" by Kanye West and Jamie Foxx. He's also the creator of educational platforms Audio School Online and Music School Online. His impressive resume spans various genres, working with artists like BTS, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Kanye West, and Eminem. Ken has mixed unique projects like the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" and produced hits for Future, J. Cole, Ariana Grande, and others. His versatility and influence in the music industry remain unparalleled. Visit Ken Lewis Socials! instagram.com/kenlewisproducer facebook.com/kenlewis Visit His Website To Learn More! kenlewis.com Check out the Mixing Night YouTube channel! youtube.com/@MixingNight 00:00 - Introduction 02:04 - Ken on Working In-Person with the Artist and Working at Home 04:30 - What's the Main Benefit of Having a Studio? 06:58 - Opportunities in Your Life 08:38 - Ken's Mixing Night Audio YouTube Channel 11:20 - Who Is Ken Lewis? 12:11 - How Did Ken Start Working with Kanye West in 2002? 14:44 - Ken's Role in Taylor Swift's Albums 17:17 - Where Does Taylor Swift Get Most of Her Music Revenue 20:14 - How Do Artists Make Their Music Albums? 22:30 - How Does Ken Generate Revenue as a Producer? 23:47 - Ken on Working with Taylor Swift's Midnight Album 26:17 - Why Doesn't Ken Want to See Kanye West Now? 27:01 - Drake on Not Getting Credits on Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode" 28:28 - Ken Lewis's Thoughts on Artists/Producers Not Getting Credits 29:45 - AI Replacing People Working in the Music Industry and Other Jobs 33:50 - Using AI in the Music Industry 37:42 - What Made Kanye West So Good in Music? 41:26 - How Does Drake Stay Relevant for So Long? 42:20 - Kanye West's Versatility in Creating Music 44:19 - Why Are Every Creative Different? 45:38 - How Can You Make It in the Music Industry? 47:35 - Residuals in the Music Industry 51:57 - Ken Lewis on Developing Des Rocs 54:30 - What Is Sync License and Syncing in the Music Industry? 58:12 - Ken on Sync Agents Inside the Music Industry 01:04:01 - Ken's Thoughts on Rick Rubin 01:05:32 - What Are Ken's Goals in the Music Industry? 01:09:03 - Ken on Working as a Producer vs. as a Sound Engineer 01:10:22 - How Does Mixing Work in the Music Industry? 01:12:53 - How Does Ken Work on Clients' Music? 01:14:13 - How Does Ken Deal with Clients' Revisions? 01:15:58 - Ken as a Producer and a Mixing Engineer 01:17:20 - Ken on Working with Kanye West 01:18:36 - Ken on Working with BTS 01:22:44 - Can Ken Get a Royalty on a Song? 01:24:31 - Can Artists Just Send Their Beats to a Bunch of Producers? 01:25:27 - Taylor Swift's Version vs. the Original 01:27:52 - How Does a Label Work in the Music Industry 01:30:45 - Why Is Recreating a Song Expensive? 01:34:17 - Why Is the KPOP Industry So Big? 01:37:54 - Who Are Hitman and Pdogg of BTS? 01:40:26 - Ken's 50 Miles in His Life and Career 01:43:44 - Do Mixers Have the Ability to Be a Producer? 01:45:24 - Do Artists Have Knowledge of Music Production 01:47:41 - Ken on Working with David Byrne and the Talking Heads 01:51:00 - Who Does Ken Think of as an Artist Whose Career Will Last? 01:52:56 - Ken's Thoughts on Kid Laroi 01:55:22 - Connect with Ken Lewis! 01:56:11 - Outro

On this week's Talkhouse Podcast we've got the frontman for a band that recently made a welcome return after a long absence, and the producer who helped him find the sounds and songs to do it: John Gourley and Jeff Bhasker. Gourley is the singer for Portugal. The Man, which started making music in their home state of Alaska back in the early 2000s before finding success and relocating to Portland, Oregon. The band has an impressive catalog that runs the pop gamut, and weirdly they hit it huge pretty deep into their career, with the 2017 song “Feel It Still,” which is still on pop radio six years later. Just this year, PTM finally released a new album, called Chris Black Changed My Life, which both mourns and celebrates the band's close friend, for whom it's also named. The album was also partly inspired by the daughter of Gourley and his bandmate Zoe Manville; Frances Gourley has a rare genetic disorder that's touched on in this chat. But the album and Gourley's story is by no means grim: He's all about celebrating life, as you'll hear on this track, “Summer of Luv,” which features some assistance from another recent Talkhouse guest, Unknown Mortal Orchestra. You'll also hear the fingerprints of producer Jeff Bhasker on that track. Bhasker is best known for co-writing and co-producing smash hits like Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Mark Ronson's “Uptown Funk.” He's one of several names that Portugal. The Man brought in to help realize Chris Black Changed My Life. The two talk about how that process worked, and in particular how Gourley is—unlike some songwriters—always happy to have more creative voices in the room. They also chat about which of them is a better singer, about playing at the Hollywood Bowl, about Gourley's life-changing jaw injury, and about Gourley's daughter Frances and the challenges they face. Enjoy. Thanks for listening to the Talkhouse Podcast, and thanks to John Gourley and Jeff Bhasker for chatting. If you liked what you heard, please follow Talkhouse on your favorite podcasting platform, and check out all the great written pieces at Talkhouse.com. This episode was produced by Myron Kaplan, and the Talkhouse theme is composed and performed by the Range. See you next time!

⚾ Play Ball with Song Swap Showdown! ⚾ Step up to the plate as we dive into the world of baseball-inspired tunes in this week's episode! From the iconic sounds echoing in stadiums to the anthems that have become synonymous with the sport, we're covering all bases. Whether it's about the game itself, team anthems, victory celebrations, or those unforgettable 7th-inning stretch moments, we've got the tracks that capture the spirit of baseball. Amanda's pitching her top picks to Chris: "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars "Shake it Off" by Taylor Swift Chris is throwing some curveballs Amanda's way with: "I Love LA" by Randy Newman - "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix "Tessie" by Dropkick Murphy's Join us as we hit a home run with these selections, rate them, and discuss their significance in the baseball world. Whether you're a die-hard fan of the sport or just here for the tunes, this episode is a grand slam! And remember, every song has its day in the field. Play ball and tune in now! Check out our MERCH at https://www.songswapshowdownmerch.com/ Join our Facebook Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1161768424439762 Listen to our Song Swap Showdown 2023 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4282nflhL3RxbeiHdOma29?fbclid=IwAR22fpBoku6u7JldhScVqHG9Lo28t3SGa0OK2bFdwENNtQeIY4b9U9yw6BI Connect with us at - http://campsite.bio/songswapshowdown   Feel free to support this show for as little as $2 a month through Buy Me a Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/songswapshow/membership Email us at info@songswapshowdown.com Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5194578248859648 #musicpodcast #musicreviewshow #songreaction #sportsmusic --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/songswapshowdown/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/songswapshowdown/support

This time on One Song we've got a real interpolation-palooza for you! Join Diallo and Blake as they wade through all the different layers of inspiration and interpolation that went into Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' modern classic: Uptown Funk. 

Today's guest has worked with some of the world's most famous artists and left a lasting legacy on hip-hop. Raised in a musical household in Socorro, New Mexico, this writer fell in love with Jazz at a young age. Later on, he studied Jazz piano and arranging at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where his love of music quickly turned into his life's calling. After graduating, he worked his way around the Boston music scene, playing gigs as a keyboardist before he moved to New York City. There he started to play in more jam bands, and soon found himself infatuated by songwriting.A few years later, he moved to Los Angeles where he started to write demos for Diane Warren and Bruno Mars, slowly gaining recognition in the songwriting and producing scene. In 2008, he was introduced to Kanye West and the duo soon became close collaborators— he's since worked on four of West's albums: 808s & Heartbreak, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Watch the Throne, and Donda. This writer's work with West shot his career to new heights, making him a highly sought-after songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer. Apart from his work with West, our guest is also known for producing, cowriting, and playing keyboards for the Some Nights album by Fun., which skyrocketed the group into stardom in 2012.On top of all this success, today's guest has won Grammy Awards for the songs “Run This Town” by Jay-Z, “All of the Lights” by Kanye West, “We Are Young” by Fun., and “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson, and received the 2016 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for co-producing Mark Ronson's album Uptown Special and producing Nate Ruess's album Grand Romantic. His work shaped the sound of hip-hop and influenced a whole generation of new producers.And The Writer Is… Jeff Bhasker! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! This week, we are keeping it light and breezy - with our curated playlist Summer Jamz 2023. We welcome back our friend and honorary third member Ben Carter to help us bring the vibes for summer! We have fifteen of our songs to help everyone enjoy the summer heat with pool parties, party songs, and beachy tracks. What is your favorite summer jam? Let us know on social media or on our discord!  To listen to the Summer Jamz 2023 Playlist on Spotify Audience Submissions: Louie - Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight) by Thin Lizzy, Sammi- Follow Me by Uncle Kracker, Lili - Ozarker by Israel Nash Dil's Picks: Come And Get It by the Elovaters, Açaí by standards, always been you by lovelytheband, DIGGIN U by Forrest Frank, Cash Out (ft. Schoolboy Q, PARTYNEXTDOOR, DRAM, Funk Wav) by Calvin Harris Ben's Picks: Body Rock (ft. Bali Bandits) by Bingo Players, Ain't Talkin' Bout Love by Van Halen, Uptown Funk (ft. Bruno Mars) by Mark Ronson, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by The Beatles, Joypunks by Big Wild Kev's Picks: Traffic by Tiesto, Crab Rave by Noisestorm, Westside Story by DJ Snake, Hey Ya! by Outkast, Return of the Mack by Mark Morrison Songs of the Show: Dil - Old Friends by Pinegrove, Ben - Take Me To Your Body ft. Nic Hanson by Moon Boots, Kev - Chattahoochee by Alan Jackson  OTBC Social Media: Merch - offthebeatenclef.com Instagram - @offthebeatenclef Twitter - @OffClef Email - offthebeatenclef@gmail.com Discord - Link HERE Thanks for listening!

This week's episode is brought to you by Manscaped! Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code THECHOPSHOP at Manscaped.com. That's 20% off with free shipping at manscaped.com and use code THECHOPSHOP. Unlock your confidence and always use the right tools for the job with MANSCAPED™.What if you could hear the incredible journey of a legendary DJ from the Bay Area to worldwide recognition?  Teeko, a DMC and ITF champion, joined us for an exciting conversation about his unique approach to DJing, his vow to never use the "ahh" sample in a set or battle, and his preference for finding rare original records. We also discuss the respect he has for New York City DJs and the unique style of the Bay Area.From DJ to producer, Teeko shares his experiences and the moments that shaped his career. We explore the significance of his record being included on the compilation album, Return of the DJ, and get a behind-the-scenes look at Teeko's time at Jazzy Jeff's Playlist Retreat and the collaborations that arose from that experience. The episode also pays tribute to the late Roc Raida and discusses Teeko's connection to the Heavy Hitters crew.Throughout our conversation with Teeko, we touch on his various musical achievements and collaborations, including working with Mark Ronson, T3 of Slum Village, and Larry June. Teeko shares some fascinating stories about working with these artists and the influence he may have had on the Uptown Funk sound. Lock in as we celebrate  Teeko's incredible talent and give him the recognition he deserves. Support the showWEBSITE AND MERCH! - http://www.officialchopshoppod.com

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode. Opposition head Yair Lapid was in court yesterday for his first day of testimony in Case 1000 as a witness to talk about 2013 incidents when he served as finance minister. His testimony was wrapped up rather quickly. What are we hearing so far in the cross-examination? The next big fight between the coalition and opposition is over the two MKs that will be placed on the judicial selection committee. The vote is tomorrow. Rettig Gur speaks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dilemma. Tel Aviv, get ready: Bruno Mars is set to "Uptown Funk you up” for two nights in early October. Goren gives insight into the ticket-buying craze. Discussed articles include: In court, Netanyahu's defense attorney accuses Lapid of being an unreliable witness Lapid testifies at Netanyahu corruption trial: PM said Milchan tax law was ‘good' Liberman claims opposition will fold in judicial talks, predicts deal by Wednesday Bruno Mars adds 2nd Tel Aviv show after first sells out in 2 hours Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on June 13, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Henssler 15From the Ingles studio welcome to the Cherokee tribune ledger podcast. Today is Tuesday May 30th, and happy 48th birthday to singer Ceelo Green***CEELO***  I'm Brian Giffin and here are some top stories Cherokee is talking aboutpresented by Credit Union of Georgia  Cherokee court system to get $1.3 million for AV upgradesArmy Corps of Engineers asks people headed to lakes and rivers to practice water safetyand Hyundai, LG Energy to build $4.3B EV battery plant in GeorgiaPlus Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets is here to talk about cutting back on sugar, and Gary Crawford of the USDA offers some better news about food prices.We'll have all this and more on the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast.--------------CU of GA--------------1.  AVCherokee County's court system has been awarded $1.3 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act. The Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, which exclusively serves Cherokee County, will receive the funds primarily for audio-visual equipment upgrades. Out of the total amount, $1.2 million will be used to upgrade the audio-visual equipment in all courtrooms, while the remaining funds will cover the expenses of senior judges, court reporters, and bailiffs associated with the circuit. The Blue Ridge circuit is one of 21 circuits in the state that requested A/V equipment upgrades to address case backlogs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The upgrades are expected to improve efficiency and reduce technical delays in court proceedings. Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs expressed pride in the progress made by judges and court personnel in implementing their grant-funded case backlog plans. Get more on this story at tribuneledgernews.com2. ArmyThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is emphasizing the importance of water safety for individuals and families visiting lakes and rivers this summer. They provide essential tips to prevent accidents and save lives. It is crucial to be prepared for unexpected situations, as accidents can happen quickly. Wearing a life jacket significantly increases the chances of survival in case of an unexpected fall into the water. Understanding the difference between swimming in open water and a pool is vital, and it's never too late to improve swimming abilities. Alcohol and water are a dangerous combination that can lead to disorientation and drowning. Boater's hypnosis, caused by environmental factors, can impair reaction time. Carbon monoxide poisoning is a risk even on open motorboats, so proper precautions should be taken. Constant supervision of children near water is crucial, and they should always wear properly fitted life jackets. Water temperature can be significantly colder than air temperature, so wearing a life jacket is essential for survival.  3. HyundaiHyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution are partnering to construct a $4.3 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery plant here in Georgia. The plant will be adjacent to the Hyundai EV "Metaplant" currently under construction. This project is anticipated to create 3,000 jobs, constituting a significant portion of the $5.5 billion investment in the Metaplant project announced by Hyundai. U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff played a role in facilitating the deal through discussions with executives from both companies, and he credited tax incentives provided by the Inflation Reduction Act for making the project possible. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp expressed his satisfaction with Georgia's progress toward becoming the EV capital of the nation. The new EV battery plant is projected to commence operations by the end of 2025.4. MenstrualCherokee Women's Health Specialists is conducting a donation drive for menstrual products to support MUST Ministries. The ongoing drive has already collected over 300 boxes of menstrual hygiene products with the help of patients and staff. Donations can be made in person or through an Amazon wish list. Dr. James Haley, an OB/GYN at Cherokee Women's Health, expressed gratitude for the generosity of patients and the community. The initiative aims to address period poverty, a situation where individuals lack access to affordable menstrual hygiene products, which can negatively impact mental, physical, and social well-being. The donated products will benefit various individuals, including seniors, young girls, and clients of MUST Ministries. Cherokee Women's Health Specialists has locations in Canton and Woodstock.  5. Concert SeriesGrammy-winning artist Rick Springfield is set to perform his popular hits, including "Jesse's Girl," at the Northside Hospital-Cherokee Amphitheater in downtown Woodstock. This performance is part of Woodstock's free Summer Concert Series. The concert will take place on June 10 at 7:30 p.m. Other featured acts include Uptown Funk (a Bruno Mars tribute band) on July 8, Completely Unchained (a Van Halen tribute band) on August 12, and Drivin N Cryin' on September 9. Shuttle buses will be provided for transportation, and on-site security will be available at designated locations. For more information, visit woodstockconcertseries.com6. SequoyahBrent Budde, the coach of the Sequoyah girls lacrosse team, has been named the Cherokee County Coach of the Year. Budde led the Chiefs to the state tournament for the first time since 2019, with a 5-10 overall record and a 3-2 record in Area 4 5A-6A. Despite facing injuries and a challenging schedule, the team improved throughout the season and secured a playoff spot. Budde, who previously coached Woodstock's football team, praised the team's progress and highlighted their competitive matches against county schools. Peyton Harper, the team's lone senior, was a key player, scoring 39 goals and showcasing her all-around skills. Budde expressed excitement for the team's future and their achievements in the 2023 season.  ------------ESOG - Drake------------7. LeahAnd now, Leah McGrath of Ingles Markets talks with our Bruce Jenkins about cutting back on sugar in your diet:***Leah****We'll be back in a moment-----------Dayco - Ingles 7-----------Inflation, espescially food prices has been front page news for the past year, and while they're still rising, Gary Crawford of the USDAoffers some positive news in this report:****USDAWe'll be back with closing thoughts after this.------------Henssler 60------------Thanks again for listening to today's Cherokee Tribune Ledger  podcast. Giving you important news about your community and telling great stories are what we do. Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. 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Discover Rising Tides discusses Cooking with Chef Mary Lummerding Discovering Guest Mary Lummerding Mary Lummerding is an accredited Chef and a Cooking Coach As a personal chef, Mary helps busy people make healthy, easy, cost effective meals and have FUN in the kitchen. Music selection like Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars is very helpful. Occasionally we pause for some dancing. Good Food helps us to be healthy so we can enjoy our lives. Mary works with clients individually and in small groups. Mary graduated from Culinary Management at George Brown College in Toronto She worked professionally at various restaurants for 10 years. Mary taught her son to cook. At age 32, he happily makes most of his own meals. She has been active in Toastmasters, helping people to develop their public speaking skills. Mary loves finding solutions - especially in the kitchen. Mary has developed many ways to create easy meals. Occasionally she spends a few hours in the kitchen making dishes like a Slow Cooker Pulled Pork. The extra meals go into the freezer to use as a ‘heat and serve' meal. She also grows a wide variety of vegetables and berries. With her husband, Mary grew and sold vegetables at a farm market for 3 years. How the Outside Makes the Inside Better Through conversations with female business owners, we explore the benefits of time spent outside to maintain life balance. The time outside and activity may differ in each conversation, but we delve into the subject to find the commonality that drives us all. As a business owner, I find myself outside to balance the challenges of every day Submit Questions hello@discoverrisingtides.com

Discover Rising Tides discusses Cooking with Chef Mary Lummerding Discovering Guest Mary Lummerding Mary Lummerding is an accredited Chef and a Cooking Coach As a personal chef, Mary helps busy people make healthy, easy, cost effective meals and have FUN in the kitchen. Music selection like Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars is very helpful. Occasionally we pause for some dancing. Good Food helps us to be healthy so we can enjoy our lives. Mary works with clients individually and in small groups. Mary graduated from Culinary Management at George Brown College in Toronto She worked professionally at various restaurants for 10 years. Mary taught her son to cook. At age 32, he happily makes most of his own meals. She has been active in Toastmasters, helping people to develop their public speaking skills. Mary loves finding solutions - especially in the kitchen. Mary has developed many ways to create easy meals. Occasionally she spends a few hours in the kitchen making dishes like a Slow Cooker Pulled Pork. The extra meals go into the freezer to use as a ‘heat and serve' meal. She also grows a wide variety of vegetables and berries. With her husband, Mary grew and sold vegetables at a farm market for 3 years. How the Outside Makes the Inside Better Through conversations with female business owners, we explore the benefits of time spent outside to maintain life balance. The time outside and activity may differ in each conversation, but we delve into the subject to find the commonality that drives us all.  As a business owner, I find myself outside to balance the challenges of every day Submit Questions  hello@discoverrisingtides.com Podcast page: https://discoverrisingtides.com/offerings  

If you had a billion-dollar fund to buy the full rights, masters, and publishing of ANY music artists — who are you acquiring to maximize shareholder value? This question was top of mind for real-life portfolio managers the past three years as music catalog sales boomed. Now my guest on the episode, Denisha Kuhlor, and I are asking ourselves the same hypothetical question.In this episode, we're doing a mock music rights draft. Akin to the NFL Draft, each of us getting seven picks. Any artists' catalog, living or dead, is on the table for us to acquire. Our goal is to score the biggest ROI for investors on a 10-year timeline from purely catalog revenue — streaming, syncs, and partnerships, among other sources. Touring or merchandise revenue isn't factored in, and neither are future catalog releases, only what's already been released. As you'll see on this episode, Denisha and I took very different approaches to our portfolios. One was more “risk on”, while the other was filled with more “blue chips.” Here's what to expect:[0:01] Draft parameters [4:51] First-round picks[9:42] Second-round picks[14:21] Third-round picks[18:49] Fourth-round picks[21:55] Fifth-round picks[26:04] Sixth-round picks[29:20] Seventh-round picks[37:33] Honorable mentions [52:21] Up-and-coming artistsListen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Overcast | Amazon | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSSHost: Dan Runcie, @RuncieDan, trapital.coGuests: Denisha Kuhlor, @denishakuhlorToday's episode was brought to you by feature.fm. Grow your fanbase  and music career with their marketing suite. Get 50% off your first three months by using code: TRAPITAL50Enjoy this podcast? Rate and review the podcast here! ratethispodcast.com/trapitalTrapital is home for the business of music, media and culture. Learn more by reading Trapital's free memo.TRANSCRIPTDenisha Kuhlor: We've talked about Burna Boy on the podcast before, so don't necessarily have to go over all of his stats, but I think that in one thing I'm finding with people discovering, music from the continent. Is that when they like the artist or there's things they like about the artist or the genre, they go back and listen, to the past catalog.And so I feel like there's still a lot of untouched ground in terms of people discovering his music and listening to his whole catalog and given how timeless in a lot of ways some of his music feels, I think that we'll have new fans discovering him over and over for a long time and getting to also benefit from the upside of that catalog is great.I'll also say, he's pretty feature light as well. He's increased the amount of features that he's had in some of his more recent albums, but even like him, some of his breakout singles, whether Ye or Last Last, were Independence, or songs that he did independently and didn't have people featuring.So I think in terms of some of the big records, there's solo records, which is exciting and that his catalog has a lot of value for people to discover and wanna to.Dan Runcie Intro: Hey, welcome to the Trapital Podcast. I'm your host and the founder of Trapital, Dan Runcie. This podcast is your place to gain insights from executives in music, media, entertainment, and more who are taking hip hop culture to the next level. Dan Runcie: Today's episode is one I am really excited for. This is a music rights draft. We are going to be breaking down the artists that we would most wanna have their music rights for. So today's guest friend of the podcast, Denisha Kuhlor, founder of Stan, her and I are both managers of billion dollar funds and we can acquire the full rights, Masters and publishing to any artist, living or dead.And our job is to maximize value for our investors for the next 10 years. We each get to pick 10 artists and their full rights of music, and we draft them one by one. Denisha, are you ready? How are you feeling?Denisha Kuhlor: I am, I'm super excited for this. like keep racking my head, I think till the last minute with each pick. but yeah, I'm ready to get Dan Runcie: started.Right. It's funny because we're chatting about this yesterday and I almost wonder like if our chat yesterday like shifts anything, it's like, oh, okay. That's how you're thinking about this. Okay. That's how I'm thinking about this.Denisha Kuhlor: Exactly, in a funny way, I have some more compassion for venture investors because I can see how societal shift or even group think can shift your perspective even if just a bit. Dan Runcie: Yeah, it's fascinating, and I mean with this, we did try to keep the parameters of it a bit clear because obviously in the real music rights acquisition world, there are many different strategies about how these firms are buying and acquiring these rights. Some of them are sitting and holding on them, but we are putting ourselves in a different bucket.We are assuming that we have the means to maximize this catalogs and this artist's value through multimedia, through sync, through other partnerships, and just the revenue that it naturally generates as sound recordings themselves. And we assume that we're only acquiring what that artist has released up to that point.Of course, what that artist continues to do in the future may shift the perception of the value of what they've done, but we are only looking at what they've done up to this point. So we're saying that just to lay the groundwork, because someone may be like, oh, what about so-and-so and so-and-so may be an artist that blew up in the past five years.They may not have Steve as a catalog, but who knows? Maybe we'll both have a few of those picks.Denisha Kuhlor: Exactly. Super exciting Dan Runcie: All right, so we are gonna be so a few things to just keep in mind as well for listeners. So a few of the factors you both considered were expected longevity of the artist music themselves, which is a big piece of this. You're acquiring these rights, you're trying to get a sense for what is the music that people are still going to listen to, right?It's one thing if you dominate the charts, that you have a song that takes off, but there's a decay curve. So we're trying to find those artists that have the value, but have the much less steep decay curve as it goes down year over year. There's also a mix too. There's the stable picks, which a lot of the rights go after, which are attractive, but there's also some higher upside picks or some riskier bets.Where do those fit in? And then we're also taken into account the share of the song recordings that the artists actually have given that certain genres such as hip hop or r and b and pop music specifically, there's a lot more collaboration. There's a lot more hands being shared in that pot. So, how does that line up with another genre where that artist may have a higher percentage of those things?All those things get factored into how we pick this. So I'm ready to get started and I wanna give you the first pick so you can go and then I'll go after that.Denisha Kuhlor: Oh, thank you, so my first pick is Mariah Carey. for a few reasons. One, Mariah Carey has one of the most amazing songs in her collection, with Christmas, right? Like it's just being Christmas time, every Christmas, you know, you're going to get, a spike in revenue. Mariah Carey's also been very notable, about talking about that.She writes a lot of her own music, and I don't think how many people realize how much of a prolific songwriter that she is as well. And with the nature of R and B, much to what you talked about earlier with it being collaborative, Mariah Carey seems to be embraced by a lot of rappers for samples.So while I definitely think it will be pricey based off literally, all I want for Christmas, if anything, I think that it's. It's a bit of a safe, but also Sure. Fire and, and stable. expectation revenue. Dan Runcie: That was my number two pick. So we're definitely aligned there. It makes perfect sense because even if you, all I want for Christmas is a big piece of the pie, I wanna say 300 million streams per year on Spotify was the stat that I heard, and I forget the exact revenue number that it generates. I don't wanna quote it, but it's huge.Almost 20 number one singles that she's had. So the longevity's there, and as we know we're talking about this a little yesterday, but there's a reason that catalog isn't one that's getting acquired because, A, the people that own it, and I know she may own maybe some of the more recent stuff. I don't know if, Columbia still owns, you know, the stuff from the nineties, especially given the nature of her deal and stuff like that.But I mean, it's up there, it's definitely one of the most valuable ones. So good. Yeah. Good for you on that one. So I'll take my number one pick here and the number one pick. For this, for me, so much of it was thinking about how millennials and this group are the dominant users of streaming.Streaming makes up a bulk of the revenue for these streaming services. And who is the biggest artist for millennials overall? Just you look at the sheer numbers and everything like that, it has to be Taylor Swift. Miss 1989 herself, I will take those albums, especially these rerecorded ones, Taylor's version, because they'reDenisha Kuhlor: That's just what I was gonna ask.Dan Runcie: Yeah. I may not get Scooter bronze version, but I'll get Taylor's version and I'll keep that. I think that it's rare to find a star that has as much impact as she does that is as recent in this way, I mean, just the pure demand for this Eras tour. She could have done 10 x times the number of shows and been touring for the next five years in a in stadiums and still had plenty of demand left over.And of course, we're not counting touring revenue in this, but it just goes to show how big everything else is. The fact that midnights broke records, both in streaming and in hard sales, I think I saw 230 million dollars that album generated in its revenue. Of course. That her entire rights will likely be owned, you know, herself just given the Taylor's version of everything.Currently I'm licensed with Republican Universal Music Group. But if in a perfect world you could acquire that, I will take that. She's able to dominate in all of these multiple platforms and if we're really trying to say, okay, 10 years from now, each of her albums is still in the top 50 of the billboard, 200, just from like a rankings perspective.Well, not all of 'em, but a lot of them, and I think it's harder to come by. So yeah, I'll take T Swift.Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah, I think it's definitely a solid pick her music evokes so much nostalgia especially as her fans get older, that they'll be listening to it for life, right? Because it's not necessarily attached to a moment or even a recency of today, even though they can appreciate that.it's, yeah, it's music that's the soundtrack to their lives. So, it makes a ton of sense. And she's also another prolific songwriter, so I would assume, from an ownership perspective, it's quite attractive.Dan Runcie: Yeah. Not as attractive as Mariah though, because I feel like Taylor more recently, especially with the more pop albums, there was a lot of Max Martin production and a lot of other big name folks and you know, Kendrick Lamar, guest verses and stuff like that. And Mariah had some of that, but I still feel like she always had like her single, you know what I mean? It's like Yeah.fantasy was, they had a remix with ODB or they had a honey remix with the lock, but there was still the core Mariah version that was justDenisha Kuhlor: Yeah, that's a great point. The breakout has frequently remained just her. Yeah. Dan Runcie: so we'll see. But yeah, who's your second pick?Denisha Kuhlor: So my second pick, I thought a lot too about, like world music as we say, or just music that's global. much to your point as well around streaming. I kind of think that it's exciting to pick, an artist that can dominate globally that's, not necessarily a pop artist. And so for that, I went back and forth.Probably two of the biggest artists. but landed on Bad Bunny, Bad Bunny to me is one just an amazing and exciting artist. He also has a great amount of volume, but much to the point we just made about Mariah Carey's, Taylor Swifts, I think he's really optimized a lot of his catalog, for music that he makes and that music that he solely makes.Additionally, and I know we're not counting touring, but the sheer amount of numbers he's done touring, I think has not only earned him new fans, but earned him kind of the same type of fan appetite that Taylor Swift has in which the music will evoke a certain nostalgia, whether they saw him perform it on top of a gas station or when he was driving through the Bronx, that leads them to want to continue to listen to this music for the rest of their lives, which hopefully will be financially lucrative.Dan Runcie: He was on my list as well. You can't ignore just the huge, massive success of this last album, UN Varano Centi. We saw that album dominate week after week after week, and it, the songs are still on Spotify's Top 50 and they're still having traction there. And in an era where there's just so much more music, if you can get a song like that that comes out in 2022 that's still coming out or just an album, it's rare and I know we talk a lot about how monoculture itself is just harder to come by from a artist that is in the US or UK just because those markets are so much more saturated. But the closest we get to anyone reaching Beatlemania is someone like Bad Bunny. So that's a great.Denisha Kuhlor: Exactly, exactly. I also think a lot both, Drake's wrapped about Bad Bunny numbers and Kanye's reference Bad Bunny's, success. And so I feel like even if his peers in the industry are kind of in some ways either looking at him aspirationally or like he's one that could potentially, hit my success, is also a great indicator.Dan Runcie: All right, so the next pick I have here is, you mentioned him a second ago, the streaming king himself, 70 million streams. Drake, it's hard to think about the streaming era and not think about him. Just the massive hits that he's had and every time that he releases an album, it still creates this moment that few have the ability to be able to reach moving forward.I know Birdman will never give up those rights, and Young Money extensively will never give up those rights, but if I had the choice, I would take it. I think the knock against Drake potentially though I will acknowledge is that one. Just the high number of features and samples with all that, there's a high, there's a less likelihood that he may own all or just have a higher percentage of the revenue coming in for this stuff.But just the sheer volume of whether it's the mixtapes, the playlist, the little two packs that he puts out, the albums, especially some of the ones from like, especially the cash money albums, honestly, from, when was that? So I guess you had 2010, it was official first album, but you had so far gone oh nine and then everything up to Scorpion.Yeah, those are the biggest albums of the last decade. So I'll take DrakeDenisha Kuhlor: Yeah. Yeah. super solid pick. As someone who has seen Drake in concert 10 times, there's a few things recently. Yeah. 10 times. Yeah. So a few things that stuck out to me with Trigg specifically, The Serious Show. So the serious show was a lot of like deep cuts or songs that he hasn't recently performed on some of his tours. And you could just see that fans loved it, right?A lot of people wanted access to tickets and really loved the music. And then, lastly in part of, in going to these tours, there were so many times that I saw, that he would like go off of stage and to keep the crowd like engaged. They would do a whole set of his music that he wasn't going to perform, and the crowd literally went just as crazy as if he was on, if he was on stage so much to just like the emotional factor that his catalog has.I feel like Drake has provided the music of a generation. And so, regardless volume wise, they'll be continuing to listen for a long time.Dan Runcie: Who's your number two?Denisha Kuhlor: So next I'm going with Burna Boy. one, we've talked about Burna Boy on the podcast before, so don't necessarily have to go over all of his stats, but I think that in one thing I'm finding with people discovering, music from the continent. Is that when they like the artist or there's things they like about the artist or the genre, they go back and listen, to the past catalog.And so I feel like there's still a lot of untouched ground in terms of people discovering his music and listening to his whole catalog and given how timeless in a lot of ways some of his music feels, I think that we'll have new fans discovering him over and over for a long time and getting to also benefit from the upside of that catalog is great.I'll also say, he's pretty feature light as well. He's increased the amount of features that he's had in some of his more recent albums, but even like him, some of his breakout singles, whether Ye or Last Last, were Independence, or songs that he did independently and didn't have people featuring.So I think in terms of some of the big records, there's solo records, which is exciting and that his catalog has a lot of value for people to discover and wanna to. Dan Runcie: Yeah, he was on the list as well, and I think the attractive thing with him is similar to the bad Bunny perspective where almost more so because if you are one of the signature artists that is on this entire continent, well, I think for him, obviously more West Africa, but if you're one of the signature artists that's on this entire continent, you have the closer thing to that Beattlemania effect.And as more people there have access to streaming as more of that just grows and develops, you're going to get that curve too that just grows naturally with what's already there. And you can't undersell that. And I think given an artist like that too, there's probably huge sync opportunities as multimedia and entertainment starts to grow from that, from, from those parts of the worlds too.So there's a lot of value there. Yeah.Denisha Kuhlor: exactly. Who do you have Dan Runcie: pick, this is a pick with the mind and not necessarily with the heart, but I am a, in the role of a asset manager or not the role of a fan. And my pick here is Eminem and my pick for Eminem, and the reason I pick him is because his music is still some of the most streamed music across the board.And his Curtains Call album was the bestselling rap album in the UK in 2022. His greatest hits album from 2005 was the best selling rap album 17 years later. And I remember seeing that stat and I was just like, wow. And then you just think about the nature of his music. And even though he's someone that I feel, if you're someone that lives in the Twitter circles that you and I live in, Eminem is someone that I think has largely fallen out ofpopular discourse.And people do look at him a bit more, distinctly in a way that they did in 20 years ago. But if you don't live in those circles, which the majority of people don't, they still listen to his music and still revere him. And just on a sheer number perspective, there's probably more people that listen to hip hop that have an artist like Eminem and their top three and they're top two and not two.And you look at some of the numbers as well for songs like Till I Collapse and Lose Yourself, that just get played over and over for people working out and all of these things. Those songs have a timelessness to them. I mean, on stats, he was the bestselling like recorded artist of the two thousands. He was up there for the 2010s.He still tours massively, and even though a lot of his albums that probably generate the most revenue are songs that I'm no longer listening to, I can acknowledge that this has huge value. And as an asset manager, as a fund manager, I would do quite well with that, with his rights.Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. No, I don't know if that's where I would have went, but after hearing your explanation, it makes a ton of sense. Eminem fans are, independent in the sense that they're fans regardless of whether he's the top of a pop culture, relevancy or not. yeah, I think, that's really, really interesting.And the Stan's side, he literally pioneered the word we all use today, so I think in some ways too, people forget just, how impactful culturally he's been. so yeah, that makes a Dan Runcie: Nice. All right. who's your.Denisha Kuhlor: So for my next one, I kind of wanted to go in a direction of some newer artists that are still proving themselves out of it, but I think have a lot of potential. but keeping in mind to what they've done so far, I wanna go with Lizzo. I. think of Lizzo, you know, a lot of us were actually introduced, to her in because of a sync, in one of the, in a movie on Netflix.I'm blanking on the name of the movie, but that sync actually introduced me, to her. I think that Lizzo's music is just like the perfect type of music for a movie trailer, in the sense of some of her upbeat, more like pop, pop records. It's like the perfect songs to usher in like a romcom.So from a sing perspective, I think it has a lot of potential. She's also known as, pretty talented on the songwriting side, so I think the ownership would be, I think the ownership would be attractive. and in her last tours, she's done pretty well while also there were smaller venues, the fan base and her having an engaged fan base is definitely there as well.Obviously and from an asset manager perspective, definitely wouldn't be looking to pick it up. But the numbers I've picked up, some of my earlier bets, but I think it would be a fun bet to have and see how it does in the future.Dan Runcie: It's funny because she's someone that I think she has a very high diehard fan to fan ratio, if that makes sense. And I say that because she's someone who. Does quite well. She sells out arenas and she does multiple shows in some cities, in arenas, in an era where it's very hard to get artists that are topping the charts with their streaming to sell out the same venues.The knock against her though is that she doesn't stream necessarily as well. Like she hasn't had an album that's like top the charts. I don't think she's had, you know, a 100K in the first week necessarily. But those fans do show up. so there's something to be said there. I think the other thing too, when you're mentioning the sync, I was thinking about, you know, that car, I think it's Carnival Cruise, that commercial, and it has that song that's like Hands to the Sky.Show me that your mind, like, I didn't even realize that was a Lizzo song until I just looked it up because it was stuck in my head and I'm like, oh, that's a Lizzo song from like 2016, like Pret Truth. So I think you're right with the sync piece of it. I mean, a song like Truth Hurts Itself, juice, literally anything from whether it's special or the album before this, I think that there is strong potential there.So I think Lizzo is definitely a good multimedia play. Assuming like we are in this role, you have the ability to maximize the asset.Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah, exactly, exactly. It definitely comes down to maximization of the asset on her part, and in a way. I don't see streaming continuing to go up. I think her engage fans like her, they listen to her, and they keep it at, and they keep it at that. So without kind of very targeted, like a targeted approach to maximizing her syncs, the asset becomes less attractive.Dan Runcie: So the next pick, and this is a bit strategic because I wanna take this artist before you take them, is SZA and. picking SZA because she obviously doesn't have a huge catalog. We're talking two studio albums really, that have came out. But if I could get those studio albums for a good price, I'm getting an album in control that is literally stayed on the charts for five years.People are listening, streaming and buying the hell out of that thing, and it hasn't really stopped. And this album is setting all these records and every time you see what the 10, 11 weeks that SSA's SOS has been at the top of the charts, that's in the territory with like Adele, Beyonce and all these other artists because first here's breaking records for female R and B artists then is just, you know, female artists.Now it's artists in general, like how many people are at those levels. So sure. I don't think I'm necessarily gonna have to pay Taylor Swift, Drake or Eminem numbers to get SZA rights, but this is a hits game, and if I can get two of her hits, certified hits albums, that could be worth more than 10 of someone else's mediocre ones.Denisha Kuhlor: I completely agree. SZA is it makes so much sense. It makes so much sense. I'd also say what's so exciting about CSA when you think about it is two studio albums and being able to maintain that relevancy and the sheer amount of time that those albums have lived, is so exciting and you can continue to maximize those two albums even for years to come.Because for everyone, it still feels very relevant.Dan Runcie: All right. Who's your, you've picked five, right? Okay, so last two picks. who's your sixth pick?Denisha Kuhlor: Yes. So I'm gonna keep the S theme here with SZA. and this one was somewhat a big streaming play. but Summer Walker, summer Walker was one that initially when I first made this list, didn't come to mind to be honest. But as I thought about it, and I will probably mention this more in some of my honorable mentions, but I was going for Usher, and I thought about the record that they had together and thought about a lot of the records that Summer Walker has broken. and shout out to the folks that love Renaissance, I think that people don't even realize or truly understand how big of an artist she's been, from a streaming perspective. she's had some really impressive numbers when she releases the album, she's done great numbers. and People continue to listen to her. I also think, you know, she's toyed around with retiring as well as not doing, as well as not doing tours, creating less opportunities for fans to be able to interact with her, which, fortunately or unfortunately leads them back to her music as that's one of the only sources of ways that they can interact with her.So, I don't know if I see as much sync potential with an artist like her as I would maybe a Lizzo, but I think she can continue to generate solid, solid streaming numbers, for years, foryears. Dan Runcie: a good pick. It's funny, she's someone that's not on my list, but when you mentioned her I was like, I can't believe I'd even think of the think of her. But you're absolutely right. She has, especially from a streaming perspective, she has numbers that rival some of the artists that we mentioned before when it comes to streaming and on average, streaming is making up 70 to 80% often of the revenue that comes in from these music rights.So, it makes sense to be able to have that. And I think that just given how much she's been able to speak to an audience that doesn't really have as many people speaking directly to them as well in this way of, okay, who is making music for black women, who is making like doing that? And I think when you think about it that way, that list does become slim.Especially when we're talking about artists at this level, obviously, you know, touring and some of the more personal things of just like being out there that isn't her style, that isn't her vibe or her personality necessarily. But we don't necessarily need that and I think that there's clearly value in over it, still over it.And, you know, the small features and things that she's done here and there since then. Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. Dan Runcie: All right. So mine, I have two picks left. this is where it does get tough because, looking through some of these names and there's some ones that I like and, okay, so I am going to take Bruno Mars and I'm gonna take Mars because the fact that he has music that I think honestly can transcend in terms of the versatility of the music.Songs like 24K Magic or Uptown Funk, or.Denisha Kuhlor: Very intergenerational as well. Dan Runcie: Yeah. You hear, could hear it in the supermarket, you could hear it being out, like you could hear it in syncs or different types of things, even the more recent stuff with Silk Sonic and getting his chair of that with with Anderson .Paak there, I think there's a huge potential there.I can't speak as much to the hard numbers, but I do think that the multimedia opportunities are there. He's a pit maker and I think it would be valuable to have his stuff in there.Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah, so from kind of a multimedia or even multidisciplinary perspective, my next one is Pharrell.Pharrell's been a part of a lot of really big records, records that feel intergenerational. I would say, and I don't know the numbers of this. I would say his streaming probably isn't in the highest percentile, but it's also not in the lowest percentile.Like it's somewhere probably in the media, in the middle, given all the records he's been a part of. That makes it kind just a steady asset and also transcends multiple decades in a way that if something does come back in style, You can benefit from that upside. He also has a few records, I think about a record like Happy, that sync wise I think will continue to be used for years and years to come, in a host of ways.So Pharrell is one that could be a really safe bet or maybe a really unsafe bet, just dependent on how, things go. But I think there's enough factors, in, which he falls kind of nicely in to justify the bet. But I will say I don't think it will be, I don't think it will be cheap but I do think it can have a big upside.Dan Runcie: The upside smart thing about that pick, he's someone else I didn't think of, but I think it was a really good pick because you get the artist Pharrell and you get the producer Pharrell, so you get everything from, I forget that Sta but when was it? In 2002 or 2003, the Neptunes were responsible for 43% of the music that was on top 40 radio that was on, you know, pop So you get all those songs and then you get any of the stuff you did with NERD, you get any of like the Child Rebel Soldier stuff. I mean it makes a lot of sense. And then even songs like, Get Lucky was huge as well. I know that there's been a bunch of controversy around blurred lines, but I'm still sure that the revenue from that song continues to be massive.So I think that's a smart pick.Denisha Kuhlor: Exactly. And I think in the future we'll see kind of that doubling, right? artists like a Pharrell will continue to be super valuable when it comes to being able to capture the peak of their rights because they just have them.Dan Runcie: Definitely, definitely. so then with the last pick, it's funny, I hesitated with this one a bit, but I'm gonna go ahead and pick it anyway. It's probably the catalog or the rights that would go for the most money if anyone's was on the table at all right now. And it's Michael Jackson and I'm going to take his, because the fact that Thriller is now over 40 years old and I think that the baseline for streams from that song and streams from everything else is quite high.It is strong and there's value there. This is another one where I think I'm separating a bit of the personal versus the, you know, actual like business asset aspect of it, because I do think that the multimedia aspect of it. Yeah. You know, that would be difficult, and even me as an asset manager would probably be finding ways to create multimedia opportunities for that asset continuing forward.But on the other hand, there's still Broadway musicals, there's still Vegas intimate shows that they are creating off of this person's music. I think Variety had released that report a couple of months ago that said that they were in talks of a 900 million sale for half of the rights. I forget like exactly what the terms would be and including a few things, but I felt like that was too big not to ignore from an asset management perspective.So it would be the Michael Jackson rights for the final pick.Denisha Kuhlor: Wow. That's a really strong, a really strong final pick and makes my last pick even harder. Dan Runcie: You had seven though, right? Denisha Kuhlor: Yes, I did. I did. My seventh one is just a different caliberDan Runcie: Wait, wait. You, oh, oh, oh. With Pharrell you mean?Denisha Kuhlor: no, no, no, no. So my seventh one actually is, Dan Runcie: Wait, wait. Did we miss one? Hold on. Let me just run through it real quick. You had Mariah, Bad Bunny, Burna Boy, Lizzo, Summer Walker, Pharrell Denisha Kuhlor: YesDan Runcie: Oh, oh. We both have one more. Oh, okay. I missed up. Okay. You're right, you'reright. Yeah. okay. All one?Denisha Kuhlor: Yes. So my last pick is DMX. One, I think in a lot of ways DMX has a very unique style of music. It has a very unique style of rap. Talking to a lot of, or not talking to, but I guess watching their interviews. A lot of rappers are very inspired by DMX and he still gets credited, for, you know, rap styles or little lines that, artists borrow or throw in their music and he has a bit of a high sample potential.I think we'll see some of his music sampled more and oddly enough, whether it's like a movie, like a Creed or something like that, this sheer like BPM of some of his music, is definitely attractive from like a sync perspective. For, upbeat movies that wanna like, leverage a rap song or leverage hip hop.and I also think, and he's done very well in getting quite a few syncs when it comes to video games, I'm thinking about sings so often this podcast from a movie perspective, but gaming syncs are huge as well. and DMX's music is quite huge in the gaming community. So if anything, from an, optimizing the asset perspective, I would focus on optimizing his syncs for gaming, because of the BPM of his music.And I think I would get it at a favorable rate.Dan Runcie: Yeah, I couldn't imagine there might be some high ROI potential there, I would say and just given how dominant that run was, and I think some people forget. Yeah. Each of those first albums was just like, you know, topping the charts and everything. Especially from like 98 to 03'. it was, on, I mean, there were other rappers who may have had like, you know, bigger commercial success at that time from whether it was someone like Eminem or some others. But in terms of like relevance, that still matters to a lot of people and how that can continue. X is up there. Do you think we'll see an X movie at some point?Denisha Kuhlor: You know, I hope we do. and that's how I reference, how a lot of rappers like, feel about him because musicians appreciating another artist are probably our most likely way. You see obviously 50 cent, 50 cent in TV and film production, Drake with Euphoria, even Childish Gambino, right?So him being revered by other artists I think puts him on the best path for us to see that. which also would be Dan Runcie: Yeah. That's a good pick. So I think so. I actually, but now my seventh pick, because I'm like re-looking at these. I had Taylor, Drake, Eminem, SZA, Bruno Mars, Michael, and then now the seventh pick. this is tough, but, I'm gonna take the Weeknd and I'm gonna take him because Denisha Kuhlor: Oh, amazing. Dan Runcie: I think it's really hard to have a song that's been released like in the pandemic era of music that still tops the charts, but everything from After Hours is still getting so much radio play.He just did a remix with Ariana Grande, Die For You, a song that came out now, what, seven years ago. And that song had topped the charts. He has this ability to just, I think it's him and a handful of other artists that just have this ability to make music that can continue to like pierce through. I mean, we didn't get as much of that from Don FM but I think even he himself, like that album didn't get as much, you know, focus the same way that everything from After Hours did.And he has this way of just kind of capturing, a generation just with like the feel and the vibe, I think sync potential, especially as he's gonna be in more movies now himself and what that could look like. So, yeah definitely.Denisha Kuhlor: That's super strong. He makes hits.Dan Runcie: Another pop artist, so I know, you know, there's a bunch of Max Martin and other producers that'll get their share, but I'll take his, so, Yeah. No, super. Right. So yeah, so let's just round out the lists here. and then let's share. So with the first pick, and then in order you took Mariah Carey, then Bad Bunny, then Burna Boy, then Lizzo, Summer Walker, then Pharrell Williams and DMX. And then I took Taylor Swift, Drake, Eminem, SZA, Bruno Mars, Michael Jackson, and the Weeknd.So, yeah. How are you feeling about your picks? Did you feel like you got the artist that you wanted? Do you feel like you, you know, got the ones that you wanted to like, lighten everything up?Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah, I do. I think that some of those artists are bets that would hopefully, positively surprise me. but there's enough artists, within those picks that I know revenue will be generated and will have a positive upside regardless. If anything, we can continue to crown on Mariah Carey and some of Pharrell's records and even just the dominance Bad Bunny continues to have for a very long time while also seeing, how dominant, for decades to come an artist like a Summer Walker.Dan Runcie: Yeah, I think if we were to look at these catalogs like, or look at both of our portfolios, I think you would have like the Vanguard Growth Fund and I would have like the Vanguard Blue Chip Fund if that makes sense. Right?Denisha Kuhlor: Exactly. Exactly, exactly. Dan Runcie: You know, you may generate some higher returns, but with that, you know, there's more risk that comes with it as well.but yeah, mine, think it's probably assumed that you would generate higher returns because I feel like SZA's probably the, not even like, oh, it's probably the pick of mine that is the least blue chip relative to the rest of them. And yeah. enough, even someone like Bruno Mars is probably more skewed towards less of that certified pick on mine just because of how much of a more, strong base the other artists do have.Denisha Kuhlor: Totally. If I had to, compare thinking about venture, I would say you definitely took like a series C, series D, growth fund, with a few, maybe more Series A, like a series A pick. I think maybe this is to my roots, I took more of a series B potentially with a good opportunity fund and skewed heavily ine and seed, with a few of those artists as well. Dan Runcie: No, that makes sense. That makes sense. What were some of your honorable mentions? Yeah, maybe you can name like three, maybe first I wanna do honorable mentions, and then second, I wanna talk about some rising folks. Maybe some people that you would've picked, but maybe you didn't pick, because it's like, no, it's too early.It's too early, right? But yeah,Denisha Kuhlor: let yeah, no, Dan Runcie: with the honorable mentions like who are one or two that you had considered?Denisha Kuhlor: For sure. So the biggest honorable mention for me is Usher, Dan Runcie: yep. He Denisha Kuhlor: um Dan Runcie: mine too.Denisha Kuhlor: usher, the Vegas residency, the, tiny desk Usher's been having a phenomenal few last years. and I think people don't even realize the residency really brought it back for a lot of people. The breadth of his catalog's so talented, his music is intergenerational or continues to transcend generations. Usher was one that I thought a lot about. I was kind of going back and forth between Usher and Pharrell, and I picked Pharrell because of the exposure to so many other artists that he has. but Usher was a really, really big one.Dan Runcie: Yeah, he was on my list too, because I think similarly, this Vegas residency has created a moment and it's hard to be able to do that. I can't speak to, I haven't looked at his stream numbers and I mean, I really even like back when I feel like Usher's music was at like the top of pop culture and stuff. I don't, I wasn't tracking, oh, how high Confessions on the Billboard 200. That's just not something that I thought or cared about time, but I think that he's won. He was on my list as well. Someone else that was on my list too was, Kendrick Lamar was on my list too, because good kid, m.A.A.d city's been on the charts for a decade plus.People are still listening to that, and that's higher charts now than what the last album is. Mr. Morale, the big step was, I know that album was more controversial but the fact that Damn and, good kid, m.A.A.d city are still on the charts. You have still Pimp A Butterfly. You never know what type of multimedia opportunities that can turn into.I think if you're talking at least in my opinion, like pure like bar for bar, like the best like rapper lyricist of the past decade plus, I think it is him and there's something to be said for what value have. So yeah, he was who I was going back and forth with him and the Weeknd, for that seventh pick.But yeah, he was my honor, audible mention.Denisha Kuhlor: Kendrick pick is strong. my rap honorable mention is actually J. Cole Dan Runcie: Yep. I had him on the list. Denisha Kuhlor: As someone that gets mentioned in, a lot of the conversations with Kendrick and I think for Cole, a few reasons. one, the whispers of retiring are looming and we know that he has the desire to retire sometime in the near future.So I think people will cherish the records that he has even more, the fan base of the Dreamville built is super engaged. super active, and I think we'll be that way for a long time to come. And J. Cole, you know, picked up a lot of good features when he was coming up. Maybe it's the Rock Nation effect or whatever, but he has some amazing features, whether it's, party with Beyonce or just like, he has some really great features that he's gotten as well. So yeah, that's one I would be super excited to have.Dan Runcie: Every time I look at hits, daily double stats, just seeing who's trending. No role models is always on that chart somewhere. and it's now been, eight and a half, nine years since that song came out. So it's a hits game. If I can get one of the biggest rap songs of the decade and one of the more popular rap albums of the decade too, then you take that obviously so many other hits as you mentioned Party, and a lot of the other ones that he's then.But that song, I think itself is worth at least bringing the conversation up. A few people that I didn't mention, but I'm curious if they came up for you. We can just keep these kind of rapid fire before we get to the Rising But did you consider Ed Sheeran?Denisha Kuhlor: You know, I did, I thought a lot about like having UK representation, . and he came up for me there. He's also done a lot of like features with, African artists, whether it's Stormzy, Burna Boy, but I ultimately shied away from him. I don't even know if I have the right things to point to it, but something didn't feel right.Dan Runcie: Okay. He was on the list I had as well. I just preferred the other ones more.Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. Like it's not even fully like quantitative, like no. Yeah, It just, yeah, like he was compelling, but not compelling enough to make you wanna get excited. Dan Runcie: Yeah, it's like I know that Divide was a huge album. I know that Shape of You is probably one of the biggest hits of the past 15 years if we're going back that far. But yeah, you know, it's just kind of tough cuts. I mean, yeah, I'm sure that al that catalog will probably generate more revenue overall, maybe then like scissors, like someone that I took.But I that Ed Sheeran's catalog isn't gonna come at, you know, a cheap cost, but who knows? So he's at least someone I thought about. Did you consider, this is going back a little bit further, but did you consider Celine Dion?Denisha Kuhlor: Oh, no, I didn't. But Celine Deion makes so much sense for so many reasons, but I didn't, you know, I'm thinking about my picks, probably Mariah Carey and DMX were as far back as went and that's because I was thinking about the streaming optimization as well, with the number you said. And IFPI's latest report streaming is just taking so much of the conversation.I would probably go for a lookalike audience to Celine Dion, so maybe more like an Adele, which also wouldn't come cheap. but audience that is a little more, well, didn't I take Adele? I think that Adele almost, in a way like Ed Sheeran, for all the right reasons. It's like, no, I wouldn't get pushback if I was thinking about my LPs comment saying, I don't get pushback in any way for picking Adele, but in a lot of ways Adele feels safe. And while her music is easily recognizable and does well, her type of music in a lot of ways, doesn't really feel like something that you play and stream over and over almost in the way that Taylor Swift's music does.and so while ballads are great, and I think people really, really love them from a replay value on streaming, I just didn't get as excited as I wanted to.Dan Runcie: I think you're right because I think that the reason that I didn't take her is because I thought that it could have easily been a catalog and rights that you would overpay for because of the name and everything that she's done. But when you look at the pure streaming numbers, yeah, I know that Easy on me had like broken records at the time, but still those records I believe got broken like a week later or a month later by BTS or whoever else, it was Bad Bunny and since then Taylor Swift, right? So yeah, I questioned the replay value and I do think that because, yeah, I thought that it would've been high compared to some of these other artists. Going back to the Celine point, I think you were right, because I also shifted a bit just thinking about how big the streaming error is and how that generates so much cattle revenue for this.And one of the big thesis that I've had overall with music rights sales and acquisition is that a lot of these deals have overvalued the artists from the seventies and eighties and undervalued the from the nineties and two thousands. Because if you thinking about the dominant we're streaming as and who are the dominant generation of those consumers, as great as you know, Celine and others were, the songs that are most likely to resonate are like Taylor Swift and Drake, you know, are gonna be more relevant to this generation than Madonna or Celine Dion or some of the others.And I did consider. Madonna as well, just thinking about it. I know this next tour she's gonna do on is gonna be big, but I held back then for the same Celine thing. It's like, yeah, maybe if this was 20 years ago when we were doing this draft in 2003, then maybe I would've taken Celine Dion or Madonna but I think that decay curve is definitely, you know, flattened a bit where maybe the upside, not just the upside potential, but the consistency just may not be, or not the consistency.Obviously it's consistent, but it just didn't seem to valuable as some of these other picks.Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. No, I agree. And I think, you know, in like working the music or working the records, so you can optimize your catalog. You have to kind of think about who's making the decisions now or who's coming into power now. and some of those executives are younger. and so, thinking about how they might place value, even though they're familiar, obviously with the brand and the artists, on a premium for that music, I think it would be a much longer conversation much to what you said, which is probably why some of these artists were willing to sell, and kind of let the asset manager deal with the headache of justifying the value while they've extracted the value from the asset manager who's excited to go out and Dan Runcie: Yeah. Did you consider Beyonce?Denisha Kuhlor: I did consider Beyonce. I just, it's expensive very, very, very expensive. it would be, I think, you know, Beyonce is an interesting one. She's actually one of my favorites in the sense that I think uses her catalog really well with all kind of the moments that she's had, whether it's the Super Bowl or, her Coachella performance.She reworks her music in a way that continues to feel new. Like as an artist, almost to the point of where I also had trepidation with Adele, how Adele navigates her artistry. while I respect, and obviously we want artists that set boundaries. I don't know if it's in my best interest as an artist, right?She kind of drops her music and waits long stretches before going back her choice to cancel her tour and do a Las Vegas residency, means there'll be a lot of places untouched unless she decides to, venture out. Whereas someone like Beyonce is exciting because her music is always being brought back, right?I did consider, interestingly enough, Destiny's child, because I feel like I, it would get the upside of every time a Beyonce performs or has a big, moment on the world stage, at a price point. And maybe Beyonce's part wouldn't be up for grabs, but other people's would at a price point that would be attractive.Dan Runcie: The other thing about Beyonce too is that she's kind of like Lizzo, but magnified in this sense that very high touring to streaming output, if that makes sense. But I don't get to collect tour revenue. I'm collecting the music rights and a lot of the songs from Renaissance. So if you compare the streaming of SZA's SOS to Beyonce's Renaissance, like it isn't even close. SZA's is much more popular there and the same way that I'm seeing good kid, m.A.A.d city and 2014 Forest Hill drives and Eminem's Greatest hits albums like still at the top of that charts. I'm not seeing the same thing for Lemonade or Beyonce in a way that's almost surprising because you feel like, okay, the generational impact, those records are huge.Everyone revered them, but this is a game and they just aren't at that And I know you'd have to pay a premium because of it's Beyonce.Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. Beyonce is one of the biggest, and probably most vocal invisible fan bases in the world. but that doesn't also in some ways, show for the parts that we just talked about, right? Some of these younger fan bases or these fan bases for other artists, They care very much about streaming.They were a digital native or streaming first, and they're going to continue to optimize for that. whereas, like you said, I think because Beyonce's fan base is so engaged, so passionate, you see the power of the fan base come out really in touring, whether they listen to Beyonce every day for the past year, I think the conversion and amount probably of minutes listened, for a Beyonce to, in terms of needing to then feeling compelled to buy a ticket is much lower than the minutes needed to be listened for a SZA or some of these other artists to then lead to that conversion of buying, buying tickets and so she has a fan base that's gonna support, like regardless way. and like you said, that's not well great. Not in our best interest.Dan Runcie: Right. Yeah. Because it's like she's been making music for over 25 years now as a high profile public recording artist, and in that way, because of the touring and amount, amount times, you got to see her. It's almost like her touring business is closer to Elton John or Billy Joel than it is SZA in that way.Denisha Kuhlor: Exactly. Beyonce is a touring artist who has the ability to use that fan base to parlay into super financially lucrative deals. But as you mentioned in the beginning of this criteria, unfortunately we'd not be seeing a lot of that. Dan Runcie: Right. And yeah, if you acquire the rights to Alien Superstar, you gotta split that with 24 different writers, soDenisha Kuhlor: Yes. Another great point. Beyonce's been highly collaborative,and very good about giving people opportunities and also giving them credit. but when it comes to the piece of the pie, which I'm sure she could do based off her ability to get extreme amounts of touring revenue, high leverage, brand partnerships, but when it comes to the part that we can control as asset managers, we'd definitely be paying a high premium, and hoping for the best in someone. Dan Runcie: Got it. Yep. I agree. All right, so a few rising stars that I had had and considered, but didn't. So, I look at someone like, so it's funny, neither of us picked any country or rock artists, but I look at the popularity of someone like Luke Combs and even though I don't listen to that genre of music or as much, he's dominated the charts.He has continued to just, you know, put out and, you know, someone that's still pretty young, I wanna say, I don't know, he is like late twenties, early thirties, 10 years from now, could we look back Denisha Kuhlor: and could Dan Runcie: this person have like, you know, impact level of like your, whether it's your Garth Brooks or Blake Shelton or like one of these other artists that like people just come to time and time again and they put up strong numbers both in streaming and in pure album sales.Someone like that could be interesting. I feel like Morgan Wallen is someone else that fits in this category where he is also just high on the charts Denisha Kuhlor: and Dan Runcie: stuff. I mean, obviously his incidents and everything else that he's been notorious for would cast a shadow on that. And I don't know if I'd be willing that necessarily, but he's one that came to mind too.And I think there's other artists too, like whether it's like, you know, Billy Eilish or Olivia Rodrigo it must have been like, okay, I could see them continuing, but we'll see.Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah, I thought like a Rosalia, on my end, for example. the other two that came to mind, and this one I don't know how to feel, but something in me was like considerate. NBA Youngboy, he has a fan base that's passionate right? And is digitally native and they stream and they don't really need, the opinions of the outside world when it comes to music.He was one probably not a category for Verizon stores and more honorable mentions, but I'll mention it. Anyway, Frank Ocean. I feel like there's value there, in Frank Ocean, for sure. And then, Rema, I feel like Rema is the next step, when it comes to music from the continent.The folks at Maven have continued to do an amazing job, and you look at Calm down, it's one of the biggest records in the world. And not only, within Africa or the United States, but also within India, which I thought was just super interesting. So definitely a really, really global artist. He's had records, calm Down, is doing well before this Selena Gomez remix.Dume B has been cited even on present Barack Obama's playlist. So I think he can hold his own, for sure. And feature wise he's very exciting as well. And he's still young enough, but with enough volume where I feel like I could get a competitive rate.Yeah, I think so too. Yeah, those are good picks there. let's see, another group I thought of, or not group, but where were they on this list? Let's see. So I did consider some K-pop in the mix. I was like, okay, what would that BTS catalog look like, right? I mean, because I feel like inthe same rationale that you had about Bad Bunny and Burna boy, I was considering them as well.I think what made me pause, I was. The fact that at least some of the group members now need to join the military, or at least on their like what does that look like? How does that impact the longevity of their music as opposed to them being able to kind of like ride the waves themselves?So it'll be interesting, right? It's because I think especially now, it's like, I feel like, I don't know, in, earlier days when it was more common for popular figures, whether it's in sports or entertainment to be drafted, there was less pop culture. Things saturating their mind. So when they came back, it's like, oh, okay.I don't know, this might be a bad analogy, but like, oh, Muhammad Ali's back still relevant. Okay. him, you know, he's doing opposed to a way where I hope by the time that BTS is like back in full effect again, that they still can command that same power that they once did. So,Dan Runcie: Yeah. So that dynamic is also why I kept them off. I thought a lot about like boy bands, interestingly enough. So when you look at the Jonas Brothers or even One Direction, and it's almost like the, at their peak like level of fandom, that their audience like gives them, I almost feel like it can't be topped again, for so many reasons, right?Like falls off in a way that you're really excited to embrace maybe when you're younger or them having a younger fan. Interestingly enough, the only person in, it's not a boy band, but that I feel like has captured that audience and has truly, really been able to maintain it, is the artist who did end up picking, which is Taylor Swift.Taylor Swift was able to successfully, like, grow with her fan base from this like teen era. to now we see that the upside is there for her because her fans just have more disposable income that they can spend on something that was so important to them for so long in their. Did you consider Harry Styles?Denisha Kuhlor: I did. but interestingly enough, I just go back and forth so much with, it feels still like a moment. I don't, I would like to see more catalog growth or more catalog volume before fully wanting to, before fully wanting to commit. It's one that I'd have on my radar, but I don't think, I'd be ready to start negotiating just yet.Dan Runcie: That's fair. Even if you got the one direction stuff, his chair of the One Direction stuff.Denisha Kuhlor: Now if I did that, that would make it, that would make it more attractive because it gives a bit of both worlds, the nostalgia from one direction as well as the bet on him as a solo artist but one kind of at least makes, whatever amount you spend, it gives a justification for it being stable to some some extent.Dan Runcie: Yeah, I don't know. That might not have been the best hypothetical to pose at you though, because like when Justin Timberlake sold his catalog, that was just him as a solo artist that had nothing to do with NSYNC or Yeah. like that.Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. Yeah. and I think it's harder than we realize. And looking at a sync perspective, we would still need, even if we brought really valuable syncs sync opportunities, with their music, we would still need the permission of so many other people. So the sheer, operational output that would be required to truly maximize it, or at least that part of it, couldn't be taken lightly as well.Especially when you have so many other artists in your catalog in which the sign off to get a sync could be muchDan Runcie: Yeah, that's a good point. All right, well I know you and I could talk for hours about this topic and could probably draft seven more if we wanted to. I feel like we almost kind of did the, last part of the conversation. Denisha Kuhlor: We might need to have few more maybe pre-seed edition opportunity fund edition. Dan Runcie: Yeah, I feel like there's a few ways we could like set parameters around it where it's like, okay, only, you know, people under 30 years old. And then how does that change the or over 50 or people that longer with us or in a particular genre. I think there's so many others like that we didn't even mention.But yeah. any last words before we wrap this up?Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah, I mean, if anything, I have a lot of respect for the people that are doing this every day. I know, and you've interviewed some of the amazing firms that have really set out to, to do this work. but this is a fun one and I'm curious to hear everyone else's pick. So definitely tweet Dan and I.Dan Runcie: Yeah. Please respond with the ones you like, the ones you didn't like, and let's, let's keep the conversation going. Denisha, it's pleasure as always.Awesome. Thanks for having me. Dan Runcie Outro: If you enjoyed this podcast, go ahead and share it with a friend. Copy the link, text it to a friend, post it in your group chat. Post it in your Slack groups. Wherever you and your people talk, spread the word. That's how capital continues to grow and continues to reach the right people. 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The biggest stage in music is still the Super Bowl Halftime Show. In 2023, that stage belongs to Rihanna. This is a noteworthy show for multiple reasons.Rihanna hasn't released an album since 2016's ANTI, which was a TIDAL exclusive! Seven years is a long time. She has since built two billion-dollar brands with Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty, and recently became a mother. Could this be the start of a music comeback for RiRi?A few years ago, Rihanna famously turned down this opportunity citing her support of Colin Kaepernick. But that was before Jay Z's Roc Nation entered into an agreement with the NFL to produce the show in 2019. That relationship — Jay signed Rihanna to her first record deal at 16 — likely patched things up.This performance is also noteworthy since it's Apple Music's first year as sponsor, taking over from Pepsi's decade long-run. To unpack it all, I brought on Louie Mandelbaum aka DJ Louie XIV. He's a pop music connoisseur and breaks down the genre on his Pop Pantheon podcast. Here's what we covered on the episode: [1:38] How Rihanna has stayed relevant without releasing music[4:49] Factors behind Rihanna's cool factor[13:18] Where will Rihanna's performance rank among Super Bowl halftime performances?[18:03] Evaluating Roc Nation as halftime show producers[26:47] “Chaotic” MTV-era producing halftime shows [28:59] Apple Music's impact as first-time show sponsor[32:52] Is performing at the Super Bowl still the biggest stage?[37:15] Is Rihanna finally returning to music?[45:32] Predicting future Super Bowl performersListen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Overcast | Amazon | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSSHost: Dan Runcie, @RuncieDan, trapital.coGuests: Louie Mandelbaum, @DJLouieXIVThis episode was brought to you by trac. Learn more about how artists can bring web2 and web3 together for their fans at trac.coEnjoy this podcast? Rate and review the podcast here! ratethispodcast.com/trapitalTrapital is home for the business of music, media and culture. Learn more by reading Trapital's free memo.TRANSCRIPTION[00:00:00] Louie Mandelbaum: I would say there's three moments that really stand out to me, maybe four. the first is I do believe from the jump, she always had the coolest records from Pon de Replay on like Rihanna, Pon de Replay, SOS, Unfaithful. These were like very state of the art cutting edge, well-made. Cool pop songs. She always had that going for her.[00:00:23] I think from the jump, but I don't know if that necessarily translated into her celebrity persona. I think that began to emerge around her third record, which is 2007s Good Girl, Gone Bad. I think Umbrella kind of to me stands as like the moment where Rihanna went from sort of upstart to like true.[00:00:39] Kind of a-list Pop Star, that record is obviously widely considered to be one of the best pop songs of the 21st Century For Good Reason. [00:01:15] Dan Runcie Guest Intro: Today's episode is a Super Bowl special. This is all about Rihanna, the halftime show, and how this show has evolved over the past few years. I was joined by DJ Louis the 14th, who is the host of the Pop Pantheon podcast, and him and I talked all about what do we expect from Rihanna? This is the first big music thing that she's done in quite a few years.[00:01:35] What do we think? Where this show will sit in terms of other performances that have been historic in the Super Bowl, this is now gonna be the fourth Super Bowl that Rock Nation has done. What do we think about the job that they've done? This is the first year for Apple Music. How have they been doing and what do we think we'll expect from them moving forward?[00:01:53] And also, We all know about the Super Bowl bounce, what artists do the year after the show. So what do we expect from Rihanna for the next couple of years after the show? What do we expect to see from the show moving forward? And we make some predictions at the end on who we think would be some dope Super Bowl performances that we could likely end up seeing in the next couple of years.[00:02:14] Here's the episode. Hope you enjoy it.[00:02:16] Dan Runcie: All right. Today we have the pop culture expert himself, DJ Louie the 14th here with us. Today he's hosted the Pop Pantheon podcast, and he was the best person that I had that I wanted to talk about this upcoming Super Bowl halftime show with the one and only Rihanna. So Louie, we're talking a little bit before we recorded just about her and how, I know she's someone that you can riff on for a while, but it would be good to start with where this fits with Rihanna's career right now, because she's someone that, I think it's almost gonna be seven years since Anti came out at this point, that at least the Super Bowl halftime show would've happened. I know she had the Black Panther song, but it's been so long since she's released new music, but she's still stayed so current.[00:03:04] What do you think it is about her that just keeps that.[00:03:08] Louie Mandelbaum: Dan. Thank you so much for having me on the show. So glad to be speaking with you. What I think is Rihanna's number one currency as a pop star, you know, like lots of pop stars have sort of a thing that. Is the engine behind their stardom, you know, for someone like Taylor Swift for instance, I would say it's her songwriting chops.[00:03:28] That's like the thing that everybody turns to about her. For Beyonce, it's kind of her epic performance abilities. Like, not to say they don't have other attributes that, you know are working towards their success, but they're sort of like a main thing with all of them. I tend to think, and to me Rihanna's has always been her cool factor, like Rihanna is the coolest pop star of her generation, and she's never been the most traditionally talented at any of like the musical aspects of all of it. Like she's not like a generational songwriter. She's not a particularly like gifted dancer, you know, she's a very distinctive, but not traditionally powerful vocalist necessarily.[00:04:13] So Rihanna's thing has always been that she is genuinely cool, like in a way that isn't put on or try hard in any sort of way. And I think that allows her to have a certain amount of interest in everything that she does, even when she's not making music. And of course, she's done a really fantastic job of building out her brand identity outside of just being a pop star through the success of her various fashion lines, Fenty Beauty, Savage, all of that stuff.[00:04:47] Has allowed her cool factor to like disseminate through culture without her necessarily releasing music. But I think the most important part when it comes to her returning to music is that unlike other pop stars of her generation, say like a Katie Perry, who definitely does not run on Cool factor, I think that Rihanna is appealing to pop's core fan base, which has shifted out of her specific generation. So like since Rihanna's released new music, like there's an entire new generation of pop fans that are now like the kind of core center of pop music that were very, very young last time that she released music. But I think Rihanna's cool factor.[00:05:28] I guess my hypothesis is that Rihanna's cool factor can allow for her to potentially be someone that they'd be interested in engaging with on new music in a way that they wouldn't, for somebody like Katie Perry or even someone like Lady Gaga, or even someone maybe even like Beyonce, I think that her cool factor creates the circumstances where perhaps people will still be engaged and interested in her releasing new music, despite the fact that it's been such a long time.[00:05:56] Dan Runcie: When do you feel like that cool factor emerged? Because I agree with you. I think there is something intrinsic about her that just pulls people in and thinking about her career, it's almost been 20 years now. She came on the scene as a teenager and, of course, I think that in the early years we do start to see a bit more of the record label created person, and you don't see as much of the personality, but over time you start to see that.[00:06:20] When do you think that shifted? Whoever's like, oh, here is the Rihanna that is showing us why she's the shit and other people aren't quite at that level.[00:06:30] Louie Mandelbaum: I would say there's three moments that really stand out to me, maybe four. the first is I do believe from the jump, she always had the coolest records from Pon de Replay on like Rihanna, Pon de Replay, SOS, Unfaithful. These were like very state of the art cutting edge, well-made. Cool pop songs. She always had that going for her.[00:06:53] I think from the jump, but I don't know if that necessarily translated into her celebrity persona. I think that began to emerge around her third record, which is 2007s Good Girl, Gone Bad. I think Umbrella kind of to me stands as like the moment where Rihanna went from sort of upstart to like true.[00:07:09] Kind of a-list Pop Star, that record is obviously widely considered to be one of the best pop songs of the 21st Century For Good Reason. It's an incredible song and something that really allowed her specific kind of reading nasally voice to like shine through and like she gave that song a Life that I think even other vocalists couldn't necessarily.[00:07:30] That was a song that famously like got passed around to Britney and Mary j Blige and acon and a lot of other artists. So it's really her plus this song that sort of came together and it was like her cool factor and her specific brand of Rihannaness that really made that song what it was. But I also think in a sort of, weirdly, maybe this is like a sticky and difficult or chewy idea. But I do think in the wake of what happened between her and Chris Brown, which was obviously like a horrific public experience, and you know, a very difficult thing for her to parse through. And for the public who, you know, were experiencing her at like one of many zeniths of her career, her experiencing this huge public, you.[00:08:16] Incident with her boyfriend. I think the way that she emerged out of that as this kind of like titanium, no fucks given sort of, brand of like pop heroin or anti heroin in some ways. I think that was the moment in which like the Rihanna persona really crystallized like somewhere between rated R and loud and the kind of caval kid of albums and songs that came after.[00:08:41] She emerged as this very specific brand of turn of the 2010s pop star who was kind of like middle finger in the air, like kind of gave off the air of like, I'm not even trying that hard, but like everything I do is amazing. Like that was another thing about her that I think really like codified her pop star.[00:09:00] Every pop star is working really hard. It's a very hard job. So I don't wanna make it sound like she's not doing that, but there was a way in which she made it feel. She wasn't even kind of trying and like everything she did was a smash, even though she was kind of like casual about it, she never gave off the air of someone that was just like gritting her teeth and working really hard in the way that like a lot of pop stars can seem.[00:09:22] So I think it was those combination of factors around that time, oh 9, 10, 11, that like the full embodiment of the Rihanna, like pop heroin slash anti heroin. I don't know exactly how to frame that, came into full, like being at that point.[00:09:40] Dan Runcie: Yeah. I think another thing that happened right around that same timeframe was the accountant that she had and how she had almost went bankrupt from trusting someone that was very shady with her money too. And that's where I think a lot of that zero fucks given as well. You combine that, the Chris Brown, you know, domestic violence and abusing her and then.[00:10:02] That combination. Yeah. I do feel like by loud sonically we also started to hear a little bit, it almost felt like there was a bit more of like a tone in a oomph in some of the music there, which has been cool to see ever since. And I think like over time, she's just leaned more and more into that. And she also was someone who I think for every year, for up to at least the middle part of her career, she was releasing an album pretty much every year.[00:10:27] But then I feel like by the time that Anti comes around, Slowing down. She's starting to put more into her. And we kind of saw similar transitions with how Beyonce, maybe it started to do, releases that word bit more, you know, less of the general, here is what you're getting. But no, let me be a bit more myself and tap into something like what we saw with formation and the self-titled.[00:10:50] I think you started to see that a bit more with Rihanna and I feel like this. lines up with it as well. And I think another piece that I think about with her too is social media and just how we saw another side of that personality was just a bit how cutting and how, you know, direct she could be with people, whether it was her online, back and forth with Sierra, or even, I think there was one of the Kardashians, or maybe it was like Kendall Jenner had said something about, oh, That I hear this song played at the Rihanna concert, and then she's just like, then don't come if you don't want to hear that song.[00:11:23] And little things like that. It's just like, okay, all right, here we go. You know, throwing a little spice everywhere and slowly making people realize that this is who she is.[00:11:33] Louie Mandelbaum: Yeah, the social media thing is like definitely critical. I'm glad you brought that up because she kind of was like the peak celebrity of Peak Instagram, Twitter, years. Like she was the one that made it all like really enticing. I mean, her Instagram persona in the early 2010s was like the reason to be on Instagram.[00:11:52] And of course all of those clap backs. Our legendary and still cited it to this day. Another one of my favorites is like when some tabloid like tweeted something about, you know, something derogatory about her and she said something like, your pussy's too dry to be riding my dick like this, or something like that.[00:12:09] It was just, you know, we. I think that that was, first of all, she's very clever and smart and good at that stuff, so you can't fake that. But I do think the era of the social media celebrity has been all about creating an accessible persona or something that feels relatable as opposed to like the idea of pop stardom being something that's sort of like cordoned off or celestial or like, you know, something that is untouchable.[00:12:33] You know, the transition that pop has gone through in the 2010s has been toward stars that at least give the patina of relatability or accessibility. And I think her persona on social media and in tandem with the fact that she, I think the fact that she isn't a virtuoso in the way that Beyonce is so defined by her virtuosity created or helped kind of pave the way for the way that Pop stardom has evolved over the 2010s into something that's more about a brand of personality that feels accessible somewhat.[00:13:09] Like relatable, that they could be one of your friends that you know stuff about them, that they don't have to be perfect and manicured necessarily, even though that imperfection can be perfectly manicured in and of itself. But yes, no question about it. Those were all things that she played an integral role in creating that have only become bigger and more prominent aspects of pop stardom in the latter part of the 2010s as she's been kind of pulled back from pop music.[00:13:35] Dan Runcie: and it was interesting to hear you talk as well about the things that set her apart in thinking about the Super Bowl performance coming up. Because this is a stage where so many of the best performances lean into people that are the best performers or have that musical ability that transcends in a lot of ways and for her, even though that cool factor is something[00:13:57] Louie Mandelbaum: Remember Maroon five.[00:13:59] Dan Runcie: Oh man. It's funny, before listening to this, I was listening to where you had ranked a lot of them and I was like, I wonder where he has the maroon five one. And then eventually I was like, oh yeah, like, I'm sure it's closer to that one. I mean, we could talk about that one for a while. I do think that this rietta performance should be, better arrangement and spectacle than that one.[00:14:22] I am curious though, because of course, from a range of, let's say that, "The Who" or the Tom Petty. I mean, I wasn't as much of a fan of those, and I know you weren't either, but of course, Princeton, Beyonce are more of the highly regarded ones based on what you know about Rihanna and where you think she'll fit, where do you feel like this performance would likely end up in terms of where the, where she ranks compared to other halftime perform?[00:14:50] Louie Mandelbaum: Well, I'm awfully curious, Dan, because we haven't seen her do much in a long time, so it's definitely going to fill in some blanks and some curiosities that I think a lot of fans are wondering about where Rihanna is as a pop star and performer. Prior to kind of hanging up her pop star crown, let's say in like, you know, after the Anti tour, let's say in like 2017 or 2018.[00:15:12] She had made great strides as a live performer. I think early in her career she was sort of a weaker performer. Her vocals weren't that great live. She was kind of a listless dancer. Again, she pulled out a lot just based on her swag, but like she had made really huge strides in her performance ability and her vocal ability.[00:15:31] I mean, she was singing so well towards the, you know, end of the promo cycle for auntie when she was in her like Love on the Brain live performance era. I mean, she was shutting it down in a way that I never had imagined she would. She sounded amazing. So I'll be curious to know where her voice is. The thing is that Rihanna's going to do this in the Rihanna way, I would imagine, like, I just don't think, again, prince and Beyonce are two artists that are defined by virtuosity.[00:16:02] They are artists that you know are going to get on stage and be the Absolut. Apex of musicianship of performance ability. They're two of the greatest examples of those things in the most untouchable way possible. Rihanna's like a very different type of pop star. She kind of just gets on stage and grabs her dick, you know?[00:16:21] And like everyone's like, yeah. You know, so that's like what she does. So and I also want to pinpoint that again, and I've said this before, the things that she makes easy look easy or tossed off, or casual or not, like, don't be fooled like a lot of effort and thought and work goes into all of that with her.[00:16:40] So I would imagine we're gonna get some version of "the Rihanna thing" in a Super Bowl performance, which of course, every Super Bowl performance in the modern era is gonna be highly choreographed. It's gonna have massive production values, but I can't imagine her turning in something, again, even akin to like Jennifer Lopez and Shakira's, which is another one that I think is fantastic, but two other performers that are just like impeccable dancers, like super tight performers.[00:17:06] I have a feeling we're gonna get some version of like something that actually maybe relates a little bit more to a rock stars version of the Super Bowl. Not that she's gonna turn in like a Tom Petty-esque performance, but Rihanna can actually just stand there and sort of swag in a way that like, you know, your Beyonce's never gonna really do so. The question is, Is it gonna be up to snuff? I don't think anybody knows that. I think that's part of the fun of waiting for this thing is that we haven't seen her do anything in so long. She's had a baby. It'll be interesting to see like where she's at as a performer. I wish I knew more about it, but I'm just as curious as everybody else's.[00:17:47] But I would bank on the fact that someone of her pedigree and experience is going to turn in something epic and God knows like she's got the production budget and all of the help that she needs to like make that happen. So Rihanna can do a lot just by being Rihanna. So I would say that, I'm sure it's gonna be epic.[00:18:08] My guess is it will probably be epic, I guess.[00:18:11] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I do think that putting her in the top half of performances is a pretty safe bet, I think you could say. I think that comparing to the Prince or the Beyonce, to your point, I think there was so much that you expected from them based on what they're known for before going into it, that you already had that heightened expectation there.[00:18:31] With Rihanna, there's a lot more unknowns. Before this, I was going back and looking at, okay, what are the signature Rihanna performances that are out there. I was looking back at past VMA performances, past Grammy performances, and again, it's so long since you've seen some of those, so it's tough to compare.[00:18:48] And even some of those songs, I mean, she's doing some of the songs that she had done with Calvin Harris, which I'm sure we'll hear at the Super Bowl. But she's also done stuff from Anti that we just hadn't seen in that, you know, grand of a estate, at least in some of those, settings before. It'll be interesting to see.[00:19:06] I'm definitely expecting at least on the top half, but I've thought a lot about just the Super Bowl at all because you brought up the J Lo and Shakira one, which I do think was great on the performance perspective, just given where they are, and that was actually the first. Super Bowl that Rock Nation has done since they had took over as the lead to help the NFL with entertainment for the halftime show.[00:19:30] So that was the first one they had. Then they had the one with the weekend, and then you had last year the West Coast hip hop ensemble with Mary J. Blige and Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop, Kendrick and 50 cent was one of the guest acts there. And then you have this one with Rihanna. How do you feel like the Rock Nation era of the Super Bowl halftime show has been?[00:19:51] Louie Mandelbaum: Well, it's definitely been putting a focus on artists of color and artists that are, many artists that are adjacent to r and b and hip hop in a way that the previous iterations like touched on but weren't so focused on. So that's been really good and I think that's been needed and an important pivot. So that's been good. I think the J Lo and Shakira Super Bowl halftime show is one of my all-time top favorites. I think it was absolutely spectacular. They were both incredible and they both managed to make their like two six minute sets that they had to split up, like feel com comprehensive in this way that I was just like floored by.[00:20:26] It was just every moment of that was thrilling. So I love that one. I did not care very much for the weekend's performance. I thought I've never found him to be an incredibly compelling live performer, and I felt the same way about his Super Bowl performance. it just didn't do that much for me.[00:20:41] But I think he was a, a good choice. I mean, he's a massive superstar. He certainly deserved the slot and it made sense. And I thought last year's was great. I mean, I grew up in that era of hip hop, so seeing Dre, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, and Snoop Dogg. I'm never gonna be unhappy about that. And I thought they did a really nice job of threading those all together in a way that made sense.[00:21:05] And it felt like, you know, if you grew up on that music, like how are you not gonna love that? I don't know. It was hard to deny. But that was a very unconventional Super Bowl performance because in the last, let's say 10 to 15 years especially, they've become very codified as this. Artist Showcase for One superstar, they become this kind of like elite performance showcase for these upper echelon pop stars.[00:21:31] if you get that slot, it sort of says something about how culture sees you as, as we would say on my podcast, as like a top tier, pop star. So the last year one was definitelylike an anomalous one in the sense that it I guess it was a celebration of Dr. Dre's, you know, production work on some level, but it wasn't necessarily like the traditional pop star extravaganza that we were used to.[00:21:55] So they've tried things, which is nice, and I think it is nice to shake it up, but I am excited for it to be back to this like one artist sort career capstone thing because I think that that's been a really fun and fruitful mode for the Super Bowl halftime show. So I'd say they've done a good job and I think that I am, you know, I mean they landed Rihanna, which is like interesting considering that she had sworn off doing this because of Colin Kaepernick, which I know was another topic you wanna talk about, but clearly there's something that Rock Nation's involvement with this has. Changed in her mind about her willingness to participate with the NFL on this after she had pretty publicly said that she wouldn't.[00:22:39] Dan Runcie: Yeah, there's been a few things that Rock Nation has done here that I think have been good. I think that they were able to create themes around the event and try to tie in the location in some way, right? They had the Super Bowl in Miami, so they went deep on K. How can we get more music involved with Latin culture even though JLo herself is not from Miami?[00:23:01] That was the tie in there with her and Shakira, and I know that after watching J Lo's Netflix documentary, she was upset about the fact that she had[00:23:10] Louie Mandelbaum: yeah. [00:23:11] Dan Runcie: to share the stage, not against Shakira, but just Kind of like you said the past decade before that, was this is a capstone on a singular pop star, and then here you have J Lo, and now she has to share the stage with someone else.[00:23:23] I know she was upset about that,[00:23:24] Louie Mandelbaum: Which she very easily could have done. She very easily could have done that. I just wanna put that out there. Like J Lo definitely could have held down a 13 minute halftime show by herself.[00:23:34] Dan Runcie: I think so too. I mean, we've just seen her perform at all these different settings and in so many hits in. people can have issues with her as a vocalist or things like that, but in terms of the performance, it was top notch.[00:23:45] So I'm with you on that one. And then with the weekend one, I do think that's the weakest of the ones. And there was less of a tie in, I forget the location of that Super Bowl specifically, but I know that, he had a huge years, the middle of the pandemic and the only person that was really like, you know, elevating as a superstar in the pandemic to a new level was him.[00:24:05] So I understood that. And then, yeah, the West Coast ensemble, that Super Bowl was in LA definitely didn't see it coming just from what we expected, but it was cool, and I do think that a lot of this speaks to the relationship piece and this taps into maybe a bit of that factor about why. They were able to get Rihanna in a way that they may not have been able to get her in 2016, 2017.[00:24:28] I think of course, when they had done that, this was right after Colin Kaepernick was kneeling and the league had a lot of heightened f a lot of people were heightenedly frustrated with the league because of not only its stance on police brutality, but this was also a moment where the league's relationship with domestic violence was getting more underlied.[00:24:49] It was only a couple of years after the Ray Rice incident. The concussion discussions were more and more, the NFL, at least from a public perception place, was probably in its lowest point that I could remember, at least in my lifetime, in that mid 2010s era. So to ask Rihanna then was rough. And I think another thing too that stuck out to me with how Rock Nation went about things, Jay-Z had said this in one of the press conferences that the NFL would ask three of these artists at the same time if they wanted to do the show. So then if someone comes back and then someone says yes before then now you have to go rescind the offer to the other person that said yes, which is a very. Bad way to go about this, especially if you tarnish relationships with things like that.[00:25:33] So I've always kept that in my mind, like if there's certain artists that haven't done it yet and you're like, oh, why hasn't this artist done it? Part of me wonder, is it because they like asked three people to do it and then two of them said yes, and then now they need to go, you know, renege on a deal with someone.[00:25:48] So I knew that Jay-Z was very deliberate about, we ask one person at a time, and then if that person says yes, then great. But if that person says no, then you move on to the next person. It sounds so obvious, but that's how they did it. And at least I had heard close to, some sources that told me that Rihanna was the first choice that they had for this year.[00:26:07] And then she said yes. So that was cool to see. And yeah, I mean, I think it speaks to it as well. Jay-Z obviously had signed, Rihanna's, her first record deal with, Def Jam. She was with Rock Nation. After that, they've always been in business together. So it was cool to see[00:26:24] Louie Mandelbaum: Well, I think part of the problem too is that there's like, we're running out of these superstars who are deserving of this capstone performance. Like there really only is like a handful of those super, super top tier pop stars that haven't done it at this point. It's like Rihanna was an obvious one.[00:26:40] Taylor is obviously one that's sitting out there, I'm sure. Ariana could probably do one at this point. There's like a handful of them left in the mix. But like Drake, drake, absolutely. But there's not that many and you know, there's a whole, you know, extra conversation we could be having right now about the state of pop stardom and how we aren't minting superstars in the same way that we used to do it.[00:27:04] But I think that was another reason why perhaps they felt the need to shake up the format a little bit, including with last year. And maybe even with the Shakira and JLo one and find ways to like do other versions of this because there really aren't, like we've burned through the like a-list pop stars, really, like a lot of them have already done this, so it'll be interesting to see if they continue to kind of like mix it up or like, you know,[00:27:32] hopefully like Billy Eilish and Little Nas X and Olivia Rodrigo, like just really turn it out over the next four or five years so that they're ready, like, you know, in the mid to late 2010s, 2020s to take over for the Super Bowl. halftime show life. I don't know. We'll see. But maybe we are gonna get like more of these.[00:27:49] different themed ones or mis mix and mashups. I mean, that's how they used to be like in the early 2010, early two thousands when MTV was doing them prior to Janet's situation. they were doing these kind of like huge ones, like people don't remember, but like Janet's Super Bowl performance was not like the ones that we get now from superstars, even though obviously she could certainly have done. She did two or three songs, really you got Nelly and Kid Rock and I mean, Justin Timberlake, like a panoply of other artists were involved in those shows. So they used to be more of like a smorgasboard, or at least sometimes they would be kind of like these conglomerations of sometimes very loosely connected stars.[00:28:33] Louie Mandelbaum: There was [00:28:33] Dan Runcie: Did you like those MTV halftime shows? [00:28:35] Louie Mandelbaum: And No Doubt. I mean, they were incredibly chaotic. Like I just think that they were so random. But yeah, I mean, they had their own charms. Like there was the one year that was like Aerosmith and Britney and Nsync, and Nelly and . I mean, they were fucking weird, but like they had their own charms, I guess.[00:28:52] But just a different kind of show, I guess.[00:28:54] Dan Runcie: Yeah, going back and watching some of those, the fact that Nelly did two Super Bowls is[00:29:00] Louie Mandelbaum: I know it's so weird.[00:29:01] Dan Runcie: thinking about that moment, right? But. [00:29:04] Louie Mandelbaum: the two Super Bowl clubs is like Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, and Nelly.[00:29:12] Dan Runcie: I know, right. And maybe Tony Bennett did like one or two from the older ones if I remember correctly. But yeah,[00:29:18] Louie Mandelbaum: No, 90s ones are fucking psychotic. The nineties ones are like out of their minds. Truly like, Chaka Khan, I think like doing like Indiana Jones and Indiana, it was like psychedelic fever dreams. Or maybe it was Patti LaBelle, not Chaka, Patti LaBelle doing Indiana Jones, like themed Super Bowl Halftime performance is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen in my life.[00:29:44] Dan Runcie: Man, and it just makes you think about how far this show has come along and I think to that, even if we see these ensembles, I like the fact that there will be a bit of a theme to them moving forward. And I think there are so many creative things you can do. And I'm also curious to see how the show will continue to shape with the sponsor that's leading it because I feel like that's another element to this. This is Apple Music's first year. As the primary sponsor for the show after Pepsi had had it for the past decade, and we knew that Pepsi chose not to renew. They wanted to put more money into digital, and Apple was willing to pay more for the show. And I know that a lot of these streaming services are trying to get into the livestream business.[00:30:30] Apple was one of the more public companies I was trying to get NFL Sunday tickets. So there's always this association, both with music and entertainment that they've wanted to do to try to essentially sell more AirPods, sell more iPhones or whatever the exposure ends up getting them.[00:30:46] But I am curious to see, is there gonna be any type of integration or any other type of thing that we'll see that is a shift because I feel like this Pepsi era gave us so many of these singular pop star capstone shows. I feel like I think about Beyonce when I think about the Pepsi era of Super Bowl halftime shows.[00:31:02] What will this Apple Music one look like? I'm not sure, but what do you think? Is there anything that you expect to see moving forward now that it's kind of new chapter, new sponsor,[00:31:12] Louie Mandelbaum: Like Rihanna just like comes out wearing a pair of AirPods or like, I don't know, like she she sits down at like a MacBook Air and like in the middle of the stage. yeah, I don't know. That's a good question. I think, well, what's interesting maybe that you were making me think about earlier is that clearly having an artist like Jay-Z involved and Rock Nation involved is gonna be like a more artist friendly way to program these things that's gonna like value, cuz Jay-Z is a music artist, so he's gonna have some form of respect for the people he's booking. I think part of the issue sometimes here is that this is such a huge opportunity. This is the biggest stage in media for any star to get a chance to do this. Is such a huge moment in their career that I can understand why, like prior to Jay-Z. The NFL or whoever was programming these things in the past, like felt like they had all the power . Cause really there's very few opportunities in media. Where like someone like Beyonce feels like, oh, I should do this.[00:32:12] I mean, Beyonce barely does anything at this point. Like there's very few things that would feel like she didn't have the power in every situation. I was just reading an article the other day about how like the Grammys are so desperate to have her perform, but of course like why would she, I don't know what would be like, what would be the benefit of that to her at this point?[00:32:27] So the Super Bowl was really one of the last remaining things that feels like. Oh, like this is exposure that like you get once in a lifetime and it's so humongous. So I can see how that power dynamic works in terms of like what Apple's gonna do versus Pepsi. I don't know if I have any clearer thoughts on like how it's gonna be different except to say that like, again, perhaps Apple is like more of like, in the music industry, like is like more part of the music industry in some way.[00:32:54] They obviously like have been an integral part of like music consumption for the last 10 or 15 years. Whereas like Pepsi, like, you know, aside from like their iconic ads, like really, anyway, Pepsi's not exactly like, you know, music driven necessarily in the same way, so maybe that's gonna have an effect. Do you have any thoughts on that? I'm not totally sure.[00:33:13] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I'm not a hundred percent sure either, I do feel like apple's Dream would probably be to be able to have some type of live stream where you could watch it directly through Apple Music if you're on your computer or if you're on your phone or something like that. I know that the networks that broadcasters show are probably holding onto those rights and want them exclusively, whether it's Fox NBC, CBS, so I don't know if that would actually happen, but I'm sure it's something that they want just thinking about where things go. but beyond that, it'll be interesting to see. It's something I'm definitely gonna be looking out for, but I think it's still a little early to put any predictions on that. One thing you did say though, that was, that touched on something that I was thinking about earlier was just where the Super Bowl sits within pop culture within media and its importance because I do think that for a long time. We always thought of this as, yes, this is the biggest stage in entertainment, and I still do think, especially for a US artist, I think this is still the biggest stage that you could have, but thinking about someone like Beyonce, I think most people would probably look at the past 10 years and say, okay, Beyonce did perform the Super Bowl twice, and what's her signature performance of the past 10 years?[00:34:27] it was her Coachella performance and that's probably not something that we could have said about a artist 10 years before that, cuz I know Coachella has just grew and grew and definitely became an even bigger thing the past decade plus. And I'm now thinking, okay, in this next decade with where things are going, even just now where the Super Bowl sits, how are things shifting?[00:34:49] Is the Premier Music Festival and doing a great performance there, especially since they're now all being live streamed. Could that ever rival or get even close? Are there other types of opportunities that are engine closer? I feel like the Super Bowl probably will always still have that stranglehold just because of how many eyeballs you get, but that's something I've been thinking about, just how these things are shifting and what that may look like.[00:35:13] Louie Mandelbaum: Well, there's no comparing giving somebody a two hour concert to like do the most in the way that Beyonce obviously like now, has defined the most that you could possibly do with that. And of course that is her most well regarded performance ever. And like probably the. Most well regarded live performance of all time question mark.[00:35:33] So no question about that compared to like getting 15 minutes, but. There's the amount of people that are watching the Super Bowl is unmatched. Like no matter how many people are watching that Coachella live stream, like for instance, my parents, my parents still haven't seen Homecoming like they're not big Beyonce people, but my parents see every single Super Bowl halftime performance like, so I still think it's one of the rare instances where monoculture like still exists.[00:36:00] It's like one of the only things I mean I watched the Super Bowl and I could care less about sports. I have zero interest in football. I've never watched another game the entire year, but like I'm there like, you know, with it on mute until , until the halftime show happens. So it is one of the rare instances where monoculture still exists and people still tune in and you're still getting in front of people.[00:36:24] like for better or worse, the people that are watching Coachella are people that are already having some sort of interest in the artists that are performing there. This show puts you in front of a large group of people that like may not give a shit about you and wouldn't like choose to watch you perform even on the Grammys or anything like that, but there you are, so I think it is a level of exposure and a reminder to people and I think the way that these songs burn up streaming charts and Apple,you know, iTune store charts immediately following this, like, the artist that performs at these shows, like tends to like, have humongous streaming and, you know, download boosts following the show bears out that like you're getting in front of people that like just wouldn't seek you out in other instances.[00:37:06] And we have so few examples at this point of like actual monoculturelike functioning in this way, but I do think the Super Bowl is one of the rare moments where that still does happen.[00:37:16] Dan Runcie: Yeah, no, you're right. And I think too, just thinking about how media has changed, especially since the pandemic, if anything, all the other stuff from a broadcast perspective, people are watching less and less, and that's becoming more niche in the N FL even compared to other sports is still the dominant thing.[00:37:36] So I think the Super Bowl, if anything, is probably just having more and more importance from that perspective. So I think it'll always be number one there. You brought up the thing about the bounce and the impact.[00:37:45] Louie Mandelbaum: And prestige. I mean, I think the other thing is just the prestige of the, of getting chosen for it is also something really important. Like yes, getting a Coachella headlining spot is like a big deal, but like people who wouldn't get. Super Bowl head. Letting spots yet like a Billy Eilish last year are still gonna get that Coachella slot like getting that Super Bowl slot is a badge of like honor and confirmation of your like superstar, A-list legendary hall of fame status as a pop figure in a way that like very few other things can coordinate in this day and age, I don't think.[00:38:21] Dan Runcie: Yeah, no, that's a good point. And I think the other point you mentioned too, about the impact that this show has, of course, the week after the Super Bowl or the day after the Super Bowl, we'll see the streaming numbers or the downloads or even the record sales. But I think the thing that I've paid more attention to is some of the ways that these artists are making even more money from their tours or other things like that looking at someone like the Weeknd, he goes from performing in arenas to performing in stadiums and having one of the biggest tours of the year and even last year's West Coast hip hop ensemble. I think Mary J. Blige had the biggest tour that she had had. Dr. Dre, I know he didn't go on tour, but he just sold some of his music and maybe some of the high end interests there could have helped.[00:39:04] And even Snoop Dogg sold a bunch of NFTs afterward and launched his record label that was aligned with this. And if we could think about Rihanna who hasn't released music in seven years, what do we think this next year post Super Bowl will look like? Do you think we'll get a tour? You think there'll be a collaboration?[00:39:22] Do you think we'll finally get that album?[00:39:25] Louie Mandelbaum: I hope so. I mean, I tend to wonder like why she would be doing this if it wasn't to set something up because it doesn't seem like she has interest in just sort of like maintaining like she hasn't done anything in so long that I don't know why she would just do this, like randomly. So one has to imagine that this is the kickoff to an era of some sort. God knows she could launch a humongous tour without having a new album, and I think it would be massively successful like I wonder if Rihanna could play stadiums at this point. Just doing kind of what seems to be the new trend with all the girlies right now, which is doing their greatest hits. That's like Taylor's doing that.[00:40:04] Madonna just announced that she's doing that. I mean, Rihanna could certainly be like, Hey, you know, let me perform my greatest hits, which also constitute like the 25 best singles of the last, you know, 23 years or whatever. So like I have to imagine that it's setting something up. I don't know what to say about the album.[00:40:25] I mean, like I feel like I'd be getting in front of myself to say that she's gonna release something because she's really been adverse to releasing new music, and I wonder if there's anxiety about reentering a streaming marketplace that has changed quite a bit even since 2016. As I mentioned earlier, as much as I do think she has the capacity to appeal to the current pop fan base, cross section. She is certainly, you know, eight years has gone by, like, you know, things have really changed. I wonder if there's like trepidation about like how to work this system. I mean, you look at some of these seasoned pop acts, like even Beyonce. Like Beyonce did well with Renaissance. I mean, she did nothing to promote it, which is like a whole other conversation we could have about that.[00:41:14] But like, you know, the record sold well but isn't doing numbers like Taylor's doing and you know, isn't the sort of like jugg, you know, A-list, A-list, A-list juggernaut that like Bad Bunny is, or that, you know, some of like the new Vanguard of pop stars are. So I wonder if there's a feeling on Rihanna's part in terms of like someone who's had a career that's churn so much on.[00:41:38] A cavalcade of number one hit singles over and over and over and again. Album after album, after album, after album. About like how she's supposed to work that. Exactly. Cuz things have just changed so much and the guard has changed. And so that's a long-winded way to say I don't. No, if you had a gun to my head, I would say tour an album or forthcoming as a result of this, or like on the back of this.[00:42:05] I can't imagine that there isn't. But I will remind people that in 2013 when Beyonce did the Super Bowl, she didn't announce any, like there was nothing new happening. Later that year in December, almost a full year later, she dropped the self-titled album Out of the Sky, but, It felt like that performance just sort of existed in a vacuum when it happened, so it's not as if that doesn't happen.[00:42:28] So it's a little bit hard to say, but if she was smart, I would say given the amount of years that have gone by and how much like she could use of refocusing on the music and that the Super Bowl's gonna give that to her, I would hope that she's using this as some sort of direct launchpad.[00:42:44] Dan Runcie: Yeah, my prediction is Tour. Yes. Album maybe. And the album point is in large part for some of the reasons that you mentioned too, because the last album, I believe there was a botched release with Anti, I think it leaked[00:43:00] early on title cuz I think it was a early release or something like that. It was messy and I know that she was pissed about that and I'm sure that many fans were too And.[00:43:10] People can't escape leaks. I mean, Renaissance leaked early. these things are still happening. And to your point, yeah, there's a whole new system on how these things are being done. And SZA, she's someone who I think kind of perfected this system, but she's with a record label that has. Literally adapted its strategy to be able to understand how to perfect this thing.[00:43:31] And she had this whole waterfall release thing and you need singles leading up to it to kind of make that happen and Rihanna hasn't released music recently, so there's so many things that would need to happen before anyone would really expect, okay, boom, day after the Super Bowl, here's an album.[00:43:46] Like I do not think that's gonna [00:43:48] Louie Mandelbaum: Two things. One is that, I don't know though, cause here, two thoughts I'm having. One is you are right about the anti rollout and it wasn't just the leaks that were the problem. There was a series of underperforming lead singles that led that record off until they landed on work. It was, you know, Bitch Better Had My Money, didn't crack the top 10. There was. You know, the, kind of weird Lucy with Kanye and Paul McCartney. I mean, there was like, you know, a series of singles that like, didn't quite do the job that like usually Rihanna lead singles were doing at that moment where every single one you could to a number basically were like generation defining smash hits.[00:44:25] So that's one element of it, but I kind of think the the SZA thing is an interesting comparison to me because yes, SZA released singles before the record came out, but like Shirt didn't catch fire in the same way that Kill Bill has since the album came out. And there's a big thing now with records that come out where.[00:44:44] Fans pick the hit, you know, you dump the record and fans, I mean, it's the same thing that's happened with Cuff It on some level. Like yes, you know, Break My Soul, hit number one, but Cuff, it's actually been a bigger hit than Break My Soul. If you go look at Spotify numbers, it's got more streams. It's a bigger song.[00:44:58] It's got it got the organic TikTok element that came into play. If she had done literally anything to promo it, if she had performed it or made a music video, I'm sure that song could have hit number one easily. But of course, that's a whole other thing about why Beyonce is doing nothing to promo any of this, but I think Rihanna might benefit from removing herself in the same way that Beyonce did with her self-titled Record and Lemonade.[00:45:24] To some degree, I guess, formation notwithstanding from the sort of like trying to find a lead single prior to dropping an album. I think Rihanna's in a phase, especially with Anti, which is her most critically well regarded work, an album that I think like expanded the possibilities for Rihanna being like a sophisticated and intriguing albums artist to come forth with a full record and sort of like see what catches fire from there might actually be a better strategy for her than trying to locate. In a boardroom, like a single that's gonna function like an umbrella or only girl in the world or whatever. Cuz this marketplace is just way more fickle and difficult to figure that out in than it was during her peak era.[00:46:06] So I actually think her dropping an album like literally after the Super Bowl with no notice, like, could be actually like a pretty effective strategy. But again, I don't know that she's gonna do that, but I'm just pontificating on like what I think could work for her. I actually think that might be a better strategy than like doing some more traditional rollout.[00:46:24] Dan Runcie: Yeah, it'll be fascinating to see. I mean, there's so many unknowns to the same way where I think even before Beyonce reformed, we kind of had an idea of what to expect. we don't know what to expect in a lot of ways, so I'm excited for that. But, Louie, before we let you go, let's make a prediction.[00:46:39] So we talked a little bit about maybe some future ensembles that we could see, or some artists that we could see perform. who do you think would perform, I don't wanna just say next year, because that might be a bit too. Keeping it contained, but what is a artist or a mix of artists that you could see doing the halftime show in the next couple of years?[00:46:58] Louie Mandelbaum: I think the obvious answer is like Taylor is obviously going to do this at some point. It's actually like somewhat surprising to me that she wasn't doing it this year. She's having a massive year. This record is gigantic. She has her biggest hit in a long time. This album is a juggernaut in a mainstream way for the first time in like, you know, a series of interesting kind of career diversions that were all huge.[00:47:20] But like, this is definitely like, feels like a big, big moment for her. And she is such a classic Super Bowl artist, not in maybe the Rock Nation era, but she is white country, you know, blonde, critical darling, rock bonafides, like whatever, like, so it's truly surprising that she hasn't done it yet again, Ariana seems like another obvious one.[00:47:41] At some point, I'm assuming Ariana's gonna come forth with a new record. She's due. It's been, I think, Two and a half years or something since her last album. So one has to imagine she's due for a new era soon. She feels like she's of the caliber and of the stature at this point to do one of these by herself.[00:47:57] So those seem like two obvious superstars. And Drake, I think Drake is on the other one. You brought him up. He's obviously seems like a slam dunk. You know, generational superstar. Literally, I don't know how he'd pick the hits, which is another thing with Rihanna, like how's she gonna pick what she performs in terms of like groupings of artists?[00:48:15] I think that's really interesting. I mean, I wonder like what a version of like the MTV format would like look like in the modern era like how could you like bring a group of artists together? Again, the Dre thing was really an interesting sort of like roll of the dice on that idea, but I'm wondering like how you might do that. In other contexts, like, I'm trying to think of like other rap crews, like obviously the other ones that comes to mind like, ha, why hasn't Jay himself done it yet? I mean that's an interesting one to me too. I know Jay famously said, you know, I don't need the Super Bowl, but now he is intrically involved in the Super Bowl.[00:48:53] He feels like another obvious artist and obviously someone that could like kind of corral and very interesting stable of guests. So. it's like Jay-Z and Friends seems like it could be an interesting one. Unfortunately, we've lost another obvious either co headliner or headliner himself in Kanye who was now radioactive and would never get the slot anymore.[00:49:12] I don't think so. He's someone that certainly deserves it on a musical front, but like I think is just, you know, persona non grata in most spaces at this point. And. I don't know. I'm trying to think of like good groupings. Do you have any ideas of like, what could be like a thematic grouping?[00:49:28] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I mean, it's funny, I was just looking here at some of the upcoming locations to see if that could give us any clues. But before I get there, you brought up a few things that I was thinking about the Taylor thing. I agree with you. I think that will happen. I think she's waiting until all of the re-recording come out.[00:49:45] So I don't think 1989[00:49:47] Taylor's version came out. I don't think that Reputation Taylor's version came out. So I think once those come out and she's like, yes, you can play all my non-Scooter Braun owned music wherever you want after that, then I think[00:49:59] she'll do it. so I think she's kind of waiting there. [00:50:02] Louie Mandelbaum: Yeah. I think [00:50:03] Dan Runcie: do it. I don't think that I mean, there's no Super Bowl team in Canada, so there's no tie in there, but I wanna see him do it. I mean, I've been a fan of his for a while, but some upcoming locations. So you have this one in Arizona. The next one is in, Las Vegas, and then the one after that is in New Orleans.[00:50:19] New Orleans could be interesting. I feel like, you know, a whole bunch of, you know, culture with vibe there. I don't know. what artists necessarily, I know you have a lot of, hip hop[00:50:27] Louie Mandelbaum: Big Freedia Super Bowl halftime show when?[00:50:30] Dan Runcie: Big Freedia would be something, oh man, I feel like they'll do something with that. Assume that, you know, rock Nation is still involved. I feel like we'll get something cultural there. But, the one person that I do wanna say, and I think you mentioned this on a podcast as well, I think I love Bruno Mars as a performer. It was too early though, and I think you're right about that like he performed before Uptown Funk, before 24K magic.[00:50:54] And I think that he may have done like a snippet of those songs at the Coldplay one that he guested it on with Beyonce. But no,[00:51:01] we have a [00:51:01] Louie Mandelbaum: whole next. [00:51:02] Yeah. He did Uptown Funk. I.[00:51:03] Dan Runcie: Yeah, we have a whole next set of those to do. And maybe if it's too bland to do him again, maybe you mix him with someone else or something like that, you know, him and Cardi B have done a few songs, like something like that could be kind of cool.[00:51:16] Louie Mandelbaum: Yeah. What about Nicki and Cardi? I mean, like we haven't had a female rapper headline on her own.[00:51:22] Dan Runcie: I mean, can you get those two in a room though?[00:51:25] Louie Mandelbaum: No, not together. Not together. Not together. I mean like what about one or the other? I mean, Cardi, maybe not, but Nicki certainly is a generation defining pop artist who like certainly deserves her own show. I think that'd be an interesting choice. I think the New Orleans one is really interesting because you're like, all right, you could have like Wayne as like one of the primary headliners of that, you know, and then you could like mix in.[00:51:50] I don't know, like other famous, you know, there's so many famous New Orleans artists. You could do like a Cash Money, Drake, Wayne, Nicki, [00:52:01] Dan Runcie: That would be special. That would be special.[00:52:04] Louie Mandelbaum: Mm-hmm.[00:52:05] Dan Runcie: All right. Well, we're calling that now. That's our prediction. We'll have to check back, but that's our prediction for when is this? February 2025. So two years from now, Drake, Nicki, and[00:52:14] Wayne. The Cash [00:52:15] Louie Mandelbaum: Right on. We'll have to check in about. That seems like an obvious good one. I mean, honestly, great show I That would be amazing.[00:52:22] Dan Runcie: Yeah. No, that would be something that would be good. But no, Louie, this was so much fun. Thank you again for coming on and for the folks that are listening and want to hear more about how you break down pop artists, where should they go?[00:52:35] Louie Mandelbaum: They should subscribe to Pop Pantheon wherever you get your podcasts. It's really a taxonomy of pop stardom. We take them all one by one. We have really in-depth discussions about their careers and disc photographies, and then we rank them in a series of tears called the Pop Pantheon. So if you are interested in pop music, I think it's both informative and fun and smart and stupid at the same time. So if you like to talk about pop music and to overanalyze it as we do, follow us at wherever you get your podcast, Pop Pantheon, and also we're on Instagram and Twitter at Pop Pantheon pod. And I'm @DJLOUIEXIV on Instagram and Twitter.[00:53:18] Dan Runcie: Awesome. Great stuff. Thank you. Appreciate it. 

#5-1Intro/Outro: Archie, Marry Me by Alvvays5. Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson4. Formation by Beyonce3. Royals by Lorde2. Rolling in the Deep by Adele1. Dancing On My Own by RobynVote on your favorite song from today's episodeVote on your favorite song from Group 3Countdown Wrap-Up:15 of the 100 songs on this countdown have been played previously on the podcast (For comparison: the 50s had 34, the 60s had 68, the 70s had 52, the 80s had 35, the 90s had 51, and the 00s had 35).Final Year Tally:2010 - 152011 - 122012 - 102013 - 122014 - 72015 - 72016 - 112017 - 142018 - 92019 - 3(For comparison: 1957 won the 50s, 1967 won the 60s, 1971 won the 70s, 1982 won the 80s, 1994 & 1997 won the 90s, and 2002 won the 00s)Artist Tally:Kendrick Lamar - 4 songsBeyonce, Ed Sheeran, Kanye West, Rihanna - 3 songsAdele, Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Carly Rae Jepsen, Childish Gambino, Drake, Frank Ocean, Lorde, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd - 2 songs62 artists - 1 songAverage Length of Songs:50s - 2:4060s - 3:2970s - 4:5280s - 4:3290s - 4:3300s - 4:0910s - 4:18Female Lead Singers:50s - 360s - 1670s - 1380s - 1790s - 2700s - 3510s - 43Explicit Lyric Update:50s - 060s - 070s - 080s - 190s - 2300s - 2910s - 32Regarding the 20 lists compiled:959 total songs0 songs were found on 13 or more lists2 songs were found on 12 lists2 songs were found on 11 lists3 songs were found on 10 lists9 songs were found on 9 lists943 songs were found on 8 lists or fewerPoint totals from the 20 lists compiled:Songs 1-10: 684-990 pointsSongs 11-50: 350-677 pointsSongs 51-100: 205-349 points#1 songs on the 20 lists:Barefoot Blue Jean Night by Jake OwenHot Girl Summer by Megan Thee StallionA Sky Full of Stars by ColdplayShape of You by Ed SheeranAll of Me by John LegendAdorn by MiguelSprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) by Arcade FireDance Yrslf Clean by LCD SoundsystemAlright by Kendrick Lamar (2)Uptown Funk by Mark RonsonRolling in the Deep by Adele (2)Dancing On My Own by Robyn (5)Bonus clip: Jonathan calls inProgramming announcement:Starting Friday, Aaron and I will start our countdown of the greatest cover songs of all-time. Take Cover!!The Greatest Songs of the 20s (So Far) will start on March 29th.Results of this week's voting will be announced on the first episode of the 20s countdown.

Ileana is a master of transformation and a free spirit, world traveler, and pillar of light. With her background in psychology and human resource management, she uses her many challenging life experiences to help others find fulfillment and inner peace. She is an adventurous, loving, passionate speaker, lightworker, and inspiring role model who loves nature and animals. Her greatest joy is helping women become strong, confident, and empowered individuals. Ileana has a strong value base focusing on kindness and generosity of heart, which has led her to do work to empower women. We discuss how programs such as Ileana's can help people work through difficult times, and that it is important not to go through it alone. She shares the details of her sabbaticals and how the lessons she learned from them still shape her decisions today. Lastly, we break down the importance of self-care and some powerful mental frameworks for prioritizing it in your life.Ileana's hype song is Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno MarsWebsite: www.empoweredwomennow.comFollow Ileana on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ileana.ronteaConnect with Ileana on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ileanarontea/Today's episode is sponsored by Zen Rabbit. If you'd like to find peace of mind amidst the chaos and no matter what's going on around you, you'll find a whole bunch of free resources, like meditations and articles at ZenRabbit.com. And while you're there, if you're curious about how you might stop working so hard and achieve more success at the same time - get a copy of The Five Easy Ways to Start Living a Sabbatical Life. It's a short guide to working less and living better. Find it all at ZenRabbit.com.

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Listen on your favorite podcast service: https://pods.to/wesoundcrazy This week on We Sound Crazy our co-hosts converse with the diamond-selling songwriter, producer, and performer Philip Lawrence. You know him as one-third of the songwriting and production team, The Smeezingtons, known for super hits by Bruno Mars such as "Just The Way You Are", "Nothin' on You", "Grenade", and "Locked Out of Heaven" and "Fuck You" by CeeLo Green just to name a few. Not only that, Philip Lawrence is a co-creator of the classic hit "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, and has also written songs for the Netflix Original Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey. Dive in as Lawrence discusses how musical theatre sparked his inner joy for performance, speaks on the challenges that ultimately forged growth in his career and overall quality of life, and tells the backstory on how "Grenade" by Bruno Mars was created as he and co-writer Claude Kelly journey down memory lane and shares this one of a kind story that can only be found here on We Sound Crazy.  Special thanks to our We Sound Crazy team! Videography: Aaron Walton, Tiffany Young Video Editing: Aaron Walton Producer: Michael "Roux" Johnson Assistants: Tiffany Anderson, Brittany Guydon Intern: Montez Freeman Thank you to all of our listeners, as well as our sponsors, The National Museum of African American Music and Visit Music City. Subscribe to We Sound Crazy on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and anywhere you get your favorite podcast.  Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok! Follow We Sound Crazy on Social Media: ~ Facebook: https://wesoundcrazy.ffm.to/wscfacebook ~ Instagram: https://wesoundcrazy.ffm.to/wscinstagram ~ Twitter: https://wesoundcrazy.ffm.to/wsctwitter ~ TikTok: https://wesoundcrazy.ffm.to/wsctiktok Subscribe to We Sound Crazy on YouTube: https://wesoundcrazy.ffm.to/wscyoutube-subscribe Visit the official We Sound Crazy website: https://wesoundcrazy.ffm.to/officialwebsite Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode @DJDrewPierce, and @Fuseamania sit down with the legend that is @DaveAude. We chat a little about his beginnings, and how he is now living and working out of Nashville. We chat about him winning the grammy for his remix of 'Uptown Funk'. We discuss some more of Dave's past work, and he tells us an amazing story about working with Yoko Ono. We also chat about his first ever solo album that dropped last week called 'Motions' that is leading with a single thats a rework of the classic Alanis Morissette track 'Uninvited'. But Dave's version features vocals from the legendary LeAnn Rimes, and a funky new house groove! Be sure to check this episode out! As always please, subscribe, rate, review, like, and follow! Dave Aude: https://daveaude.com/ https://soundcloud.com/daveaude https://www.instagram.com/daveaude/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vWImodgVqIgTUkekGEfR9?si=1vNrwsa6Sge_59YA8GS0iA Use Coupon Code “DrewAndFuseShow' at www.directmusicservice.com for 30% off your first month. If you are in the market for a photo booth help support the show by using our salsa booth link below: https://glnk.io/5w24l/drew-pierce

Where were you in 2015? President Obama was in the White House, The UK was a member of the European Union, and you couldn't escape Bruno Mars's global smash: Uptown Funk. More importantly, 2015 marked the release of Tim Spector's first book: The Diet Myth. If you think the world has felt different since 2015, wait until you hear about the advances in nutritional science. Since then, Tim has had a chance to rethink his position on dietary staples like bread, milk, ultra-processed foods and more.  He's put everything he's learnt into his new book Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well.  In this episode, Tim speaks with Jonathan about what he got right, where he went wrong, and what the future holds for the world of nutrition.  https://www.tim-spector.co.uk (Tim Spector) is a co-founder at ZOE and one of the world's top 100 most cited scientists. If you want to uncover the right foods for your body, head to http://joinzoe.com/podcast (joinZOE.com/podcast) and get 10% off your personalized nutrition program. Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:10 - Topic introduction 02:33 - Quickfire questions 03:19 - Has Tim changed his opinion on anything while writing his new book? 03:55 - Tim's new book: Food for Life 05:41 - Today's topic: 5 foods Tim got wrong 06:55 - #1: Bread 10:16 - What has Tim's opinion changed about bread? 12:23 - #2: Personalization 15:15 - How has Tim's breakfast changed? 22:05 - #3: Milk 25:04 - Skim milk vs whole milk 27:48 - What kind of milk does Tim have? 29:43 - #4: Mushrooms 32:37 - #5: Ultra-processed foods 40:30 - Summary 42:17 - Will Tim write another book? 42:49 - Goodbyes 42:53 - Outro Pre-order Tim's book https://amzn.to/3ySEIvG (here). Episode transcripts are available https://joinzoe.com/learn/category/nutrition/podcast (here). Check the trial mentioned in today's episode https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(19)30248-7#section-e587233e-22aa-4221-8ae1-22df489d46f7 (here).  This podcast was produced by https://fascinateproductions.co.uk/ (Fascinate Productions).

Has anyone seen Cooper? Jack tells us how he navigated the birth canal. Why's Matt still doing the Uptown Funk? Rest In Peace Steve and Ed Jobs. To read about everything that's talked about in this episode of The Matty Johns Podcast, and for everything Matty.....go to dailytelegraph.com.au and get yourself a subscription, or download the Daily Telegraph app at your app store.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The boys remember their failed attempts at learning ‘Uptown Funk' when rehearsing for Cool Boys & The Frontman, and pivoting to an easier song. Plus they remember the time they pranked Andy's mum in the Switch Up Game.

Mark Ronson -- the seven-time Grammy Award winner you may know from songs like "Uptown Funk" and "Shallow" -- swings by the show this week and shares stories of interning at Rolling Stone as a 12 year old, being in the room when some of the greatest songs of all time were being crafted, and even shares a few lessons he's learned about love.  Follow us on socials:InstagramTwitterTikTok

First, Hannah overshares about seeing her estranged father of 15 years at a hometown football game (so fucked up). Then Hannah (the other one) trauma dumps about narrowly escaping a sex trafficker at a steak house (beefy). You take a shot every time they mention they're fatherless (you're drunk). They then come at your sideways with the bridezilla special which is nothing short of talking about how tacky it is to having a wedding registry (now you're offended and drunk) and how over their dead and lifeless bodies will you be hearing Uptown Funk at the reception. This episode is for girls who are walking themselves down the aisle. It's for the girls who are gonna cry on their wedding day and wipe their tears with an unmonogrammed napkin. It's for the girls who want to have the most romantic day of their lives and have a New York hot dog while doing it. If you're coming (dirty little slut), dm us for the invite (no dads allowed).

This week Kevin Butler sits down in studio for a great conversation around growing up, construction, and a lot of basketball.  From Jackson, Mississippi to Arlington, Texas to Oakland, California and back to Texas where Kevin is now the President of Butler & Butler Construction, President of Butler Masonry, and Director of 3-D Sports. The guys do a great job of finding great nuances through Kevin's story to lay in points about finding opportunities to grow, putting in work when the lights aren't on, finding and being a "glue guy" on your teams, among a million other nuggets.... and for those curious (i) the song we were talking about wasn't an Outkast song; it was a Marc Ronson song called Uptown Funk, and (ii) Dennis Rodman was a part of the 2011 Basketball Hall of Fame.

Cami from the KIDZ BOP Kids shares today's KIDZ BOP Daily update for Sunday, June 5. It's Sunday – which means it's time for Sunday Shout-outs! Today's kids' song of the day is "Uptown Funk" by the KIDZ BOP Kids!

Have a great Memorial Weekend! Falen takes a deep dive into Mark Ronson & Bruno Mar's 'Uptown Funk', Dave's Dirt, & More!