We have an emergency podcast drop because the biggest and fastest moving story on the internet right now is about a song called “Heart On My Sleeve.” The track sounds like it was made by the producer Metro Boomin featuring Drake and The Weeknd. It might be one of the most consequential songs in music history because it was actually a fake, made with artifici ... Show More
Jun 27
How Americana helped mainstream country find its soul
As we've been examining over the course of Country Week, country music has found a larger audience, in part by widening its sonic palette. For the final episode of this series, we take a look at a genre on the outskirts of country – Americana music – and how it's being used to co ... Show More
35m 22s
Dec 2016
Kyla Talks Drake's 'One Dance' & Her 'Surreal' 2016, Plus Chart Chat on Zayn/Taylor Duet & More
This week on the show, we have U.K. singer Kyla, who is featured on Drake's megahit "One Dance." Kyla got the surprise of a lifetime back in the spring when Team Drake called out of the blue to ask to sample her 2009 track "Do You Mind" on a mystery song. Her life changed nearly ... Show More
49m 8s
Apr 2023
The Ballad of ‘Deepfake Drake’
This month, an anonymous producer jolted the music industry by using artificial intelligence to impersonate the singers Drake and the Weeknd, creating a fake track, “Heart on My Sleeve,” that quickly went viral.Joe Coscarelli, a culture reporter for The Times, talks about how the ... Show More
24m 48s