Ep. 230: Cirkut | The Secrets of a Pop Super Producer
Today’s guest is the producer behind some of the biggest songs of the last 15 years — from “Wrecking Ball,” “Timber,” and “Dark Horse” to early records with The Weeknd and Britney Spears.From teaching...
2 Des 20251h 49min
Ep. 229: Zedd | Inside the Mind Behind a Decade of Anthems
Today's guest went from making songs on a floppy-disk keyboard, sampling off a Kellogg’s cereal box DAW, and sending blind MySpace messages… to producing the some of the biggest crossover dance anthem...
24 Nov 20251h 8min
Ep. 228: Hit-Boy | Success, Betrayal, & The Stories Behind Hip-Hop’s Biggest Anthems
Today’s guest has rewired modern hip-hop. His fingerprints live all over the last decade but the real story behind that success is far more human, painful, and transformative than the headlines ever s...
17 Nov 20251h 9min
Ep. 227: Ryan Tedder pt.4 | The Modern Music Economy, A.I. and The Future, and How to Win
Today's guest is a familiar face... A friend to the podcast and one of the most successful and influential creators in music history.He isn’t just a hitmaker. He's perhaps one of the few people in the...
4 Nov 20251h 59min
Ep. 226: Olivia Dean | The Art of Loving (and Finding Yourself)
Today's guest is an international soul sensation...From writing “The Hardest Part” on Zoom to conquering imposter syndrome, crafting hits like "Dive" and "Man I Need," and creating her acclaimed album...
27 Okt 20251h 26min
Ep. 225: Julia Michaels pt.2 | The Woman Who Changed Pop
Julia Michaels has quietly rewritten the emotional DNA of pop music.From Selena Gomez to Justin Bieber to Sabrina Carpenter — her pen reshaped how vulnerability sounds on the radio.In this episode, Ju...
20 Okt 20251h 18min
Ep. 224: HAIM | Do It Your Way. (“I quit", + more)
Today’s guests are HAIM — one of the most unique voices in modern music, known for blending rock, pop, and soul into a sound that defined a generation. From garage band beginnings to Grammy nomination...
13 Okt 202558min
Ep. 223: sombr | How a 100% Writer-Producer Took Over Pop
Today’s guest is one of the most exciting young artists in the world right now.A once-in-a-generation artist writing and producing every record himself — and turning that independence into global hits...
6 Okt 202559min
