Billie Eilish's Happier Than Ever: Reclaiming Control
After sweeping the Grammys as a teenager, Billie Eilish responded to unprecedented success by retreating from the world to create a sophomore album where, by her own admission, almost none of the song...
2 Jul 16min
Camila Cabello: From Greyhound Bus to Global Pop
A six-year-old girl on a 36-hour Greyhound bus from Mexico to Miami, told by her mother they were going to Disney World, would grow up to define global pop with hits like Havana and Senorita. This dee...
2 Jul 19min
Cardi B: How a Bronx Survivor Re-Engineered Pop
She turned to stripping to escape poverty and domestic violence, then went on to rewrite Billboard history, become a muse for Thierry Mugler, and drop a triple-platinum album. This deep dive into Belc...
2 Jul 19min
Carly Rae Jepsen: Surviving the Call Me Maybe Trap
Massive overnight ubiquity is often a trap that swallows the artist behind the hit. This deep dive into Carly Rae Jepsen explores how the Call Me Maybe girl quietly became one of the most critically a...
2 Jul 13min
Carole King: From Hit Factory to Center Stage
In her mid-20s she had already written over 100 Billboard hits, yet she was terrified to sing them herself. This deep dive into Carole King maps the agonizing, courageous journey from behind-the-scene...
2 Jul 20min
Caroline Polachek: The Too-Muchness of Avant-Pop
She recorded an album singing into a built-in laptop microphone, hiding in hotel closets for acoustics, then years later earned a Grammy nomination for Best Engineered Album. This deep dive into Carol...
2 Jul 20min
Chappell Roan: The Midwest Princess Rewriting Fame
A teenager who spent summers at Christian camps in conservative Missouri became a Grammy-winning, drag-inspired pop superstar who openly challenges the White House and confronts music executives. This...
2 Jul 20min
How Chappell Roan's Hot To Go Became a Slow-Burn Anthem
Chappell Roan wrote Hot To Go just two weeks before her 2023 tour to heal a high school insecurity about never trying out for the cheerleading squad. Released as the seventh and final single from The ...
2 Jul 17min
