Kate Bush: The Artist Who Beat the Industry on Her Own Terms
At 19, Kate Bush faced down a record label demanding a safe debut single and insisted instead on releasing a song about a 19th-century ghost. She won, and Wuthering Heights made her the first British ...
2 Juli 20min
Kesha: The Trojan Horse Party Girl Fighting for Freedom
Remembered as the glitter-covered party girl of the late 2000s, Kesha Rose Sebert was actually a near-perfect SAT scorer who turned down a Barnard scholarship to chase music. We explore how her seemin...
2 Juli 19min
The Fame: How Lady Gaga Rewrote 21st-Century Pop
A broke artist in the New York underground scene wrote an entire album about the glamorous lifestyle of the rich and famous, then willed it into reality. We explore Lady Gaga's 2008 debut The Fame and...
2 Juli 19min
Chromatica: Lady Gaga's Neon Armor Against the Dark
How do you make a euphoric, 1990s-style dance-pop album while paralyzed by depression, PTSD, and chronic physical pain? We explore Chromatica, Lady Gaga's 2020 therapy-pop concept album that turned he...
2 Juli 20min
Lana Del Rey: Hollywood Glamour and an Un-Hollywood Life
The queen of Hollywood sadcore was spotted pouring coffee in a Waffle House uniform in Alabama and married an alligator tour boat captain in the Louisiana swamps. We explore how Elizabeth Grant, bette...
2 Juli 21min
Norman Fucking Rockwell: Lana Del Rey's Eulogy for America
An artist who built her brand on flag-draped, kitschy American patriotism suddenly turned to stare at a complex, dystopian reality. We explore Lana Del Rey's acclaimed 2019 album Norman Fucking Rockwe...
2 Juli 18min
Lola Young: Viral Fame, Mental Health and Radical Honesty
South London singer-songwriter Lola Young rose from Croydon open mic nights and the Brit School to global stardom with her viral track Messy, a multi-platinum number one that topped the UK singles cha...
2 Juli 13min
Lizzo: An Empire of Self-Love Under Legal Fire
A song she believed was her masterpiece flopped so hard she nearly quit music, only to become a viral number-one hit two years later. We explore how Melissa Jefferson, known as Lizzo, a classically tr...
2 Juli 18min
