Pop Shop Podcast

Music writer Alfred Soto joins Coming Around Again this week to talk about the 30th anniversary of New Order's singles collection 'Substance.' We discuss why the set survives as far more that just a hits compilation, and the subtle ways that New Order's brilliance has long gone underappreciated -- until recently, anyway. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bea Miller stops by to talk about her upcoming performance at the 2017 Hot 100 Festival, how she sees music in color, and how she got creative with releasing her new music because “people don’t really consume albums anymore.” Plus, the Pop Shop team previews the Hot 100 Fest and dives into chart chat about Cardi B, Kesha, Kendrick Lamar and more! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Billboard associate editor (and boy band expert) Taylor Weatherby stops by to discuss her excellent 20th anniversary oral history of Backstreet Boys' seminal self-titled U.S. debut LP. On the podcast, Taylor discusses the process behind the oral history, and memories of BSB as a young pre-teen fan. And of course, the ultimate question has to be answered: Backstreet or *NSYNC? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Dan Wilson joins the Pop Shop Podcast to talk about his new album “Re-Covered,” working with the ‘super funny’ Adele, and cold-calling pop stars in the hopes of collaborating with them on music. Plus, we’ve got chart news updates about Arcade Fire, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj and more. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Pearl Jam's iconic "Jeremy" video turned 25. Billboard senior contributor Gil Kaufman joins Coming Around Again to talk about the classic clip, and the two pieces he wrote about the video -- including one on Trevor Wilson, the then-young actor who gained brief fame playing the video's title character, who later disappeared from the spotlight and tragically died last year at the age of 36. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Must-Hear Music podcast, Billboard staffers discuss Lana Del Rey's "Get Free," Mura Masa's "Love$ick" with A$AP Rocky, Arcade Fire's "Creature Comfort," Julia Michaels' "Worst of Me" and the 2017 Battle of the Boy Bands: PrettyMuch's "Would You Mind" and Why Don't We's "Why Don't We Just." For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the show, we have a ridiculously fun conversation with John Mayer about his Search for Everything tour, continuing his journey with Dead & Company and much more. Also on the show, we dive into this week's chart chat, including a brand-new No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 from Lana Del Rey, a record-setting feat for Sam Hunt on the Hot Country Songs chart, and Niall Horan's first solo top 10 single on the Pop Songs airplay tally. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Billboard staff writer Chris Payne joins Coming Around Again to discuss the 10th anniversary of Plain White T's hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their emo-pop crossover hit "Hey There Delilah." The guys dig into the song's roots, examine what made it such a surprise smash, and wonder whether a chart-topper like it could still be possible in 2017. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the latest show we chat with Fifth Harmony’s Ally Brooke and dance duo Lost Kings about their new collaboration “Look at Us Now.” In addition, we’ve also got chart chat and news updates about Charlie Puth, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Nine Inch Nails, Ryan Seacrest, Justin Bieber and Linkin Park. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'Coming Around Again' returns this week to discuss the 30th anniversary of Guns N' Roses seminal, diamond-plus-selling Appetite for Destruction debut. Calling in to talk about the album -- and debate the merits of its centerpiece track, "Paradise City" -- is Celebration Rock podcast host and cultural critic Steven Hyden, who also recently did a piece on the album ranking every track on it for UPROXX. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices