We’re getting candid in our interview with renforshort.We talk to Lauren aka renforshort about how her recent songwriting reflects her emotional growth, fighting to be heard as a young woman in the music industry, and connecting with fans at an intimate EP release show.Renforshort is an indie pop singer/songwriter who started releasing music as a teen. Now at the age of 22 she’s reflecting on her personal growth in her recent EP ‘clean hands dirty water’ out May 17.Listen to the full interview with renforshort on Name 3 Songs podcast and find a transcribed excerpt at name3songs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're getting candid in our interview with Grayscale's Collin Walsh.We discussed his journey with mental health, allowing himself to be more vulnerable in his songwriting, allowing Grayscale to grow musically and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Name 3 Songs…⚡  Fangirl Nonsense: Wallows are just silly goofy boys with Zach Sang! ⚡   The Black Keys recently canceled an arena tour in exchange for smaller venues. Fans are anxious the same thing could happen to Wallows. Meanwhile Charli XCX and Troye Sivan’s arena tour is sold out in NYC but slow to move tickets in other markets. We look at why we’re having so many arena tours, whether or not artists really need it, and whether or not fans want it or can even afford it. ⚡  ICYMI: We are going on summer break! Getting Candid artist interviews will continue on a weekly basis and we will be back with regular programming at the end of August. ⚡   Time Stamps:3:00 Fangirl Nonsense13:00 Arena Tours, Ticket Prices, Fan AnxietiesEnjoy this episode? Join our Patreon community or leave us a tip on PayPal! Want to talk more? Find us: @name3songs | @sara_feigin | @jenna_millionCheck out all the sources for this episode at name3songs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re getting candid in our interview with Hannah Grae!Hannah Grae talks about how she’s grown as an artists since posting covers on Youtube as a teenager to releasing her mini album Nothing Lasts Forever, what she’s learned from female rock stars like Avril Lavigne and Alanis Morriset, and finding her own community of female musicians supporting one anotherHannah Grae is an alternative rock artist based in London. Her mini album Nothing Lasts Forever was released in March this year and chronicles her journey as a teen to 20 year old navigating life and moving to LondonListen to the full interview with Hannah Grae on Name 3 Songs podcast and find a transcribed excerpt at name3songs.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Name 3 Songs…⚡  Fangirl Nonsense: Wallows covers Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” and gives us absolutely nothing. Chet Hanks explains the Drake-Kendrick Lamar beef to his father Tom Hanks over text. And… a giant conscious baby? ⚡   Maya Henry is releasing a fiction novel based on her relationship with Liam Payne that details abuse, abortion, and more. We talk about Maya’s in depth interview with People and the legality around her decision to write fictionalized events of her personal experience with alleged abuse from Liam Payne. We also discuss the details Maya has shared, her age gap and parasocial relationship with Liam, and her decision to speak out on the topic of abuse.⚡   Kansas City Chief’s kicker Harrison Butker delivered a commencement speech a Benedictine College, a private catholic college, that sparked outrage across the internet. His speech insinuated that the most important thing a woman can do is be a homemaker. He also criticised LGBTQ+ people, surrogacy, and "the tyranny of diversity, equity and inclusion," among other subjects. We discuss all this and hear the opinions of the sisters of Mount St. Scholastica who criticised Butker’s speech. ⚡   Time Stamps:5:30 fangirl nonsense18:30 listener fangirl nonsense20:00 Maya Henry36:00 Harrison ButkerEnjoy this episode? Join our Patreon community or leave us a tip on PayPal! Want to talk more? Find us: @name3songs | @sara_feigin | @jenna_millionCheck out all the sources for this episode at name3songs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re getting candid in our interview with Chanel Loren.We talk with Chanel Loren about finding her identity between two different home countries, learning to trust herself and use music as a tool to be more honest and vulnerable in expressing her emotions, and how her background in dance and theater influences her live performances.Chanel Loren is a London-born, Sydney-based R&B artist and ARIA-nominated singer songwriter. In early 2024 she released a single called ‘Carelessly Doomed’ featuring American rapper Kota The Friend ahead of her debut EP BETWEEN2WORLDS which drops July 12.For more of Name 3 Songs, check out our podcast here and other interviews here.Enjoy this episode? Join our Patreon community or leave us a tip on PayPal! Want to talk more? Find us @name3songs | @sara_feigin | @jenna_million Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Name 3 Songs…⚡  Fangirl Nonsense: We saw Royel Otis live! Sabrina Carpenter turned 25 and someone gave her a cake with Leonardo Decaprio’s face. Nicholas Galitzine reveals he’s a spoon carver, but Jenna already knew this. Charli XCX is claiming her throne as an A-lister. ⚡   TRIGGER WARNING: At a recent Trophy Eyes concert in New York, a fan was critically injured in a stage diving incident. ⚡   Drake and Kendick Lamar have been dropping diss tracks back and forth – except Kendrick is dropping poetry about how Drake is a bad person all Drake can think of is “damn you’re short.” While diss tracks are not our area of expertise, we talk about this from the Name 3 Songs perspective of Drake’s age gap friendships with teen stars including Millie Bobby Brown, Billie Eilish and others. Time Stamps:3:22 Fangirl Nonsense21:15 Trophy Eyes Concert27:09 Drake vs Kendrick Intro29:08 Basic Explanation of the Beef31:37 Drake vs Kendrick DiscussEnjoy this episode? Join our Patreon community or leave us a tip on PayPal! Want to talk more? Find us: @name3songs | @sara_feigin | @jenna_millionCheck out all the sources for this episode at name3songs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re getting candid in our interview with poptropicaslutz!Christian and Nick from poptropicaslutz! talk about being 2007 music historians, how the two found their writing style during lockdown, and why they incorporate tongue and cheek lyrics. We also talk about how they prioritized the fan-band relationship from the start of their music career to foster a growing community.Poptropicaslutz! is comprised of the duo Christian and Nick who make music hyper-punk music that harkens back to the year 2007. They recently wrapped up a tour with Waterparks and Their deluxe album ‘Face For The Radio: Voice For A Silent Film’ is out now.Listen to the full interview with poptropicaslutz! on Name 3 Songs podcast and find a transcribed excerpt at name3songs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A replay of our 2021 episode with author and journalist Maria Sherman!Throughout history, boy bands have been a massively lucrative enterprise for the music industry, thanks to their main demographic of teen girls. Join us to really learn about the importance of boy bands to pop culture and their dark history.Heartthrob boy bands + adoring fangirls = big money! And this is where things get shady. Behind every successful boy band is a man with industry know-how (and sometimes even nefarious intentions.)We’re joined by Maria Sherman, author of Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands, to explore the dark history of boy bands and the men who pull the strings – from Maurice Starr’s shady contracts with New Kids on the Block and New Edition to Lou Pearlman using Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC as the front of a Ponzi scheme. We also discuss their impact on pop culture which led to the rise of One Direction (thanks to Simon Cowell) and BTS (a la Big Hit Entertainment.)All of this to say, are boy bands inherently sexist? And at the end of the day, do we even care?Find Maria Sherman on Twitter and Instagram for fun boy band knowledge more!This is a music commentary podcast based on pre-existing knowledge and facts cited below. If you’d like to discuss anything we talked about today in greater detail with us, you can find us on Twitter @Name3Songs or @sara_feigin & @jenna_million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re Getting Candid in our interview with Lime Cordiale.Lime Cordiale is an Australian band comprised of brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach who played music together as teenagers and officially formed the band in 2009. The band has wracked up multi-millions of streams, known for their infectious melodies, catchy hooks, and clever lyrics, and they just wrapped up a tour across the US and Canada.We chatted with Oli and Louis about stepping into larger-than-life personas on stage to turn their live shows into a party. How the brothers compliment and challenge each other as writing partners and musicians. As well as discussing the skills they’ve learned from actors, including Idris Elba, and how they incorporate that into the creative process Find a transcribed excerpt of the podcast at name3songs.com For more of Name 3 Songs, check out our podcast here and other interviews here.Enjoy this episode? Join our Patreon community or leave us a tip on PayPal! Want to talk more? Find us @name3songs | @sara_feigin | @jenna_million Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices