This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly tradition roundup present on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, consists of dialogue of:
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The imperfect rollout of Dua Lipa’s newest album, “Radical Optimism,” and the way the narrative round it turned poisoned earlier than it was even launched
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Dua Lipa’s profession of easy and frictionless pop
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The present pop market favoring eccentricity, humor and meme-ability
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What it should take for Dua Lipa to interrupt freed from her cycle
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The wrestle of creating films about pop music, together with “Again to Black,” the brand new biopic about Amy Winehouse and “The Thought of You,” a couple of divorced lady who falls for an ageing boy band star
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Snack of the week
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