This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe) – a new weekly video show, hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, that breaks down the pop culture storylines of the moment – includes segments on:

• The premiere episode of HBO’s “The Idol,” a maybe (?) satirical psychodrama about a troubled female pop star and the Svengali figure, played by the Weeknd, who worms his way into her orbit

• New collaborative songs from the rappers Latto and Cardi B, and Central Cee and Dave

• Recent developments in Taylor Swift, including blowback from her relationship with Matty Healy, of the 1975, and her collaboration with Ice Spice

• The pop music documentary explosion of the last few years

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
01:09 The premiere episode of “The Idol”
23:02 Songs of the week (Jon) – “Sprinter” by Central Cee and Dave
28:57 Songs of the week (Joe) – “Put It On Da Floor Again” by Latto (featuring Cardi B)
31:01 Taylor Swift and Ice Spice, Taylor Swift and Matty Healy
51:23 Question of the week – “What’s up with all these documentaries about pop stars?”
58:38 Snack of the week!

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