What's an ‘Industry Plant’ Anyway? Discussing 4batz. Plus: Ariana Grande's Return | Popcast (Deluxe)

This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture roundup show on YouTube hosted by Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, includes segments on:

00:00 Introduction

01:07 Popcast’s win at the 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards for best music podcast

03:07 The 2024 Oscars, including Ryan Gosling’s performance of “I’m Just Ken” and Diane Warren’s alleged meltdown

13:16 The quick ascent of the downtempo R&B singer 4batz and what the “industry plant” conversation that he’s triggered gets wrong

24:24 The new Ariana Grande album, “eternal sunshine,” and how it’s an impressive and modest comeback in advance of her star turn in the upcoming film adaptation of “Wicked”

42:19 Reports from the opening nights of the Olivia Rodrigo tour and the Zach Bryan tour

55:28 New songs from Yung Lean and Yaya Bey

01:01:07 Snack of the week

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