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Remix Boots The House DOWN (feat. DJ John Michael) Mar 26, 2024

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You are NOT going to want to miss this one! This week, Zach is joined by the one and only DJ John Michael from Peloton. We instantly kiki the boots house DOWN starting with how John Michael burst onto the scene by working with the legendary Junior Vasquez. From there we absolutely geek out over remixes of the 90's and early 00's -- shoutout to Junior's Hard Mix of Mariah Carey's "Heartbreaker/If You Should Ever Be Lonely." And even state we want to create a docu-series that covers the remix greats from that time period. We also discuss John Michael's OFFICIAL remixes for Demi Lovato and Donna Summer and make our official begging plea to Celine Dion's record labels to release her remixography to streaming. We also talk about his meeting with Lenny Kravitz, Debbie Gibson, Shep Pettibone (producer of Madonna's "Vogue") and more! John Michael even reveals which one of his remixes is getting the official release treament next! What are you waiting for? Hit play!

I didn't hear her YUH once on this album! Mar 19, 2024

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Please welcome back Camille Adams! In this episode, Camille and Zach give their reactions to two of the most anticipated albums of the year: Ariana Grande's "Eternal Sunshine" and Justin Timberlake's "Everything I Thought It Was." We talk about songs we enjoy, things that we don't, and we even give a little love to Ariana's "Focus" ... the false lead single from "Dangerous Woman." After going on a tangent about the reality competition show The Traitors, we also talk about our love for the leaked Brandy/Timbaland collaboration "Chinese (Home)," the album title for Beyonce's Act II "Cowboy Carter," and even have a mini discussion about our favorite Michael Jackson songs.

Gay guys named Jesse STAN Tinashe! Mar 12, 2024

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CROSSOVER ALERT! This week Zach is joined by pop connoisseur and host of Jesse's Girls podcast Jesse Chambliss. Together the boys discuss pop titans Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, and J.Lo. Jesse also gives Zach a crash course in Tinashe101 as well as the intro course to Denniz PoP -- the mentor to pop megaproducer Max Martin. The boys also discuss their anticipation for Ariana Grande's highly anticipated new album "eternal sunshine." Tune in for all this and more!

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Where is the 10-Minute Mariachi Version of Americano? Mar 05, 2024

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Zach is joined by special guest Andrew Pattee as they talk about all the girlies. They discuss Charli XCX's brand new single "Von Dutch," the anticipation of the latest release from Miley Cyrus and Pharrell, reminisce about their experience of seeing Madonna's Celebration Tour together, and put together some idyllic Lady Marmalade-esque collabs. But most of all -- Zach and Andrew DEMAND answers to Lady Gaga's false promises!

TLC invented A.I. Feb 27, 2024

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This week, Zach and Jeff take a moment to react to J.Lo's latest musical/visual experience "This Is Me ... Now" both album and film. The boys give her some much deserving hearts AND flowers, but did the album live up to their expectations? The boys also take a trip down memory lane celebrating the 25th anniversary of TLC's "FanMail," going into a deep dive of the album's tracklist. And speaking of anniversary, the one and only JoJo is also celebrated, as her debut single "Leave (Get Out)" was officially released TWENTY years ago. Where has time gone!?

Spring Is Coming with NEW MUSIC in the EARS Feb 20, 2024

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WOW, what a week it has been for music!

In this episode, the boys discuss all the new music that was released this past week as well as upcoming announcements including: Caroline Polachek’s deluxe version of “Desire, I Turn Into You”, Kim Petras’ follow up to “Slut Pop”, J.Lo, Mariah Carey surprise-hopping on the remix of “yes, and?”, Dua Lipa’s “Training Season”, Usher’s Super Bowl performance, and last (but CERTAINLY NOT least) Beyoncé’s Super Bowl announcement of Act II (including a review of the two new singles “16 CARRIAGES” and “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM”).

Release the Singles, J.Lo! Feb 13, 2024

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On this episode, Zach & Jeff gave their final Usher Superbowl predictions and took a trip down memory lane revisiting some of his favorite works. The boys also discuss J.Lo's upcoming visual album "This Is Me...Now" and her affinity for teasing songs from projects only to never release them, the new single from Kylie Minogue and Sia, Kim Petras' "Slut Pop" sequel, and Brandy's birthday. Buckle up because 2024 is about to be a HEAVY music release year!

The Grammys Recap (...Stop Embarrassing Beyoncé) Feb 06, 2024

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This week POP THEORY recaps the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.

What a Night! The boys highlight the ‘Big 4’ award winners (Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist), talk about their favorite (and least favorite) performances of the night, surprise special guest appearances, the continual public embarrassment of Beyoncé at award shows… and much more!

I Love the Beat ... I was tapping my BIGFOOT over here! (feat. Camille Adams) Jan 30, 2024

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Filling in for Jeff tonight is the one and only Camille Adams - dietitian, singer, and self-proclaimed "Big Fat BARB!" We left no stone unturned as we discussed the soon-to-be infamous feud between Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion, the post Britney book comeback of Justin Timberlake, the ICONIC lineup for the Lovers & Friends Fest, and even take a couple guesses at what Usher might have up his sleeve for his Super Bowl Halftime Show. For more Camille, visit her socials below:

Instagram: @easy.peasy.nutrition

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Mi Gente Latino! Jan 23, 2024

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This week on POP THEORY: Zach recaps and reviews Madonna’s Celebration Tour in Detroit (including a special highlight of her song “Frozen”), the boys talk about Jack Harlow and Ariana Grande fighting for the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, The Coachella 2024 lineup + Jeff’s experience with going last year, Kali Uchis’ latin music and her latest project “ORQUíDEAS”, J.Lo’s upcoming film + album, Lady Gaga being compared to Madonna in the media, Janet’s upcoming “Together Again”-AGAIN tour, the Atlanta concert scene and Robyn’s “Honey”.

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