Pop Culture Happy Hour
1,244 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10K ratingsGet obsessed with us. Five days a week, Pop Culture Happy Hour serves you recommendations and commentary on the buzziest movies, TV, music, books, videogames and more. Join arts journalists Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha Harris - plus a rotating cast of guest pop culture aficionados. The Happy Hour team leaves room at the table for exploring a range of reactions and opinions on every bit of the pop universe. From lowbrow to highbrow to the stuff in between, they take it all with a shot of cheer.
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2024 Grammys Recap
February 05, 2024 14:15 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBEvery night is a big night for Taylor Swift. But this year's Grammy night proved especially big: Swift won album of the year for Midnights and announced her next album, titled The Tortured Poets Department. It may be time to pose the question: Have we reached peak Taylor Swift? Other major winners included Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish and SZA. In fact, women swept all nine categories presented during Sunday night's telecast. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoice...
Argylle And What's Making Us Happy
February 02, 2024 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBIn the comedic spy thriller Argylle, a reclusive author (Bryce Dallas Howard) gets sucked into a web of danger and intrigue when her books mirror the inner workings of a rogue spy agency. Argylle is full of globe-trotting action, with more twists than you can count. It's directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, the Kingsman movies) with a cast that includes Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, and Dua Lipa. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Priva...
The Pop Culture Hill I'll Die On
February 01, 2024 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBMaybe you think you shouldn't read a book before seeing the movie adaptation, or you're convinced season two is the best season of The Wire. We've all got that one argument we're always making: that non-negotiable stance, that immutable truth we're sticking to no matter what. Today, we're talking about the pop culture hills we'll die on. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Marvel's Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur
January 31, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is an all-ages animated series that's got style and energy – and original songs – for days. It's the story of a 13-year-old Black girl genius who accidentally transports a T-Rex from the prehistoric past to present day. She then launches into a side-hustle fighting crime. The Disney+ show is about to return for a second season, so today we are revisiting our conversation about the series. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhou...
2024 Sundance: Best Movies
January 30, 2024 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBOver 75 feature films premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year, including a deeply personal coming-of-age story, a film starring Saoirse Ronan, and Steven Soderbergh's highly immersive ghost tale. It was impossible to catch them all, but today, we're highlighting some of the standouts we think are worth keeping on your radar. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Vanderpump Rules
January 29, 2024 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBFor more than a decade, Vanderpump Rules has been a hit reality show on the Bravo network. The show reached new heights of tabloid infamy last season due to a much-discussed affair between two members of its cast. The whole thing was nicknamed "Scandoval" and led to record-breaking ratings and countless memes. Vanderpump Rules is about to return for its 11th season, and if you want to catch up on all the drama from last year, we've got you covered. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at...
Jacqueline Novak's Get On Your Knees And What's Making Us Happy
January 26, 2024 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBIn her smart and funny comedy special Get On Your Knees, performer Jacqueline Novak delivers a kind of Ted Talk on the subject of oral sex. It's also a passionate and thoughtful coming-of-age tale delivered in language that's been finely honed to accomplish its very funny purpose. Directed by Natasha Lyonne, the Netflix special began as an off-Broadway show. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Barbie
January 24, 2024 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBBarbie was the biggest movie of last year. We saw the memes, we heard the songs, and it was 2023's highest grossing movie. It recently racked up eight Oscar nominations, including best picture. Today in this encore episode, we revisit our conversation about Barbie. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
2024 Oscar Nominations
January 23, 2024 22:53 - 19 minutes - 18 MBThis year's Oscar nominations were announced today and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer leads the field with 13 nominations. Other leading nominees include Poor Things, Killers Of The Flower Moon, and Barbie. We run down the nominees in the major categories and talk about some of the surprising snubs. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
The Zone Of Interest
January 22, 2024 08:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBIn The Zone of Interest, a German couple and their family live a bucolic life, but over the garden wall lies the Auschwitz concentration camp. The father is one of the chief architects of the Holocaust, and over the course of the film, he and his wife attempt to preserve their compartmentalized lives. But the horrors taking place outside refuse to be held at bay. Directed by Jonathan Glazer, the film is favored to pick up a best picture nomination at the Oscars. Learn more about sponsor mess...
Origin And What's Making Us Happy
January 19, 2024 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBOrigin is the story of a writer who faces personal loss at the same time she works on a book based on her unified theory about systems of oppression. Written and directed by Ava DuVernay, the film is adapted from Isabel Wilkerson's best-selling book, Caste: The Origins Of Our Discontents, and dramatizes the book's ideas and the way it comes together. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor stars as Wilkerson, and also features Jon Bernthal and Niecy Nash-Betts. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcas...
Echo
January 18, 2024 08:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBThe new Marvel series Echo spotlights Maya Lopez (played by Alaqua Cox), whom we first met as the stoic badass enforcer for the criminal Wilson Fisk (Vincent D'Onofrio). She's now on the run, fleeing to her tiny Oklahoma hometown determined to nurse her wounds and make plans to take over Fisk's criminal empire. But her friends and family – including generations of her Choctaw ancestors – may have other plans. It's streaming on Disney + and Hulu. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podc...
Bluey
January 17, 2024 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBThe TV cartoon Bluey is a hit with young children. But it's also found a devoted following among their parents, who've embraced the show's emotional depth – as well as its messages about creativity, collaboration, and learning through play. Bluey just returned with a batch of new episodes on Disney+, so today we're revisiting our conversation about the series. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Our Emmys Recap
January 16, 2024 12:15 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBThe 75th annual Emmy Awards are over, and it was a big night for The Bear, Beef, and Succession. Plus Elton John earned his EGOT, and Jennifer Coolidge and Niecy Nash Betts gave memorable speeches. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Lift
January 15, 2024 08:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBIn the new Netflix action-comedy-heist movie Lift, Kevin Hart plays an experienced thief and con man whose crew is backed into a corner and forced to work for the government. Their next theft will be their greatest, and it's all to avert an enormous disaster. They'll have to fly planes, use disguises, sneak around, beat the bad guys, and look great doing it. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Mean Girls And What's Making Us Happy
January 12, 2024 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBMean Girls is a film adaptation of the Broadway adaptation of the beloved Lindsay Lohan and Tina Fey comedy. The songs are there, the dances are there, and the nasty, nasty high school drama is there. But does the retelling capture the energy, the style, and the jokes of the original? The new cast includes Reneé Rapp, Auliʻi Cravalho, and Angourie Rice. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Baldur's Gate 3
January 11, 2024 08:00 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBBaldur's Gate 3 was the most acclaimed video game of last year and recently won Game of the Year at The Game Awards. It maps the experience of Dungeons and Dragons onto the mechanics of videogames. You and your companions embark on an epic quest, going through dark dungeons and dangerous wilderness — all while being confronted with choices that change the game in ways big and small. But what makes it so beloved? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Priv...
Night Swim
January 09, 2024 08:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBIn the new horror film Night Swim, Wyatt Russell plays a former baseball player who's been forced into retirement due to the early stages of MS. He and his wife, played by Kerry Condon, decide to buy an old house and refurbish its dilapidated swimming pool. But there is a catch: the pool is haunted. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
All Of Us Strangers
January 08, 2024 08:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBThe movie All of Us Strangers is a wistful fantasy drama that tells two intersecting stories about different kinds of love: One between a son and his long-deceased parents; the other of two lonely men and neighbors who long for connection. Directed by Andrew Haigh, the film stars Andrew Scott as Adam, a TV writer living a lonely existence in London, and Paul Mescal as his neighbor Harry. Adam's parents are played by Claire Foy and Jamie Bell. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcast...
The Brothers Sun And What's Making Us Happy
January 05, 2024 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBThe new Netflix series The Brothers Sun is a fun genre mashup of action, comedy, and family drama. Michelle Yeoh plays Eileen Sun, who married into a powerful Taiwanese crime family, and then secretly raised her youngest son (Sam Song Li) in the U.S. to protect them both from being targeted by rival gangs, while her oldest son (Justin Chien) was left in Taiwan and is now a remorseless killer. But when danger threatens the family, they must band together by any means necessary. Learn more abo...
Books We Love: No Biz Like Showbiz
January 04, 2024 08:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBNPR's Books We Love is a roundup of favorite books of the year, sorted and tagged to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Today, we're highlighting books about show business, including a memoir, a history of the Oscars, and a biography about two iconic film critics. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Percy Jackson And The Olympians
January 03, 2024 08:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBThe delightful new Disney+ series Percy Jackson and The Olympians is a new adaptation of a beloved series of books by Rick Riordan. The series tells the story of how Percy (Walker Scobell) finds out the startling truth that his father is a Greek god. Percy soon discovers what that means, with the help of some faithful friends. The series also features Jason Mantzoukas and Megan Mullally. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
How To Get The Most Out Of Your Library
January 02, 2024 08:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBYour local library is a great source for books. But it can also be a great resource for helping you with your new year's resolution. Perhaps you want to learn a new language, take a cooking class, or research your family's genealogy. Or maybe you just want to save a ton of money. Today, we're presenting an episode of the podcast Life Kit all about the ways to get the most out of your library. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
2024 Pop Culture Resolutions
January 01, 2024 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBDo you make resolutions in January? We do. Today, we make pop culture resolutions for 2024, and we check in on what we resolved to do this last year, and whether we are inclined to bask in our victories or fret about our defeats. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
2024 Pop Culture Predictions
December 29, 2023 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBWhat do we do at the end of every year? We hope, we fear, and we make wild guesses. Today, we're checking-in on how we did making predictions for 2023, and then we boldly make new ones for 2024. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour, or donate to your local NPR station at donate.npr.org/happy Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Great 2023 Movies You May Have Missed
December 28, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBWe cover a lot of new movies around here, and some even become our new faves of the moment. Yet at the end of the year, we always have a list of gems we didn't get to talk about, and now's our chance to show them some love. Today, we're making recommendations for great movies we missed in 2023. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Ferrari
December 27, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBThe new film Ferrari tells one chapter in the life of a man who wanted everything to go as fast as possible. Starring Adam Driver, the film is a portrayal of Enzo Ferrari's complex personal life, defined by relationships with his wife (Penelope Cruz) and his mistress (Shailene Woodley). Ferrari is the latest film from director Michael Mann, but how does it stack up to his previous work such as Heat and Collateral? Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Pr...
The Iron Claw
December 26, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBThe very good new film The Iron Claw tells the tragic story of the Von Erich family. They were professional wrestlers in the early 1980s, with patriarch Fritz (Holt McCallany) directing several of his sons into the sport, with disastrous consequences. Directed by Sean Durkin, and starring Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White as two of the sons, the film considers the way their father's version of masculinity and strength echoes in their lives. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastcho...
All Songs Considered Holiday Extravaganza
December 25, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBThe Pop Culture Happy Hour team is off today. So we're bringing you a very special holiday extravaganza from NPR Music's All Songs Considered podcast. In this festive episode, All Songs' annual celebration of the season returns with a trip to a snowy cabin in the woods – as they attempt to throw a party for the ages. Eggnog will be had, plenty of delightful holiday music will be played – and some special guests might just drop by, including Carly Rae Jepsen, Robert Glasper, and Olivia Rodrigo...
The Color Purple And What's Making Us Happy
December 22, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBThe Color Purple was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, then it was a movie, and then, a Broadway musical. Now it's a movie adaptation of the musical. In the new film, Fantasia Barrino plays Celie, who survives the abuse by the men in her life and longs to be reunited with the sister who was taken from her. The film also stars Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson. Directed by Blitz Bazawule, The Color Purple is in theaters on Christmas Day. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.o...
American Fiction
December 21, 2023 08:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBIn American Fiction, Jeffrey Wright stars as an author who finds that the books he loves to write aren't selling. What is selling is books by Black authors that he finds reductive and drowning in stereotypes. So, he sets out to write the ultimate Black novel under a pseudonym, with all the tropes and simplifications he thinks publishers expect. But his life gets very complicated when it turns out that he's right. The cast includes Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, and Tracee Ellis Ross. It's the ...
Maestro
December 20, 2023 08:00 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBThe Netflix film Maestro is an Old-Hollywood style biopic about the composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Bradley Cooper directed, co-wrote, and stars in the film as Bernstein. It examines Bernstein's life through the lens of his complicated marriage to his wife played by Carey Mulligan. And of course, there are many scenes in which we watch Cooper passionately conducting orchestras of both the work of classical composers as well as Bernstein's own music. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Ho...
Songs To Help You Study
December 19, 2023 08:00 - 6 minutes - 6.39 MBMaybe you're at school and need to concentrate while hitting the books. Maybe you're trying to get work done and need some sounds to drown out distractions. When silence isn't cutting it, sometimes you need music that'll fill your head without distracting you with words. Today, we're recommending three great songs to help you study. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Screening Ourselves: The Color Purple
December 18, 2023 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBAlice Walker's novel The Color Purple has been adapted a few times. Next week, a new version based on the Tony-winning musical hits theaters. The 1985 film is remembered as a fan-favorite centering Black women's lives, but this acclaimed adaptation was received quite differently among female viewers and male viewers. Today, we revisit our episode about the original film from our three-part documentary series Screening Ourselves, which explored films through the lens of representation – and mi...
Wonka And What's Making Us Happy
December 15, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBThe story of Willy Wonka and his chocolate factory has been told and retold, both in the classic Roald Dahl children's books and in two hit films. Now, in the new movie musical Wonka, Timothée Chalamet takes on the iconic role. In this prequel, Wonka arrives in the big city with dreams of opening a chocolate shop, but his plans are complicated by a host of corrupt villains. Wonka is directed by Paul King, who also directed the Paddington films. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podca...
The Boy And The Heron
December 14, 2023 08:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBThe lovely new animated film The Boy and the Heron is the first film in 10 years from visionary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro). The heron in question is part-heron, part-man who serves as a guide for a boy as they navigate a realm somewhere between life and death. The English dubbed version features the voices of Robert Pattinson, Mark Hamill, and Florence Pugh. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour
December 13, 2023 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBTaylor Swift has had a very big year. Her career-spanning Eras Tour is on pace to become the biggest and most lucrative concert tour in history, and the subsequent concert film set box office records. She's been streamed on Spotify globally more than any other artist in 2023, and was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year. Today, in honor of her birthday, Taylor Swift is releasing The Eras Tour film digitally, so we thought it was the perfect time to revisit our conversation about what made...
2023 Pop Culture Favorites
December 12, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBAs we come to the end of 2023 we find ourselves in the familiar position of wrapping up the year. From the sublime to the slightly ridiculous we're talking about our favorite TV, movies, memes, and music from this year. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour, or donate to your local NPR station at donate.npr.org/happy Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Diddy, Hip-Hop, and #MeToo
December 11, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBLast month, a civil lawsuit was filed against rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs by his ex-girlfriend and former protégé Cassie Ventura. She alleged to have suffered years of emotional and physical abuse during the course of their relationship. Diddy denied the allegations and settled the suit quickly, but other damning claims have resurfaced in its wake. His reputation seems to have been tarnished — at least for the moment. And it has us wondering: Is this a crucial turning point for a long-awaite...
Poor Things And What's Making Us Happy
December 08, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBIn the wild and wonderful new film Poor Things, Emma Stone plays a woman brought back to life from the brink of death. She's a clean slate, unconcerned with the bonds a repressive society tries to put on her. The film reunites Stone with director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favorite) and shares that film's darkly comedic sensibility, but it's even weirder. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour, or donate to your local NPR station at donate.npr.org/happy Learn more abo...
Leave The World Behind
December 07, 2023 08:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBWhat would the end of the world actually look like? That's the creeping fear behind the new Netflix movie Leave The World Behind. The movie stars Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali, in a story about strangers who are alone together as things get eerie out in the world. The film was written and directed by Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot). Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé
December 06, 2023 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MBBeyoncé's album Renaissance drew on generations' worth of Black and queer dance music — and the subsequent tour packed stadiums with an epic, lavish spectacle. Now, with the new concert film and documentary Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, she's shows the work that went into putting on the tour while also providing a sense of her journey as a highly driven artist. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Best Christmas Gift I Ever Received
December 05, 2023 08:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBWhat's the best Christmas gift you ever received? You probably didn't have to think about it; you knew it in your bones. Today, we're talking about the actual, tangible gift you found waiting for you under the tree and still think about it from time to time. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Colin From Accounts
December 04, 2023 08:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBThe fun new Australian series Colin From Accounts is part raunchy comedy, part romantic comedy, part friendship story, and part very cute dog. It begins with a chance encounter between two strangers (played by Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall) who meet after accidentally injuring an adorable dog. They reluctantly decide to take joint responsibility for the pup, and form a strange bond. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
May December And What's Making Us Happy
December 01, 2023 08:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBIn the campy film May December Julianne Moore stars as a tabloid fixture who was at the center of a scandal after she sexually abused a minor she later married. Charles Melton (Riverdale) plays her husband and Natalie Portman plays the famous actress who's preparing to play her in a movie decades later. It's directed by Todd Haynes (Carol) and is streaming on Netflix. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Songs For When Your Flight Is Delayed
November 30, 2023 08:00 - 10 minutes - 9.48 MBIf you travel by plane with any regularity, you've been there: stuck in an airport because your flight is delayed. So we thought it best to give your most stressful travel moments a soundtrack. Today, we're recommending three songs for when your flight is delayed. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
2023 Books We Love: Staff Picks
November 29, 2023 08:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBNPR's Books We Love is a roundup of favorite books of the year, sorted and tagged to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Recommendations come in from critics and contributors and today, we're highlighting picks from NPR staff. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Die Hard
November 28, 2023 08:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBSince the holiday season is upon us, it's time to talk about an action classic that many consider to be a Christmas classic: Die Hard. The Bruce Willis movie turned 35 this year, so today we're bringing you this encore episode about the film that was recorded back in 2018. Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhour, or donate to your local NPR station at donate.npr.org/happy Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Wish
November 27, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBIt's been said that a dream is a wish your heart makes. But what happens when you entrust your dream to a charismatic but shady leader? That's the premise of Disney's latest animated movie Wish. It's a musical fantasy that stars Ariana DeBose as an idealist who goes head-to-head with Chris Pine's selfish King. There are catchy songs, cute talking animals, and a few heartfelt moments — in other words, the Disney blueprint. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices...
Peso Pluma And The Rise Of Regional Mexican Music
November 24, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBRegional Mexican music has taken the music industry by storm. Earlier this year, Mexican artist Peso Pluma and band Eslabon Armado made history when their song "Ella Baila Sola" topped the Billboard Global 200 chart. But this musical trend didn't come out of nowhere. In this episode of NPR's Alt. Latino, hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras head to Peso Pluma's performance in Nashville and try to understand the root of the phenomenon. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoi...