The TV show Severance debuted on Apple TV+ in February 2022. It was created by writer Dan Erickson, and developed... more

My guest today is Hanif Abdurraqib, a poet, cultural critic, and New York Times bestselling author of books like They... more

Sasami is a singer, songwriter and producer who grew up in Los Angeles. But now she’s based in Northern California,... more

Kevin Barnes started of Montreal in 1996 in Athens, Georgia. The Sunlandic Twins came out in 2005; it was their... more

Key Change is a new conversation series within Song Exploder, where I talk to fascinating people about the music that's... more

Yola is a singer/songwriter and actress. She released her solo debut album in 2019, which was nominated for 4 Grammys,... more

Adrianne Lenker is a singer and songwriter. She’s the lead singer of the critically acclaimed and beloved band Big Thief,... more

Sabrina Carpenter is a singer, songwriter, and actress. She had a huge year with her album Short N Sweet, which... more

Gracie Abrams is a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles. She started putting out music in 2020, and in June... more

The Grammy nominations came out recently and I was really happy to see that Waxahatchee was on the list. Her... more

Le Tigre originally formed in 1998. They released their self-titled debut album in October 1999. Spin Magazine called it one... more

In 1968, singer and songwriter Graham Nash joined David Crosby and Stephen Stills to form the supergroup Crosby, Stills &... more

Pharrell Williams is—well, let me just say, he’s a big reason why Song Exploder exists. He’s a singer, songwriter and... more

For the last couple weeks, I’ve been getting ready for a trip I’m going to make to Connecticut, to moderate... more

Troye Sivan is a singer and songwriter from Australia. He’s been nominated for a Golden Globe, two Grammys, and he’s... more

Beabadoobee is an award-winning singer and songwriter from England who’s been releasing music since 2017. Her third album is called... more

Remi Wolf is a singer and songwriter originally from Palo Alto, California. She’s been releasing music since 2019. She performed... more

Sam Smith is a Grammy and Oscar-winning singer and songwriter from London, England. Their first album, In the Lonely Hour,... more

Fenne Lily is a singer and songwriter from Dorset, England. She released her first album in 2018, but I didn’t... more

Last year, Vagabon released her third album, Sorry I Haven’t Called, which I’ve been listening to a lot. So I... more

Crowded House formed in 1985 in Melbourne, Australia. They’ve released eight albums, including their most recent one, Gravity Stairs, which... more

Lizzy McAlpine released her first album in 2020, and her second album in 2022. And between the two, she’s had... more

The Flaming Lips formed in Oklahoma City in 1983. Over the last four decades, they’ve put out 16 albums. In... more

One of the songs I keep coming back to is “Mohabbat” by Arooj Aftab. It’s really special to me. I... more

The band War formed in 1969, in Long Beach, California. “Low Rider” is from their 1975 album Why Can’t We... more

Shania Twain is a singer and songwriter from Ontario, Canada. She’s the only female artist to have had three consecutive... more

Danny Brown started his career in 2007 by handing out mixtapes in Detroit, where he’s from. In 2011, he put... more

Rhiannon Giddens has released five solo albums since 2015. Before that, she was a member of the Grammy-winning band, the... more

I wanted to revisit an episode about one of my favorite songs from 2021, “Black Dog” by Arlo Parks. A... more

Green Day is a punk band from the East Bay in California. Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool... more

The first episode of Song Exploder, about The Postal Service song "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight," came out 10 years... more

For the last episode of the year, I got the chance to drive up to Northridge, California, and have a... more

Raye is a singer, songwriter and producer from London. Besides being an artist in her own right, she’s also been... more

Sampha is a singer, songwriter and producer from London. His first album, Process, won the Mercury Prize in 2017. He’s... more

I think one of the hardest things there is to do in music is to write a love song that... more

Kesha is a singer and songwriter from Los Angeles. She put out her first song in 2009, and it was... more

Alvvays is from Toronto. Their first album came out in 2014, and they’ve put out two other albums since then.... more

Laufey is a singer and songwriter originally from Iceland. She studied piano and cello as a kid. When she was... more

This summer, in June 2023, Janelle Monáe put out her fourth album, The Age of Pleasure. Listening to it made... more

The "Skip Intro" button first got introduced to us through Netflix in 2017, and, I know, a lot of people... more

It can be hard to be in a band, or really, in any kind of group where there’s creative collaboration,... more

Bakar is a singer and songwriter from London. In 2018 he put out his first release, Badkid. A year later,... more

This week, I wanted to go back and revisit an older episode. I recorded an interview with singer and songwriter... more

Feist is a singer/songwriter from Canada. She put out her first solo album in 1999. She’s won 11 Juno awards,... more

Madison McFerrin is a singer, songwriter, and producer from New York. She’s sung with legends like Aretha Franklin, George Clinton,... more

In May 1980, the band Joy Division was devastated by the death of lead singer Ian Curtis. The three remaining... more

It’s usually hard to pin down when a genre of music starts. But people point to this one party in... more

Yaeji is a singer, songwriter, and producer from New York. During her childhood she moved between Queens, Atlanta, and Seoul.... more

Seal is a multi-Grammy-winning singer and songwriter from England. His song “Kiss from a Rose” was first released in 1994,... more