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James Murphy and Holly Boson take a look at the Top 5 songs in the UK Official Charts.

  1. 2025-06-19 ·  Bonusinnehåll

    BONUS: Vox Lux featuring Dave Moore - Pop Hacks In An Age Of Pop Genius

    Holly and critic Dave Moore (https://www.otherdavemoore.com) talk about the 2018 pop movie Vox Lux, directed by Brady Corbet (director of the Oscar-winning The Brutalist), and why its nihilistic interpretation of manufactured Millennial teenpop is incoherent, wrong, and - worst of all - boring. This is Part 1 - Part 2 will follow shortly. A full list of songs and audio clips used in the episode is available here: https://rentry.co/79vvk88c All audio clips are used for the purposes of criticism.

  2. 2024-10-01 ·  Bonusinnehåll

    BONUS: You Ain't Got No Blackboard

    In the first of a series of bonus episodes around pop music movies, Holly and James investigate the moral panic over the 1955 movie Blackboard Jungle, and try and understand why Bill Haley had those theatre seats ripped.

  3. 2024-09-13

    Country Matters (UK Official Charts 13th-19th September 2024)

    Holly and James discuss revenge, cunnilingus and warmly welcome a once featured guest to Valhalla. SONGS DISCUSSED: 1) Taste - Sabrina Carpenter 2) BACKBONE - Chase and Status and Stormzy 3) Die With A Smile - Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga 4) Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis 5) HOT TO GO! - Chappell Roan A full list of all songs featured in the episode is available here: https://rentry.co/uqipcosa

  4. 2024-08-28 ·  Bonusinnehåll

    BONUS: Shamrock Supernova

    In a chilled out bonus ep edited by James, he and Holly discuss the movie Kneecap (2024) featuring the republican Irish rap group Kneecap, and the coke-dusted evil of the Oasis reunion tour. They also try unsuccessfully not to get cancelled.

  5. 2024-08-15

    Pop Could Never Save Us and it's the same but there's different songs so it's not (UK Charts 9-15th August 2024)

    Holly and James talk about underwear. An odyssey through the changing in the role of gender and irony since the 2000s. SONGS DISCUSSED: 1) Guess - Charli XCX feat. Billie Eilish 2) Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan 3) Stargazing - Myles Smith 4) Austin - Dasha 5) Kisses - Bl3ss feat. bbyclose Bye Bye Bye - 'NSYNC 7) Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen A full list of the songs used in the episode is available here: https://rentry.co/bq8f6y76

  6. 2024-07-31

    S301 - Guess Who's Back (UK Official Charts 19-25 July 2024)

    Tell a friend. Holly and James are back. Songs featured in the episode: Espresso - Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please - Sabrina Carpenter A Bar Song (Tipsy) - Shaboozey Houdini - Eminem BIRDS OF A FEATHER - Billie Eilish Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar A full list of all songs featured on the episode can be found here: https://rentry.co/r5f5es36

  7. 2024-04-03

    Stan Wars featuring Fandom Critic Monia Ali

    Holly sits down for a long chat with Monia Ali of the Fandom Exile Substack to discuss stan culture, online platforms, the industry's hand in shaping our current media landscape, and how Louis Tomlinson's career was kneecapped to ensure the success of Harry Styles. Monia's Fandom Exile newsletter can be found here: https://exiledfan.substack.com A list of all songs and video clips played in the episode can be found here: https://rentry.co/42ko2dru

  8. 2024-03-04

    Eras Tour Special - Part 2

    Holly and James continue watching Taylor Swift's Eras tour. Holly geeks out over songwriting, while James endures it. And this episode ends with a good moral for the kids! A full list of songs played in the episode can be found here: https://rentry.co/s6fx6fhv

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James Murphy and Holly Boson take a look at the Top 5 songs in the UK Official Charts.

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  • Skapad av
    Holly Boson
  • Aktiva år
    2023 - 2025
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    27
  • Åldersgräns
    Vuxet innehåll
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    © Holly Boson
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