Popcast (Deluxe): What’s an Industry Plant Anyway? Plus: Ariana Grande

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

• Popcast’s win on the 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards for greatest music podcast

• The 2024 Oscars, together with Ryan Gosling’s efficiency of “I’m Just Ken” and Diane Warren’s reported meltdown

• The fast ascent of the downtempo R&B singer 4batz and what the “trade plant” dialog that he’s triggered will get incorrect

• The new Ariana Grande album, “everlasting sunshine,” and the way it’s a formidable and modest comeback upfront of her star flip within the upcoming movie adaptation of “Wicked”

• Reports from the opening nights of the Olivia Rodrigo tour and the Zach Bryan tour

• New songs from Yung Lean and Yaya Bey

• Snack of the week

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